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The U.S. Department of Education’s Office of the General Counsel (OGC) on Thursday announced the opening of a foreign funding investigation into the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) following the discovery of inaccurate and untimely financial disclosures from foreign sources. The investigation centers on potential...

The Police Unity Tour made its way through South Jersey Friday morning. The four-day bike ride honors fallen law enforcement officers. More than 100 officers are taking part in the ride. It went past Cherry Hill Police headquarters on Friday. This leg of the ride is in honor of fallen officer Louis Duffy, who died...

Building Ghosts, a new book by co-authors Molly Lester and Michael Bixler, explores the history of long-demolished Philadelphia buildings like 830 N. Fourth St., and highlights the stories of people who once lived in the now-empty spaces through several dozen vignettes. Building Ghosts, a new book from Temple...

New Jersey is no stranger to elite cheesesteaks. Some of these shops have been open for decades — Anthony Bourdain once famously proclaimed Donkey’s Place in Camden to have a cheesesteak better than any in Philadelphia. But new steak spots are popping up all the time. And the...

HARRISBURG, PA.- On Wednesday, May 7, 2025, Leon Weathersbe, 38, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, appeared in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania and was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Keli M. Neary to 137 months in federal prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release...

Police are searching for a vehicle in connection with a hit-and-run that killed a man in West Philadelphia. The department released pictures of a dark colored SUV, which is described as a Lincoln Navigator with out-of-state license plates. The hit and run happened around 11:30 p.m. last Friday near the intersection...

A 32-year-old woman was thrown from a moving vehicle in Philadelphia's Parkside neighborhood. She died at the hospital.

Ducis Rodgers took a trip down to Bristol, Connecticut, on Thursday for a tour of ESPN studios. Who better to give us a behind-the-scenes tour, pull back the curtain, than Philadelphia native and Temple grad Kevin Negandhi? MORE | Philly natives working at ESPN speak about sports camaraderie: 'Go Birds from across...

With legislation from Minority Leader Kendra Brooks, Philadelphia sets a new standard for protecting the most vulnerable workers. Today, City Council voted unanimously to pass the POWER (Protect Our Workers, Enforce Rights) Act, which empowers workers and the City’s Department of Labor (DoL) to hold employers...

If you looked at the numbers, student fights or assaults are down in the School District of Philadelphia. But experts tell Action News, despite the data, the fights that do occur are becoming increasingly violent and too often due to parents, relatives and friends getting involved. This includes Wednesday's melee...