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The new heat sensors and water cannons were part of an agreement EMR signed with the city after a four-alarm blaze at its facility in 2025.

Residents can enjoy a complimentary lunch and meet with WHYY News staff.

The initiatives range from restoring native plant species in Abington Township to rehabilitating Lansdale’s historic freight house to serve as the borough’s welcome center.

NOAA is rolling out an experimental tool to help emergency planners predict extreme rain events in 60 cities, including Philadelphia and Dover, Delaware.

During the aftermath of Hurricane Ida in 2021, water rushed down the creek, flooding Forbidden Drive.

The legislation would require data centers to take financial responsibility for their impact on the grid.

To receive vouchers, heads of families must meet income requirements and be working, looking for work or doing job training.

Abrego Garcia's mistaken deportation to El Salvador last year became an embarrassment for President Donald Trump’s administration when it was ordered to return him to the U.S.

The FDA is considering adding bemotrizinol as an ingredient for U.S. sunscreens. Experts say it could lead to stronger skin cancer prevention options.

The federal lawsuit charges that the 2012 law serves to “chill free speech," but a state official says the plaintiffs are “trying to keep dark money dark.”

Despite a snowy winter, New Jersey has not seen enough precipitation to bring streams and groundwater sources back to normal levels.

The Agriculture Resource Center in West Fairmount Park will lend tools and offer free skills workshops.

Five panelists spoke at WHYY on Thursday, exploring the opportunities and challenges the city faces as America’s 250 celebrations include a packed sports schedule in Philly.

The progressive district attorney posted a video to X saying the Democratic Party would suffer if Bob Brady doesn’t call it quits.

The day honors the woman who escaped enslavement after fleeing President George Washington's home in 1796.