Philadelphia News

It's early days for the renovation of Mt. Sinai Hospital, which has been vacant since it closed in 1997.

A CERTAIN sense of peace can be found in a small hardware store, even among the razor knives and sledgehammers, when the mysteries of caulking and angle cuts are revealed and customers light up with joy, extending spackle-covered hands in gratitude.

GERMANTOWN In life, Carol Ambruster was a collector of books, jewelry, stamps, antique bottles, and American Indian art.

Strawberry Mansion High School, located in a poor Philadelphia neighborhood with a high crime rate, was once considered one of the most dangerous schools in the country.

Authorities in Philadelphia have arrested a suspect in the death of man reportedly shot over a pair of expensive headphones.

The yuletide jazz concert "Comfort and Joy" is the annual fundraiser for AIDS awareness at St. Luke and the Epiphany in the heart of Philly's gay district.

Philadelphia police say a violent struggle preceded the fatal stabbing of a retired Villanova University professor in her apartment, but that they don't know yet if it stemmed from a personal dispute, a random attack or a robbery.

A national report on hunger and homelessness says the number of people needing emergency food from Philadelphia's pantries rose 7 percent over the last year.

Dozens made their way to the warmth of Vine Memorial Baptist Church here in West Philadelphia on a chilly night.

The first bills in the Pennsylvania Legislature's wide-ranging response to the Jerry Sandusky and Roman Catholic clergy scandals were sent Wednesday to Gov. Tom Corbett, a year after a commission recommended sweeping changes to the state's child abuse laws.

An official with the Israeli consulate in Philadelphia today told members of the Klein Active Adult Center, in Elkins Park, that he was "hopeful" that there would soon be good news about keeping the consulate office here open.

A Delaware man is one of two men charged in a violent attack that was caught on video last month in Philadelphia's Center City neighborhood.

Proponents of same-sex marriage are launching a campaign to legalize it in Pennsylvania - the last holdout among the Northeast states.

Police in Philadelphia say they don't yet know why a retired Villanova University professor was fatally stabbed in her apartment.

As interest and activity increases around development of East Market Street, older buildings - some of them historic - may be threatened.

A blind man says he surely would have been killed if his guide dog didn't lead him out of his burning home.

While the snow is keeping many people at home and many businesses closed, one Philadelphia museum is offering visitors a deal to brave the weather.

Police in North Carolina have charged the driver of a limousine involved in a wreck that killed a Philadelphia couple.

Police in Philadelphia are searching for two men who robbed a convenience store and stole the clerk's wedding and engagement rings.

It may not technically be winter yet, but don't tell that to the 50 million Americans in the northeastern U.S. who were saying hello Tuesday to another winter storm that was snarling commutes and travel schedules.