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The Philadelphia Mayor’s Office of Black Male Engagement held its first State of Opportunity for African American Males and Allies summit on Saturday, bringing together Black men and boys for a day centered on resources, mentorship and opportunity.

Philadelphia Mayor’s Office of Black Male Engagement holds inaugural summit The Mayor's Office of Black Male Engagement held its inaugural summit focused on resources, mentorship and expanding opportunities.

Starting Sept. 5, SEPTA will close 11th Street Station in Center City for more than a year for a major renovation project at the Market-Frankford Line stop.

SEPTA will add elevator access from the street level to the eastbound and westbound platforms.

Renovations will close SEPTA’s 11th Street MFL stop for more than a year The $44 million accessibility project will add elevators to both platforms, making the station ADA-compliant.

Baila Con Dover is returning this month, once again bringing thousands of people to Legislative Hall in Dover for live music, cultural performances and family activities that organizers hope will kick off Hispanic Heritage Month across Delaware.

Baila Con Dover returns to kick off Hispanic Heritage Month with Latino culture From Aztec dancers to Latin cuisine and live concerts, Baila Con Dover returns with a full day of free festivities celebrating community and culture.

Artificial intelligence is increasingly built into search engines, phones and office software.

Now, a South Philadelphia librarian is teaching residents how to turn it off.

How the Free Library is helping Philadelphians navigate AI The Free Library's Critical AI Literacy series explores the technology, with a focus on disabling unwanted features, spotting scams and understanding AI's impact on the city.

From a community garden to Pan-African rumba and public housing, the BlackStar Film Festival's opening-day program explored the power of telling one's own story.

BlackStar Film Festival opener connects communities from Philadelphia to London From a community garden to Pan-African rumba and public housing, the film festival's opening-day program explored the power of telling one's own story.

“That Summer Feeling,” at Photo Lounge on 17th Street in Philadelphia’s Center City is a window into what vacation snapshots looked like before Instagram

Philadelphia’s Photo Lounge shows what summer looked like before Instagram Over 60 customers submitted family vacation snaps to “That Summer Feeling” from 1931 – 2010.

The first hearing for a proposed data center in Plymouth Township-Conshohocken area was interrupted multiple times as a crowd of residents booed, cursed and shouted at the developer’s attorney and witness.

Conshohocken residents shout, boo, as hearing for data center begins Residents say they’re concerned the new data center will reduce property values and impact their quality of life in the suburban Pennsylvania towns.

Delaware Gov. Matt Meyer signed voting protections into law Thursday, the anniversary of the 1965 federal Voting Rights Act, at an historic Black church in Wilmington.

Delaware enacts John Lewis Voting Rights Act to protect voting rights Supporters say it will allow voters to pick their representative, instead of elected officials picking their voters.