Through a statement on Twitter, the U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, said on Wednesday, Jan. 25 that due to former Panama President Ricardo Martinelli's ties to the Odebrecht scandal and two ...

“The plastics industry is actually the fastest-growing source of industrial greenhouse gases in the world. The UN Environment Programme estimates that the greenhouse gas emissions from plastic ...

On Thursday, Sept. 15, New Mexico U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján along with U.S. Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández of New Mexico, and Rep. Jahana Hayes of Connecticut introduced a new student loan bill to ...

City Councilman Curtis Jones Jr. plans to introduce a bill Thursday that would make two official Muslim holidays in Philadelphia. Jones said it is an issue of providing the same “holiday access” that ...

Mia Roberts Perez, one of the candidates elected yesterday to Philadelphia’s Court of Common Pleas, will be bringing more diversity to the bench where there are currently only a few Latino judges in a ...

Pedro Pierluisi, Puerto Rico’s 12th elected Governor, was recently sworn into office on Jan. 2, 2020. He won the Nov. 3 contest by capturing only 33% of votes. Pierluisi, who is a Democrat, was ...

Editor's note: This story contains graphic descriptions of racial violence and sexual assault and may be upsetting to some readers. Since the start of the pandemic, there has been a recent wave of ...

Wednesday morning’s announcement that Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey will retire at the end of this year begs many questions. Who will fill the shoes? Will the replacement be promoted ...

Twenty Dominicans were detained for trying to illegally enter Puerto Rico. In a press release on Tuesday, Aug. 30, the U.S. Coast Guard explained that the operation was carried out when a U.S. Customs ...

The Franklin Institute recently announced the nine recipients of the 2023 Franklin Institute Awards. These awards are given to individuals “for their extraordinary scientific, engineering, and ...

The Sharswood community in North Philadelphia is getting an extra boost to its development. On Wednesday, Aug. 3, Sharswood Ridge received a new $2,125,000 state grant through the RACP (Redevelopment ...

While the Supreme Court last Summer may have ruled to strip American women the right to an abortion and reduce access to abortion medication, this will not stop the women from seeking the procedure ...