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Artists hope their collaboration with North Philly residents can get people to care about urban heat. The book is their conversation starter.

Critics say the EPA doesn’t adequately enforce civil rights complaints. Biden vowed change, and the agency is pursuing a case on the natural gas power plant.

“It is shocking — I would almost say that the German language barely has words for the devastation that has been wreaked,” Merkel said at a news conference.

As of June 7, roughly 3.2 million people in the U.S. said they face eviction in the next two months. Here’s the situation in Pennsylvania.

The CDC reported 5,172 overdose deaths in Pennsylvania last year, a jump of 16% from 4,444 in 2019.

The American Vegan Society is about to set up its first public storefront. Its new walking tours reveal Philly’s vegan history.

Behind-the-scenes talks are ongoing in Harrisburg to figure out how to proceed with Mastriano’s election fraud claims, GOP Senate sources confirmed to WHYY News.

Several beaches were closed this week after medical waste washed ashore.

Health care should be considered a human right, says Put People First! PA, which organized a Center City march.

New Jersey is moving aggressively to become the leader in the fast-growing offshore wind energy industry on the East Coast.

Philadelphia Superintendent William Hite and other school officials have agreed to meet with an air quality specialist after he criticized the district’s new purifiers.

A lack of security at their apartment complexes makes life dangerous for many Camden seniors. Buildings’ operators refuse to hire guards.

The city of Philadelphia says gun buybacks have removed dangerous firearms from the city streets.

The sites may be at risk for leaching a class of toxic chemicals known as PFAS into drinking water supplies.

A southeast Pennsylvania-based urban rescue team returns after working in Surfside collapse.