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It’s six months since Amtrak train 188 crashed at Philadelphia’s Frankford Junction killing eight people. Has anything ...

NewsWorks Tonight Guest Host Brad Linder talks with Mary Wilson and Bobby Allyn about two public figures who’ve had better weeks: P ...

After 1,000 deep brain stimulation surgeries, a surgeon says he’s at his best when extreme focus is necessary. Those who suf ...

University City Produced by Karen Smyles The University City area is comprised of several dif ...

Once a new mom with HIV delivers a healthy baby, sometimes she thinks she’s ‘done.’ The healthcare system has go ...

It’s hard not to admire the transition into fall’s fiery foliage, particularly in the northeast part of the country. Leaves, ...

Poet Ursula Rucker and guitarist Tim Motzer, longtime Philadelphia-based collaborators, will perform Friday as part of the ...

Ric Burns’ new documentary “Debt of Honor” screens tonight at WHYY and will be released to the public on November 10. & ...

Have you ever thought about what makes a face feminine? According to one of the surgeons who pioneered facial feminization surgery, what ...

‘Community paramedicine’ aims to keep patients out of the ER. Nancy Nolan is wearing a neon-pinkish-sort-of-creamsicle ...

‘Death geeks’ (yep, that’s a thing) find a home. Several hundred people from around the world convened in Philad ...

Filmmakers Dereck and Beverly Joubert are “explorers in residence” for National Geographic — they have lived in Botswana fo ...

How a “Yelp for funerals” can help lower the costs and hassles associated with the end of one’s life. Any decent ...

Sociologist Margee Kerr has been a thrill seeker since she was a kid. She remembers her first haunted house at age six — it was at her ...

The world-record pumpkin weighs almost double what it did ten years ago, due, in part, to growers sharing their secrets.  In ...