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Here are five commonly used myths and the real science that debunks them.

Starting October 2020, standard licenses will no longer work at airport security checkpoints or to enter federal buildings.

Upstream Alliance, an environmental group, organized last weekend’s event to show that the stretch between Philly and Camden is safe to float in — sometimes.

Philadelphia Contemporary tapped Sharon Johnston to design its first building. Here’s what we know so far about the organization’s first permanent home.

In a 3-2 vote, Pa.’s Public Utility Commission amended its policy statement to reduce the burden on low-income customers in assistance programs.

The signs arrived at a rough moment for right of ways. Less than a month ago, the city was sued in federal court over the poor conditions of the sidewalks.

The win came in the form of an amendment that requires all units built before 1978 to have their properties regularly inspected to secure a “lead safe” certification.

Delaware’s attorney general wants to dissolve shell companies allegedly used by former Trump allies Paul Manafort and Michael Cohen.

The shutdown of Three Mile Island, site of the United States' worst commercial nuclear power accident, is imminent.

The raft of proposals serves as a rejection of Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf’s own energy plan.

The city’s Law Department confirmed that it has retained outside lawyers to provide unspecified “legal services” to Councilman Kenyatta Johnson.

A N.J. contractor schemed to sidestep minority-owned business requirements tied to $2.2 million worth of Philadelphia contracts by using phony companies linked to his family.

Mega-townhouses are popping up on Old City’s shop-lined streets and some fear the development trend could pose an existential threat to the historic neighborhood.

A lawmaker says such aggravating factors contribute to disproportionate incarceration rates for African Americans. Now they no longer mean higher sentences in Delaware.

The salt marsh mosquito was once nicknamed the “New Jersey state bird.” But changing conditions are shifting concern from that mosquito to others.