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The leader of the comic division says more than just two Mummers tried to wear blackface this year.

A city review found support for the ‘sonic weapons’ — but they never asked young folks.

The Germantown community came together on Martin Luther King Day to continue pressuring the owner of a McDonald’s franchise at 29 E. Chelten Ave. to address what participants

Never since the clock's 1947 Cold War debut has it come so close to the putative doomsday annihilation represented by the 12 a.m. hour.

For the first time in its 145-year history, the Archdiocese of Philadelphia will have a Hispanic leader.

A post-Superstorm Sandy project to protect a Jersey Shore rail yard from future storms is underway.

Jim Lehrer, co-host and later host of the nightly PBS "NewsHour" that for decades offered a thoughtful take on current events, has died, PBS said Thursday. He was 85.

The city’s grocery store boom is not slowing down.

The bishop of Cleveland is the new leader of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. Nelson Perez will be the first Hispanic archbishop to lead the area's 1.3 million members.

Celebrations abound this week with the kickoff to Chinese New Year, Beethoven’s 250th birthday, and accessible opera performances in this iteration of “Things To Do.”

This initiative is the latest in a growing nationwide movement to address the diversity gap in entrepreneurship.

A massive blizzard began impacting the region four years ago Wednesday.

The Chicago-based real estate company was the winning bidder for the South Philly complex as part of Philadelphia Energy Solutions’ bankruptcy, according to documents filed.

A contingent of New Jersey State Troopers will soon head to Puerto Rico to assist the U.S. territory amid an ongoing earthquake crisis, authorities announced Tuesday. 

New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof discusses his new book, "Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope," about why working-class families are losing ground.