A medical museum in Philadelphia has redrawn its policies on the collection and display of human remains, limiting its acceptance of additional specimens and working to follow “evolving modern medical ethical standards” in how it handles the 6,500 organs, bones and other body parts in its collection.
Two and a half years after a derailed train spewed toxic gases across eastern Ohio and western Pa., none of the nation’s largest freight railroads have fulfilled promises to join a voluntary federal close call program designed to reduce rail hazards and prevent accidents.
The area springs to life every June, July and August, when a year-round population of about 1,000 more than doubles and thousands more crowd in for big events.
Sixteen critically endangered western Santa Cruz tortoises born to some very old parents got a slow walk and the red carpet treatment at a Philadelphia Zoo event to show off the highly prized hatchlings.
Walmart has recalled frozen, raw shrimp sold in 13 states because federal health officials say it could have potential radioactive contamination.
Pennsylvania recently launched an online application for pardons, becoming one of the first states in the country to digitize the process for people seeking to clear their record of criminal convictions.
Long-distance runner Evie Parts has sued the NCAA and Swarthmore College as well as members of its athletic department, saying they illegally removed her from the track team because she is a transgender athlete.
Sports fans around the globe get their kicks from all costumed creatures great and small that entertain no matter how red-hot it gets under that heavy honker. The musky muppets take the field through triple-digit heat, broken temperature records and oppressive humidity that can wilt even the most die-hard fan during the summer stretch.
The fatal explosion at U.S. Steel's Pittsburgh-area coal-processing plant has revived debate about its future just as the iconic American company was emerging from a long period of uncertainty.
Three months ago, Stephen Nedoroscik walked back through the doors of EVO Gymnastics in Florida and quietly went back to work. And when the U.S. Championships begin, he'll hop onto the event that, at 26, he remains in some ways obsessed with after all these years and begin again.
