Gov. Josh Shapiro believes “housing prices and rent are too damn high for too many” in Pennsylvania.

A new Black-owned and women-led wellness brand, Rise & Ritual, has officially opened in West Philly, fostering community, connection, and holistic well-being.

Amidst ongoing changes in the neighborhood, a soup kitchen in Kensington became an example for business students learning to balance an organization’s core competencies with the moral impact of its decisions.

In its fight to restore the President’s House exhibit, the Avenging The Ancestors Coalition’s strategy is to “raise hell in the streets and raise issues in the courts,” the group’s leader, attorney Michael Coard, said.

Authorities have arrested a woman for allegedly using a stun gun while robbing a 66-year-old woman last month at a SEPTA bus stop in Oxford Circle.

U.S. Navy veteran Jovian Patterson and his long-time friend Robert Haley are both on a mission to grow culturally significant crops for residents in their childhood community.

The Philadelphia Department of Public Health has launched a new online HIV Resource Finder designed to help residents and service providers quickly locate treatment, prevention and support services across the city.

An off-duty deputy sheriff and a member of his family shot a teenager who was allegedly trying to steal the officer’s car early Tuesday morning in Southwest Philadelphia, police said.

Gov. Josh Shapiro’s spending plan would increase state funding for Philadelphia’s public schools by $151 million, but district leaders still anticipate having to make cuts to close a growing budget deficit.

Family and financial stress, on top of daily exposure to poverty and drug use, make it harder for many Kensington students to make it to graduation, according to experts and educators. 

Authorities said a 29-year-old man was seriously injured after he was shot inside a Fairhill bar early Monday morning, hours after the Super Bowl ended.

Homicide detectives are investigating after a man was fatally shot Saturday evening at a North Philadelphia park.

The family of a Cambodian American man who died last month in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody is demanding that federal officials release more information about the hours he spent behind bars.

Officers tracked down a driver after he allegedly struck a pedestrian and fled the scene Wednesday evening in Wissinoming, police said.

The City of Philadelphia on Thursday launched its annual “Claim Your Money PHL” campaign, promoting free tax preparation services and encouraging residents to claim federal and state tax credits they may be owed.

The owner of a towing business is wanted in connection with a pair of recent drive-by shootings in Northeast Philadelphia that left two tow truck drivers dead and a woman injured, police said.

Investigators released surveillance video and images Wednesday in an attempt to catch a man who shot an employee of a Bridesburg storage facility during a robbery earlier this week.

Ten days after a winter storm dumped significant amounts of snow and ice on Philadelphia, Mayor Cherelle Parker acknowledged that many streets and sidewalks remain unpassable or difficult to navigate.

The relationship between Sheriff Rochelle Bilal and a group called No ICE Philly appeared to be thawing – at least a little bit – as immigrant advocates rallied outside her office Tuesday.

Authorities say an employee of a Bridesburg storage facility was seriously injured when he was shot during a robbery Monday night.