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A woman looks at signs at a store closed due to COVID-19. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Community

Philly study shows strong correlation between unemployment and gun violence

The city’s research comes as the city continues to experience a surge in gun violence.

5 years ago

In this Jan. 6, 2021, image from video, Alan William Byerly, right, is seen allegedly attacking an Associated Press photographer during a riot at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. Byerly has been arrested on charges that he assaulted an Associated Press photographer and police officers. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Courts & Law

Pa. man charged in attack on AP photographer, police at Capitol

Body camera footage captured Byerly assaulting three Metropolitan Police Department officers, according to the affidavit.

5 years ago

A Temple University building is pictured in Philadelphia
Education

Temple University tuition for in-state students rises for the first time in two years

Come fall, in-state tuition will be $16,488 a year; out-of-state, $29,712. The university says it offset costs with budget cuts to keep tuition low.

5 years ago

Tents set up by people experiencing homelessness along Kensington Avenue
PlanPhilly
Courts & Law

Housing activists drop lawsuit against Kenney administration over encampment sweeps

Housing activists withdrew a lawsuit against Mayor Jim Kenney’s administration over a plan to allegedly displace people living in a Kensington encampment.

5 years ago

Nurse Reynaldo Pella, left, was one of five staff members to simultaneously receive the first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine
Health

N.J. coronavirus update: Health ambassadors successful in increasing vaccination rates

According to the New Jersey Department of Health, over the past four weeks, vaccination rates are up 9% in Ewing, 15% in Perth Amboy, and 11% in Passaic.

5 years ago

A group of people attack a man who has been knocked off his bike
Courts & Law

Second member of white Fishtown vigilante group charged with assault

Philly police have arrested Richard Goodwin for allegedly assaulting a man during a violent gathering of mostly white men in Fishtown amid last June’s protests.

5 years ago

A Wilmington police vehicle.
Courts & Law

Suspected serial killer indicted on 41 felony charges after ‘staggering crime spree’ in Philly, Delaware

Keith Gibson is accused of killing four people and injuring several others while on probation for a manslaughter conviction in Delaware.

5 years ago

Trucks and cars travel down the highway.
Politics & Policy
NJ Spotlight

To get more electric vehicles, N.J. wants more charging stations

New Jersey is pushing for new rules to grow its network of charging systems built for trucks and other heavy vehicles.

5 years ago

People look out from a balcony onto the collapsed and subsequently demolished Champlain Towers South condominium building
Community

14 days after Florida condo collapse, no signs of survivors

No one has been rescued from the site since the first hours after the building collapsed on June 24 when many of its residents were asleep.

5 years ago

An artist's rendering shows the 13-story apartment tower Orens Brothers Real Estate plans to build
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Knockout: Philly design board approves plan for housing at Blue Horizon boxing site

The plan approved by Philadelphia’s Civic Design Review board would put a 13-story apartment tower in the site of the historic boxing ring.

5 years ago

A tall pole is topped with a bronze bird as part of an art installation by the Ben Franklin Bridge
Arts & Entertainment

Brass birds flock to Delaware River to launch a series of waterfront sculptures

‘A Moment Without You,’ a subtle and grief-stricken work, is the first of five sculptures to be installed along the Delaware River waterfront.

5 years ago

The first block of South Tennessee Avenue in Atlantic City
Community

N.J.’s first needle exchange could close as Atlantic City looks to develop beyond casinos

Advocates are lobbying Gov. Murphy to save the program, which they say has helped reduce HIV infections in the area by 50% since it opened 14 years ago.

5 years ago

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Bagged up trash sit outside Philly homes
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

`Your body starts to break down’: Understaffed Philly sanitation crews struggle as garbage delays worsen

A surge in residential trash during the pandemic strained city sanitation crews. The pandemic has abated, yet the workforce hasn’t recovered.

5 years ago

1724 Chester Courthouse in the City of Chester, Pa., on Avenue of the States. (Wikimedia Commons/public domain)
Urban Planning

Delco takes control of 1724 Chester Courthouse, the ‘longest continuously used government building in the country’

The County Council has entered into a 99-year lease agreement with the Pa. Historical and Museum Commission for the 18th-century structure.

5 years ago

The Delaware River in 2018. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Science

Delaware River ‘dead zones’ have improved, but more work remains

Parts of the Delaware still suffer from low oxygen levels, according to a Univ. of Delaware prof who recently wrote a book on the topic.

5 years ago

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