As hackers lock up networks that power police forces and utilities, municipalities must operate with hobbled computer systems, and decide whether to pay ransoms.
The commissioner had not acted quickly enough after sexual harassment reforms last summer, the mayor said.
At a shop that at times functioned as a sanctuary after the Tree of Life shooting, the owner sees his job as “a moral obligation.”
Union workers were told attendance wasn’t mandatory, but if they didn’t come, they would lose some of their expected pay for the week.
Gentrifier, interloper, developer: A new breed of builders is attempting to reclaim the “D” word and make development a little kinder and friendlier.
A growing number of development companies are trying to shake the image of developers as interlopers and soften the blow of gentrification.
A frightening shooting that began with Philadelphia police trying to serve a narcotics warrant turned into a dramatic eight-hour standoff.
From sunrise to sundown, a Philadelphia visit rediscovers the artist’s challenging contributions to installation art.
“Our officers need help, they need help with gun control,” Philadelphia’s mayor said after six police officers were wounded by gunfire. But in most states, the issue is not up to urban leaders.
A man surrendered early Thursday after a long, tense standoff with the police in which six officers were shot.
Six police officers were shot and wounded after trying to serve a warrant. A suspect later surrendered.
Six officers were wounded after the police tried to serve a narcotics warrant at a North Philadelphia home.
A 1973 home near Scranton by the Apple store architect Peter Bohlin, a two-family house in Long Beach and an 1880 home in Bozeman.
A 1973 home near Scranton by the Apple store architect Peter Bohlin, a two-family house in Long Beach and an 1880 home in Bozeman.
Mr. Trump railed against China, President Obama, the lawsuits he’s facing, and, as always, his media coverage.
A caller falsely reported to the authorities that he had shot his father and tied up his mother, according to the police. The authorities quickly cleared the incident, officials said.
Senator Cory Booker detoured from early-voting states to hold rallies this month in Detroit, Philadelphia and Milwaukee, where turnout will be essential to Democrats winning back key states in 2020.
Bill Cosby’s effort to overturn his conviction for sexual assault started Monday as his lawyers were pressed to explain the grounds for such an appeal.
Bill Cosby’s effort to overturn his conviction for sexual assault started Monday as his lawyers were pressed to explain the grounds for such an appeal.
Royal Dutch Shell’s plant will produce more than a million tons of plastic, in the form of tiny pellets. Many in the Pittsburgh area see it as an economic engine, but others worry about long-term harm.
The fire chief said that the house had only one smoke detector — in an attic — and that he “highly doubted” it was working.
New research shows that summer temperatures can vary as much as 20 degrees across different parts of a city, with poor and minority neighborhoods often bearing the brunt.
The videos, product of an animation class, will be projected onto Eastern State Penitentiary, a former prison in Philadelphia that is now a museum.
State laws that let judges take guns away from troubled owners have been used thousands of times, though they work only when people report threatening behavior.
State laws that let judges take guns away from troubled owners have been used thousands of times, though they work only when people report threatening behavior.
The meaning of a Seattle experiment.
Lawyers who represent victims of child sexual abuse have been urging former scouts to come forward with claims before a possible bankruptcy filing by the Boy Scouts of America.
“We will focus on achieving real solutions for the minority community regardless of what hatred might be spewed from the White House,” the civil rights leader says.
Problems with disposal of dangerous materials led the government to suspend research at the military’s leading biodefense center.
Active-shooter episodes in which the gunmen espoused white extremist beliefs have been among the deadliest in recent years.
The United States Naval Academy’s football team replaced the slogan out of respect for the victims of The Capital Gazette shooting.
For those who recently attended a debate camp, the Democratic debates were not a chance to undercut rivals or wring donations but something else: a lesson plan.
The 68-year-old congressman said he yelled to scare the intruder away after his security system warned him of the burglary at his West Baltimore home.
The 68-year-old congressman said he yelled to scare the intruder away after his security system warned him of the burglary at his West Baltimore home.
A ruckus over a rich suburb’s allowing a few more apartments shows how hard it can be to provide affordable housing.
Increasingly, the court risks becoming identified as the president’s lap dog.
Forget those predictable poster reprints. Some properties have begun to push the boundaries of what it means to be a hotel with great art.
There’s a workaround for researchers and policymakers faced with a big time lag in the release of national statistics.
It’s the right thing to do — both morally and electorally.
In a key swing state, Democrats looking at the presidential field were more likely to follow their head than their heart in whom to support.
The new ice cream company Art Cream has ultrasmooth flavors and colorful packaging.
And many things past administrations have done to hurt it.
Readers react to President Trump’s racially charged criticism of certain members of Congress.
Baltimore residents know their city has deep, ugly problems. But they say President Trump’s race-baiting insults are not going to help Charm City.
President Trump extended his attacks on critics of color with an early-morning Twitter blast calling Al Sharpton “a con man” and “a troublemaker.”
When the president called Baltimore a “dangerous and filthy” place while attacking a Democratic congressman from the city, residents rallied to his defense, and their own.
The president defended his criticism of the congressman and his “disgusting, rat and rodent infested” district, even as Democrats and the local newspaper fired back.