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Day is one of a growing number of local church leaders on the frontlines of the city’s ongoing battle against gun violence.

For months, Breonna Taylor’s name has been a rallying cry for activists who hoped Black women and their deaths at the hands of police would finally receive the same attention.

There are things the city can do to support struggling small businesses — and keep Philadelphia from falling deeper into poverty.

Drexel Community for Justice and Penn Community for Justice called Friday’s march after Kentucky’s attorney general decided not to charge anyone for Taylor’s killing.

The 7-year-old was taken from a home on Montgomery Avenue near the Cheltenham Township border with Philadelphia, Pennsylvania state police said.

Arthur Elijah de Paula Embiid shares a first name with Joel’s late younger brother.

"I was reassured Wednesday of why I have no faith in the legal system, in the police, in the law," says Tamika Palmer, through her sister. "They are not made to protect us."

How do you navigate discussing fraught topics with people you disagree with when the personal becomes political?

Two construction workers were injured when a house they were working on suffered a partial collapse, authorities said. 

The big question for a town torn apart by Breonna Taylor’s death and the larger issue of racism in America was how to move forward.

About 100 people gathered first on Independence Mall and then started marching through Center City on the second night of protests after the Breonna Taylor decision.

A small number of SEPTA managers and police officers, through overtime, earned annual pay comparable to Mayor Jim Kenney and other public executives.

A man has died after first responders rescued him from the ocean in New Jersey late Wednesday morning, authorities announced. 

More than 1,500 people have been shot in Philly this year. The city needs answers, and listening to John Solomon's story may be one place to start getting them.

Hundreds of demonstrators chanted Breonna Taylor’s name and marched in cities across the U.S. to express anger and sadness following the grand jury decision.