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The July 3 rupture raised a lot of questions for Philadelphians. Chief among them: Is the city’s water infrastructure too old or too shoddy to prevent such events?

When Schuylkill Yards was first announced – Brandywine Realty Trust’s proposal to turn 14 acres of largely empty, Drexel University-o ...

At her fourth annual Educator Summit, Penn professor and "grit" expert Angela Duckworth brings teachers from all over the globe. WHYY spoke to some about the theory.

Since 2013, district attorneys have filed the charge at least 412 times, according to March 2018 data from the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts.

Researchers are studying the factors that can make epigenetic changes to DNA. A mom's stress, diet and daily habits may become an inheritance of sorts for her kids.

Researchers say environmental factors could explain why some identical twins taste things differently

The Philadelphia Museum of Art's summertime Art Splash program takes cues from urban Modernism.

The sentence was far less than a punishment at the statutory maximum of 15 years of imprisonment.

Coho salmon born in captivity are less likely to survive than those born in the wild, and scientists think captivity may be to blame.

City Controller Rebecca Rhynhart announced her office would audit the Philadelphia Parking Authority’s on-street parking enforcement expenses

The measure states that the president can’t use the national security concerns to invoke tariffs — known as Section 232 — without congressional approval

While beach towns in N.J. and Del. work to curb the use of plastic straws, bags, containers, and even balloons, researchers say it appears the real problem lies upstream.

The proposed legislation would require that naloxone instruction be paired with curriculum that educates students about the risks of opioid addiction.

Eugene Gilyard and Lance Felder spent 16 years behind bars until an inmate serving time for another murder confessed.

To prepare for the possibility of Ebola or another deadly disease, hospitals practice protocols created to keep staff and patients safe.