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Ready to ring in the new year? WHYY’s Robin Bloom has a baker’s dozen recommendations for countdowns and fireworks in the Phi ...

More than a decade ago, University of Pennsylvania researcher Edna Foa developed a therapy to treat post-traumatic stress disorder. ̶ ...

When Nick George arrived at the Philadelphia airport to head back to college in California, he expected a little extra scrutiny in the po ...

An appeals court has overturned the landmark conviction of Monsignor William Lynn, the first person in the Catholic hierarchy to be convi ...

Next year, 2014, marks the 450th anniversary of the birth of William Shakespeare. Among the myriad events to mark the occasion is a sonne ...

Pennsylvania’s minimum wage has become a source of campaign fodder for the gubernatorial candidates. Gov. Tom Corbett recent ...

A water main break earlier this week released millions of gallons of water in the Frankford section of Philadelphia. On Thursday, ...

Pennsylvania soon will have a new definition of child abuse that’s more specific and more comprehensive, as well as new tools for f ...

One popular Philadelphia attraction suffered a pre-Christmas meltdown, but it’s back in business now.  Warm weather las ...

Christmas comes with lots of gifts and toys. But what do you do with the mounds of gift boxes, wrapping paper, old electr ...

A U.S. senator from New Jersey is urging the Federal Trade Commission to investigate how hackers accessed credit and debit card accounts ...

A Roman Catholic church official who has been jailed for more than a year for his handling of priest sex-abuse complaints had his convict ...