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A male donkey and a female emu have reportedly "fallen in love," creating an unexpected roadblock for a North Carolina animal shelter in rehousing them.

Guests: Anna Viden, David Fahrenthold The likely murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi has placed scrutiny on the ...

The mechanism of vomiting, or emesis, is the same in kids and adults.

Guest: Lawrence Noble President Trump recently tweeted the phrase “collusion is not a crime,” in reference to ...

Guests: Mark Zandi, Frank Plantan  All eyes will be on the Korean Peninsula beginning Friday, a ...

The price of the Bitcoin has been skyrocketing lately, with people around the world clamoring to invest in the mysterious digital currenc ...

Voters in the northern end feel weirdly separated from their anchor cities, Scranton and Wilkes-Barre.

A roundup of some of the most popular, but completely untrue, headlines of the week.

On Monday, Oct. 9, we launch the new WHYY.org, and NewsWorks.org becomes WHYY News. Different name, new location, same great reporting — and a beautiful new website.

Guests: Imani Perry, Linda Hirshman, Briahna Joy Gray Political observers and operatives alike are still piecing ...

The museum of the University of Pennsylvania has been investigating the remains of America’s first serial killer. In May, anthropol ...

Pennsylvania is already known among water companies and their shareholders as being a good state for doing business. And now, it ...

Columnist Tom Friedman notes in his opinion piece in Wednesday’s ...

There’s an unnerving, specific kind of dream — a nightmare, really — that can happe ...

A childhood pyromaniac grows up, becomes a chemist and makes sparks fly in the lab. Matt Cline, 43, is a chemical engineering lab ...