New Jersey

One Simple Wish gives adults who can’t become foster parents themselves a way to help kids in crisis.

Dec. 25–28: Keep the family entertained this holiday weekend with movie premieres and festive eats. Plus, tribute concerts in South Jersey and karaoke nights in Philly.

A culinary program uses adaptive tools and small classes to help students with a range of abilities and needs build confidence, connection and independence.

As 2025 comes to a close, WHYY News remembers five of the stories that mattered most to readers in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware.

Here’s a view from WHYY News photographers of how the last 12 months unfolded in real time.

Young adults from Tanzania with albinism who’ve survived attacks from “black magic” believers visit the U.S. through Global Medical Relief Fund.

The mayor, who was charged in 2024, has called the case against him and his wife politically motivated.

Dec. 18-21: Jazz night at the Delaware Art Museum, Rod Wave in Philly and a special holiday concert in South Jersey are among weekend highlights.

Cases are more common in the winter as people spend more time indoors and in settings like schools, long-term care facilities and daycares.

Camden and Essex counties have the most children in foster care. New Jersey has the lowest placement rate in the country.

The McKernan Supportive Housing Community in Blackwood is slated to open by summer 2026.

The holidays are busy and you are distracted, which gives fraudsters more ways to steal your money. Here are ways to protect yourself during the Christmas hustle and bustle.

Bills on diagnostic breast cancer testing, GLP-1 medications, lead paint and breastfeeding were signed into law.

The goal of the N.J. Department of Children and Families is birth-family reunification, but when that’s not possible, adoption is an option.

The shortage was caused by a power outage at a propane distribution plant in Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania.