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Students performing as Queen Ramonda and her son, T’Challa, on stage during a rehearsal for the 'Black Panther' musical at Willingboro High School. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

‘Black Panther’ gets a musical premiere at Willingboro High School

A faith-based community theater company in New Jersey has turned the 2018 blockbuster superhero movie into a youth-empowering production.

6 years ago

Listen 2:21
SEPTA's new General Manager Leslie Richards listens to a question from a member of SEPTA's Citizen Advisory Committee during a meeting at SEPTA Headquarters on Feb. 25, 2020. (Jonathan Wilson for WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Do SEPTA signs confuse you? Help is on the way

General manager Leslie Richards plans to improve the transit system’s signage and wayfinding in hopes of making it easier to navigate.

6 years ago

Mifflin Square neighbors have been imagining the park they want for four years. Now that dream, conceptualized in the rendering above, is being designed in partnership with the city. (Courtesy of SEAMAAC & HECTOR)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

$1.5 million grant kicks off renovation plan for Mifflin Square Park

The South Philly green space will get a new sprayground, two separate play areas, safety surfacing, and seating. Work should be done by early 2022.

6 years ago

Sakeenah Benjamin holds a photo of her cousin Manny, who was shot and killed in her West Philly neighborhood when she was 10 years old. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Community

I wrote a letter to Philly’s mayor asking for an end to the gun violence that took my beloved cousin. 16 years later, I’m resending.

Sakeenah Benjamin was 10 years old when her cousin was killed right around the corner from her house. Sixteen years later, she is still dealing with the pain.

6 years ago

Tulips on display at the 2018 Philadelphia Flower Show. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Things To Do
Community
February 27 - March 4, 2020

Celebrate Leap Day with food, flowers and music in this week’s ‘Things To Do’

What’s happening in Philly, New Jersey and Delaware: Philly Flower Show, Kennett Square’s Winterfest, Shine A Light concert in Wilmington and St. Paddy’s Day kicks off in N.J.

6 years ago

Listen 4:15
Locust Walk on the University of Pennsylvania campus. (Ximena Conde/WHYY)
Education

Former Penn coach slapped with 15-year show-cause penalty

Former Penn coach Jerome Allen was hit a 15-year show-cause penalty after he accepted $300,000 in bribes to get a wealthy Florida businessman's son into the university.

6 years ago

President Donald Trump
Health

Trump says U.S. ‘very ready’ for virus; Pence to lead response

President Donald Trump says the U.S. is “very, very ready” for whatever the new coronavirus threat brings.

6 years ago

Police work outside the Molson Coors Brewing Co. campus in Milwaukee on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020, after reports of a possible shooting. (Morry Gash/AP Photo)
Community

Multiple people dead in Milwaukee shooting at Molson Coors

Police tweeted that there was no longer an active threat. Authorities did not immediately release details about the shooter or how the shooting unfolded.

6 years ago

President Donald Trump speaks during the Young Black Leadership Summit at the White House in Washington, Friday, Oct. 4, 2019. (Carolyn Kaster/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Watch live: Trump’s news conference on coronavirus U.S. threat

Trump and members of the administration have been sending mixed messages about the virus.

6 years ago

Some of the 1,000 lobbyists, business owners and politicians gather on a platform at the Trenton train station waiting to board a train to Washington, D.C., Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017 in Trenton, N.J. The state Chamber of Commerce's 80th annual trip — nicknamed the
Politics & Policy

After sexual misconduct allegations, reformed N.J. chamber train rolls on

The N.J. Chamber of Commerce’s annual trip is called the “Walk to Washington” because so few people sit down while schmoozing their way to the nation’s capital.

6 years ago

President Donald Trump gestures as he walks offstage after speaking at a campaign rally, Friday, Feb. 21, 2020, in Las Vegas. (Patrick Semansky/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Campaign to open Trump community centers to woo Black voters

In Pennsylvania, “Black Voices for Trump Community Centers” will open in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.

6 years ago

 A member of the Philadelphia teachers union hands in a ballot in 2017 at Temple University's Liacouras Center as the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers voted on a contract proposal. (Jonathan Wilson for WHYY)
Education

Leadership of Philly teachers’ union wins re-election despite growing challenge from activists

Philly educators turned out in droves for the latest union election. But the energy was not enough to topple the current leadership.

6 years ago

Former Pa. Gov. Ed Rendell and Safehouse VP Ronda Goldfein (center) announce plans to open a supervised injection site in South Philadelphia (Michaela Winberg/WHYY)
Health

South Philly injection site: As Rendell touts ‘tremendous’ upside, some neighbors flip out

Mayor Kenney, who supports the sites, said they could save up to 75 people from overdose death each year.

6 years ago

Philadelphia's Criminal Justice Center. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Courts & Law

Federal judge: Philly courts must record bail hearings

Historically, these proceedings have effectively occurred off-the-record. There’s no stenographer and the public isn’t allowed to record what happens.

6 years ago

Pennsylvania Secretary of Health Rachel Levine (Commonwealth Media Services)
Health
Spotlight PA

Pa. is preparing for coronavirus as CDC warns spread in U.S. may be ‘inevitable’

No one has tested positive for the new coronavirus in Pennsylvania, but the state’s health secretary said Wednesday preparations are underway to deal with the serious illness.

6 years ago

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