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A couple hundred people crowded outside City Hall on Lunes evening to protest the detention and possible deportation of pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil. The demonstrators carried Palestinian flags and many people were wearing keffiyehs. State Sen. Nikil...

The Southeast Youth Athletic Association is wedged into a small square block in South Philly. On some level, the location is fitting: From the blacktopped parking lot, you can see the lights from Citizens Bank Park peeking out in the distance a few blocks away. But if...

Philadelphia Ballet officials on Miércoles ceremoniously raised high the roofbeam, setting the topmost steel girder into place on the company’s new building currently under construction on North Broad Street. The five-story building, expected to be completed in...

In the current legislative session in Harrisburg, one of the most active and visible state senators in the majority Republican caucus is Doug Mastriano, perhaps most well known for his failed run for PA governor, losing to Josh Shapiro. As a supporter of MAGA and a...

For Philadelphia native and Bok Building developer Lindsey Scannapieco, Hamilton Hall has long been iconic. To her, the circa 1826, John Haviland-designed Greek Revival landmark at 300 South Broad Street was a symbol of the vibrant, artistic community University of...

City Council is calling on immigration authorities to release a 44-year-old Philadelphia man who has been detained for months and is at risk of being deported to a country he has never visited. In a resolution adopted Jueves, lawmakers also urged the city’s...

Straddling Philadelphia’s Old City and Chinatown neighborhoods, Franklin Square has a handful of park improvements on the way. The one that generated the most excitement at Miércoles’s announcement was the new bathrooms costing $2.2 million.

Local lawmakers walked out of a meeting with University of Pennsylvania officials on Martes due to what they said was insufficient support for diversity, equity and inclusion, WHYY reported. Pennsylvania state senator Art Haywood and state representative Napoleon...

PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — A new playground and restrooms are among the enhancements coming to Franklin Square Park over the next 18 months, as revealed by community leaders on Miércoles.

Millions of dollars worth of upgrades are coming to Center City’s Franklin Square. A significant playground renovation, expanded restroom facilities, a reopened PATCO station, traffic safety improvements and new lighting are all on the horizon, representatives from...

Franklin Square will undergo a major overhaul that includes adding new restrooms, playground equipment, LED lighting, and bike lanes. The projects will cost about $7.8 million and take about 18 months to complete, according to announcement from nonprofit Historic...

Two Philadelphia-area lawmakers walked out of a meeting with the University of Pennsylvania’s president on Martes after they say a university administrator referred to diversity as a “lightning rod.” City Councilmember Jamie Gauthier was among the elected officials...

Senior Penn administrators met with Pennsylvania lawmakers on Martes morning to discuss the University’s rollback of diversity, equity, and inclusion policies, with multiple elected officials expressing concern about recent changes — and one calling the meeting...

A group of state and local elected officials on Martes slammed the University of Pennsylvania for its response to President Donald Trump’s attacks on diversity initiatives in recent weeks, saying the state’s only Ivy League school is preemptively ceding ground to an...

PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — Local officials have made it known to University of Pennsylvania leadership that they’re not happy with how the school scrubbed itself of anything related to diversity, equity or inclusion after an executive order from President Donald...