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In two recent shootings, humans were also wounded, including a dog owner struck by a bullet fragment, and a police sergeant bitten by a pit bull that had killed a smaller dog.

The new exhibit is “intentionally rough around the edges” and asks for more feedback.

“We serve some of the most marginalized students, and we’re doing it much more poorly now,” said the Workshop School's former principal, who's still affiliated with the school through its nonprofit.

“Abbott Elementary" creator Quinta Brunson studied under Joyce Abbott in the sixth grade. Abbott has now been honored with a portrait and a renamed administrative office.

City Council on Thursday passed legislation to hold hearings on the city’s hybrid work capabilities. Lawmakers also passed legislation aimed at probing the process by which people seek drug treatment.

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Police can reconstruct someone’s movements for days or weeks at a time, without any court oversight.

The incident occurred at SEPTA's Lombard-South Station as a train was pulling in.

Portions of the new network, which trims the number of routes from 125 to 106, will launch on June 1, 2025, and continue through the fall.

Joyce Abbott, who retired from Andrew Hamilton shortly after the show premiered, has now earned a place as “one of the favorite daughters of Philadelphia,” Tony B. Watlington Sr. said Wednesday.

The bill would prohibit the city from renewing its lease at the facility, which is up in 2026. The Parker administration opposes the legislation.

The measure looks to close a loophole that has frustrated housing advocates for years.

The statue has been in city storage since 2020.

Drexel planned a “phased return” to normal operations on Tuesday, with labs and some other classes to be held in person and lecture classes to stay remote.

The 76ers are proposing to give the land to the city, and lease it back from the municipal government. That would make the property exempt from real estate taxes that fund city services and schools.

The DA said evidence submitted by the university’s police force did not support the notion that those demonstrators had behaved criminally.

It’s the end of the pandemic-era policy that allowed thousands of Philadelphia city employees to work from home for at least part of their work week.

"Know that your home still exists," Kylie McDevitt Kelce told graduates. "It’s around you, living inside of every one who came along and fell in love with this place."

The brief encampment inside Penn's Fisher-Bennett Hall came one week after police disbanded another encampment. Seven remained in custody, including one for allegedly assaulting a police officer.

Philadelphia kept its ranking despite losing 50,000 residents during the pandemic, but population growth in San Antonio could outpace it someday.

Frankie Longo, a legend of the South Philly competition, offers advice on how to best view the climb.

Residents say they were blindsided by the city’s proposal to house Kensington drug users at "triage center."

Philadelphia police officers under orders from the mayor's office are conducting anti-homeless encampment sweeps early on a rainy Wednesday morning.

The legislation would provide a means to hold repeat offenders of fraud accountable on the local level.

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Mayor Cherelle L. Parker's first budget proposes spending much less city money on traffic calming.

The protesters, who have remained peaceful, are part of a national movement on U.S. college campuses calling for universities to divest from entities benefitting from the war in Gaza.

2 marketing experts explain how the former All-Pro center for the Philadelphia Eagles has built a powerful personal brand centered on being a gritty underdog with family values.

Further action is pending disciplinary investigations by Penn's Center for Community Standards and Accountability, a Penn spokesperson said.

"She was never negative, always positive, uplifting, just spreading sunshine everywhere she went," said Kimberly Simmons, Glaze's aunt.

Philly’s men’s ultimate frisbee team, the Phoenix, put the name up to an internet poll, and got an unsurprising result.

More than 20 drug users who spoke with The Inquirer said that police harassment has been ramping up in Kensington for months, even as actual drug-related arrests remain near a 15-year low.

The clearing will likely be the most visible action the Parker administration has taken yet in Kensington. City health officials estimate at least 675 people are homeless in the neighborhood.

Philly visitors trying to get a photo of Sylvester Stallone’s iconic fictional champion will also see conservators cleaning.

The challenge will be to upgrade Schuylkill Yards in a way that is equitable to everyone.

Parker has modified her plan to produce 30,000 units of "affordable housing" to include construction or repairs of homes of any kind.

The U.S. House Judiciary Committee held a hearing on violent crime. Democrats called it political theater.

Penn remains at a stalemate with protesters occupying about 35 tents on College Green, with tensions mounting and protest activity escalating.

Du Bois’ study, published in 1899, detailed the social conditions of poor Black residents of the Seventh Ward. The area is now home to some of Philadelphia’s ritziest neighborhoods.