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The Philadelphia Historical Commission is expected to rule on a historic district in Overbrook Farms, limiting development in the turn-of-the-century community.

Hundreds of people participated in the 57th annual Puerto Rican Day Parade, paying homage to the first inhabitants of their island: the Taíno.

Two years later, some survivors are not yet back to work. Some of those injured are waiting for their next surgery. Widows are raising kids alone while still healing.

The rapper’s rise to international celebrity has helped bring #bikelife into the mainstream.

One goal of the mental health summit is to dispel the stigma associated with mental health issues in black communities.

On Monday, victim compensation funds in Philadelphia, Allentown, Scranton and Pittsburgh will close to applications.

If not for being a woman, her name would be as well known as Franklin, Jefferson, Adams and Washington.

The nonprofit’s many farmers markets around the region are expected to continue as usual.

Registration is now open for the Philadelphia Parks & Recreation and Tree Philly Fall Yard Tree Giveaway.

The U.S. Census Bureau identified a massive error in data on Philadelphia’s populace in 2017, including aspects of poverty, income, employment, and health insurance.

For the first time, the city has an official count of how many places you can go out to eat.

A man pulled from the ocean off Cape May Thursday afternoon has died, authorities say.

After a Colombian nightclub closed, Sandra Colon hosted her own viejoteca in the living room of her Northeast Philly rowhome.

Philadelphia’s poverty rate, a stark and stubborn indicator of hard times that has long hindered the city’s reputation, dropped to its lowest level since 2008.

Several pantries, soup kitchens, and a women's shelter in New Jersey are the beneficiaries of fresh seafood thanks to a pilot "gleaning" program that began in August.