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In the last six months, Pottstown has ordered three churches to close their shelters or stop offering services to the public.

Here’s a view from WHYY News photographers of how the last 12 months unfolded in real time.

The site of the city’s trash incinerator in the 70s and 80s and a concert venue in the 2000s will soon be home to apartment units and retail spaces.

President Joe Biden on Wednesday said the U.S. “should have societal guilt” for the slow pace of action on restricting access to firearms.

Two men and a pet dog were rescued from a sailboat without power or fuel more than 200 miles off Delaware, 10 days after friends and relatives had last heard from them.

The program is guided by one goal: To settle disagreements between landlords and tenants outside of court and without an eviction filing.

What does the future hold for Philadelphia's downtown area? It could mean an expansion of Center City’s residential footprint.

Curt Simmons, the last surviving member of the 1950 Philadelphia Phillies Whiz Kids team, has died. He was 93.

The advisory group of around 100 independent civil, human rights and other organizations helped address hate speech, child exploitation, suicide, self-harm and other problems

Guest hosts Sam Searles and Kole Long asked two community leaders, a clinician, a high school student, and a city public safety staffer for their solutions to gun violence.

Philadelphia police are asking for the public's help in identifying a City Hall theft suspect.

Can Philadelphia do what it needs to keep the momentum going?

The box has surrounded the statue for two years. On Friday, a judge ruled it needed to be removed.

A holiday party in South Philadelphia Sunday sought to empower and unite mothers and young kids who’ve lost loved ones to gun violence.

The SUV narrowly missed oxygen tanks, which can explode.