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The spotlights of rolling cameras hit Bill Cosby's face as he looks up at the media helicopters above him seconds after he leaves Montgomery County Courthouse
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Courts & Law

Norristown comes into focus as Cosby hearing begins

On Tuesday, as preliminary hearings in Bill Cosby’s sexual assault trial got underway, a swarm of media descended on the Montgomery ...

9 years ago

Kyseem Taylor, 10, and Tashan Watson, 11, of Richard R. Wright elementary play Scrabble in a tournament at school district headquarters Wednesday afternoon. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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FUN’s the word at kids’ Scrabble tournament [photos]

Elementary school students from more than 20 Philadelphia district schools participated in the annual ASAP (After School Activities Partn ...

9 years ago

Scenes from the annual Wildwood Polar Bear Plunge. (Bastiaan Slabbers/for NewsWorks)
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Community

2016 Wildwood Polar Bear Plunge [photos]

At precisely 1P.M. on Saturday costumed plungers, many dressed as Gene Simmons, Wolverine, Elvis, a bunch of Waldos, made a dash into the ...

9 years ago

Community members help fill in the decorative elements of what will become the 'Windows of Peace' part of the mural. (Bastiaan Slabbers/for NewsWorks)
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Community

Mural project draws support for North Philly Muslims [photos]

The Al-Aqsa Islamic Society hosted a Community Paint Day Saturday, inviting members of the larger community to help paint a mural that wi ...

9 years ago

The Fralinger String Band concludes their performance at Broad and Sansom Streets. (Jonathan Wilson for WHYY, file)
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Arts & Entertainment

Philadelphia celebrates New Year’s Day 2016 with 116th annual Mummers Parade [photos]

Outrageously costumed Mummers have strutted and twirled at Philadelphia’s annual New Year’s Day parade, a colorful celebratio ...

10 years ago

Floats, balloons, marching bands and crowd scenes during the 95th Annual Thanksgiving Day Parade.  (Bas Slabbers/for NewsWorks)
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Thousands turn out for 95th annual Thanksgiving Day parade, oldest in the nation [photos]

Thousands lined the route of the 95th Annual Thanksgiving Day parade on Thursday morning. Floats, balloons and marching bands para ...

11 years ago

 Women play the sekere, or shaker, a traditional instrument of the Yoruba people of Nigeria, as they make their way toward the South Street Bridge during a procession at the Odunde Festival. (Brad Larrison/for NewsWorks)
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Odunde Festival draws thousands to a celebration of African culture

A woman in a flowing yellow robe and head scarf leans over the South Street Bridge and flings a handful of fruit into the Schuylkill Rive ...

11 years ago

 Participants in the Homeless Memorial Day ceremony carry signs bearing the names of 127 homeless and formerly homeless people who died in 2013. (Emma Lee/for NewsWorks)
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Remembering those who died homeless on Philly’s streets

Violinist Shandi Beardsley played Pachebel’s Canon in D Minor, a personal favorite, as volunteers took turns at the microphone read ...

12 years ago

 Bummer Cronk of Oak Ridge and his son, Hunter, 12, pose with their opening-day bears. (Emma Lee/for NewsWorks)
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Politics & Policy

Father and son bag bear and cub to kick off annual New Jersey hunt

The successful hunter has an intimate knowledge of the animals he pursues. In preparation for the New Jersey bear hunt, Oak Ridge residen ...

12 years ago

 Hasan, West Philly (Photography by Hannah Price)
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Photographer turns lens on Philadelphia street harassment [photos]

Women on the streets of many cities are used to it: the whistles, catcalls and other unsolicited attention. One photographer in Philadelp ...

12 years ago

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 Assistant curators in the Egyptian section of the Penn Museum, Josef and Jennifer Wegner have acquired their own collection of all things Egypt in their West Philadelphia home. (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)
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Arts & Entertainment

Cleopatra bobbleheads are among treasures of Egyptian kitsch

This weekend the University of Pennsylvania museum launches an exhibition celebrating the 100th anniversary of the arrival of its sphinx. ...

12 years ago

 A bull has about six moves and the challenge to riding is reacting to the succession of moves said veteran rider Troy Alexander. (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)
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Dances with bulls: Behind the chute at Cowtown Rodeo [photos]

During the week, Troy Alexander develops counter bio-terrorism devices to test for anthrax, small pox and other biological weapons. On th ...

12 years ago

Festival goers dance to the rhythm of the Johnny Cruz Latin Ensemble at the 2013 Nuestro Barrio Fair.  (Elisabeth Perez Luna/WHYY)
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Community

Scenes from Philly’s Latino Barrio festival

Philly's Latino Barrio festival draws crowds.

12 years ago

A migrating bird survives a collision with a Center City sky scraper.
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Science

A little bird in a big city

A migrating bird makes an unexpected stopover in Philadelphia after crashing into a Center City high rise.

12 years ago

David Sweeny (center) performs as Johnny Showcase with Michael Baker (left), and Adrienne Mackey at Milkboy in Philadelphia.
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For Philly actor, ‘Johnny Showcase’ is a soul train back to the ’70s

If you’ve never seen Johnny Showcase and the Lefty Lucy Cabaret before, you might wonder: Is this serious? “It is alwa ...

12 years ago

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