PETA's Virtual Reality Chicken Experience Comes To Philadelphia
The animal rights group is touring college campuses with a high-tech project aimed at letting people see the world from a poultry point of view.
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The animal rights group is touring college campuses with a high-tech project aimed at letting people see the world from a poultry point of view.
"It's a disease that the US has prepared for -- it has an excellent acute-care system to treat patients," said Dr. Robert Fowler.
Twitter, the social media firm, is suing the FBI and the US Department of Justice in an effort to get so-called "transparency reports" declassified.
Three other charities are in the running for the award, but Chris says Michael's Way stands out because 100% of the donations received go directly to cancer patients.
Local children are getting lessons in charity from a Montgomery County non-profit.
Fourteen-year-old Jessica loves animals -- even the scaly ones.
James McArthur has seen a lot. For most of his career, he's been cleaning up biohazards for Bio-One. One thing he never expected to suit up for, though, was the Ebola virus.
"I think what is portrayed on social media is more accurate than what is portrayed on traditional media," says Melody Wong, a Philadelphia native who grew up in Hong Kong.
Sayreville school officials made the announcement Monday night during a meeting with the players' parents.
Formerly, all Philadelphia residents called for jury duty have reported to the Criminal Justice Center, packed into a first-floor waiting room there.
The event was organized in part to bring attention to World Hunger Month.
Hundreds of police lined the street outside Christ the King Church, on Chesterfield Road, to pay their respects to Trooper Kedra.
"I did not expect to see this in my lifetime," said Malcolm Lazin, founder of the Philadelphia-based Equality Forum.
The city's Department of Licenses & Inspections says street vendor spots are assigned by a neutral lottery, not by a neighborhood group, and L&I would have no way to control what could be subsequent chaos.
School and township officials met with the concerned community Sunday evening in Hamilton Township, New Jersey a day after it became official a preschooler there died from Enterovirus-D68.
It's called "Ciao Philadelphia" -- a series of more than 30 events open to the public.
Philadelphia's Liberian Community is on pins and needles as their home country deals with the Ebola outbreak.
Students living a healthy lifestyle and using social media could win a lot of money in cash and scholarships from the University of the Sciences.
The Center City business district held its Fall Festival Saturday for the 9th year.
What's really scary about the rankings, though, is that an apartment in Philly's toniest neighborhood is still, on average, a thousand dollars less than one in the neighborhood that ranked above it.
Sixth through eighth graders at Waldron Mercy Academy converted the school's gymnasium into an assembly line to package 20,000 meals for the international relief agency "Stop Hunger Now."
The event was sponsored by Women Against Abuse.
Kligge told the court that she doesn't consciously remember committing the crimes and was later diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder, ("DID").
The grants, which come from federal funds, will help 32 communities in and around Philadelphia, from Chester to Mercer counties, as part of its "TCDI" program (Transportation and Community Development Initiative).
The American Veterans Disabled for Life Memorial is the first national memorial honoring disabled vets.
