Ribbon Cutting Ceremony Held For New Phila. Family Court Building
Four years and $200 million later, Philadelphia has a new family court building at 15th and Arch Streets.
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Four years and $200 million later, Philadelphia has a new family court building at 15th and Arch Streets.
When it comes to booking Thanksgiving airfares, travelers don't get too much flexibility around the Thursday holiday. The days with the highest fares are the days the most people want to travel - the Wednesday before, and the Sunday after.
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia confirmed Thursday that it has been designated as one of several pediatric hospitals in the United States that may be called upon to provide medical care for any child who contracts Ebola.
During a nearly four hour hearing before a City Council Committee, Philadelphia Health Commissioner Dr. James Buehler gave the city an "A to A plus"rating for preparing for the Ebola threat. Others, however, indicated there were problems that needed to be overcome.
The incident was reported just after 3 p.m. Thursday at Roosevelt Boulevard and Levick Street.
Teachers, joined by parents and students, gathered outside Philadelphia school district headquarters in Spring Garden.
Joseph Schulle, head of the firefighters' union Local 22, has no faith in the CDC standards and believes that hazmat suits are needed for the paramedics should they have to respond to a potential Ebola outbreak.
For no reason whatsoever last week, 24-year-old Shane Carey was savagely beaten in Center City Philadelphia by a group of thugs. The beating left him with a fractured jaw. The story has gotten very little media attention, barely a blip on the radar.
Residents can bring items such as oil-based paints, solvents, thinners, pesticides, herbicides, gasoline, kerosene, automotive substances and more to the Camden County Public Works Complex.
Women from all over the country flocked to the Pennsylvania Convention Center today for the sold-out Pennsylvania Conference for Women, which included an all-star line up of inspirational speakers.
Marie Bontigao, who operated an "Exit Realty" franchise with locations in Philadelphia, New Jersey, and Delaware, is charged with operating a Ponzi scheme.
Justice Seamus McCaffery, caught in a porn e-mail scandal, is accusing the court's chief justice, Ron Castille, of trying to use the scandal to take him down.
Paul Strand is regarded as a towering figure in modern photography. His early work, between 1915 and 1920, is his most celebrated.
"It cuts us out of a whole lot of commerce -- cuts us out of a whole lot of good jobs if they cannot come up the Delaware River," Biden said of the shipping channel's current depth.
