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The city of Philadelphia has a poet laureate. Sonia Sanchez has been appointed the city’s poet laureate by Mayor Michael Nut ...

Friday will be the last day of work for six members of Philadelphia City Council. Another council member will retire just for the weekend ...

Let’s bid goodbye (and good riddance) to 2011. The envelopes, please!   Toxic pollution source most in need ...

This past year marked the first full year for WHYY’s online project to cover Northwest Philadelphia’s neighborhoods in-depth ...

We offer 10 of our favorite doomsday scenarios—to the best of our ability to understand and explain ...

A 7-year-old girl died last night in a Burlington County, N.J., house fi ...

Two people died in a two-car crash on the White Horse Pike in Clementon, ...

Occupy Dover members who have spent days and nights at Legislative Mall since November 18th are organizing a New Year’s Eve celebra ...

A state senator from Kent County is proposing increased sentences for criminals convicted of home-invasion type robberies. Senator ...

Kids are invited to take part in the Animal Winter Olympics today at the ...

New Castle County police are hoping for help from the public in solving a series of vehicle break-ins.  Some of the vehicles were se ...

Newsworks asked Rob Tornoe to draw what he thought was one of the main images of 2011.  Here’s his spin. I’v ...

The city that holds down one end of the Walt Whitman Bridge is getting its first poet laureate. Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter ...

A major Pennsylvania health system will begin testing new hires for nicotine starting in February. Danville-based Geisinger Health ...

Here’s one holiday bonus that’s better than a Jelly of the Month Club membership: New Jersey’s efforts to ensure ...