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One of the world's rarest and most valuable books is out of the vault and on public view as part of an unusual daily ritual at the nation's oldest natural history museum.
The unfolding Penn State child molestation scandal has slammed the university's reputation and shaken its loyal fan base that sees the school as more than a campus or a team but a way of life, an identity, a brand.
A long-lost version of the Air Force One recordings made in the immediate aftermath of President John F. Kennedy's assassination, with more than 30 minutes of additional material not in the official version in the government's archives, has been found and is for sale.
In a post-industrial neighborhood that inspired one of the strangest movies put to celluloid, a plan is afoot to transform its gloomiest ruin into a walkable elevated oasis.
Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Thursday night decried the rancorous partisanship and intractable gridlock in American politics, and expressed his grave concern about the country's future if lawmakers continue to treat compromise as a dirty word.
The Philadelphia Orchestra and Peter Nero and the Philly Pops have agreed to end their six-year business partnership, according to documents filed Monday in federal bankruptcy court.
An animal welfare group is calling for an investigation of a large northeastern Pennsylvania ferret breeding facility, saying an undercover worker found hundreds of ill, injured and neglected animals living in inhumane and unsanitary conditions.
A post office in a building that Benjamin Franklin once owned is on the Postal Service's list of branches that could close.
Police in southeastern Pennsylvania say "Jackass" cast member Ryan Dunn died of injuries sustained in a fiery car crash, and speed may have been a factor.
Dozens of dogs of all shapes, sizes and breeds are in Philadelphia to see if their sniffers are up to snuff in the battle against bedbugs.
Pennsylvania and the city of Philadelphia have embarked on what environmental officials say is the largest project in the U.S. to reduce stormwater pollution through eco-friendly measures, such as porous asphalt and rooftop gardens.
The financially troubled Philadelphia Orchestra is kicking off a new campaign aimed at rallying both classical music devotees and novices to support the ensemble by attending concerts and making donations.
Famed filmmaker and Hollywood powerhouse Steven Spielberg, who created a foundation to preserve oral histories of the Holocaust, is honoring the head of cable TV company Comcast for his work as "an ambassador to learning."
A northeastern Pennsylvania bishop has decided to stop challenging the Vatican on the fate of six closed churches in his diocese, but said the churches would remain shuttered, disappointing parishioners.
The musicians known as the Fabulous Philadelphians are feeling more drab than fab about their management these days.
U.S. Census figures released this week not only show that Philadelphia has grown in population for the first time in 50 years, they also confirm that the City of Brotherly Love is still the nation's fifth-largest city.
Monsignor William Lynn entered a Philadelphia courtroom Monday as the only Roman Catholic church official ever charged with endangering children for allegedly transferring priest-predators to unsuspecting U.S. parishes.
If diamonds are a girl's best friend, a made-to-order $14,000 prom dress is going to become a blingy BFF for a few free-spending fashionistas.
A man suing the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia says clergy covered up sexual assault allegations against a Roman Catholic priest who molested him in the 1990s.
It was one of the worst acts of terrorism in U.S. history, a deadly deed that filled the New York City sky with smoke and debris, thrust the nation into war, prompted restrictive new laws and intensified hostility toward foreigners.
A new exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art is taking a fresh look at the influence that Paris had on Marc Chagall and his fellow modernists from 1910 to 1920.
"Return of the Mummies" may sound like a horror movie, but in this case there's a happy ending.
Opponents of a plan to move The Barnes Foundation's legendary art collection to Philadelphia are asking a judge to reopen the case.
Long before award-winning illustrator and writer Maurice Sendak's world of wild things charmed millions of young readers and changed the notion of what children's literature could look like, some of his now-classic characters frolicked on a wall overlooking New York's Central Park for an audience of two.
After decades of false starts, shifting owners, dashed hopes and a nomadic existence, it appears the SS United States' distress call is finally being answered.
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