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The recent bloodshed, including five homicides in May, has only deepened the resignation some residents feel toward gun violence in their city.

A black bear has been traipsing around Philadelphia for at least a few days now. It’s been spotted in East Falls, Roxborough and Andorra.

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops voted to implement several measures following last year's sweeping Pa. grand jury report on clergy sex abuse.

Federal officials say they've canceled an annual summer concert series at Sandy Hook after the discovering of a piping plover nest. 

The Temple college namesake spent a lifetime making waves in media.

The Same Day Work program — developed by Mural Arts with the Scattergood Foundation and MHP, and funded by private philanthropy — is eight weeks into a two-year pilot.

A coalition of environmental groups is calling on the multistate agency that oversees the Delaware River watershed to ban fracking and related activities.

Delaware labor secretary Cerron Cade kicked off a two-hour WHYY civic engagement event Wednesday night at the Delaware History Museum in Wilmington.

This week, our picks to celebrate Father's Day and more.

Anyone entering the ocean Thursday could face potentially life-threatening conditions, forecasters warn.

Participants say the annual Philly Senior Games give them a chance to flex their mental and physical muscles, and to stay socially connected.

Air quality experts say the Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery fire released enough particulate matter to affect neighbors.

Two New Jersey beaches are under swimming advisories issued Tuesday afternoon, state officials said. 

SEPTA riders no longer need $5 to add a boost to their Key Card travel wallet.The minimum farecard load has been reduced to $1.

Current research indicates that children as young as 2 years old show awareness of racial differences and may express racial prejudice by age 4.