Phorid flies are drawn to mushrooms, so it’s not unusual to see them in the “mushroom capital of the world”. But this year, mushroom farmers in Kennett Square say the flies have reached a new level and are invading people’s homes. KYW’s Conner Barkon explains what’s going on down on these farms.Listen to The Week in Philly on KYW Newsradio every Sa…

Instead of zipping down Belmont Plateau, Philadelphia public school students might instead find themselves zooming into virtual classrooms in the event inclement weather interrupts in-person learning for the remainder of the academic year. And if you ever wondered what atmospheric conditions trigger a polar vortex the likes of which hit the region …

The record will show that, for the Philadelphia Eagles, the regular season was one for the books. The team matched a franchise high with 14 victories, and set a new team mark with a 10-game winning streak. The surge transformed the Eagles from a rudderless squad without an identity into a bonafide Super Bowl contender. But for all the achievements …

Philadelphia’s Black community makes up roughly 40% of the city’s population. Why, then, in a trend mirrored across the nation, is the demographic so underrepresented in clinical trials? The factors, as KYW Newsradio Community Impact Reporter Racquel Williams outlines, are multiple and deep-rooted. But these obstacles aren’t stopping one organizati…

The Spring Garden Whole Foods could be the first in the country to unionize if a vote passes on January 27. But in the meantime, their employees are not getting raises that every other Whole Foods in the region is getting. KYW’s City Hall Bureau Chief Pat Loeb fills us in.Listen to The Week in Philly on KYW Newsradio every Saturday at 5am and 3pm, …

After a snowy and frigid week, we check in on schools and transportation with KYW Newsradio’s Mike DeNardo. Turns out this will be the only snow day this year for Philadelphia schools. We hear how SEPTA battles the cold and how the new toll system on the Pennsylvania Turnpike works.Listen to The Week in Philly on KYW Newsradio every Saturday at 5am…

The biggest punch thrown by the nasty winter weather pattern that cut through the Philadelphia region this past week? Not the snow, which caused school closings, but the biting winds that blasted the area for days. Accuweather Senior Meteorologist and Long Range Forecaster Paul Pastelok joins The Week in Philly’s Matt Leon to explain the atmospheri…

Philadelphia police are warning the public to stay away from a section of Fairmount Park as they search for more dogs on the loose they say were behind an attack Friday morning on two men.KYW Newsradio's Nigel Thompson has more details.(photo credit: NBC10)

Officials are investigating what they're calling a suspicious death after a man was found dead on the sidewalk outside his Overbrook home Friday morning.(photo credit: NBC10)

A story from Asbury Park Press says State Investigations Commission CEO Tiffany Williams Brewer only shows up to work once, maybe twice a week. Her primary address is in Maryland, and she works at Howard University three days a week.KYW Newsradio South Jersey reporter Mike Dougherty has more on this.(photo credit: New Jersey Investigations Commissi…

Philadelphia’s Youth Ombudsperson says the city’s juvenile detention center overuses and misuses the seclusion of residents as a tool to maintain order at the facility. KYW Newsradio’s City Hall bureau chief Pat Loeb reports.(Photo credit: Pat Loeb)

PennDOT on Monday launches an effort to create a long-term solution to the problem of sinkholes along Route 202 in King of Prussia, and Route 29 in Chester County. KYW Newsradio's Mike DeNardo reports.(photo credit: Getty Images)

There is no doubt sunscreen protects us against skin cancer, but its safety is being questioned. KYW Newsradio medical editor Dr. Brian McDonough has more.

Authorities said the body of 50-year-old Laura Hughes of Runnemede was found in December inside a refrigerator wrapped in a sleeping bag and covered with a carpet in Dennis Township.Court documents show Hughes’ ex-boyfriend, 45-year-old Christopher Blevins of Gloucester City, is charged with dumping the body there and trying to conceal it. Details …

The 2025 Philadelphia Auto Show starts Saturday, Jan. 11 and will be the largest since before the pandemic.Photo Credit: Vik Raghupathi / KYW Newsradio

The Supreme Court is hearing arguments Friday on the TikTok ban that would go into effect in nine days if the China-based company that owns the app doesn’t sell it. KYWs Tim Jimenez is live with the story.(Photo credit: Getty Images)

A handful of Red Cross volunteers from our area are heading out to Los Angeles to help families displaced by the raging wildfires there. KYW South Jersey reporter Mike Dougherty has the story from Pennsauken.Image credit: Apu Gomes/Getty Images

Philadelphia officials, Thursday, reactivated Engine Company Six in Port Richmond, fully restoreing all of the cuts made to the fire department during the Great Recession in 2009. KYW’s City Hall bureau chief Pat Loeb was there for the ceremonial coupling of the fire hose.

A Philadelphia native who now live in Los Angeles is coping with the devastating wildfires roaring through Southern California.KYW’s John McDevitt reports, although he isn’t in the direct path of fire at the moment, he still feels its impact.Image credit: Eric Thayer/Getty Images

After nearly two decades in the historic Wanamaker Building at 13th and Market streets, officials confirmed Thursday that the Center City Macy’s will close by spring.KYW’s Vik Raghupathi spoke to shoppers as the news dropped.

The iconic Macy's Center City location is closing and city officials met to discuss it's impact to the city and the local economy. KYW City Hall Bureau Chief Pat Loeb reports.Image credit: Vik Raghupathi

The Macy's department store in Center City has celebrated its last holiday season.The iconic store on Market East will close its doors, according to City Councilman Mark Squilla.It is one of 65 Macy's locations that the chain has announced will shut down. Macy's is expect to close 85 more in the long-term.The city is expected to address this in a n…

Has artificial intelligence already surpassed your doctor? KYW Medical Editor Doctor Brian McDonough has more.

