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Dr. John Gibbon invented the heart-lung machine and used it to perform the world’s first successful open-heart surgery on May 6, 1953.

Riders wearing ski masks should expect to be confronted by SEPTA police and asked to remove them or get off the ride.

The Arden Theatre opens “25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” at the same time two Philly kids are competing in the national bee.

Stores and restaurants in Rehoboth, Bethany, and other Delaware beach towns say they’re ready for an influx of summer visitors.

The assessment aims to identify health disparities across Delco, and help address them.

Even when the Philadelphia area is not hit directly by a hurricane, it can still be devastated by a storm’s remnants.

Last year, Airbnb enacted a similar initiative over the busy holiday weekends.

The science museum in the city’s Northeast has been on a roller coaster of financial and other problems for several years now.

There are six city pools, one within a mile radius of the North Philadelphia-based campus.

Ledyard has been under scrutiny since the body of his second wife was found in the Brandywine River nearly four years ago.

Memorial Day weekend travel projections show that demand for tourism will be high this summer.

New research from Redfin compared the estimated median monthly mortgage payments to estimated median monthly rent payments.

The plan aims to be a five-year roadmap to safer schools, higher student achievement, and cost-effective operations.

The report finds that most beaches in the state are in fairly good condition, according to environmental experts — but a warning has been issued for swimmers.

Environmental scientists are evaluating the potential costs of climate change in Philadelphia — and how to prepare.