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In this photo made on Friday, May 24, 2019, Old Main is shown on the campus of Slippery Rock University in Slippery Rock, Pa. (Keith Srakocic/AP Photo)

State university system to offer incentive to get more faculty to retire this year

The 14 Pennsylvania state universities hope to reduce the number of university faculty members by offering an incentive for professors eligible for retirement.

7 years ago

This drawing by Dana Verkouteren shows White House counsel Pat Cipollone delivering opening remarks in the Senate chamber during the first day of the impeachment trial against President Donald Trump on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)

Politics & Policy

Senate approves impeachment trial rules, rejecting witnesses

Opening arguments began Tuesday in the Republican-led Senate trial of President Donald Trump.

7 years ago

The Mercerville Fire Company in Hamilton Township, N.J. Is one of eight companies that would be consolidated into one entity that would fight blazes. (P. Kenneth Burns/WHYY)

Politics & Policy

Hamilton continues push to consolidate fire departments under new mayor

New Jersey’s ninth biggest township is currently served by nine fire departments. Hamilton’s new mayor wants to save money by making them one.

7 years ago

Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner (center right) wields a hammer at the MLK Day of Service at Philadelphia’s Girard College. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)

Community

Pa. officials swing hammers on MLK Day to drum up 2020 census turnout

Local officials took part in the annual MLK Day of Service at Girard College by making special boxes to help Philly residents commit to taking the 2020 census.

7 years ago

A man walks in the crowd during a pro-gun rally, Monday, Jan. 20, 2020, in Richmond, Va. (Julio Cortez/AP Photo)

Community

Pro-gun rally by thousands in Virginia ends peacefully

Tens of thousands of gun-rights activists rallied peacefully at the Virginia Capitol to protest plans by the state's Democratic leadership to pass gun-control legislation.

7 years ago

A new mural honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was finished by student volunteers at The Warehouse, a new teen center opening soon in northeast Wilmington. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)

Community

Dozens of students paint new mural honoring MLK in Wilmington

Dozens of students help paint a mural of Martin Luther King inside The Warehouse, a teen center opening soon in Wilmington.

7 years ago

Politics & Policy

Trump’s lawyers urge dismissal of ‘flimsy’ impeachment case

President Donald Trump's legal team asserted Monday that he did “absolutely nothing wrong," urging the Senate to swiftly reject an impeachment case that it called “flimsy."

7 years ago

Jerry Jordan, president of the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers, announces the union is taking legal action over hazardous conditions in the city’s schools on Jan. 20, 2019. (Nicholas Pugliese/WHYY)

Education

‘We are not crying wolf’: Philly teachers union to sue district over asbestos, other hazards

The PFT is suing the school district over its handling of mold, lead and asbestos problems inside several school buildings over the last few years.

7 years ago

The Virginia state Capitol building is surrounded by fencing, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020 in Richmond, Va., in preparation for Monday's rally by gun rights advocates. Gun-rights groups are asking a judge to block the Virginia governor's ban on firearms at a massive pro-gun rally scheduled for next week. Gov. Ralph Northam on Wednesday, Jan. 15, announced a state of emergency and banned all weapons from the rally at the Capitol. (Dean Hoffmeyer/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP)

Community

A look at expected participants in Virginia gun rally

State officials and U.S. hate-monitoring groups are warning about the potential for violence ahead of a gun-rights rally in Virginia

7 years ago

Ritz at the Bourse movie theater (Google Maps)

Arts & Entertainment

Philadelphia Business Journal

Beloved Philadelphia movie house Ritz at the Bourse to close, per report

Old City art-house movie theater the Ritz at the Bourse will close at the end of January, according to a report by the Philadelphia Inquirer.

7 years ago

Kimya Johnson (left) Spelman alumna and chair of the diversity and inclusion legal practice group at Ogletree Deakins, moderates a discussion during 'Conversations of King: Keep Moving from This Mountain’ event at WHYY studios. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)

Community

Unpacking Martin Luther King Jr.’s ‘mountains’ 60 years after Spelman speech

Panelists at WHYY and NewCORE’s “Conversations of King” event consider the “mountains” of relativism, materialism, segregation and violence in 2020.

7 years ago

Cast iron skillets hanging in the kitchen at Bainbridge House are from Hugh Hayden's series, 'American Food.' They are modeled from African Masks and historical artifacts in the Princeton University Art Museum collections. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

Arts & Entertainment

Princeton home’s history of slavery explored in new contemporary art exhibition

Hugh Hayden’s new installation at Princeton’s Bainbridge House explores slavery and the origins of America through the 18th century home’s own history.

7 years ago