Senate Education Committee chairman John Eichelberger reportedly said during a town hall meeting that he blames failing urban school systems for minority students dropping out of college and that money would be better spent training them for vocational programs.
William Toney's last calls and texts were on November 19 to some of his female friends. After that, everything, his cell phone and his social media, went blank.
The main suspect is the victim's ex-girlfriend, who was arrested on Wednesday and charged with his murder.
Darryl DePiano, the owner of ICandy, a popular nightclub in the "Gayborhood" section of Philadelphia, found himself in hot water earlier this week after a video of him saying the N-word made its rounds on the internet.
Meek told Instagram he wants to save his family from the streets.
After this weekend's festival, the famous group made the major announcement that the Roots Picnic will be expanding to New York City.
NewsOne decided to take a trip back in time to explore what happened the day America bombed its own people.
The Philadelphia City Council is considering a budget that includes a proposed soda tax. Philadelphia's mayor wants to fund early childhood education with the revenue. But there's serious opposition.
The train, which was heading to Savannah, Georgia, was carrying more than 340 passengers and seven crew members when it crashed.
On Thursday, officials in Philadelphia passed a resolution that not only honors Major League Baseball legend Jackie Robinson's color barrier-breaking appearance in the city in 1947 but also serves as a formal apology. On April 15, the day that Robinson shattered the barrier, his widow will receive a formal apology for the mistreatment her husband faced, NBC Philadelphia reports.
Over the course of this year, Baltimore has been at the forefront of a national conversation about police brutality. The city has found itself back in the headlines again, but this time around, it’s related to a national eviction crisis. A new study released by the Public Justice Center, titled Justice Diverted: How Renters Are […]
Officials are looking into a possible hate crime in which a severed pig’s head was thrown in front of a North Philadelphia mosque. According to Philly, the incident happened around 11 p.m. on Sunday. Surveillance cameras caught a suspicious red van driving near the Al Aqsa Islamic Society. The vehicle drove past the mosque twice; the second time, the pig’s […]