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President Joe Biden speaks at a Memorial Day event
Community

‘Toughest day of the year’: Biden remembers son Beau, speaks at Memorial Day ceremony in Delaware

President Joe Biden has attended the annual observance at the Delaware Memorial Bridge for decades. He returned Sunday for his first as commander-in-chief.

5 years ago

A building is seen beyond railroad tracks
Money
Spotlight PA

Internal PSERS documents show how Pa’s biggest pension fund got key financial calculation wrong

A federal probe is examining the $64 billion fund's exaggerated investment returns and real estate spending.

5 years ago

Cheltenham High School
Education

Cheltenham students, alumni work to change policy on police in district schools

A group called Police-Free CSD is working with the school board to recraft the memorandum of understanding with the local police department.

5 years ago

The location of the sawmill at Peter Wentz Farmstead
Community

Historic Montgomery County farmstead recognized as an Underground Railroad site

The Worcester Township property will join more than 680 other places in the National Park Service’s Network to Freedom database.

5 years ago

Phragmites (Courtesy of the Schuylkill Center)
Arts & Entertainment

Iraq veterans and Iraqi immigrants build a traditional house of reeds in Philadelphia

Veterans and immigrants build a traditional Iraqi house of reeds in a nature preserve in Roxborough.

5 years ago

A digital model of what The Block. (Nerd Street Gamers)
Arts & Entertainment

Philly gamers, rejoice: Parks & Rec to include esports in future programming

Philadelphia Parks & Recreation Dept. partners with Nerd Street Gaming to include esports in programming, with the goal of increasing access to high-end tech.

5 years ago

In this Thursday, May 27, 2021 file photo, Darius Kirk looks at a mural depicting the Tulsa Race Massacre in the historic Greenwood neighborhood ahead of centennial commemorations of the massacre in Tulsa, Okla. (AP Photo/John Locher)
Community

How Tulsa massacre spent most of last century unremembered

Even this year, with the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa massacre recognized, it’s still an unfamiliar history to many — something historians say has broader repercussions.

5 years ago

Students protest over diversity concerns at Julia R. Masterman Laboratory and Demonstration School. Members of the city’s Board of Education expressed frustration Thursday over Masterman’s admissions policies disproportionately affecting Black and Latino students. (Provided)
Education
Chalkbeat Philadelphia

Philadelphia board and superintendent vow to combat racist practices in schools

Black and Latino students are far less likely to qualify for admission to the district’s most selective schools and far more likely to be suspended.

5 years ago

In this Nov. 29, 2016, file photo, then-U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta, R-Pa., gets on an elevator after arriving for a meeting with President-elect Donald Trump at Trump Tower in New York. (Evan Vucci/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Trump looms large in Pennsylvania’s GOP primaries in 2022

GOP candidates with strong ties to Donald Trump are running and considered strong contenders for the party's nominations in both Pennsylvania's gubernatorial and Senate races.

5 years ago

Beachgoers spend time at Monmouth Beach, N.J., Sunday, July 5, 2020. (AP Photo/Eric Carvin)
Health

NJ to give beachgoers COVID shots over Memorial Day weekend

The “Shots At The Shore” campaign will offer free vaccinations Saturday and Sunday at Sandy Hook, Long Branch and Asbury Park.

5 years ago

Person's legs in wheelchair
Health

AARP/Drexel report shows racial disparities in seniors’ health care in Pennsylvania

A new study from AARP and Drexel’s College of Nursing shows lack of broadband access thwarts telehealth for many older Black and brown residents.

5 years ago

The Cape May-Lewes Ferry (Elisabeth Perez-Luna/WHYY)
Community

Ferry link means big business for beach towns in Delaware and New Jersey

New study shows the multi-million dollar impact the Cape May/Lewes Ferry has on the local economy — an impact beach businesses hope ramps up post-pandemic.

5 years ago

North Philly native Cam Anthony performs on
Arts & Entertainment

‘This looks all right’: Philly singer may be The Voice’s best hope

Judge Blake Shelton has said The Voice winners are not given the chance to succeed after the show. Cam Anthony may buck that trend.

5 years ago

A Museum of Illusions visitor strikes a pose in the vortex tunnel
Arts & Entertainment

Museum of Illusions plans fall 2021 opening in Philly

The Museum of Illusions is set to open a location at 4th and Market streets in Old City.

5 years ago

Eric Riddick (center), freed from prison after serving almost 30 years, with his mother Christine Riddick (left) and wife Dana Riddick (right) on May 28, 2021. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Courts & Law

Philly man released from prison after serving nearly 30 years for murder

Eric Riddick was released from state prison after the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office found the 51-year-old did not receive a fair trial in June 1992.

5 years ago

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