Philadelphia News

A massive winter storm that left parts of the Southeastern United States in a deep freeze pushed up the East Coast on Sunday, with snow and ice snarling road travel and forcing another round of airline cancellations.

December 8, 2013: A chain reaction accident on the Pennsylvania Turnpike involving about 50 cars, according to state police.

As Venezuelans voted in local elections Sunday, many analysts called the elections a referendum on President Nicolas Maduro himself - a leader who faces a crumbling economy with major shortages and 54.3% annual inflation, regular power outages and one of the world's highest murder rates.

As Venezuelans voted in local elections Sunday, many analysts called the elections a referendum on President NicolA s Maduro himself - a leader who faces a crumbling economy with major shortages and 54.3% annual inflation, regular power outages and one of the world's highest murder rates.

Police say a man dressed in a Santa suit was struck and killed by a DUI driver along I-95 in Philadelphia late Saturday night.

This photo provided courtesy of Virginia M. Cleary shows her brother, Robert D. Corriveau, in his dress United States Marines uniform in 1965.

Philadelphia police are looking for the three men in connection with the shooting and robbery of a pizza delivery man overnight in West Philadelphia.

A man who tried to rob a restaurant in Philadelphia found out the hard way that it takes a very sharp knife to make sushi.

Some mothers who aim to provide breast milk for their babies are turning to the Internet, but is it safe to buy breast milk online? Diane Spatz, nurse researcher and manager of the lactation program at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, says informal milk sharing is quite common.

Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Dec. 07--PHILADELPHIA -- The president and CEO of the Urban League of Philadelphia, Patricia A. Coulter, is stepping down in June after 13 years, a tenure in which she raised the organization's profile and oversaw the move of its headquarters from North Philadelphia to Center City.

A former Republican party chairman from suburban Philadelphia charged with rape will appear before an out-of-county judge for an upcoming hearing.

Two people are facing drug charges after Lackawanna County detectives observed several drug sales and then searched a home in the city.

GOVERNOR Tom Corbett worked hockey puck for quick goal at Community Center operated by Special People in Northeast Philadelphia.

City Council voted on Thursday to override a mayoral veto of a bill that will restrict the development of new medical offices in Northeast Philadelphia's 6th and 10th Councilmanic Districts.

Drake has announced that he is slated to build a recording studio in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania's Strawberry Mansion High School.

A 23-year-old Philadelphia man, charged with killing a woman and her three children while he was allegedly drag racing on Roosevelt Boulevard, has now pleaded guilty in an unrelated federal fraud case.

Sure, there may be times when ancestors get "handed to us on a silver platter," but that's not very often.

An arresting visual display was attracting attention today on the campus of Villanova University , where students and faculty members put together a memorial to last year's victims of gun violence in Philadelphia.

The warm and wonderful sounds of the Thanksgiving and Christmas season in the Greater Philadelphia Region are once again taking place at Philadelphia's LOVE Park for the 2013 annual Christmas Village in Philadelphia presented by NRG Residential Solutions.

Two Philadelphia nonprofits got some deserved recognition today - and a big financial boost - from the charitable arm of a huge banking conglomerate.