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Q&A with Philadelphia's district attorney, who is facing an impeachment threat because of rising crime.

Here are five matchups to watch on defense when the Philadelphia Eagles host the Pittsburgh Steelers at Lincoln Financial Field in Week 8

The street will be closed for two weeks while filming takes place on the Starz show

PHILADELPHIA — When Jeri Lynne Johnson made it to the finals of an orchestra tryout in California and didn’t get the job, she didn’t think much of it.

PHILADELPHIA — In "Our Gen," Diane McKinney-Whetstone’s latest novel, a group of friends have casual sex, keep secrets, and smoke a lot of weed. But they aren’t millennials, they live in an active 55+ community in townhomes with smart appliances. They laugh a lot and always have time for a…

City Controller Rebecca Rhynhart’s audit of the Philadelphia Police Department offers a disturbing window into the inner workings of the police force as it confronts record murders, daily shootings, and rising crime. The report’s 85 pages paint a damning picture of a department that is inefficient, disorganized, backward and wasting…

New evidence shows that the conviction of Mumia Abu-Jamal – who has spent over 40 years in prison – was tainted, prompting calls for a re-examination

“This was always going to be an away game for John Fetterman,” a Philadelphia Democratic consultant says

PHILADELPHIA — A group of student protesters at the University of Pennsylvania ended a nearly six-week encampment on the College Green this weekend after they stormed Franklin Field during halftime of the Penn-Yale football game.

The Houston Astros have a lot of haters following the team’s infamous cheating scandal that broke in 2019. But maybe, just maybe, the Astros are who we all should be rooting for in this year’s Fall Classic. Dating back to the early 20th century, every single time a Philadelphia baseball…

PHILADELPHIA — Soon after starting her job, Philadelphia’s newest chief medical examiner was dismayed to learn some of the city’s dead arrived at her office in the back of a police car.