Highway construction, the crack cocaine epidemic, and gentrifying efforts threatened to destroy a community that soldiers on ...

South Philly’s signature summer treat is getting a taste of the Jersey Shore. John’s Water Ice, the family-owned water ice business that’s been a warm-weather staple in Philadelphia since 1945, is ...

This is Latin for “having had mercy and choosing him” — a phrase that Francis chose as his motto when he was elevated to ...

Big shindig on Saturday for Navy veteran who didn’t retire until 85. The family is appropriately calling it “the party of the ...

His heavily textured paintings brought him renown in the 1980s. In the ’90s, Nick Nolte played a character inspired by him in ...

2014 — Albert Pujols became the first major leaguer to hit his 499th and 500th homers in the same game, driving in five runs ...

Before his death, Pope Francis greeted the Easter crowd in Vatican City inside an all-electric Mercedes-Benz popemobile.

Catholic leaders across Lancaster County say they will remember Pope Francis, who died Monday morning after monthslong health ...

The first official National League baseball game is played with Boston beating Philadelphia 6-5. 1914 — Babe Ruth’s 1st professional game (as a pitcher) is a 6-hit 6-0 win.

As Roman Catholics around the world mourn the death of Pope Francis, who was hospitalized with a complex lung infection and ...

After the ballots are pierced, they are burned in a cylindrical stove at the end of the voting session. Black smoke from the ...

Diocese of Venice Bishop Frank Dewane plans to travel from Washington to Philadelphia to take in activities at the World ...