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File photo: Croda's Atlas Point plant near the Delaware Memorial Bridge.
Science

More than two years after chemical leak, Delaware Croda plant still making fixes

Croda’s ethylene oxide plant on the Delaware River has been out of commission since a 2018 leak shut down I-295 on the busy Thanksgiving weekend.

5 years ago

Fans wearing masks walk through security at the Wells Fargo Center
Community

‘A hope for the future’: Flyers fans, workers return to the Wells Fargo Center

Getting to watch Sunday night’s Flyers game in person offered some fans a welcome distraction from the woes of one year of pandemic life.

5 years ago

Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro addresses the media at a press conference
Courts & Law

Four Philly men arrested for making and selling untraceable ‘ghost guns’

So-called ghost guns, weapons that can be bought as kits to be assembled into untraceable firearms, have become the “weapon of choice” in Philly, authorities said.

5 years ago

Moviegoers sitting in a socially distant seating arrangement at the AMC Lincoln Square 13 theater
Arts & Entertainment

Audiences hold back, even as more movie theaters open

Approximately 80% of the domestic market is currently allowed to operate with limited capacity. Many areas in North America are not yet fully open.

5 years ago

A gambler makes a sports bet at Bally's casino
Politics & Policy

A push to teach gamblers which sport betting sites are legal

Conscious Gaming began state-specific campaigns in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, where research shows many customers are confused about what is a legal gambling site.

5 years ago

Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer
Politics & Policy

Highlights of the $1.9T COVID bill nearing final passage

The $1.9 trillion bill approved Saturday carries direct payments of up to $1,400 for most Americans, extended emergency unemployment benefits and spending for vaccines.

5 years ago

The exterior of the Thornfield property
Community

‘A story of perseverance’: Upper Darby offers a new anti-slavery walking tour

The 4.5-mile self-guided route runs from Drexel Hill almost to the border with West Philadelphia, highlighting sites along the Underground Railroad.

5 years ago

No one will be allowed to sit in the first ten rows around the ice in order to protect players, who have traded their plexiglass enclosures for netting to improve air circulation. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community

Wells Fargo Center puts fans back in the game

The Philadelphia Flyers will be the first to play in person for fans in a year. The 76ers will follow next weekend.

5 years ago

University of Pittsburgh Pharmacy student Edith Wang loads a syringe with a dose of the Moderna Covid-19 Vaccine, during a vaccination clinic hosted by the University of Pittsburgh and the Allegheny County Health Department at the Petersen Events Center, in Pittsburgh, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
Health

In the confusion and complication of vaccine rollout, these people are stepping up to fill the gap

Online, on Twitter, in Facebook groups, these people have made it a goal to help others locate not just available doses, but actual vaccination times.

5 years ago

Mo Williams
Community

At the NBA All-Star Game, HBCUs will take center stage

Sunday’s All-Star Game in Atlanta is generating $3 million for Historically Black Colleges and Universities, through donations to scholarship funds.

5 years ago

Joel Embiid
Community
NBC10

Joel Embiid’s donation to Philly area shelters is why Sixers fans love him

Embiid's donation will provide meals, clothing, COVID treatment, health care, summer camp and essential care for teens, the team announced in a release Saturday.

5 years ago

Exterior of the Supreme Court
Courts & Law

Biden getting 1st shot at making mark on federal judiciary

President Joe Biden has two seats to fill on the influential appeals court in the nation's capital that regularly feeds judges to the Supreme Court.

5 years ago

On March 5, 2021, at her warming center in the Yorkship Family School gym, Tawanda Jones, right, tries to convince a patron known as Sarah Ann to allow Jones to help her rent a room at a boarding house. Sarah Ann had told Jones that if there was nowhere else to go that night, she would sleep in Camden's Evergreen Cemetery.  (Photo by April Saul for WHYY)
Community

‘True Blue’: A day in the life of the woman helping Camden’s unhoused people escape the cold

Tawanda Jones was on a mission to relocate dozens of people from a school gym, to keep them warm over the weekend.

5 years ago

Ednalieze Figueroa, 5, who attends Wiggins School in Camden, protests the closure of her school on Fabruary 6, 2021 with an assist from activist Victoria Pellot.  (April Saul for WHYY)
Education

Three more Camden schools to close, officials announce

Harry C. Sharp Elementary, Cramer Elementary, and Ulysses Wiggins schools will be shuttered come fall. A fourth school, Yorkship Family, will be repaired.

5 years ago

Volunteers load food boxes into cars during a food distribution by the Food Bank of South Jersey in Riverside, Burlington County on June 6. (Jon Hurdle/NJ Spotlight)
Community

Demand at N.J. food banks remains high, but so does support

As demand for food banks remains elevated one year into the COVID-19 pandemic, growing support has helped them keep pace, officials say.

5 years ago

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