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NJ Transit
Community
NBC10

NJ Transit issues guidelines to protect customers, employees during travel as N.J. reopens

The transportation agency is reinforcing a “shared responsibility” approach that relies on both customers and employers doing their part in making sure health safety measures.

6 years ago

Protesters watch smoke from police vehicles rise. (Phobymo)
Community

Homebound: How a new circumstance is helping me rethink an old place

We are a multiracial city made of monoracial blocks. A city where men delicately penned declarations of independence, a city that hosted slave auctions.

6 years ago

Founder and executive director of The Center for Returning Citizens Jondhi J. Harrell. (Ryan Collerd for WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Community

I did 25 years in prison. Don’t abolish police — demilitarize and detoxify policing

I’m a Black man in North Philadelphia who survived prison and helps people returning to the community. We need to reinvent policing from the ground up.

6 years ago

Tayyib Smith (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community
Broke in Philly

This Juneteenth, ‘Next Steps Together’ offers thousands of Black men a space to talk freely

Organizers of the “Next Steps Together” initiative hope to create safe spaces for thousands of Black men to share their experiences.

6 years ago

52nd Street in West Philadelphia was hit with both pandemic closures and looting. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Community

Return to Main Street: Historic West Philly corridor fights to keep its identity

Who is shaping the bustling corridor remains in flux as longtime businesses take stock of losses and newcomers eye opportunities.

6 years ago

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Free Library of Philadelphia
Community

Checking in, not out: How libraries are moving from closed toward reopening

There’s no single blueprint for making these public spaces public again, no agreed-on best practices for sanitizing materials. Libraries learn as they go.

6 years ago

Juneteenth Parade participants wave from their float as they make their way through Center City in June 2018. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
Community

Mayor Kenney declares Juneteenth an official Philadelphia holiday

The observance commemorates the end of slavery in the United States on June 19, 1865. City facilities will be closed Friday.

6 years ago

A Point Pleasant Borough Fire Rescue boat in the Point Pleasant Canal in 2016. (Courtesy of Kim Ormsby/Point Pleasant Fire Department Station 75)
Down the Shore
Community

N.J. trooper rescues 3 from sinking boat in dangerous Shore canal

A quick-thinking New Jersey state trooper rescued three from a sinking boat in a dangerous Jersey Shore canal, officials say. 

6 years ago

Danielle Outlaw is introduced by Mayor Jim Kenney as the new Commissioner of the Philadelphia Police Department, in December 2019. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
Courts & Law

Massachusetts man charged for racist, threatening emails sent to Philly Police Commissioner Outlaw

Amid days of protests against police violence, Philly Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw received at least two emails containing racist, threatening language.

6 years ago

(Dan Nott for Spotlight PA)
Politics & Policy

Parts of Pa. reopened without robust coronavirus contact tracing to keep residents safe

Health experts say the shortcoming is of critical concern because tracing is most needed as reopening begins, when the disease’s spread becomes more complex.

6 years ago

July 4th Fireworks over the Philadelphia Museum of Art in 2017.  (Courtesy of the Wawa Welcome America Festival)
Arts & Entertainment

Wawa Welcome America virtual edition: Livestreamed performances by Cynthia Erivo, Jason Derulo and more

The Independence Day concert will go on, but without a live audience and indoors at The Met Philadelphia.

6 years ago

A 150-foot long caisson gate was deployed on the Deepwater Reef site off the New Jersey coast on Monday, June 8. (Courtesy of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection)
Down the Shore
Science

N.J. sinks caisson gate, tugboat at artificial reefs

A dam gate and a tugboat are the latest items to join artificial reefs off the New Jersey coast, state officials announced.

6 years ago

Delaware Gov. John Carney
Health

Del. coronavirus recovery: Despite improvements, Gov. Carney continues warnings

Despite improving numbers, Gov. Carney urged Delawareans not to get complacent with basic coronavirus protection measures.

6 years ago

Arts supporters pound their hearts along with performers at a rally to fund the arts in Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

Protesters call to divert police dollars; counter-protesters support South Philly police captain

Two separate protests Tuesday criticized Mayor Jim Kenney’s budget priorities and suggest the police budget could be used to fix them.

6 years ago

Someone spray painted 'Black Lives Matter' on a memorial dedicated to state police troopers killed in the line of duty located outside State Police headquarters in Dover. (Courtesy of Delaware State Police)
Courts & Law

‘Black Lives Matter’ spray-painted on Delaware police memorial

Delaware police are trying to figure out who spray-painted the words "Black Lives Matter" on a monument dedicated to state troopers killed in the line of duty.

6 years ago

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