Nestled in the heart of Pennsylvania’s elk country, Ridgway is a nature lover’s dream town. This small borough in Elk County ...

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Upper Chichester Township Police released heart-stopping bodycam footage of officers rescuing a dog that wandered onto a ...

Animal rescue volunteers are racing to find new homes for hundreds of pet rats found running amok in a condemned house in the New York City suburbs.

ACTIONS. A WARM CHRISTMAS DAY IN STORE FOR US, AS TEMPERATURES WILL BE ABOUT TEN DEGREES ABOVE WHERE WE SHOULD BE FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. TOMORROW, THOUGH, IS THE DAY WE’RE WATCHING. IT IS A SEVERE ...

Boise documents rising rat sightings and launches a rodent prevention webpage. City lacks clear jurisdiction; state and county agencies share gaps in authority. Officials urge resident sealing, ...

Pennsylvania voters are heading to the polls on Tuesday to decide whether to keep three Democratic justices on the state’s seven-member top court, which could affect the panel’s partisan balance. By ...

It was a victory for Democrats, who were backing Dougherty and two other justices in a campaign to maintain a 5-2 Democratic majority on the court. Pennsylvania elects its statewide judges to 10-year ...

A meter shows energy produced by a photovoltaic system on the roof of a home in West Philadelphia. (Sophia Schmidt/WHYY) This story is part of the WHYY News Climate Desk, bringing you news and ...

Penn State provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation US. While Americans across the country deal with the consequences of the federal government shutdown, residents of Pennsylvania ...

Chicago rats are expressing concern over the city’s recent implementation of rat birth control programs to lower the rodent population. The program is aimed at addressing the city’s reputation as the ...

In 2013, when the Appalachian fracking rush was still in its early days, then President Barack Obama extolled its benefits in his State of the Union address. Not only had natural gas already helped to ...