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Renata Merrill at her solo art exhibit at Camden Fireworks in Camden, NJ. (Tennyson Donyéa)
Community

This Camden woman began losing her sight. Quilting gave her a new vision

In her first solo exhibit at a community art gallery in Camden, Renata Merrill shares the quilts that helped bring her "back to health."

4 years ago

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden pack produce while volunteering at Philabundance
Politics & Policy

Bidens pack carrots, apples into boxes during Philabundance stop

Before heading to the warehouse floor where conveyor belts carried cardboard boxes full of donated food, Biden said the child tax credit needed to be renewed.

4 years ago

Snow plows circle City Hall
Weather
6abc

Showers, Wind Advisory follow winter storm in Philly region

As the storm departs on Monday, there will be some leftover rain and snow showers, along with high winds.

4 years ago

A photo of Julian Bond and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. casting their ballots to fill Bond's vacant seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in Atlanta, Ga., on Feb. 23, 1966.  (AP Photo)
PlanPhilly
Politics & Policy

Equal access and equal voices: The eternal relevance of MLK’s ‘Give Us the Ballot’ speech

Equal voices and equal access continue to be more of a war to be waged than rights to be mutually shared, writes Rev. David Brown.

4 years ago

Customers and employees were all wearing their masks at the Dollar Tree on Kirkwood Highway when WHYY visited. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
Health

Many see Delaware’s latest mask mandate as a way ‘to get out of this hole’

The governor had been reluctant to put the indoor mask rule in place again, but few were seen flouting it at New Castle County businesses.

4 years ago

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16-year-old Nicolas Montero wrote an op-ed about getting vaccinated for his school’s newspaper. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Health

Why a suburban teen went to Philly to get his COVID-19 vaccine

Now, he’s on a mission to help young people like him get access to the shot.

4 years ago

Listen 5:49
Zaliyah Dozier gets a COVID-19 vaccination at the Philadelphia Zoo
Health
Health Desk Help Desk

Should I get my kids the COVID-19 vaccine booster?

The Pfizer booster is available now to children ages 12 to 15, and immunocompromised kids 5 to 11 can get a third vaccine dose.

4 years ago

FILE - Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th president of the United States by Chief Justice John Roberts as Jill Biden holds the Bible during the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, on Jan. 20, 2021, as their children Ashley and Hunter watch.(AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool, File)
Politics & Policy

After Biden’s first year, the virus and disunity rage on

President Joe Biden came to office seeing two sicknesses in his country. Neither has abated a year later.

4 years ago

A snowplow clears a main road during a winter storm in Southwest Roanoke City on Sunday, Jan. 16, 2022, in Roanoke, Va. (AP Photo/Don Petersen)
Weather
6abc

PennDOT announces vehicle restrictions due to winter storm

The snow will transition into freezing rain and sleet before changing into a steady rain.

4 years ago

Abigail Schneider, 8, center, completes a level of her learning game with her mother April in her bedroom, Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2021, in the Brooklyn borough of New York.
Education

A digital divide haunts schools adapting to virus hurdles

Many families remain underconnected. They find themselves able to access the internet and the increasing number of tasks that rely on it with only sporadic success.

4 years ago

In this satellite image taken by Himawari-8, a Japanese weather satellite, and released by the agency, shows an undersea volcano eruption at the Pacific nation of Tonga Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022. An undersea volcano erupted in spectacular fashion near the Pacific nation of Tonga on Saturday, sending large waves crashing across the shore and people rushing to higher ground. (Japan Meteorology Agency via AP)
Politics & Policy

Pacific tsunami threat recedes, volcano ash hinders response

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken wrote on Twitter he is “deeply concerned for the people of Tonga as they recover from the aftermath of a volcanic eruption and tsunami."

4 years ago

The pilot credited for a miraculous crash landing in Drexel Hill was released from the hospital Sunday. (6abc)
Community
6abc

Hero pilot released from hospital following helicopter crash in Drexel Hill

The pilot credited for a miraculous crash landing in Drexel Hill was released from the hospital Sunday to a hero's welcome of first responders and family members.

4 years ago

A memorial for the Fairmount rowhouse fire victims on North 23rd Street
Community

Funeral services to be held for Fairmount fire victims on Monday

Temple University will host funeral services for the 12 victims of the Fairmount rowhouse fire. The families have asked everyone in attendance to wear white.

4 years ago

Edward Williams, 62, a resident at the Hebrew Home at Riverdale, receives a COVID-19 booster shot in New York, Sept. 27, 2021. COVID-19 infections are soaring again at U.S. nursing homes because of the omicron wave, and deaths are climbing too. That's leading to new restrictions on family visits and a renewed push to get more residents and staff members vaccinated and boosted. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
Health

COVID deaths and cases are rising again at U.S. nursing homes

COVID-19 infections are soaring again at U.S. nursing homes because of the omicron wave, and deaths are climbing too.

4 years ago

Nina Bryan of Sweet Nina's sells her banana pudding at Reading Terminal Market through the Market Day program.  (Courtesy of The Enterprise Center’s Dorrance H. Hamilton Center for Culinary Enterprises)
PlanPhilly
Community
Eyes on the Street

Reading Terminal Market offers a model for lifting entrepreneurs of color

Reading Terminal Market’s model for supporting entrepreneurs of color could ensure Black and brown entrepreneurs benefit from Biden’s infrastructure act.

4 years ago

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