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The REAL Sports program offers year-round events with sports like golf, softball, cornhole, bocce ball and, soon, pickleball.

Montgomery County wants to hire 15 new public defenders, an assistant chief of mental health, administrative staff and a social worker.

Roy Gillian, the founder of Gillian's Wonderland Pier in Ocean City, died over the weekend.

Several protesters who had managed to get through the fence were detained and handcuffed by officers.

Dubbed “the king of daytime talk,” Donahue was the first to incorporate audience participation in a talk show.

The march from Philadelphia City Hall to the Pennsylvania Convention Center came a day ahead of the Democratic National Convention.

Tracey Quillen Carney kicked off her reading tour in Wilmington as part of an ongoing effort to inspire Delaware kids to embrace the importance of libraries.

The expansion will start with high-tech equipment to sense backups, with future work to utilize the median when traffic backs up.

Advocates said gun violence prevention needs to be a “priority” for elected officials and leaders.

Philadelphia-area small businesses say customer demand is lower this year, but there was no shortage of optimism at the Black Business Expo.

“I don't think anyone should have to experience losing a loved one, or even just a neighbor, in this way,” said a rep for Families for Safe Streets Greater Philadelphia.

The WHYY News team won the 2024 Edward R. Murrow award for "Excellence in Innovation" for its coverage of the 2023 elections in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

A mother cat tucked her kittens away behind a stairwell at 63rd Street Station, where they became stuck.

Jambi, of a critically endangered species specific to a shrinking region of Indonesia, has been promised a “happy, healthy” lifespan.

The rooftop solar business is a big source of consumer complaints, including in Philadelphia. Now the solar industry is working to repair its reputation.