Philadelphia News

A man is in custody after investigators say he tried to kill his stepdaughter and shot at police officers in a fit of drunken rage.

Police say they arrested an intoxicated man who was firing shots at his stepdaughter and then officers in North Philadelphia.

A few dozen gun rights advocates rallied in Philadelphia's Love Park and then marched down Market Street on Saturday to protest a City ordinance that bans the carrying of firearms in parks and recreation centers, even if the guns are legal.

The blaze broke out around 5:40 a.m. inside a two-story rowhome along the 6500 block of Windsor Avenue in the Cobbs Creek section of the city.

The group provides a platform for artists, as well as ordinary people to tell stories from their life, but there's a twist.

A soldier's monument that had been in storage since it was recovered after it was stolen years ago from the Mount Moriah Cemetery in Yeadon has been moved to a new home and the public will be able to see it Sunday during noon-time memorial ceremonies in East Falls.

The latest estimate from the federal folks who count people is that Philadelphia's population rose by about 9,000 from July 2011 until July 2012.

THE FBI is asking the public to help investigators identify two bandits who are responsible for separate bank robberies in the city.

As PHS seeks to spur new investments in the areas lining North Philadelphia's stretch of the Northeast Corridor, Community Contributor Brett Sturm invites us to look closer at this landscape's fascinating past - much of which is still in plain sight along the tracks.

Philadelphia Police have released surveillance video of a suspect wanted in connection with an alleged sexual assault in East Germantown on Sunday.

Love Kanye West , hate him or occupy some ever-fluctuating middle ground , you've got to give the dude credit for continuing to strive for new and creative ways of pushing his art into the world.

Upscale retailers and boutiques have been cropping up all over Philadelphia, and a local hotel is capitalizing on that with a new deal for fashion lovers.

A Philadelphia judge has ordered that a couple who believe in faith healing over medicine be held without bail on third-degree murder charges in the April death of their 8-month-old son.

Citing a potential flight risk, a Philadelphia judge orders a faith healing couple to remain in custody for now as they await a preliminary hearing next month on murder charges in the death of their seven-month-old son .

Mack Finkel remembers when the Boy Scouts' ban on gay members morphed for him from an abstract concept into a palpable reality.

The local food craze has swept the nation, and with so many farmers' markets within the city and scattered throughout the suburbs, Philadelphians can take their pick of delicious, local produce, dairy products and baked goodsa even artisinal chocolate and natural beauty products! But before you shop, there are a few things to consider.

Arrah and the Ferns play PhilaMOCA tonight. The concert will act as both the band's album release show for Make Your Mind as well as its final show before going on hiatus.

This June, 23 Philadelphia public schools will be closed for good, adding around 65 acres to the city's already heavy burden of vacant land.

Dramatically reshaping Pennsylvania's web of municipal governments and school districts is difficult because of entrenched interests that oppose changing the system, but rising costs might force the issue, state Senate Democratic Leader Jay Costa said Thursday.

The cover art on the brochure for Shady Maple Smorgasbord - Lancaster County's largest - features a stainless-steel buffet trough reminiscent of an Army mess hall's and an aerial photograph that gives a taste of the dimensions of its Walmart-sized parking lot.