The Florida House passed a bill that would lower the minimum age to purchase a rifle from 21 to 18. The bill passed mostly along party lines but is unlikely to advance in the Senate, which has no ...

In 1952, a Canadian nuclear reactor suffered the world’s first meltdown during what was supposed to be a routine test. Cooling was reduced, control rods were removed, and a single verbal mistake ...

Scientists have uncovered a missing feedback in Earth’s carbon cycle that could cause global warming to overshoot into an ice age. As the planet warms, nutrient-rich runoff fuels plankton blooms that ...

From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! As its dominance fades and scrutiny grows, the future of the Eagles’ most polarizing ...