Paige Pfleger
WKSU
Philadelphia, PA, United States
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Mount Carmel CEO Resigning, 23 Employees Fired After Dosing Investigation
Mount Carmel Health System announced Thursday that CEO Ed Lamb will resign at the end of the month, following an investigation into "excessive" → Read More
William Husel Pleads 'Not Guilty' In One Of Ohio's Largest Murder Cases
A six-month investigation into former Mount Carmel doctor William Husel concluded Wednesday with 25 counts of murder. That’s one of the largest murder → Read More
Ohio Community Fears Pollution From Planned Coal Mine
“I water my horses out of this creek down here,” Jeff Ivers says, resting his hand on his horse’s nose. He looks out over his land: 43 acres, surrounded on → Read More
Report Reveals Antiquated Court Custody Guidelines Across Ohio
Consider two families: one in eastern Ohio’s Tuscarawas County, and another just a few miles away in Carroll County.“A family in Tuscarawas, when they → Read More
After Maria, farmers build resilience through sustainability
In Puerto Rico, a group of farmers help each other rebuild and prepare for the coming hurricane season. → Read More
Detroit’s urban farms: engines of growth, omens of change
As more farmers choose Detroit as a place to put down roots, some are wondering what the future of urban agriculture look like. → Read More
Getting hooked on body suspension
For some, suspending from the ceiling by hooks in the skin feels like therapy. → Read More
Vocal therapy helps transgender people find their voice
For some, a new voice is an important part of transitioning. → Read More
3, 2, 1...Bake off! The mission to make bread in space
Crumbs may seem harmless here on Earth, but they can be a hazard in microgravity. → Read More
This farmer wants to give animals a better life — and death —
Hear what a ‘kinder slaughter’ sounds like. → Read More
With the click of a button, birders become citizen scientists —
Ornithologists are getting research help from more than 630,000 people around the world who use the eBird app. → Read More
Freeloading mother birds force others to raise their hatchlings —
The brown-headed cowbird is one of the most hated birds in the entirety of the animal kingdom. → Read More
Veteran with PTSD gets a helping paw from a shelter dog —
Many veterans come home and have trouble adjusting to civilian life, and that adjustment weighed heavily on Russel Keyser. → Read More
Sharks aren't just for boys: Gills Club inspires aspiring female biologists —
It's no secret that there are fewer women than men in a lot of STEM fields. One group is trying to target that problem by inspiring a specific group of young girls — those who are interested in... → Read More
Bugs on bodies: how flies can help and hurt a crime scene —
It's difficult to gross out David Rivers, a professor of biology at Loyola University Maryland. He's a forensic entomologist, meaning he spends his time looking at insects on and around dead... → Read More
Providing comfort took this doctor out of his comfort zone —
It was a long, hard winter evening in the emergency department at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, where Dr. Stephen Ludwig worked. They received a notification that a patient was incoming... → Read More
Community and mentorship encourage female dominance in forensics —
Unlike most STEM fields, forensic science is dominated by women, not men. And Antoinette Thwaites, a forensic scientist for the City of Philadelphia, aims to keep it that way. → Read More
How one symbol has led to truckloads of trash and confusion —
It was 1970 when Gary Anderson, a 23-year-old architecture student at the University of Southern California, saw a poster for a design competition. The task was to design a symbol for recycling in... → Read More
Human voice is key to unlocking movie magic for the blind —
There's a movement underway to make movies Oscar-worthy for people who can't see. → Read More
Diorama dilemma: the art and science of museum displays —
A lot more than meets the eye goes into dioramas at natural history museums. Most of the dioramas are constructed as exact replicas of a precise location in the world. Scientists and artists would... → Read More