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The U.S. has announced plans to help evacuate Americans from Japan, fearing increased radiation levels from damaged nuclear reactors. But ...

It’s been nearly a week since Delaware resident Karen Nagyiski has heard from her daughter, Jessica Besecker, who has spent th ...

Joan Krajewski is half Irish. And she just can’t understand why a store like Spencer’s Gifts would sell a T-shirt depicting a ...

The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed national standards for mercury emissions. Officials said the limits will cut down on chi ...

NewsWorks reader Naja Killebrew braved the Cheltenham Mall last weekend during what sounds like the most enchanted and simultaneously nig ...

There’s good news for Camden, New Jersey.  Some police and firefighters are getting re-hired after massive layoffs.  ...

An Egg Harbor Township law firm is the first in New Jersey to sue over Four Loko. The controversial alcoholic energy drink is off the mar ...

The CopStache race is getting close. While three Abington officers are neck-and-neck-and-neck in fundraising efforts, Chief Bill Kelly is ...

The public is weighing in on a proposed Philadelphia law to mandate sick time for all workers in the city.   The majority of ...

As a resolution introduced by City Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell awaits a vote, a federal court is considering a suit filed by the Philad ...

Dwight Evans still has a vision, but the Philadelphia School District isn’t cooperating. Wednesday’s vote by the School Reform ...

Update: The House has voted to defund NPR. Original report: Listen to NPR? Then watch C-SPAN right now. ...

The one and only time I took a Ride the Ducks boat was to oblige friends who wanted to take the land/water tour while visiting Philly. ...

Smokers who try to quit with help are two to three times more likely to be successful. Philadelphia’s $2 million quit-smoking campa ...

Haverford College is getting a visit from a woman who–for many–embodies the brutality of war. Kim Phuc Phan Thi was ni ...