Philadelphia News

Nov. 6, 2009--Many people are looking forward to March 2011 -- the anticipated opening of the expanded Convention Center -- and none more than those already selling the yet-to-be-completed meeting, exhibit, and ballroom spaces.

Police public affairs confirms a student has been shot in the back of a Philadelphia school bus.

A company spokesman says a Delta plane headed to Philadelphia had to return to the gate just before takeoff from Atlanta because of an engine fire.

Philadelphia police are looking for a suspect who allegedly shot and killed a man Saturday afternoon.

People who read this also read: It is a pretty good time to be a Philadelphian. The Phillies are in the World Series, the city managed to avoidA shutting down all the libraries and it looks like an Apple Store is set to open in downtown Philadelphia at some point in the not too distant future.

SEPTA and its striking workers seemed to edge closer to a settlement yesterday, as Gov.

SEPTA buses sit idle at the the Frankford Transportation Terminal on November 3, 2009 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

A teenager shot and wounded another youth on a school bus taking students to a disciplinary high school this morning, police said.

Share + Nov 6, 2009 11:49 am US/Eastern PHILADELPHIA As the city's transit strike drags into its fourth day, tempers are frayed, commuter trains are packed, streets are clogged and some residents remain virtually stranded at home.

Authorities say a Philadelphia high school student has been shot on a school bus during an altercation with another teenager.

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A Denver center that offered counseling and legal help to immigrants who sought asylum after they were tortured in their home countries has closed after losing its federal grant.

Attorney General Tom Corbett today announced that the Attorney General's Bureau of Consumer Protection has filed a civil lawsuit against a Philadelphia man and his pet supply company who are accused of making false claims about charitable contributions and failing to provide refunds to consumers who returned items.

By car and by bike , workers stranded by the SEPTA strike head into town at 44th and Market Streets during yesterday's morning rush.

A fatality involving a Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority rail worker has suspended three regional rail routes to Philadelphia this morning, further aggravating the transit workers' strike.

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tom Knox is unveiling a plan to reform Pennsylvania state government.

A 20-year-old Philadelphia man who was arrested on drug charges following an Oct.

Share + Nov 4, 2009 9:25 pm US/Eastern The FBI is asking for the public's help in tracking down a bandit who robbed a bank in Northeast Philadelphia Wednesday morning.

"Good Day Philadelphia" was at St. Francis de Sales School in West Philadelphia with kids who will be pleading with their parents to stay up and watch Wednesday night's game.

Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl, a Democrat who took the helm of city government at age 26 following the death of his predecessor, won his first full term.