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Black History Month explained: Its origins, celebrations and myths
Beginning Feb. 1, schools, museums and communities across the nation will mark the start of Black History Month, a celebration of Black history, culture, and education.
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At this bar in the heart of South Philly, it’s Chiefs over Eagles who reign as fan favorites
Big Charlie’s has been slinging beers to Chiefs fanatics on gamedays since the early 1980s.
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Victims identified in Philadelphia plane crash as investigation continues
Officials said an ‘expansive’ impact zone was left by the Philadelphia plane crash that killed all six people on the air ambulance bound for Mexico, including an 11-year-old girl who had been receiving medical treatment at Shriners Children’s Philadelphia hospital.
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Pennsylvania elections chief touts progress in reducing mail ballot rejection rate
County elections officials in Pennsylvania rejected more than 11,000 mail-in ballots for technical reasons in the November election, including thousands that were determined to violate the much litigated requirement that voters provide accurate, handwritten dates on the return envelopes.
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5 injured in fatal Philadelphia plane crash remain hospitalized, 3 in critical condition
Mayor Cherelle Parker said 22 people were injured and five of them remain hospitalized in Friday’s crash of a Mexico-bound air ambulance in which all six people on board died, including a girl who had spent months being treated at a city hospital.
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Punxsutawney Phil’s prediction: 6 more weeks of wintry weather
Thousands gathered to see the world’s most famous groundhog in Punxsutawney Sunday for the Western Pa. town’s annual Groundhog Day celebration.
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Seven dead, 19 injured in air ambulance crash in Philadelphia
The small plane carrying six people, including a child who had just undergone treatment at a hospital, crashed just after takeoff from the small Northeast Philadelphia Airport, creating what witnesses described as a massive fireball and a chaotic street scene that left houses on fire, businesses damaged, and cars destroyed.
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A medical plane carrying a child patient and 5 others crashes in Philadelphia, setting homes ablaze
The company operating the flight that crashed into a Northeast Philadelphia neighborhood Friday evening said it could not confirm any survivors. There was no immediate word whether anyone on the ground was killed.
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Philadelphia-area skating club confirms members are among those killed in Washington plane crash
The Philadelphia Skating Club & Humane Society confirmed Thursday that members of the club had died when an Army helicopter and an American Airlines passenger jet collided over the Potomac River, killing all 67 people aboard the two aircraft.
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Pennsylvania governor rolls out plan to fast-track and subsidize power plants, hydrogen projects
Gov. Josh Shapiro said Thursday that he wants to fast-track big energy projects in Pennsylvania and offer hundreds of millions of dollars in tax breaks for projects that provide electricity to the grid and make hydrogen.
