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WHYY hosts a live discussion on how SEPTA can balance the system upgrades it wants with the safety checks passengers need.

Embiid may choose to play internationally for the U.S. or France, but not both.

A lower court struck down the new statute as unconstitutional on Sept.15. The state wants the high court to overturn that ruling, but Republicans want it upheld.

He is also calling on governors to issue similar pardons for those convicted of state marijuana offenses, which reflect the vast majority of marijuana possession cases.

State health leaders are bracing for the possibility of “two epidemics going on at the same time” and are working on a plan to better track how the viruses spread.

Here is where the top two candidates for governor stand on issues related to higher education in Pennsylvania.

The ACLU listed more than a dozen actions district administrators have taken since 2019 that the ACLU says have created a “hostile environment” for LGBTQ students.

It was the deadliest mass shooting in the country's history. The assailant, identified as a former police officer, killed his wife and child before taking his own life.

For the first time since 2011, there will be a Red October in Philadelphia. Here's who the Phillies are playing, and how you can watch.

Oct. 6 - Oct.9: Kevin Hart in Philly, “Tootsie” in Delaware, and the second annual Vegan Fest in Camden, N.J. are among weekend event highlights.

Philadelphia’s current flag was designed back in 1895. It’s time for a new municipal flag design that represents our city’s culture, history, and future.

Got questions about keeping your kids safe from lead? This event in West Philly Saturday will have all the answers — and free smoothies!

There’s a moment when the percussionists “stop playing the drums and they start playing the lights” in Ezra Masch’s “Volumes” art installation.

It is the first time in the program’s 30-year history that it received more used syringes than clean ones distributed.

Assemblyman Jay Webber (R-Morris) suggested that lawmakers index tax brackets to account for historic inflation rates.