Cherelle Parker, a Democrat with a long political history in Philadelphia, will be the city's 100th mayor and the first woman to ever be elected to the office, NBC News projects. The 51-year-old ...

President Donald Trump has not yet followed through on his threats to cut federal funding for “sanctuary” cities including ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - Thursday marks 100 days since Mayor Cherelle Parker took office in Philadelphia as the first woman and first Black woman to lead the city. Parker recently agreed to a rare one ...

Parker said she will be "a get-it-done mayor." Cherelle Parker is literally one in a hundred after being elected Philadelphia's first female mayor. In a historic vote, Parker became the City of ...

Cherelle Parker’s win in the Democratic primary is a sign of how the city has changed. But Philadelphia’s challenges remain deep and daunting. By Campbell Robertson PHILADELPHIA — The ...

A former state legislator and City Council member, Ms. Parker will be the first woman to lead the city. By David W. Chen and Joel Wolfram Joel Wolfram reporting from Philadelphia Cherelle Parker ...

Philadelphia Mayor-elect Cherelle Parker addresses a crowd of supporters at at Sheet Metal Workers Local 19. (Emma Lee/WHYY) After 99 men, Philadelphia has elected a woman to the mayor’s office. “I ...

Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker unveiled the details of the agreement with the Sixers to build a new arena in Center City on Wednesday night during a public meeting at the Pennsylvania ...

Cherelle Parker addresses supporters at the Sheet Metal Workers Local 19 after becoming the first woman elected mayor of Philadelphia. (Emma Lee/WHYY) Philadelphia voters have elected Cherelle Parker ...

On Tuesday, Cherelle Parker took the stage at the Sheet Metal Workers hall to announce her election as Philadelphia’s hundredth mayor. Parker, who is fifty-one, was wearing a red-lace power suit.

Philadelphia’s Democratic Mayor Cherelle Parker took office a year ago with a law-and-order mandate from voters, and a priority has been cleaning up the troubled neighborhood of Kensington.