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GLOUCESTER TOWNSHIP, NJ — Police are searching for a 38-year-old woman who was last heard from earlier this month. The Gloucester Township Police Department received a report of a missing person at approximately 1:19 p.m. on December 22. Rachael Donohoe was last heard from on December 16. She is...

BUCKS COUNTY, PA — A "catastrophic" explosion at a nursing home just outside of Philadelphia killed at least two people, injured 20 others, and left the facility partially collapsed on Tuesday, authorities and officials said. Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro said at a news conference that at least two people were...

From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know!. Nearly two dozen women in matching red shirts formed a circle inside Simons Recreation Center in North Philadelphia on a recent Friday night. They are members of the...

Jenkintown native Bradley Cooper reflects on sobriety, friendship with Will Arnett, and their new film Is This Thing On?. Jenkintown’s Bradley Cooper recently opened up about a friendship that helped shape a turning point in his life, writes Tommy McArdle for People Magazine. In a recent interview tied to...

The Philadelphia Police Department has begun a homicide investigation, officials said, after a one-year-old girl died after she was found unresponsive in a West Philadelphia home on Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025. According to police, on Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025, at about 2:25 p.m., police responded to a "hospital case"...

Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker and city officials have released new details about the city's New Year's Eve celebration.

The USS New Jersey spent 78 days in dry dock and came out looking better than it has in decades. The 887-foot battleship, which earned 19 battle stars across four wars, returned to the same Philadelphia shipyard where it was built in 1943 for a $10 million restoration. Workers scraped...

The city of Philadelphia is suing several large drug companies over an alleged pricing scheme that has driven up the cost of insulin. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in federal court, claims the companies conspired to increase their profit margins and raise the price of insulin while misrepresenting to the public that...

PHILADELPHIA, PA – A Philadelphia man has been convicted and sentenced to two consecutive life terms for a double homicide that occurred in the city’s Olney section in 2023, the…

A jailhouse phone call helped prosecutors secure a conviction in a deadly double shooting in Olney, according to the Philadelphia DA.