Latin America and the Caribbean are among the places most at risk of climate change, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) released in early ...

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection released a list of 243 cases across two dozen counties confirming to residents that their private water had been impacted by gas drilling, known ...

Gov. Tom Wolf says he'll push for higher taxes on Pennsylvania's natural gas industry that are identical to West Virginia's to help boost aid to public schools. Wolf, a Democrat, appeared Wednesday at ...

The PEW Research Center recently released a study of racial bias between Blacks, whites, Asians and biracial individuals. Results varied between striking and predictable. First, the obvious. Using an ...

Love has died this week. One of most famous celebrity couples, Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy, are no longer in a relationship. After almost 40 years together, The Muppets couple announced their break ...

"Damaris" of the lush black hair and inquisitive dark eyes is a single mom and for the past four years has been a sex worker in Mexico City, fighting day by day against discrimination and police ...

Eight asylum-seekers, including four children, barely made it across the Canadian border on Friday as a US border patrol officer tried to stop them and a Reuters photographer captured the scene.

Following a grand jury investigation, 15 members of a North Philadelphia gang have been arrested on a variety of charges stemming back to 2014 gun violence, District Attorney Seth Williams announced ...

Between smoke, stones and debris, groups of rescuers and volunteers working against the clock to save as many lives as possible, have managed to communicate to systematize their work, transforming the ...

During the primary elections more than 60 assistant district attorneys and several dozen detectives will be ready to respond to any voting irregularities or polling place issues. Philadelphia District ...

On Wednesday, Mayor-elect Jim Kenney announced three appointments to head up multicultural affairs and arts development. Kelly Lee will become the next chief cultural officer in the city's Office of ...

The Philadelphia Tribune, the country’s oldest continuously published African-American newspaper, announced earlier today their endorsement of Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders as President of the United ...