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In this courtroom sketch, Frank James, seated at center of right table, and on left of the screen, upper right, appears during the brief proceeding in a federal court in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Thursday, April 14, 2022. James, accused of opening fire on a crowded subway train in Brooklyn, was ordered held without bail as prosecutors told a judge Thursday he terrified all of New York City
Courts & Law

Brooklyn subway attack suspect is jailed without bail

Frank James appeared in federal court Thursday, a day after his arrest in an attack that left 10 people shot.

4 years ago

Officials say the seal pup has come onto the sand at the end of Collins Avenue for the last several days. (6abc)
Community
6abc

Seal pup spotted along busy beach in Delaware

Officials say the seal pup has come onto the sand at the end of Collins Avenue for the last several days.

4 years ago

Hundreds arrive at Pennsauken Community Rec Center
Courts & Law

Video shows Michigan police officer shot Patrick Lyoya in the head

Video shows a Michigan police officer struggling with a Black man over a Taser before fatally shooting him in the head while the man was face down on the ground.

4 years ago

New York City Police and law enforcement officials lead subway shooting suspect Frank R. James, 62, center, away from a police station
Courts & Law

Police search for motive in Brooklyn subway suspect’s videos

Police say a trove of evidence is Frank James' YouTube videos, with opinions on everything from racism in America an New York City’s new mayor to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

4 years ago

Pureland Industrial Complex covers 3,000 acres of former farmland in Logan Township, N.J. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community

There are plenty of jobs in Logan Township, the problem is getting to them

With companies based in Gloucester County looking for workers, township officials are trying to improve transportation to connect people to work.

4 years ago

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A sign reads Lights Out! on a green lawn.
PlanPhilly
Community

Turn out your lights to help save birds migrating through Philly

Lights Out Philly started after a mass collision event killed over 1,000 birds. This year, conservationists want your help protecting migrating birds.

4 years ago

People dressed as Easter bunnies pose for a photo.
Things To Do
Arts & Entertainment

Easter Parade, Passover, Frankford Ave. pet fest, and Amos Lee’s homecoming in this week’s ‘Things to Do’

Easter and Passover are celebrated in the Delaware Valley, Kristen Chenoweth and Amos Lee are performing around the city.

4 years ago

File photo: A sign requiring masks as a precaution against the spread of the coronavirus is posted on a store front in Philadelphia, on Feb. 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
Health

As Philly brings back masks, is its COVID response system too sensitive? Or a model for other cities?

Philadelphia’s indoor mask mandate was triggered by the city’s COVID risk measurement system. Public health experts weigh in on how well that system works.

4 years ago

President Joe Biden walks to speak to reporters before boarding Air Force One at Des Moines International Airport, in Des Moines Iowa, Tuesday, April 12, 2022, en route to Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Politics & Policy

Biden approves $800M in new military assistance for Ukraine

The new military assistance includes artillery and helicopters, to bolster its defenses against an intensified Russian offensive in the country’s East.

4 years ago

Briarcliffe Fire Company in Delaware County.
Community
6abc

Delco fire company will disband after racist remarks caught on video

The volunteer fire company was originally suspended for 30 days back in February.

4 years ago

Kids swim at the James Finnegan Playground pool
Community

Summer is coming. Philadelphia hopes a new activities campaign will prevent gun violence and keep kids safe

Philadelphia officials are rolling out summer activities for kids, in anticipation of a surge in gun violence this summer. What will it take to make them safe?

4 years ago

The new Delaware DMV On-The-Go trailer.
Community

The state of Delaware goes high tech with new mobile DMV unit

The almost quarter-million-dollar trailer is designed to offer almost everything you can get at a traditional DMV location.

4 years ago

Jaye Wilson is founder of the New Jersey-based Melinated Moms.
Health

A push to close the racial gap in maternal mortality rates in N.J.

First observed in 2016, Black Maternal Health Week is recognized from April 11-17 to call “attention and action” to “improving Black maternal health,” according to the CDC.

4 years ago

Parks and Recreation commissioner Kathryn Ott Lovell (Tom MacDonald / WHYY)
Community

Philly increasing pay for lifeguards and offering free training to boost the ranks

Free lifeguard training is underway for 16 to 24-year-olds in Philly. Officials want to use the pools as safe havens this summer.

4 years ago

FILE - Children and their caregivers arrive for school in New York, Monday, March 7, 2022.  The Biden administration will extend for two weeks the nationwide mask requirement for public transit as it monitors an uptick in COVID-19 cases. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was set to extend the order, which was to expire on April 18, by two weeks to monitor for any observable increase in severe virus outcomes as cases rise in parts of the country.   (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
Health

Unlike Philly, no mask mandate planned in Delaware even as COVID cases, hospitalizations rise

The number of COVID infections and hospitalizations is up substantially in the last few weeks, but the numbers are a mere fraction of mid-January’s peaks.

4 years ago

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