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Brendan and Bronwyn Bradley, have been participating in museum art classes for five years. (Kaamil Jones for WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Philadelphia Museum of Art launches Art Kids program

Philadelphia Museum of Art launches Art Kids, a program to give children the opportunity to create art inspired by female artists.

5 years ago

Vaccine sweepstakes winner Daniel Silva and Dr. Angela Duckworth hold a giant check during a press event at Maria de los Santos Health Center. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Health

‘Just take it’: West Oak Lane resident wins Philly vaccine sweepstakes, encourages others to get vaxxed

The sweepstakes winner, Daniel Silva, is putting his winnings into savings — and taking a post-pandemic victory lap in Las Vegas with his partner.

5 years ago

The Route 15 trolley is seen on Girard Avenue
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Philly Council limits development on growing Girard Avenue

Philly Council President Darrell Clarke sponsored the bill, citing quality-of-life concerns from residents of the Yorktown and West Poplar neighborhoods.

5 years ago

Members of ad hoc group reimagining a new Pride in Philly. L - R: Maso Kibble, Diamond Anthony, Jessica Kallup, Manny Frank-Lampon, Rich Frank-Lampon, André Henson aka Alzei Barbei Mizrahi, Elicia Gonzales, Jamaal Henderson, and Abdul-Aliy Muhammad. (Peter Crimmins / WHYY)
Community

Ad hoc LGBTQ group begins to re-imagine Pride in Philly

In the wake of the dissolution of Philly Pride Presents, an ad hoc group has begun to organize itself as the new keeper of Pride.

5 years ago

A view of the central Pennsylvania campus of the nation’s wealthiest school, the Milton Hershey School. (Dan Gleiter/PennLive)
Education
Spotlight PA

How the state’s richest charity spends its money: The Milton Hershey School, by the numbers

With $17.4 billion in assets, the Milton Hershey School is the wealthiest K-12 school in the U.S.

5 years ago

A person holds a mask while walking outside in Philadelphia, Friday, May 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Health
6ABC

Pennsylvania lifting universal masking order on Monday

The mask mandate will be lifted as of 12:01 a.m. on June 28, the Department of Health announced Friday.

5 years ago

Rutgers University football
Money

Vote set on allowing bets on New Jersey college sports teams

The measure aims to increase N.J.’s already nation-leading sports betting market by allowing Garden State residents to bet on the state’s teams, including Rutgers, Seton Hall.

5 years ago

The White House
Science
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania youth trek to White House to support climate justice initiative

About a dozen young Pennsylvanians are on their way to the White House to advocate for a climate and economic justice initiative.

5 years ago

In this April 20, 2021 file image from video, former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin, center, is taken into custody as his attorney, Eric Nelson, left, looks on, after the verdicts were read at Chauvin's trial for the 2020 death of George Floyd,, at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis, Minn. Nelson has requested a new trial, saying the court abused its discretion when it refused to change the venue in the original proceedings, according to a court document filed Tuesday, May 4, 2021. (Court TV via AP, Pool, File)
Courts & Law

Judge rejects Chauvin’s request for new trial in Floyd death

Judge Peter Cahill denied the request Friday, saying defense attorney Eric Nelson has not shown that abused its discretion and denied Chauvin the right to a fair trial.

5 years ago

Rescue workers walk beside the rubble as rescue efforts continue
Community

Toll in Florida collapse rises to 4; dozens remain missing

Officials said no cause for the collapse has been determined.

5 years ago

A sign outside Lovett notes that free meals are available for kids during the summer.
Health

City of Philadelphia offers free meals for kids at over 500 sites this summer

The City of Philadelphia, along with partners, is supporting over 500 meal sites to give free and healthy meals to the city's children and youth.

5 years ago

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (Wilfredo Lee/AP)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Pa. immigrants hopeful, but skeptical that Dem control in D.C. will finally create a path to citizenship

While recent White House attention has focused on stopping border migration, local immigrants and activist groups are pressuring for laws to change in the U.S.

5 years ago

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The exterior of Delaware County Memorial Hospital
Health

Health care professionals unanimously vote to unionize in Delaware County hospitals

About 100 health care workers at Taylor Hospital and Delaware County Memorial Hospital have unanimously voted to unionize because of staff shortages and low pay.

5 years ago

Philadelphia City Councilmember Kendra Brooks. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Politics & Policy

Aiming to ‘protect renters’, Philly Council limits landlords’ use of eviction records

A bill passed by City Council limits landlords from denying housing because of eviction records. The Philadelphia bill could have broad impacts.

5 years ago

Armando Ortez, a rising senior at Northeast, and Rebecca Allen, a rising junior at Central, will begin serving as Student Board Reps for the 2021-22 school year. (Philadelphia Board of Education)
Education

Two new student reps join Philly school board as nonvoting members

Rebecca Allen and Armando Ortez are joining on the heels of a tumultuous school year.

5 years ago

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