Wednesday's Child: Jabriel
Twelve-year-old Jabriel is something of a chess prodigy.
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Twelve-year-old Jabriel is something of a chess prodigy.
City officials seem stumped, so to speak, over how to keep up with the growing number of city-owned trees that need to be pruned or removed.
"People were calling and saying, 'What are we going to do?' " noted state representative Vanessa Brown (D-Phila., at lectern).
Today, they brought their complaints to the doorsteps of the Pennsylvania attorney general and the School Reform Commission.
Dr. Zhengxia Dou says the amount of food wasted each year is staggering.
Dan Fraley, the county's director of veterans affairs, says it's time to tighten up the federal "Stolen Valor" law, which makes it a crime for someone to claim, for financial gain, that they were awarded any of nearly a dozen medals or decorations.
More than five-million children are out of school in Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone as the countries continue to fight the deadly Ebola virus. So Faith Seeder Ministries in Sewell, New Jersey is working to help thousands of these students.
Protesters were in the streets outside of Lincoln Financial Field after the Eagles game Sunday.
The countdown begins for Sixth Annual Feast of the Seven Fishes at Vie on December 15th.
The Bristol Borough Community Action Group is feeding more than 220 families a week; that's a 46 percent increase from the beginning of the year.
The reward in the search for missing college student Shane Montgomery has been increased to $50,000, Shane's family says.
A celebration of winter holidays and world cultures took place this weekend.
Area residents were bringing in their pets to pose for a photo with Santa Claus in Wynnewood.
Enchanted Land used to be at G-Boys in Marlton for decades, delighting the crowds.
he president of the National Urban League was in Philadelphia on Friday for local chapter's community empowerment luncheon at the Lowe's Hotel in Center City. But he spoke about plans to fight injustice in light of protests in Ferguson, Missouri and New York City.
Saint Paul elementary school in Burlington is on the verge of closing its doors.
Each year, the Pennsylvania Ballet gives students from kindergarten through eighth grade -- many of whom come from low income communities -- a chance to witness the wonders of the stage and this holiday classic.
The 4½-minute protest was to symbolize the 4½ hours that the body of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown was left lying in the street in Ferguson, Mo., after he was shot to death by a police officer.
The demonstrators say they want investors from corporations to keep so-called "dirty" fossil fuel investments out of Philadelphia.
"Our first sisters came from our mother house in Steyl, Holland, so the occasion we're actually celebrating is the anniversary of their arrival," says Sister Mary Caritas (center).
The group raised nearly $20,000 in two weeks for their trip, after their plight was highlighted on KYW Newsradio.
A Montgomery County company is behind one of the newest dot-com names.
Vendors and customers expect things to get extra busy within the coming weeks.
Families who use Franklin Square as the backdrop for their Christmas photos can now share them on social media for a chance to win a prize package.
About 200 students marched through campus streets shouting and holding their hands in the air. At one point, the large group fell to the ground to simulate death.
