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Courts & Law
NBC10

Bethlehem, Pa., police chief retires after offensive Facebook post share

The mayor of Bethlehem said in a statement that Chief Mark DiLuzio's retirement "is a result of the consequences of his recent re-posting of an offensive Facebook post.

6 years ago

Watu Moja is an arts nonprofit in Camden, New Jersey. (Screenshot via YouTube)
Community

‘We’re going to claim our space’: How Watu Moja is advancing social justice in Camden

Camden has received national attention as a model for community policing, but many residents have been critical of this praise. The members of Watu Moja are among them.

6 years ago

Boys and Girls Club of Trenton and Mercer County Bike Exchange assisted in securing bicycles for a share program being launched by the Trenton Health Team. (Kenny Burns for WHYY)
Community

Bike share program to launch in Trenton with focus on older adults

The Trenton Health Team will launch the program sometime this fall with help from an AARP grant.

6 years ago

Lady B embraces students after seeing her biography for the first time. (Sandrien B Photography)
Community
The Philadelphia Tribune

Young authors pen biography of hip-hop pioneer Lady B

The National Youth Foundation’s Writer’s Workshop's latest biography is on the Godmother of hip-hop, Philadelphia’s own, Lady B.

6 years ago

More than 200 gather at City Hall to protest police violence during a Justice for Jacob Blake rally. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community

Protest in Philly over police shooting of Jacob Blake in Wisconsin

A City Hall rally continues a summer that has seen the country’s largest protests and demands for racial justice and police reforms in decades.

6 years ago

A 2015 image of the 5th Avenue bay beach in Seaside Park. (Justin Auciello/for WHYY)
Down the Shore
Health

Source of contamination keeping N.J. bay beach closed remains a mystery

New Jersey environmental officials have not yet determined why bacteria continues to plague a beach along the Barnegat Bay in Ocean County.

6 years ago

Craps players and dealers are seperated by partitions at the Golden Nugget Casino
Health

N.J. coronavirus recovery: Smoking banned in casinos; schools get guidance on how to handle positives

The governor reversed course after signing an executive order to restart indoor dining that would have allowed smoking in the gambling houses.

6 years ago

Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw
Courts & Law

Philly Police: Homicide clearance rate on the decline as murder rates rise

Police are arresting suspects for less than half of the city’s homicides and shooting victims are getting younger, Commissioner Danielle Outlaw said.

6 years ago

The owners of the Wilmington sports complex where the 76ers minor league team plays was fined for violations during youth basketball league play and a college football scouting combine.  (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
Health

Seeking wider reopening, Delaware fines, shuts down COVID-19 violators

Public health officials doubled the number of compliance checks in August. A sports complex got a $5,000 fine. One pub was shut down on the spot.

6 years ago

Mason Wilkes, 4, of South Carolina, poses for his father in a Black Panther costume, in front of a paining during a Chadwick Boseman Tribute on Thursday, Sept. 3, 2020, in Anderson, S.C. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
Community

Chadwick Boseman honored as hometown hero in native South Carolina

A viewing of “Black Panther” was held at an outdoor amphitheater where people practiced social distancing.

6 years ago

Cheswick Generating Station in Springdale, Pa. (Reid R. Frazier/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Politics & Policy
StateImpact Pennsylvania

For now, latest federal rollback of coal regs won’t affect PA plants

Environmental advocates said the move could open up the possibility that coal plants could seek to release higher levels of pollutants into the state’s rivers and streams.

6 years ago

An investigator works at a scene where a man suspected of fatally shooting a supporter of a right-wing group in Portland, Ore., last week was killed as investigators moved in to arrest him in Lacey, Wash., Thursday, Sept. 3, 2020. Michael Reinoehl, 48, was killed as a federal task force attempted to apprehend him in Lacey, a senior Justice Department official said. (AP Photo/Ted Warren)
Courts & Law

Slain shooting suspect was a regular at Portland protests

Reinoehl was himself killed Thursday when he pulled a gun as a federal task force attempted to apprehend him near Lacey, Washington, the U.S. Marshals Service said.

6 years ago

(Screenshot via NBC10)
Community
NBC10

Man in bed, 5 others outside shot in East Germantown

A stray bullet from a mass shooting along East Chelten Avenue in Philadelphia's East Germantown neighborhood struck a man inside his apartment.

6 years ago

A black and white screenshot of musicians performing a song virtually through Zoom
Arts & Entertainment

Former Del. gov. reflects on Charlottesville rally by writing a protest song

Markell said he was inspired by the last words of activist Heather Heyer, who was murdered at the rally: “If you’re not outraged, you’re not paying attention.”

6 years ago

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Autumn Casey, a recent graduate of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, chose not to exhibit her work at the school's annual student exhibit. She and a group of fellow PAFA students are instead exhibiting in galleries on N. 11th Street. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Education

PAFA grads boycott their final art exhibition over school’s stance on Black Lives Matter

Responding to the school’s stance on Black Lives Matter, some students move their final showcase to outside galleries.

6 years ago

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