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11-Year-Old Moroccan Boy Hears for the First Time Thanks to Experimental Gene Therapy in Philadelphia
At the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), an 11-year-old boy from Morocco is hearing the world for the very first time thanks to a...
Transit Heroes: 3 Officers Escort Lost Man with Autism from NYC to Philadelphia
When a Philly man with autism boarded the wrong train and ended up lost in the mammoth network under New York City's Grand Central...
Philadelphia Eliminates Homelessness Among Veterans Who Want Housing
The “City of Brotherly Love” is showing a lot of love for homeless veterans.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania city leaders announced yesterday (December 17) that every vet...
Philadelphia Cab Driver Gets $1,000 Tip For Two-Minute Drive
A taxi driver in Philadelphia was "shocked and overjoyed" when he received a $989.98 tip on a $4.31 fare 12 days before Christmas.
Taxi driver...
At-Risk Philadelphia Teens Shatter Expectations – 98% Going to College
A commencement ceremony recently celebrated 39 high school students who beat the odds. All these teens thrived given free tuition from Girard College (a...
A Green Leader, Philadelphia Captures Water Where it Falls
Every year storm-water run-off causes nearly 10 trillion gallons of polluted water to be dumped into America's rivers and oceans. As cities across the...
Philadelphia Philharmonic Plays Music to Tame 3-Hour Flight Delay
Eight members of the Philadelphia Orchestra who were stuck on a tarmac in Beijing for three hours gave fellow passengers an experience of a...
Jon Bon Jovi Opens New Housing for Homeless Teens in Philadelphia
Mayor Michael Nutter joined Jon Bon Jovi and formerly homeless youth in a special ribbon cutting ceremony Tuesday for the new Covenant House Rights...
How Energy Efficiency is “Lighting Up” the Streets of Philadelphia
Today President Obama is travelling to the Philadelphia area to hold a town hall event with employees at Gamesa Technology Corporation, a manufacturer of...
Volunteers in Philadelphia Help Toads Mate
Spring means breeding season for toads and, in Philadelphia, that means closing off a city street so the tiny creatures are safe from traffic...
Philadelphia Graffiti Wiped Out With Thousands of Artist Murals
Twenty-six years ago, Jane Golden took to the streets of Philadelphia with paint, brushes, and a small contingent of helpers with the goal of...
Massive City Park Revitalized in Crime Area of Philadelphia
A Philadelphia man is leading the charge to reclaim an 86-acre city park that had become overgrown with weeds and trash while becoming a...
10,000 Men For a Safer Philadelphia
Thousands of African-American men are heeding the call, signing up to patrol the streets of crime-infested southwest Philadelphia and serve as mentors. "We need...
Good News in History, October 27
62 years ago today, one man in the right place, at the right time, did the right thing, saving the world from probably nuclear...
A Celebrated Ocean Liner Is Being Turned into the World’s Largest Artificial Reef
For decades, the SS United States has been moored off Philadelphia as a reminder of the nation's seafaring past, but looking now to the future,...
Good News in History, October 14
157 years ago today, Masaoka Shiki, considered one of Japan's four masters of haiku, was born. He wrote more than 20,000 stanzas of this...
Good News in History, October 11
49 years ago today, Saturday Night Live premiered on NBC with George Carlin as host. The seminal comedy television program in American history, SNL...
Good News in History September 27
Happy 48th Birthday to Il Capitano—Francesco Totti. The most iconic Italian football forward of the 21st century, Totti spent a 25-year professional career in...
Original US Constitution Found in a Cabinet While Family Was Moving After 7 Generations–Now at Auction
An incredible piece of US history has been found, and is expected to bring $20 million at auction.
In the lead-up to the Constitutional Convention...
Good News in History September 25
55 years ago today, the charter establishing the Organization of Islamic Cooperation was signed in Rabat, Morocco. The OIC consists of 47 members that...