Mayor Nutter To Accompany VP Biden on Trip To Panama Canal
Nutter was invited by Biden to look at the expansion of the canal, a project that could prove a boost to the Port of Philadelphia.
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Nutter was invited by Biden to look at the expansion of the canal, a project that could prove a boost to the Port of Philadelphia.
The controversy over the Washington Redskins' team name hits the radio airwaves in Philadelphia this weekend.
An arbitrator has concluded that Starbucks must pay $2.76 billion to settle a dispute with Kraft over coffee distribution.
Even though no one has officially declared his or her candidacy, pollsters are still posing the question.
Since opening up a 24-hour call center in Philadelphia to help people looking for friends and family in the Philippines on Saturday, the local chapter of the Red Cross says more than 300 calls have come in.
Many of the tens of thousands of Filipino-Americans in our area are hoping for the best and bracing for the worst as they wait to hear from family members affected by Typhoon Haiyan. now tearing through the Pacific nation.
Eric Holder was in Philadelphia to look at the federal Re-Entry Court, a locally developed program that gives felons a chance to shave time off their parole by taking part in productive activities.
About 300 US Airways passengers complained that they were left unattended in the terminals for long periods of time or missed connecting flights when assistance was needed to get from one gate to another.
The federal "SNAP" program (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) is getting less money because a temporary increase in funding, part of the 2009 stimulus plan, is expiring.
The new report, from the People's Emergency Center shows that during 2012 more than 9,000 children, from infant to age 17, spent at least on night in the Pennsylvania emergency shelter system.
Exactly seventy-five years ago, a CBS Radio broadcast of "The War of the Worlds," produced and directed by Orson Welles, sent Americans into widespread panic.
"We thought this would be the appropriate way for us to affirm that God's love extends to people of all gender and sexual preferences," says David W. Brown, an associate minister at Arch Street United Methodist Church.
The retailing leviathan Walmart has been on an internal-promotions binge this year, and on Tuesday a corporate executive visited the Walmart store in South Philadelphia to personally promote six employees.
Jay, his wife, and their baby receive $180 per month in "SNAP" benefits, but that is about to drop to $150 per month.
A U.S. Navy spokesperson says the shooter is a National Guardsman.
