Philadelphia News

The eighth annual Philadelphia Book Festival returns April 13th for a week of page-turning, citywide fun.

At the end of the school year, the Archdiocese of Philadelphia will stop giving tuition assistance to children of clergy sex-abuse victims.

A 43-year-old West Philadelphia man was sentenced today to 9-20 years in prison for a vicious home invasion attack on an 87-year-old neighbor and her adult son in July of 2012.

The young girl who had to prop up her mother's head as the woman nodded off on a SEPTA bus in Philadelphia has been removed from the woman's home after the Department of Human Services intervened, according to Philly.com .

Police are looking for a masked gunman who shot a 24-year-old woman twice in the back in her bed in South Philadelphia.

The 378-unit Parkland View Apartments at 1055 Cetronia Rd. in Upper Macungie Township were found to be in violation of the Federal Fair Housing Act's accessibility requirements.

CITY COMMISSIONER Stephanie Singer, part of a three-member panel that oversees elections in Philadelphia, has a problem with the way her political party will select a candidate today for a vacant City Council at-large seat.

City Council has declared 2014 as the "Year of the Veteran" in Philadelphia, aimed at helping, highlighting, and supporting Veterans.

Philadelphia, PA, United States - It's a job where stress mounts like dollars on a taxicab meter.

A man police called a 'wedding crasher thief' has admitted stealing cash and gifts from wedding receptions in suburban Philadelphia.

Police in Philadelphia are starting to arrest a group of activists staging a protest over the Keystone XL oil pipeline.

Learn about the conditions that led to Frank Furness' most incredible masterworks, including the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts seen here, on Wednesday.

Should possession of under an ounce of marijuana be punishable by fine but not arrest? Philly City Council takes on the controversial issue.

When the Mark Group, which calls itself the United Kingdom's largest installer of domestic energy-saving solutions, announced plans to set up its U.S. headquarters in the former Navy Yard in South Philadelphia, the state and city rolled out the carpet, offering $3.3 million in incentives.

Officials with the Pennsylvania SPCA say the mutilated body of an animal was found in an empty lot in North Philadelphia.

Former Pennsylvania House Speaker John Perzel is looking forward to his future now that he's out of prison - but it won't be in Harrisburg.

The Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is investigating a disturbing discovery made in North Philadelphia Sunday.

Friends and family are mourning the death of a national hero. William "Wild Bill" Guarnere, a South Philly native and World War II vet who was portrayed on the television miniseries, "Band of Brothers," died on Saturday at the age of 90. Both Guarnere's family through their website , and Jake Powers, a historian who runs a Band of Brothers tour ... (more)

'Haitian art led me to Haiti for the first time, and I discovered a great country and a great people...' -- Jonathan Demme A riot of color greeted Oscar-winning director Jonathan Demme the first time he walked into Haitian Corner, an art gallery around the corner from his Manhattan apartment.

According to My Fox Philly, a Philadelphia, Pa., family is searching for their dog, who disappeared following a devastating fire which destroyed their home.