Investigators say some kind of religious ritual may be behind the discovery of the remains of 400 to 500 dead animals at a Philadelphia house. Officer George Bengal, director of law enforcement at the Pennsylvania SPCA, says investigators spent hours combing through the home in the ...

Obese students at a historically black college near Philadelphia won't have to take a fitness class to graduate after all. Lincoln University faculty nixed the idea this week amid complaints the so-called "fat course" undermined a school principle of equal treatment. The school had initiated the policy ...

A suburban swim club accused of discrimination last summer after revoking the memberships of mostly black and Hispanic children plans to declare bankruptcy, a newspaper reported Saturday. Valley Swim Club president John Duesler sent an e-mail to club "friends and families" Friday saying the board of directors ...