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The Philadelphia Soccer Club Coppa Elite team. (Courtesy of Todd Galvelis)
Community

Philadelphia girls’ soccer champs excited to see national women’s team play here

Philadelphia Soccer Club Coppa Elite’s under-14 girls' team is excited to see the U.S. National Women’s Soccer Team at its Victory Tour game.

7 years ago

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Bishop Troy K. Grant delivers a sermon during the
Community

After shooting standoff, a sermon of hope and love for community rocked by gun violence

After last week’s shootout in Nicetown-Tioga, the sermons on Saturday were given in a new light — with a focus on hope, unity and healing.

7 years ago

Little is known about how our brain processes text messages. (BigStock/Rido81)
Science

Could texting be making us worse at understanding science?

Scientific material requires the brain to process complex relations between concepts, between ideas, a Penn State researcher says.

7 years ago

Terrie Dietrich, left, and her daughter Erin Cross, talk in Dietrich’s home in Henderson, Nev., Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019. (Michelle L. Price/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

For Democrats, a shift toward the middle on health care

While "Medicare for All" remains hugely popular, majorities say they'd prefer building on "Obamacare" to expand coverage instead of a new government program.

7 years ago

Pennsylvania House of Representatives at the state Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa.
Courts & Law

Pennsylvania House wins appeal in atheist prayer-policy suit

A federal appeals court is reversing a lower court ruling that the Pa. House's policy barring atheists from delivering invocations doesn't violate the U.S. Constitution.

7 years ago

People visit the stand of CRRC (China Railway Rolling Stock Corp) during an expo in Shanghai, China, 14 June 2018. (Imaginechina via AP Images)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

How a bill to ban Chinese train cars could hinder SEPTA’s multibillion-dollar upgrade plans

Legislation pending in Congress aims to bar U.S. public transit agencies from importing Chinese train cars due to security concerns.

7 years ago

Close-up machine for paying parking. Automatic parking system.
Politics & Policy

Murphy veto keeps ‘smart’ parking meters out of N.J.

New Jersey is taking a pass at the latest generation of smart parking meters because they’re too efficient.

7 years ago

Virginia S. Kerr creates rowhouses in 1:24 scale. (Virginia S. Kerr/litillby_v )
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Meet the architect building tiny rowhouses with sushi mats and old watches

Virginia Kerr’s whole perfect gallery, with floor-to-ceiling windows, hardwood floors and a beautiful front door, lives inside a cigar box.

7 years ago

Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro arrives at a news conference in Philadelphia, Tuesday, May 14, 2019. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

AGs announce agreement to crack down on robocalls

Pennsylvania's attorney general is touting an agreement he and other attorneys general have made with a number of the country's biggest phone companies.

7 years ago

Rosemary Fuller, an anti-pipeline activist, urged Gov. Tom Wolf to halt construction of the Mariner East pipelines. (Jon Hurdle/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Politics & Policy
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Wolf tells pipeline activists he won’t shut down Mariner East

Governor Tom Wolf deferred to the state's Public Utility Commission on pipeline safety.

7 years ago

Smoke rising from the refinery
Money

Renewable energy producer S.G. Preston interested in buying PES refinery

The company is the first of at least two prospective buyers to publicly express interest in taking over the damaged Philadelphia Energy Solutions complex.

7 years ago

A sign in Cape May instructs swimmers caught in a rip current to swim parallel to the beach to escape. (Alan Tu/WHYY)
Down the Shore
Community

N.J. trooper saves man from drowning while vacationing at the Shore

A New Jersey state trooper vacationing with his family at the Jersey Shore recently put his water rescue training into action and saved a man from drowning.

7 years ago

This painting by Sidney King depicts Virginia in 1619 as a Dutch frigate docks at Point Comfort bringing 20 African slaves to be traded to the settlers for food. (AP Photo)
The Philadelphia Experiment
Community
The Philadelphia Experiment

Point Comfort’s legacy: Slavery and scars, but also strength that builds from pushing back

When you’re always pushing against the weight of oppression, it’s like your soul is pumping iron. The heavier the weight, the stronger your spirit gets.

7 years ago

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Down the Shore
Community

Eight years ago, a 5.8 magnitude earthquake shook the Jersey Shore

Eight years ago today, the Jersey Shore was rattled by an earthquake that experts say about one-third of the United States population also felt.

7 years ago

Participants in Philadelphia's 8th annual Dîner en Blanc make their way down Kelly Drive past Boathouse Row. Guests came in a range of attire from understated to outrageous, but all came in white. (Jonathan Wilson for WHYY)
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Arts & Entertainment

Philly’s Boathouse Row hosts 6,000 for Dîner en Blanc

By 6:30 p.m., thousands of celebrants in their pressed whites had gathered in the vicinity of the Art Museum.

7 years ago

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