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The ardent advocate for more public transportation and walkability in his South Philadelphia neighborhood was fatally struck by a car last week.

New Jersey's biggest city on Monday announced a plan to borrow $120M to dramatically cut the time it will take to replace pipes causing elevated lead levels in drinking water.

“Krew” is most common in Utah, a Mormon stronghold.

The couple taking over the beloved indie bookshop hope to keep it open “at least 100 years.”

This week; Philly's City Controller reacts to the scandal at the Police Department, a the history of Newark's water crisis, and scaring away NJ's seagulls using falcons.

The Temple alum fills out the four-person local news team, now part of WHYY.

Anyone entering the ocean Monday could face potentially life-threatening conditions, forecasters warn.

The liberation of Paris was both joyous and chaotic

The Instrument of Hope was inspired by an organization called Shine MSD — which stands for Marjory Stoneman Douglas

"They're helping to make history. They may not realize it now, but one day they'll be able to look back and say, 'I was there.'"

Pilots line up to join the Geico Skytypers, despite the possibility of crashes.

As the number of Americans who belong to a house of worship declines, congregations are selling their buildings. Some of those former houses of worship are finding new life.

Philadelphia Soccer Club Coppa Elite’s under-14 girls' team is excited to see the U.S. National Women’s Soccer Team at its Victory Tour game.

After last week’s shootout in Nicetown-Tioga, the sermons on Saturday were given in a new light — with a focus on hope, unity and healing.

A New Jersey state trooper vacationing with his family at the Jersey Shore recently put his water rescue training into action and saved a man from drowning.