The record-breaking federal government shutdown marked yet another impediment to scientific research efforts at the Wistar Institute this year. After a year in which federal research funding was thrown into…
A West Virginia coal miner was found dead inside a flooded mine on Thursday morning after a desperate five-day search, officials said. Steven Lipscomb, a 42-year-old Elkview native, died in…
It’s a tale of American independence not taught in schools. For centuries, the story of how a small community of Jews living in America and on a tiny Caribbean island…
Want to hold a parade, festival, or block party in Philadelphia? Be prepared to pay — sometimes tens of thousands of dollars — to cover police overtime, paramedics, and other…
A surefire way to get in the holiday spirit is to be whisked away to a place filled with twinkling lights, towering spruce trees, mugs of hot cider and cocoa,…
They help blind students learn to navigate the city. They empower autistic students to communicate their needs. They monitor the well-being of children with severe medical conditions. They are the…
Jacqueline Chapman was one of thousands of Pennsylvanians who received their federally funded food assistance late last week before the commonwealth paused payments as the Trump administration’s efforts to cease…
The trial of three men accused of killing Philadelphia Police Officer Richard Mendez and injuring another officer during a shooting in an airport parking lot began Wednesday in Common Pleas…
I didn’t fall in love with the natural world on safari. I fell in love with the natural world around us on a city block. As a kid growing up…
When Oscar-winning costume designer Ruth E. Carter signed on to outfit the cast of Ryan Coogler’s Mississippi Delta vampire film, Sinners, Coogler made one non-negotiable request. “He told me Smoke…
