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Bridesburg is a working-class safe haven in Philly that rarely makes the police blotter. But it has a reputation of being exclusionary, and sometimes racist.

Sales of hand sanitizers in the U.S. were up 73% in the four weeks ending Feb. 22 compared to the same period a year ago

A plan to open a supervised injection site in Philadelphia has ignited a debate about the role of public engagement in local decision-making.

Reports said the odor emanated from the former PES refinery in South Philly.

This week: supervised injection sites get a setback, food and housing insecurity among college students, and Philadelphia's new executive director of LGBT affairs.

It’s a bit pricey this year, but there’s lots to absorb.

New Jersey, the state with some of the strictest gun laws, passed a wave of additional firearms safety measures in 2018 and 2019. Gun rights activists are now pushing back.

The school’s rich basketball tradition is writing a new chapter. There are big expectations as the team starts the playoffs with a third-generation star, D.J. Wagner, leading

Authorities say a man shot and wounded by police during a standoff near Philadelphia last month has died.

Philadelphia has the 4th largest Cambodian population among U.S. cities, and a local organization says the 2010 count was low by several thousand.

A man driving a stolen ambulance Friday night led police on a wild, slow-moving car chase that lasted more than an hour and covered at least 24 miles through Northeast Philly.

The last time Robert Clark filled out the United States Census form, he had a well-paying job, a house, and no criminal record. But in 2010, Clark lost his job.

Stone Harbor has responded to a problem of recruiting and retaining lifeguards through a significant pay hike. 

Three species of lemurs and some tortoises will make a new Madagascar exhibit their home later this year at the 115-year-old Wilmington attraction.

‘Your life has worth. Go after the things you want,’ Stockton University Prof. Emily Van Duyne tweeted on learning she’d won the prestigious fellowship.