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Josephine Baker is among the figures covered by Black Paris Tours, as they offer a glimpse of the mutual love affair between African-Americans and the City of Light, and Africans' history in France as a whole. (AP Photo/File)
Arts & Entertainment

Josephine Baker is 1st Black woman given Paris burial honor

The late entertainer who is a World War II hero in France will be the first Black woman to get the country’s highest honor.

5 years ago

A girl waits with other earthquake victims for the start of a food distribution in Les Cayes, Haiti, Saturday, Aug. 21, 2021, seven days after a 7.2 magnitude earthquake hit the area. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Community

Haiti raises earthquake death toll, passes 2,200

Haiti’s Civil Protection Agency said Sunday that the toll from this month's magnitude 7.2 earthquake has grown to 2,207, with 344 people still missing.

5 years ago

Waves pound the beaches of Montauk, N.Y., Sunday, Aug. 22, 2021, as a severe weather system approaches. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
Weather

Tropical Storm Henri makes landfall in Rhode Island

Tropical Storm Henri made landfall in Rhode Island early Sunday, packing heavy winds and drenching rains as it began lashing the northeastern U.S. coastline.

5 years ago

(6ABC)
Weather
6ABC

AccuWeather: Heavy morning rain

A flash flood watch is in effect for much of our area through Monday morning with 2-4"+ of rain possible.

5 years ago

The world's largest retailer is taking over the massive site where General Motors manufactured vehicles for more than six decades. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
Money

Amazon hiring blitz for fulfillment center at former GM plant in Del. includes $3,000 bonuses

The 3.8 million-square-foot building on Boxwood Road has been vacant since 2009. An electric car maker planned to take it over, but the plan fizzled.

5 years ago

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A chart shows a TANF enrollment decline over the course of a decade.
Keystone Crossroads
Money

New report urges changes to Pennsylvania’s 1990s-era TANF benefit

The Meet the Need Coalition surveyed more than 350 current or past recipients of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families; many found it too restrictive.

5 years ago

In 2020, Pennsylvania regulators approved a now-abandoned rule that would have extended automatic overtime pay to salaried employees earning between roughly $36,000 and $45,000 a year, many of whom work as managers in the retail and food service industries. Today, only those who earn below the $36,000 federal threshold are guaranteed extra pay for extra hours. (Megan Harris / WESA)
Politics & Policy

Overtime pay for up to 190K workers died in Harrisburg this summer. Why aren’t more people upset?

The now-abandoned rule could have extended overtime protections for an estimated 190,000 workers.

5 years ago

(Chester Upland School District)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

No education experience: Chester Upland residents baffled by judge’s choice for new school district receiver

Over Pa. Education Department objections, Nafis Nichols, the City of Chester’s chief financial officer, was named interim receiver.

5 years ago

OES-16 East GeoColor satellite image taken Friday, Aug. 20, 2021, at 11:40 a.m. EDT., and provided by NOAA, shows Tropical Storm Henri in the Atlantic Ocean
Weather

Coastal evacuations urged as Hurricane Henri heads north

The National Hurricane Center issued an advisory late Saturday morning upgrading Tropical Storm Henri to a hurricane.

5 years ago

AFL-CIO officers (from left) Tefere Gebre, Liz Shuler and Fred Redmond stand in front of the federation's headquarters
Politics & Policy
WITF

AFL-CIO elects first woman, African American man to top leadership positions

New AFL-CIO officers have been named to replace Richard Trumka.

5 years ago

Map of Cape May County
Community

16-year-old lifeguard dies after injury in Cape May, N.J.

The 16-year-old lifeguard who was injured while on duty Thursday in Cape May has died, according to officials.

5 years ago

A New Jersey long-term care center
Health
NJ Spotlight

Families decry restricted visits to those in long-term care

One woman describes her battle to spend time with her mother.

5 years ago

Philadelphia Orchestra
Arts & Entertainment

Carnegie Hall returns to in-person concerts with a lot of help from the Philadelphia Orchestra

In its return to a full season of in-person performances, Carnegie Hall has programmed the Philadelphia Orchestra for an unprecedented eight concerts.

5 years ago

A doctor holds a stethoscope on a pregnant person's belly.
Health

Using race to diagnose anemia in pregnancy led to poor birth outcomes for Black patients, study shows

For years, national medical guidelines have defined anemia differently for Black patients. A new study shows this could be increasing birth disparities.

5 years ago

Listen 1:11
(NJ Spotlight)
Politics & Policy
NJ Spotlight

Murphy signs law that bans contracts with ICE for detention of immigrants

The law disallows renewal of existing contracts or any new contracts with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to house immigration detainees.

5 years ago

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