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Are you one of the unlucky homeowners whose property taxes were raised 100 or even 200 percent after the latest property assessments? Here's how to appeal your assessment step by step.

President Trump wrote in a tweet Sunday that he will "demand" the Justice Department investigate whether the FBI infiltrated his presidential campaign for political purposes.

New research has found that, thanks to climate change, New Jersey's flounder and black seas bass could move much farther north, disrupting commercial fishing operations.

The use of a racial slur against a student from an opposing school by a member of the Haddonfield boys' lacrosse team has stirred the community. But parents say it's far from the first time they've heard the slur from Haddonfield athletes.

Chef Jose Garces has a full plate of legal troubles and his lawyer's latest maneuver is infuriating his business partners. One of their lawyers called it "about as low as you can get."

Dickinson College president Margee Ensign once led the American University of Nigeria where she took in students who fled the radical militant organization Boko Haram. Now she's bringing four former kidnapping victims stateside to study.

Researchers at Byberry Quaker Meeting in Philadelphia made a shocking discovery in a library display case: among animal remains and fossils lay a human skull labeled as Native American.

Now that the Supreme Court has legalized sports betting, it could mean more viewers and higher ratings for televised games. It could also put the NHL under a microscope.

Starbucks has changed it store policies to allow any guests, even non-paying ones, to hang out and use the restroom as they please. So two Inquirer reporters went to a Rittenhouse location to test it out.

The NBA draft is slowly approaching on June 21, so we're keeping a running list of all the players the Sixers have met with so far and their scouting reports.

Watching the royal wedding this weekend with a party full of friends, columnist Jenice Armstrong said seeing the bride infuse the ceremony with her African heritage reminded her of when Barack Obama took office.

The Eagles were officially invited to the White House next month to honor their Super Bowl win. Owner Jeffrey Lurie will lead the players who want to attend, but many Birds have already declined the invite.

Though the local arts scene has made Philly the city it is today, it hasn't been accompanied by an art-buying culture and, frankly, artists need more money and more attention to survive, writes artist Sean Martorana.

The Lower Merion School District is considering using eminent domain to take over the Stoneleigh public garden property. Blogger and former Lower Merion resident Carla Zambelli Mudry calls the potential move "the embodiment of arrogance."

Philly baseball fans in the early 20th century went to Shibe Park to see Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, Lou Gehrig, and Jackie Robinson play ball. But the best seats were actually across the street on the roofs and eaves of "bleacher houses" along North 20th Street, writes Hidden City.

The city is getting pretty excited for the first leg of the Rail Park to open. Philadelphia Magazine sat down with executive director Kevin Dow to get a sense of the project's future while Billy Penn dug into the park's plant life with landscape architect Bryan Hanes.

The dress Meghan Markle wore to become the Duchess of Sussex wasn't just any Givenchy gown. It's her response to the limiting fantasy of fairy tale weddings, according to the Washington Post.

At the Houston Chronicle, one woman explains how she learned her daughter was hiding in the Santa Fe High School classroom where a shooter was killing classmates and teachers Friday. It's a devastating read, but it illuminates the trauma inflicted on entire communities by gun violence.