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It’s been a busy day here at WHYY, and we’re still chasing some stories for you. As Thursday fades into Friday, check out our ...

If the Supreme Court is going to let special interests buy elections in America, I think we ought to at least know who they are. I ...

Chesapeake Energy temporarily shut down “completion operations” and hydraulic fracturing Thursday at its 105 Pennsylvania Mar ...

Philadelphia is the seventh-most walkable city. We got beat out of the CNBC rankings by obvious cities like San Francisco, Boston and New ...

A Philadelphia City Councilwoman is concerned about how the city will handle the homeless amid budget cuts. Councilwoman Jannie Bl ...

Way back in 2001, the Department of Homeland Security came up with a color-coded terror alert system. back in 2006, the warning level at ...

  More than 200 people turned out last night for Chestnut Hill Community Association’s annual dinner meeting. As civic meet ...

Someone who bought a Cash 5 lottery ticket in South Philly is a big winner. The ticket purchased from Lucky Beer Distribution won $1.7 mi ...

University of Pennsylvania student wrote an editorial Tuesday for the school’s student newspaper. He detailed an encounter he had w ...

Women who want to be Catholic priests held their annual protest outside Holy Thursday Mass at the Cathedral in Center City Philadelphia.< ...

For someone like Jane Golden, graffiti is more than an eyesore. It gets in the way of her job. The Mural Arts Program director says she s ...

Investigators have begun a new search for missing college student Devon Minor. The Clifton Heights resident disappeared three months ago. ...

Eugene Martin had until 2:49 p.m. today to raise $25,000. ...

Authorities in Lower Pottsgrove are investigating how a live electrical junction box became attached to a batting cage and caused two you ...

The recent closing of a short-lived, but well-received East Falls restaurant has stirred up a mix of surprise, suspicion and outrage from ...