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Algae floats in the water at the Maumee Bay State Park marina in Lake Erie in Oregon, Ohio. (Paul Sancya/AP Photo)
Down the Shore
Urban Planning

N.J. seeks grant proposals for local projects combating harmful algal blooms

New Jersey officials are seeking proposals for local projects that improve water quality and help prevent, mitigate, and manage harmful algal blooms in the state's waterways. 

7 years ago

A menorah is installed outside the Tree of Life Synagogue in preparation for a celebration service at sundown on the first night of Hanukkah, Sunday, Dec. 2, 2018 in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh. A gunman shot and killed 11 people while they worshipped Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018 at the temple. (Gene J. Puskar/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

Lawyers fight death penalty for synagogue shooting suspect

Lawyers for the suspect in the synagogue shooting that killed 11 people in Pittsburgh have challenged the potential death sentence as unconstitutional.

7 years ago

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Community

Man in ‘I Believe’ hat swipes $250, tip jar on Christmas Day

Police in Philadelphia are looking for a thief who sported a hat that said “I Believe” as he swiped a tip jar stuffed with $250 on Christmas Day.

7 years ago

A closeup of a Wawa sign
Community

The Wawa data breach: What happens now?

Typically, a long process of corporate accountability unfolds after a breach like the one Wawa announced Dec. 20, affecting 850 stores.

7 years ago

Montgomery County voters will using a new voting system this year. Paper ballots will be filled out and then fed into a scanning machine where they will be read and stored. (Courtesy of Montgomery County)
Community
PA Post

Four questions Pa. needs to answer to avert election chaos in 2020

Pick an issue, any issue. Environmental health? Fiscal conservatism? Probation reform?

7 years ago

A surf boat and rescuers during a drill at Cape May in about 1915. (U.S. Lifesaving Service Heritage Association)
Community
NJ Spotlight

Historians Fight to Preserve New Jersey’s Endangered Lifesaving Stations

A little-known but colorful slice of maritime history can still be found in a few places

7 years ago

Sheila Marlowe, a hostess at the Green Room for 13 years and counting, sets up a table during lunch on Monday, Dec. 23, 2019, at the Hotel DuPont in downtown Wilmington, Delaware. (Butch Comegys for WHYY)
Lifestyle

‘Approachable, but elevated’: Chef Tyler Akin’s plan to modernize Hotel du Pont’s Green Room

The landmark space will see a new milestone next year, when it closes its doors at the end of January to make way for a brasserie set to open in April.

7 years ago

Ray King's artwork illuminates the platform of the revamped 15th Street Station. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

SEPTA in the rearview: What Philly’s transit agency got done in 2019

The transit agency weathered unexpected disruptions in 2019. A look back at the year that was.

7 years ago

The exhibit room that houses the Liberty Tree at the Museum of the American Revolution is softly lit and full of tactile experiences, but the hubbub can be too much for some children with autism. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community

Region’s cultural attractions develop resources for sensory-sensitive visitors

Various companies offer consultation and accreditation to museums for their ability to welcome people with sensory sensitivities.

7 years ago

Nathan Stone, 18, is a student at FlyGATEWAY at the New Castle Airport in Delaware. The accelerated flight program wants to offer scholarships to make the pilot career more accessible. (Zoë Read/WHYY)
Community

New Delaware flight program aims to lessen pilot shortage, reduce costs

Airlines need 800,000 new pilots in the next 20 years, but flight schools and air time are expensive. A new aviation program hopes to change that.

7 years ago

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Dale Thayer of British Columbia, Canada, left, and Craig Peyton, of Phoenix, look for birds at the Boyce Thompson Arboretum in Superior, Ariz. in this Jan. 4, 2007. (AP Photo/East Valley Tribune, Toru Kawana)
Community

It’s the 120th Christmas Bird Count! Head to Trenton to join the historic citizen science project

Now in its 120th year, the Audubon Society’s annual Christmas Bird Count is one of the oldest citizen science projects in the United States.

7 years ago

Turtle soup at Philadelphia’s Oyster House. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Health

Philly Snapper soup comes with a side of zinc and lead, researchers find

Arcadia University researchers tested snapper soup served at 20 restaurants in Philadelphia and found elevated lead and zinc.

7 years ago

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Monongahela Valley Hospital (Google Maps)
Health

Pa. hopes this new funding model will keep rural hospitals up and running

Insurance companies pay in lump sums instead of per patient, so rural hospitals can afford to keep patients from getting sick in the first place.

7 years ago

The number of Wilmington shootings rose in 2019 from a year earlier but were far below the record bloodshed of 2017. (WHYY file)
Courts & Law

Shootings and homicides rise in Wilmington in 2019

Gun violence in the city has ticked up over the previous year, but it's not even close to the record-setting carnage Wilmington saw in 2017.

7 years ago

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In this Dec. 3, 2019, photo, Mohammed Hafar checks the arrivals road while waiting for his daughter Jana Hafar's flight at JFK Airport in New York. Mohammed Hafar was part of a federal lawsuit filed in August of this year over the travel ban waiver process. “Every time I speak to her, she ask, ‘When are they going to give me the visa?'
Courts & Law

To overcome travel ban, some Americans taking cases to court

Some Americans separated from loved ones by the Trump administration's travel ban have gone as far as suing the government in federal court.

7 years ago

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