From the Archives: Signe Wilkinson wins Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning

Lasting art can both question and honor the nation.

On Oct. 19, 1752, Franklin announced the results of his electricity experiment in a short blurb that ran in his Pennsylvania Gazette.

One of the Philadelphia region’s greatest local hoaxes haunted the area with mysterious hoofprints, a painted kangaroo, and mass hysteria.

The Museum of the American Revolution offers a two-day living history festival focused on Philadelphia days when independence was new and far from guaranteed.

They weren’t good by traditional standards, but they were a reflection of the working-class city in which they played. And on Oct. 13, 1993, they beat the Atlanta Braves for the National League title.

The Supreme Court gave law enforcement in Pennsylvania a green light to seize so-called skill games devices starting Wednesday. Decades before that ruling, police cracked down on pinball machines.

The legendary show, which debuted on Oct. 6, 1986, used teams of kids from the Philly region to fill out its lineups.

"As hard as they tried to wipe us out, they couldn't," said Holly Wilson, a citizen of the Delaware Nation, whose work is featured in the Penn Museum's Native North America Gallery.

A recently fired city carpenter was arrested for smashing three portraits of Philadelphia mayors.

It is the country’s first penitentiary, which Charles Dickens called "dreadful." Today, it offers many programs about prison reform and its history.

Roughly 1 million people descended upon Philadelphia as Pope Francis became the second sitting pontiff to visit.

For the first time in the history of the Miss America pageant, which dates back to 1921 at the Jersey Shore, a deaf woman would wear the coveted rhinestone tiara in Atlantic City.

As Indians living under British colonial rule learned, data collection is never neutral.

She grew up in New York, lived in Swarthmore and Philadelphia for more than 50 years, and taught a variety of classes at Temple from 1974 to her retirement in 2011.

The history of the Suez Canal crisis reveals a similar conceptual mistake to the one the Trump administration is making.

On Sept. 7, 1964, Harry Anglemyer, the 37-year-old owner of the chain of Copper Kettle fudge shops, was found dead on the floor of the front seat of his Lincoln Continental.

Parton encouraged tolerance of marginalized groups and embraced feminism throughout her career — and was still beloved across ideological and political lines.

It was the venue for the First Continental Congress, where colonists wanted to work out their issues with England. But before they could come to a compromise, war broke out.

A fellowship in India after graduation challenged Steinem — and transformed her

Lemon, the Eagles' first-round pick, put up his best performance of the season, catching seven passes for 67 yards and scoring his first career touchdown in the 38-21 loss.

Eli and Peyton Manning hosted their alternate broadcast during the Eagles-Cowboys game and discuss flipping the double bird, teasing noted Eagles fan Bradley Cooper, and Brunson's love for the Eagles.

Barkley expressed optimism that he would play this Sunday despite being limited to nine snaps against the Cowboys.

He's a CEO coach responsible for nothing, and everything, and the most important things: Preparation, organization, and effort. The Eagles are deficient in every category.

Today's advice from Dear Abby.

A source close to Brown contradicted a report from Celtics analyst Brian Scalabrine, who later walked back his own report saying Brown requested a trade from Boston.