History

A gold and gemstone crown was stolen from the head of a marble statue of the Virgin Mary at a Center City church early Saturday.

After theft of $150,000 crown, a historic East Market church fights to stay open

Still reeling from the unsolved theft of the cherished crown, St. John the Evangelist Church struggles to raise funds to address badly needed repairs and could close its doors.

Joey Coyle in 1981: The down-and-out Philly longshoreman found a million bucks, but sadly, the story didn't end happily.

History

This week in Philly history, longshoreman Joey Coyle finds $1 million on a South Philly street

Russian grandmaster Garry Kasparov, hunched over a chess board and holding his furrowed brow in his hands, competes against the supercomputer Deep Blue in February 1996.

History

This week in Philly history, a man and a computer face off in the final match of an intensely followed chess tournament

Philadelphia

How Philly reacted to the SS United States when it arrived in town

A mug shot of Willie Sutton that appeared on wanted posters after his escape from Eastern State Penitentiary on April 3, 1945.

History

After theft of $150,000 crown, a historic East Market church fights to stay open

This week in Philly history, longshoreman Joey Coyle finds $1 million on a South Philly street

This week in Philly history, a man and a computer face off in the final match of an intensely followed chess tournament

How Philly reacted to the SS United States when it arrived in town

This week in Philly history, ‘Slick Willie’ Sutton escapes — on his sixth try — from a Philadelphia prison