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WHYY’s Maiken Scott will moderate a discussion on ethnobotanical practices at the Academy of Natural Sciences on Thursday night.

ManUpPHL will receive a $100,000 funding grant from Everytown Community Safety Fund to help more men turn from a life of crime to an opportunity to succeed.

Dr. Ruha Benjamin said Princeton University excluded her statements referencing an investigation into a protest last spring from an article about her MacArthur fellowship.

The project is part of the Rebuild program, which uses sugary drink tax money to help education and recreation projects.

Unionized dockworkers are the most recent group of U.S. workers to back their demands for better contracts by walking off the job.

Local ILA president Boise Butler said workers want a fair contract that doesn’t allow automation of their jobs.

Starting Oct. 1, unaccompanied teenagers will not be allowed in the Willow Grove Park Mall after certain hours without a parent or guardian.

The longtime Cincinnati Red and career hits leader, Rose, tarnished his legacy and Hall of Fame hopes by gambling on the game he once defined.

Philly city leaders report a 40% drop in homicides with a gun. Advocates say, “It is not by accident.”

He was the backbone of the last Sixers team to reach the NBA Finals and a great humanitarian.

Mutombo's family revealed two years ago that he was undergoing treatment for a brain tumor. The NBA said he died surrounded by his family.

Family members and friends of Dr. Barbara Friedes, who was struck and killed in July while cycling near Rittenhouse Square, hosted a memorial bike ride Saturday in her honor.

The seven-time All-Star hosted the “In Memory of Arthur” block party to honor the life of his brother in a Friday night event for Philadelphia Youth Basketball.

The clinic will serve non- and under-insured residents, with a specific focus on African and Caribbean immigrants.