At 11 a.m. this morning, at the historic Cathedral of the Holy Cross, both Barack Obama and former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney will attend an […]

This past week, before yesterday’s shameless display of ideological stonewalling cast a cloud of senselessness over the U.S. Senate, the New York Times ran an […]

It was a marquee event with an A-list guest list, and Philadelphia Archbishop Charles Chaput was the guest of honor. But upon receiving his 2013 […]

The breaking news alerts on my iPhone played like a stinger symphony. CNN’s Fran Townsend reports that a suspect has been arrested in the Boston […]

No, there was no arrest yesterday. And there hasn’t been one today, either. But FBI officials have obtained surveillance video they believe may lead them […]

One step closer to marriage equality.

During Temple’s annual Spring Fling event, a 19-year-old woman died after falling off an apartment roof during a party. Officers found a gruesome scene: The […]

We recently discovered that former New York Met Mike Piazza was appearing in an actual ballet in Miami, where he now makes his home. Now, […]

The Southern Poverty Law Center maintains a database of organizations it designates as “hate groups.” To make the list, your group must “have beliefs or […]

When the Boston Marathon was suspended Monday afternoon, 5,742 runners remained on the course, 14 of them from Philadelphia. Most of those 14 were stopped […]

The Senate passed Pat Toomey’s gun control bill today, by a vote of 54-46, gaining Republican support from three other Senators. But it needed 60 […]

As court proceedings in the trial of Philadelphia abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell ended for the day on Wednesday, prosecutor Ed Cameron announced the commonwealth expects […]

With an h/t to Reddit, here is Philly’s love letter to Boston, created by Philadelphian Linzy Leon:

MyFoxPhilly reports: “Planned Parenthood of Delaware says state regulators have launched an investigation into the conduct of several medical professionals at the facility. “Officials at […]

Boston’s not that far away from Philly, or that different, so of course people are on edge here after Monday’s bombings. This just came across […]