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A pair of anti-bullying bills will be signed into law by Governor Markell this afternoon.   House Bill 268 and Senate Bill 193 ...

In 2008, when Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter was proposing unpopular budget cuts to pools and libraries, he was quick to point out tha ...

I’m not an expert on the British mindset. But as someone who lived in London for three years as a foreign correspondent, I can stat ...

Authorities in Pennsylvania say they have seized more than $1 million worth of synthetic marijuana and drugs known as bath salts. < ...

A recent scare in a Kroc Center pool has officials weighing a policy change that would prohibit lifeguards from having their cell phones ...

A crowd of 50 surrounded a 175 KW ultraviolet blacklight with a pale sheet to learn about moths during the first ever National Moth Week ...

In a 2011 Philadelphia Daily N ...

NewsWorks reader Julie Foster emailed us this picture of a woman smoking at a SEPTA station — ...

From Center City to the Jersey Shore, we’ve got your week covered. WHYY’s Arts Calendar curator Robin Bloom sorts through hun ...

Solar energy got a boost, Cooper Medical School opened its doors, and parrot-heads descended on Atlantic City — and it all happened thi ...

Looking for something fun to do this weekend? Here are our top picks: Final Weekend of “Escaped Infrastructure” ...

Sparks flew and water poured through a ceiling light in Roxborough’s Kendrick Recreation Center on a recent summer night. The overn ...

For the next two weeks, the world’s attention will turn to London and the 2012 Summer Olympics. You may not be able to jet across t ...

Electronic giant Best Buy posted a $1.7 billion loss in the first fiscal quarter of 2012. This April, it announced it would close 50 stor ...

This is what the front of tonight’s powerful thunderstorms looked like in Mt. Airy earlier this evening. This was captured by Bas S ...