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From guitars to traditional medicines and from tusk to tail, mankind's exploitation of the planet's fauna and flora is putting some of them at risk of extinction.

At a meeting at the Nicetown-Tioga Library about Wednesday’s shooting, neighbors told Councilmember Bass they want to see investment in their community.

"It's hard to compare any modern-day festival to what occurred at the original Woodstock."

The anxiety of one mass shooting after another has led some churches to start training and arming their worshippers with guns.

On Friday, Beach Days for All hosted a ribbon cutting at the now handicapped-accessible Maryland Avenue beach, known as "Callan's Way," in Point Pleasant Beach. 

If we want to work towards creating and sustaining an effective canopy, we need a cultural shift to prioritize the life-long maintenance of trees over simply planting them.

She said her priorities are to fight corruption, secure federal hurricane recovery funds and help pull Puerto Rico out of its 13-year recession.

Maurice Hill is facing charges including aggravated assault, assault on law enforcement officers, reckless endangerment and multiple counts of attempted murder.

Philadelphia poet Sonia Sanchez read the entire poem for WHYY's CommonSpace in February 2017.

Philadelphia’s Wilma Theater encourages young people to invent plays out of hoaxes and misinformation.

Fergy Malone was one of baseball’s original standouts. He was buried in an unmarked grave. Two vintage teams will honor him with a gravestone Sunday in Philadelphia.

New research from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh shows thousands of lives could be saved each year if air quality standards were tightened.

About half of the original 30,000 gallons of highly toxic hydrofluoric acid remains. “A good week,” Philadelphia Fire Commissioner Adam Thiel says.

Costs per voter work out to $12.51 for hand-marked ballot systems versus $23.35 for ballot-marking devices, or BMDs, according to the analysis.

A week of violence in North Philadelphia has some neighbors wondering if it is time to leave longtime homes.