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Health
Broke in Philly

My cousin’s experience with childhood trauma

We know the effect of things like second-hand smoke and lead paint on the developing brain, but we need to pay more attention to toxic emotional stress, too.

6 years ago

FILE - In this Dec. 24, 2019 photo, President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media following a Christmas Eve video teleconference with members of the military at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Politics & Policy

Could Democrats have accomplished more with censure than impeachment?

With a two-thirds majority needed to remove President Trump, could have a move for censure instead of impeachment been more successful for Democrats?

6 years ago

In September 2019, members of the Camden Sophisticated Sisters walk through Waterfront South to perform at the Hearts and Hands Festival sponsored by Sacred Heart Church.  (April Saul for WHYY)
Community

Camden drill team with bigger mission celebrates new home

Tawanda Jones’ tireless commitment to the Camden community has opened doors for her drill team.

6 years ago

An arrangement of fentanyl test strips
Health

Parents and Camden County officials hope free fentanyl test strips will reduce overdose deaths

Health advocates and Camden County leaders are giving out free fentanyl test strips in an effort to reduce overdoses.

6 years ago

Mike Spray, a hemp grower, poses for a photo in a greenhouse Monday, Feb. 03, 2020, at 302 Hemp Co, in Georgetown, Del. It’s been a year since the hemp growing pilot program in Delaware started and the USDA has made regulations for hemp growing. (Saquan Stimpson for WHYY)
Community

Hemp growers fight federal limits, weather, thieves for a stake in a projected CBD boom

Not “the devil’s lettuce”: A group of farmers in Delaware invest in pricey seed and take their chances on a crop with no more than 0.3% THC.

6 years ago

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Wildfire near the New Jersey side of the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area near Hardwick Township, N.J., Sunday, Feb. 23, 2020. Firefighters from federal and New Jersey agencies were battling the forest fire that broke out in a popular hiking area near the Pennsylvania border. (Adam Polinger via AP Photo)
Community

Forest fire near I-80, Appalachian Trail mostly contained

A forest fire burning through a hiking area that is crossed by the Appalachian Trail and a major interstate highway was 80% contained, New Jersey fire officials said.

6 years ago

Republican candidates for U.S. Congress in New Jersey's 3rd Congressional District David Richter and Kate Gibbs. (Richter, WHYY file photo/Gibbs, provided by the candidate)
Politics & Policy

Snooki used as cudgel in South Jersey congressional race

In a contentious new ad, a Republican candidate compares his GOP rival to “Jersey Shore” cast member Nicole ‘Snooki’ Polizzi.

6 years ago

Former Philadelphia City Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Former Philly councilwoman filled out DROP application

Former Philly councilwoman could be changing her mind about a retirement bonus program that was designed to save money, but has cost Philly at least $237 million.

6 years ago

Helicopter pilot Ara Zobayan violated federal flight rules in 2015 when he flew into busy airspace near Los Angeles International Airport despite being ordered not to by air traffic control, according to records from the Federal Aviation Administration obtained by the Los Angeles Times. (Group 3 Aviation via AP Photo, File)
Community

Kobe Bryant’s widow sues helicopter operator for deaths

Kobe Bryant's widow on Monday sued the owner of the helicopter that crashed in fog and killed the former Los Angeles Lakers star and their 13-year-old daughter last month.

6 years ago

Engine 6, which was stationed closest to the fire where three firefighters died in 2016, was out of service that night as part of the city's
Courts & Law

Judge dismisses federal lawsuit in blaze that killed 3 Wilmington firefighters

The lawsuit blames the “rolling bypass’’ policy and staffing levels. A judge ruled that the firefighters’ constitutional rights were not violated, but plaintiffs will appeal.

6 years ago


Since 2005, Ellyn Jo Waller of Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church in Philadelphia has been working to help those caught up in human trafficking. (Courtesy of Ellyn Jo Waller)
Community

Philly’s Ellyn Jo Waller to be honored for anti-human trafficking ministry

Since 2005, Ellyn Jo Waller of Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church in Philadelphia has been working to help those caught up in human trafficking.

6 years ago

In this courtroom sketch, Harvey Weinstein, center, is led out of Manhattan Supreme Court by court officers after a jury convicted him of rape and sexual assault, Monday, Feb. 24, 2020 in New York. The jury found him not guilty of the most serious charge, predatory sexual assault, which could have resulted in a life sentence in New York. (Elizabeth Williams via AP)
Courts & Law

‘A new day’: Harvey Weinstein convicted, led away in cuffs

Harvey Weinstein was convicted Monday at his sexual assault trial, sealing his dizzying fall from powerful Hollywood studio boss to archvillain of the #MeToo movement.

6 years ago

Vanessa Bryant speaks during a celebration of life for her husband Kobe Bryant and daughter Gianna Monday, Feb. 24, 2020, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
Community

Los Angeles honors Kobe, Gianna Bryant with public memorial

Mourners began gathering Monday in downtown LA to say farewell to Kobe and Gianna Bryant at the Staples Center, hours before Bryant's memorial service was scheduled to start.

6 years ago

In this Jan. 24, 2019, file photo, the Supreme Court is seen at sunset in Washington. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

Supreme Court to hear Philly dispute over same-sex foster parents

The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia ruled the city did not target the agency because of its religious beliefs

6 years ago

FILE-In this Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015 photo, Willie Mays, right, looks on as President Barack Obama presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House, in Washington. Johnson, a mathematician on early space missions who was portrayed in film “Hidden Figures,” died Feb. 24, 2020. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Community

Pioneering black mathematician Katherine Johnson has died

NASA says Katherine Johnson, a mathematician who worked on NASA’s early space missions and was portrayed in the film “Hidden Figures" has died.

6 years ago

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