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Two Americans used their medal-winning moments at the Pan American Games to draw attention to social issues back home that they feel are spiraling out of control.

Two people were hospitalized after a helicopter crashed near the Lehigh Valley International Airport Sunday afternoon.

In the early days of the NFL, college football was king and playing professionally was not something most players aspired to do.

Run out of a house in Germantown, Black Soul Vintage is a passion project.

Jamell Spann and Elizabeth Vega protested in Ferguson, Mo., after the shooting death of Michael Brown.

The longest-running public service campaign is tied to a reduction in wildfires, but in some ways, Smokey's message may have worked too well. Here's how he's changed.

The Wyeth mural has been on display at the Delaware Air National Guard for a half-century. The artist calls the notion of covering up the bare cheeks ‘absurd.’

A new contract requires American Federation of Government Employees officials to vacate their offices in EPA headquarters across the country this week.

The Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery has started neutralizing and eliminating a highly toxic chemical still present at the site. It will take weeks.

New Jersey officials say dog waste is at least one source of ongoing water contamination at an Ocean County bay beach. 

A white woman was recorded using racist language, cursing at and raising her middle finger toward a Black woman at Sesame Place in Bucks County on Monday.

The single-engine plane went down around 6:20 a.m. Thursday in Willow Grove, shortly after taking off from Northeast Philadelphia Airport.

Tests revealing high levels of a harmful algal-like bacteria have prompted state and county officials to warn the public to avoid all contact with the Manasquan Reservoir.

Professor David W. Brown argues that the best way to overcome the nation’s racial divide is if people with polar opposite views find a way to talk to each other.

Philadelphia needs more trees. Here is a guide to understanding why there aren’t more trees and what can be done about it.