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Leaders in one Jersey Shore town voted to pass a new ordinance that bans backpacks on the boardwalk that is effective starting on Thursday.

A man from Delaware is talking about the moment he scored a $1 million winning goal during an international soccer tournament on Monday.

Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas, a former University of Pennsylvania student, has failed in her challenge against World Aquatics rules that stop her from competing in elite women’s races.

Brunch, anyone? Assembly Rooftop Lounge, the Logan Hotel’s year-round chic cocktail bar, announced they will be throwing monthly summer brunch parties this year.

Frankford High School students will eventually be able to learn again in the full school building thanks to a nearly $20 million rehab to address asbestos in the century-old building. But, they need to wait another year for that to happen.

SEPTA workers have finally restored the Presidents’ Conference Committee trolleys — those are the green and cream trolley cars — to Route 15 and they’re coming back sooner than you think.

A report from the City Controller found that over 100 buildings in Philly, considered ‘imminently dangerous,’ have avoided demolition for years due to costs, court delays and L&I being unable to keep up with demand.

In a move that has faced criticism, rapper Jay-Z has thrown his support behind an effort to fund private school vouchers in Philadelphia.

More than 30 people have lost their jobs as OCF Coffee House has announced that it is closing all three branches. The move comes just a week after workers at the eatery unionized.

Police are seeking a woman who, officials said, attacked another woman on a Center City sidewalk, pulling her hair and demanding money, in an attempted robbery on June 4.

After seeing a rise in criminal activity involving young people, police in Chester, Delaware County will enforce a youth curfew this summer.

Treetops Kitty Café, a Chester County nonprofit that is dedicated to rescuing all type of cat is struggling to keep the doors open.

A hotly contested East Coast natural gas pipeline has been given the go-ahead to start operating. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s approval Tuesday comes six years after construction began on the Mountain Valley Pipeline in West Virginia and Virginia. Environmental groups, landowners and some elected officials have long opposed the projec...