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News of the separation comes just days after the release of the Netflix-produced, Ava DuVernay-helmed miniseries When They See Us.

The Philadelphia Holocaust Remembrance Foundation, which has been working on the project since 2006, developed an app with free self-guided tours and first-person stories from

The fake eye an Army dentist constructed for Capt. Arthur F. Hoffmann became one of the few positive things Hoffman shared with his family about D-Day.

Are we worthy inheritors of what the D-Day fighters bequeathed us?

The invasion of Normandy marks the turning point in WWII when the allies launched a major offensive to drive the German army out of France.

The College of Physicians in Philadelphia plans to shrink its library in order to expand its museum of medical abnormalities.

The "Great Dying," the biggest extinction the planet has ever seen, happened some 250 million years ago and was largely caused by greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.

Before the Stonewall riots, there was another — very different — group of gay and lesbian protests called the Annual Reminders in Philadelphia.

For some visitors who have enjoyed the Franklin Institute as kids and now as parents, the fact that there is a train exhibit featuring a 350-ton locomotive may be a surprise.

On June 4th, 1919, Congress passed the 19th Amendment, guaranteeing all women the right to vote. It would be another year, in August of 1920, before enough states ratified it.

Mae Kreier of Levittown, Pa. is one of millions of women who built airplanes, ships, and bombs during World War II. She's still fighting for their efforts to be recognized.

"Some men cannot get enough of power," Shay said. "And it still continues today."

The David Library in Bucks County, Pa., will move into Center City to become part of the American Philosophical Society.

Rare photos and testimonies from 1989 portray a bold youth movement that helped shape where China is today and how the world sees it.

Walt Whitman was a ground-breaking poet, chronicler of American life, and unique public figure. On his 200th birthday, we talk about the life, work and legacy of Walt Whitman.