NBA Owner Under Fire For Racist Comments
Philadelphia's sports community is disturbed by allegations that an NBA owner made racist remarks toward minorities, and specifically toward African-Americans.
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Philadelphia's sports community is disturbed by allegations that an NBA owner made racist remarks toward minorities, and specifically toward African-Americans.
The world's largest gathering of neurologists is taking place in Philadelphia over the next seven days. A free brain health fair was held for the public on Saturday in conjunction with the conference.
New Jersey's beaches from Essex to Cape May counties were cleaned by thousands of volunteers who worked together Saturday to get the sand ready for summer.
Rutgers officials say a record-setting crowd has turned out to get an up-close look at the university and its many offerings.
Philadelphia University's baseball team will be charging admission for the first time ever on Saturday. But it's for a good cause, to raise funds for a very sick teenager.
Amy Jones (second from left) is director of health and social services for the Southeast Asian Mutual Assistance Association Coalition, based in South Philadelphia.
St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, in North Philadelphia, brought in scores of professionals for its second annual conference on child abuse prevention.
Brett Stebulis died in 2008. But before he did, he was given 102 units of blood to keep his organs alive so they could be donated to save others.
The Toni Morrison Society was in Philadelphia Thursday for a special dedication at Eden Cemetery, the final resting place for a number of African American historical figures, including singer Marian Anderson.
Rina Cutler, deputy mayor for transportation, unveiled the names of the vendors during an event at the foot of the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. She said implementation has been postponed until next spring.
It's all part of a drive aimed to not just bolster the ranks of the state police but to diversify it geographically as well.
US military veterans who returned home from war as an amputee are being shown that the loss of a limb or two does not mean their lives are over.
Folks around the world today were commemorating the one-year anniversary of a sweatshop disaster in Bangladesh by declaring this the first-ever "Fashion Revolution Day."
A three-hour public hearing was held in center city Philadelphia on a Pennsylvania state senator's plan to limit lawsuits aimed at silencing neighborhood civic groups.
A strip of riverside parkland in Camden -- padlocked for 14 years -- may soon be open for public use.
Two charitable fundraisers involving food are on tap for this weekend, and April 26th is National Soft Pretzel Day!
To punctuate a program titled "The Year of the Bard: Shakespeare at 450," the Free Library teamed up with the Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre for a birthday party with cake, jugglers, and action sequences.
Thousands of economically disadvantaged Philadelphia students will be able to explore and develop an appreciation for art at the Barnes Foundation, thanks to an endowment gift from the global pharmacuetical giant.
This was the "Arbor Day of Service" by the local chapter of the International Society of Arboriculture ("ISA").
Earth Day provided the backdrop as Doreen Taylor unveiled "Colors of the USA."
Eight-year-old Desmond loves math and solving puzzles.
A retired South Jersey woman could have started a side business teaching music. Instead, she's giving lessons away for free.
There was a soul-stirring celebration today in North Philadelphia as Project HOME cut the ribbon on the $16 million affordable housing project built in partnership with a non-profit founded by rocker Jon Bon Jovi.
A center city hotel's rooftop garden will be buzzing this year, with the addition of two beehives and their resident tens of thousands of honeybees.
A bill now under consideration in the New Jersey legislature would allow a resident of the state who is not a legal citizen to get a driver's license.
