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Kate Spade, a fashion designer known for her sleek handbags, was found hanged in her Park Avenue apartment Tuesday in an apparent suicide, law enforcement officials said.

In the wake of the Parkland high school massacre, there's been renewed interest in "red flag" laws, which allow courts and police to temporarily remove guns from people percei

Wynnefield resident experiences different treatment at a Lowe's in the suburbs and the West Philadelphia location. The latter is considered a 'high-theft' store.

Philadelphia Councilman David Oh introduces a bill to curb “squatting” in Philadelphia.  Two upcoming Supreme Court cases co ...

Starbucks Corp. says Howard Schultz is stepping down as executive chairman this month of the coffee chain he joined more than 30 years ago.

A man rowing across the Atlantic Ocean on a fundraising mission was rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard off the New Jersey coast on Monday.

More than two dozen restaurants in Delaware have adopted a “straws by request” policy or are banning them altogether.

Delaware launches its full-scale sports betting Tuesday afternoon, but the additional gambling options are not seen as a cure-all by Delaware casino operators.

A day after graduating, a group of Florida high school shooting survivors announced they'll spend their summer crisscrossing the country

The 141-page report released over the weekend says Herbert R. McMaster Sr.'s fatal fall April 12 was his fifth during a four-day stay at Cathedral Village.

Hurricane Maria has reignited a small movement in Puerto Rico aimed at strengthening the local food system so the island can survive and thrive

Authorities say a contractor died after a North Philadelphia building partially collapsed, trapping him and another worker.

It started with a lock and a “No Trespassing” sign. They appeared one day on the fence at Lawrence and Master streets, next to a hand-painted sign reading, “La Finquita,”

With license for food truck, Ayanna McNair hopes to serve her home cooking beyond the kitchen of her home.

Its genesis can be traced to 2014, when nearly 300 girls were kidnapped from a boarding school in Nigeria by the Boko Haram militant group.