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Cars visible driving north on Roosevelt Boulevard.
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
Eyes on the Street

Can we afford the Roosevelt Blvd. subway? Maybe now is the time

The idea of a speedy trip from Northeast Philly to City Hall has been suggested for decades. It should be part of the new infrastructure funding.

4 years ago

Members of the Pottstown community participated in a community clean-up and art fair on April 30, 2022. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

A new place to gather: Pottstown community is reviving a historic cemetery

Artists and volunteers came together on Saturday in Montgomery County to celebrate, revive, and raise funds for Pottstown’s Edgewood Historic Cemetery.

4 years ago

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In this image provided by the Lviv city hall Angelina Jolie, Hollywood movie star and UNHCR goodwill ambassador, poses for photo with kids in Lviv, Ukraine, Saturday, Apr. 30, 2022. Ms Jolie was in Ukraine to meet the children affected by the war and visited hospitals and NGOs helping the injured and displaced
Politics & Policy

Angelina Jolie makes surprise Ukraine visit, meets children

The area's regional governor said Jolie had come to speak Saturday with displaced Ukrainians who had found refuge in Lviv.

4 years ago

File photo: Philadelphia 76ers' Joel Embiid reacts during Game 5 of an NBA basketball first-round playoff series, Monday, April 25, 2022, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Arts & Entertainment

‘There’s hope’: 76ers waiting to see if Embiid can come back

The 76ers and Heat both hit the practice floor Saturday to begin the process of adjusting for a playoff series that won’t have Embiid at the start -- at minimum.

4 years ago

File photo: Naomi Judd performs at the CMA Music Festival in Nashville, Tenn., Saturday, June 13, 2009. (AP Photo/Josh Anderson)
Arts & Entertainment

Naomi Judd, of Grammy-winning duo The Judds, dies at 76

The Judds were to be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame on Sunday.

4 years ago

File photo: Republican presidential candidates pose before starting their debate on Sunday, Feb. 14, 1988 in Goffstown, New Hampshire. From left are Vice President George Bush, Pat Robertson, Rep. Jack Kemp, Pierre ''Pete'' du Pont and Senator Bob Dole. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)
Politics & Policy

Late Del. Gov. du Pont remembered for bipartisanship, humor

Friday’s memorial service at a Wilmington theater had been delayed due to COVID-19 safety concerns.

4 years ago

File photo: Rutgers coach C. Vivian Stringer holds the trophy after Rutgers defeated Arizona State 64-45 in the regional final of the NCAA women's basketball tournament in Greensboro, N.C., Monday, March 26, 2007. Stringer has announced her retirement, Saturday, April 30, 2022, after 50 years in college basketball. She finished with 1,055 wins, fourth all-time among Division I women’s basketball coaches.
Education

Rutgers women’s basketball coach C. Vivian Stringer announces retirement

She led the Scarlet Knights to the NCAA title game in 2007 when they lost to Tennessee.

4 years ago

A police officer inspects a destroyed area following a Russian missiles attack on Thursday in Fastov, south of Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, April 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
Politics & Policy

Ukrainians plead for Mariupol rescue; Russian advance crawls

Ukrainian forces are fighting to hold off a Russian advance aimed at capturing an eastern industrial region along with Ukraine’s last holdout in the southern city of Mairupol.

4 years ago

Virginia Maksymowicz holds one of the cast-plastic tools she created for her sculpture, ''Tools of the Trade,'' now installed in the North Waiting Room of William H. Gray III 30th Street Station. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community

First new sculpture in 70 years for Philly’s 30th Street Station

Amtrak built a wall on wheels to accommodate Virginia Maksymowicz’s “Tools of the Trade,” honoring hand labor in the national rail system.

4 years ago

Cars and trucks are visible driving northbound on the New Jersey turnpike on a sunny day.
Courts & Law

New Jersey launches license plate cameras to combat soaring car theft rate

New Jersey will use $10 million in federal funds to install license plate readers along highways and on police cars in hopes of tracking down stolen vehicles.

4 years ago

File photo: Philadelphia 76ers' Joel Embiid looks into the stands in an NBA basketball game against the Chicago Bulls Saturday, Nov. 6, 2021, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
Arts & Entertainment

Sixers’ Embiid has broken orbital bone, as East semis loom

Embiid was injured late in Philadelphia’s victory at Toronto on Thursday night, when the 76ers were closing out the Raptors and finishing off a six-game win.

4 years ago

A Philadelphia Gas Works sign
Politics & Policy

A budget battle: Clean energy advocates say PGW is seeking to block transparency in budgetary proceedings

PGW has requested changes to public participation in budgetary processes calling them “overburdensome” and “inefficient.”

4 years ago

Philadelphians, including Mayor Jim Kenney, joined hands to raise awareness of sexual voice at the WOAR Philadelphia Center Against Sexual Violence at their Hands Around City Hall event on April 29, 2022. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

Circle honoring victims of sexual assault closes out Philly advocacy event

The event came as Sexual Assault Awareness Month winds down.

4 years ago

A pedestrian passes the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, Jan. 24, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Money

Tech stocks sink again, Nasdaq has worst month since 2008

The Nasdaq fell 4% for the second time this week and finished April down 13.3%, its biggest monthly loss since 2008.

4 years ago

A sepia-toned photograph shows an older man standing with a young boy in front of a fountain.
Community

An Ephrata church that became a haven for USSR refugees decades ago now plans to help fleeing Ukrainians

Ilya Tlumach was 7 when he arrived in Lancaster County in 1989 from western Ukraine. His family was fleeing religious persecution under the former Soviet Union.

4 years ago

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