President-elect Trump and Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito talked on the phone the day before Trump asked the court to get involved in his hush money case.Image credit: TING SHEN/AFP via Getty Images

The two men charged in a deadly home invasion in Lower Merion last month have been ordered to stand trial on charges including First Degree Murder. KYW Suburban Bureau Chief Jim Melwert was at the hearing in Narberth....Image credit: Getty Images

Residents in Chestnut Hill say crosswalks along Germantown Avenue are in such poor condition that it's a matter of time before a pedestrian is seriously injured. Or worse. A community meeting is planned for next week,. Photo Credit: Mike DeNardo / KYW Newsradio

The Coast Guard is trying to figure out hot to re-float a cargo ship that ran aground in the Delaware River near Fishtown. KYW Newsradio's Tim Jimenez joins us live from Penn Treaty Park...(Photo Credit: NBC10 Philadelphia)

KYW's Dave Uram and the Pro Football Hall of Fame Voice of the Eagles Merrill Reese talk about Jalen Hurts returning to Eagles practice and how the Birds are preparing for their Wild Card round matchup against the Green Bay Packers.(Photo Credit: Nick Cammett/Getty Images)

The Red Cross is sending disaster relief workers from the region to Los Angeles to help those affected by the wildfires. KYW's Tim Jimenez is live in Pennsauken with the story.(Photo Credit: Eric Thayer/Getty Images)

Philadelphia Gas Works (PGW) will begin handing out methane detectors as part of a settlement with state regulators over a deadly gas explosion in South Philadelphia five years ago.Photo Credit: Holli Stephens / KYW Newsradio

Lower Merion is among the school districts across the country warning of a data breach in its student information system.(Photo Credit: jakkage808/Getty Images)

An affordable housing unit for veterans in Frankford is forced to rebuild as Detectives investigate arson.KYW’s Vik Raghupathi has more.. (Photo Credit: GETTY IMAGES)

Philadelphia officials show off the $100 million transformation of an abandoned nursing home near the city prisons into a 330-bed recovery house for people coming out of drug treatment. KYW's City Hall bureau chief Pat Loeb checks it out.

The former principal of Girls High is suing the Philadelphia School District, claiming racial discrimination. We get the story from KYW education reporter Mike DeNardo.Image credit: Getty Images

A former student-teacher at Owen J. Roberts is charged with child sexual abuse materials (previously known as child pornography) after State Police say he was caught videoing students in a locker room. KYW Suburban Bureau Chief Jim Melwert reports...Image credit: Getty Images

Philadelphia's animal intake shelter is at capacity. To help elevate the numbers and save lives all adoption fees are being waived now through January 12th, thanks to a sponsorship from a pet food company. With more here's KYW's John McDevitt.

There’s still time to see All About Love at the Barnes Foundation. KYW's Shara Dae Howard reports.Image credit: Arturo Holmes/Getty Images

CBS News congressional correspondent Scott MacFarlane joins us live from Capitol Hill, as mourners continue to file past the casket of former President Jimmy Carter, lying in state at the U.S. Capitol. MacFarlane addresses speculation about what President-elect Donald Trump will do regarding people convicted of crimes committed there on Jan. 6, 202…

Landlords in Pennsylvania and New Jersey are required to provide tenants with heat during the cold winter months, and there are options available if it's taking too long to get repairs. KYW Newsradio's Conner Barkon has more.(photo credit: Getty Images)

There are key advantages to taking a gap year, including the fact that individuals can earn money to pay for further education, gain valuable life experience, and make future life decisions.KYW Medical Editor Dr. Brian McDonough has the details.

Crime is on the decline in New Jersey. On Monday, Gov. Phil Murphy announced the state recorded the fewest number of shootings since they began keeping track. KYW South Jersey reporter Mike Dougherty has more.(photo credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Philadelphia police announced the arrest of a second man they sought in the shooting and suspected robbery of a store clerk in Frankford over last summer.(Photo Credit: Philadelphia Police Department)

Los Angeles officials confirm at least 2 deaths as wind-driven wildfires sweep through Pacific Palisades and elsewhere.(Photo Credit: Apu Gomes/Getty Images)

SEPTA riders are beginning to see more of the new signs and new names for its Metro service. KYW Newsradio's Mike DeNardo reports.(Photo Credit: Holli Stephens/KYW Newsradio)

As everyone waits to find out the latest with Jalen Hurts, there was quarterback news from the Eagles yesterday. KYW's Dave Uram and the Voice of the Eagles Merrill Reese talk about that, as well as what the Eagles coordinators had to say ahead of Sunday's Wild Card round showdown with the Green Bay Packers.(Photo Credit: Scott Taetsch/Getty Images…

People who live near the explosion that leveled two houses in Port Richmond two years ago are filing a lawsuit against PECO, Philadelphia Gas Works, and others. KYW’s Vik Raghupathi reports.(Photo Credit: Vik Raghupathi/KYW Newsradio)

Rivers Casino in Fishtown is facing federal lawsuits after admitting a data breach appears to have compromised personal information including bank account details.(Photo Credit: Brandon Holveck/Delaware News Journal / USA TODAY NETWORK)

Flames tore through a church building in Norristown last night. KYW's Tim Jimenez is live at the scene with the story.(Photo Credit: Vik Raghupathi/KYW Newsradio)

Those who do not exercise and live a more sedentary lifestyle put their health at risk while shoveling.Shoveling with the resistance from the snow places tremendous strain on the heart.Working out a few days before a storm is not enough to protect yourself.Image credit: Tim Jimenez/KYW Newsradio