Archives: Articles

District officials had been demanding some teachers return to school buildings Monday, ahead of a planned return of up to 9,000 young children on Feb. 22.

Ex-state legislators are frequently on the shortlist to join Pennsylvania’s Gaming Control Board, which boasts an annual salary of $145,000.

How long is the wait to hear back? Is it first-come, first-served? What about line-jumping? WHYY’s Health Desk Help Desk wondered too.

30-year-old Philadelphia FIGHT provides health care and coronavirus testing. It wants people to know it is not involved with the similarly named start-up.

New Castle County used $5.5 million of its federal coronavirus relief money to fund the laboratory at the university’s northern campus.

The Western Pa. Democrat is the first major candidate to officially launch a campaign for the state’s open U.S. Senate seat in 2022.

Joe Biden is the first sitting president to openly oppose the death penalty. Here's a look at the steps Biden could take and the challenges he would face.

A look at five key questions about what to expect when senators hear the case against the former president in the very chamber that was besieged by insurrectionists.

The city’s teachers union has told teachers not to return to classrooms on Monday. The district says teachers could face discipline.

Philadelphia’s police commissioner has vowed “a complete and thorough investigation” into the incident, which left a woman in critical condition.

The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society effort will include a 2-acre teaching farm, a solar-powered greenhouse, and community garden beds.

Photographer Nikki Johnson got a backstage pass to roam the diseased body parts not seen by the public at the Mütter Museum.

On Sunday, Feb. 7, Puppy Bowl XVII will feature pups from Providence Animal Center, Match Dog Rescue, and The Center for Animal Health & Welfare.

Some experts see an opportunity to refocus U.S. testing less on medical precision than on mass screening that they believe could save hundreds of thousands of lives.

An online audience that included people from Botswana and Albania heard authors and illustrators talk about their work at the Philly-based event.