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U.S. singer Lenny Kravitz performs on the main stage during the opening day of the Paleo Festiva in Nyon, Switzerland, late Tuesday, July 19, 2005.  (AP Photo/Keystone, Laurent Gillieron)
Things To Do
Community
August 22 - 28, 2019

Comic book and film geeks, guitar gods, Japanese and Ukrainian culture in this week’s ‘Things to Do’

What’s happening on a late August weekend in Philadelphia, South Jersey and Delaware? Naked bikers, comic book and film geeks, guitar gods, and more!

7 years ago

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Doug Brinson collects candles to prevent a fire at the make-shift memorial, Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2019, where Eric Garner died in a police chokehold five years ago, in the Staten Island borough of New York. (Richard Drew/AP Photo)
Community

Where Eric Garner died, changes in policing win little applause

After Garner's death, the police department required all 36,000 officers to undergo three days of training, including classes focused on de-escalation.

7 years ago

(Toby Talbot/AP Photo, File)
Courts & Law

N.J. service providers say ‘harm reduction’ working on opioids, but more can be done

Participants at a Trenton workshop said funders and others looking to measure progress may not see it in the strategy of aiding drug users where they are.

7 years ago

 SEPTA General Manager Jeff Knueppel. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community

SEPTA GM Jeff Knueppel to retire in December, PennDOT secretary eyed as replacement

SEPTA General Manager Jeff Knueppel will retire on Dec. 31, at the end of his contract with the $2 billion-a-year transit agency, officials confirmed today.

7 years ago

A customer holds up a SEPTA Key card.
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

You can finally check SEPTA Key balance, add fare on a smartphone

Riders can open the app and press the “Key” icon on the top right corner and log in to their Travel Wallet account from just about anywhere in the city.

7 years ago

The so-called asbestos “snow’’ video provided to the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control by the Laborers Union Local 199 in Delaware. The videos triggered the investigation that led to the $66,000 in penalties against ECO Services of Exton, Pa., and a foreman. (Courtesy of Laborers Union Local 199)
Community

Videos of asbestos ‘snow’ at former GM plant in Delaware triggers probe, $66,000 penalty

A worker’s videos showing asbestos ”snow” blowing through the air at a former auto plant in Delaware spurred a probe and penalties against Ecoservices.

7 years ago

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Former Philadelphia Police Commissioner Richard Ross. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Courts & Law

Philadelphia officers reach deal with city over feared retribution in sexual harassment case

Two female police officers whose harassment lawsuit led Philly's police commissioner to resign have reached an agreement with the city about their fears of retribution.

7 years ago

The apartments inside 509 Vine Street are being converted into short-term rentals. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

Tenants forced out of Old City apartments as building changes over to short-term rentals

An apartment building at 509 Vine St., known as the Boekel building, is turning into a new kind of hotel.

7 years ago

Mayor Jim Kenney speaks at a press conference regarding Philadelphia Police Commissioner Richard Ross' resignation. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

‘It’s a thankless job’: Kenney says next police commissioner must face the same challenges Ross did

Kenney said a search for a new police commissioner will start soon, and vowed to find someone “committed to building a stronger department.”

7 years ago

Broadway Theatre in Pitman, N.J. (Google Maps)
Community

Changing minds or spreading hate? Controversial event puts South Jersey town on edge

The flap has exposed a disagreement between local activists and event organizers over how to engage people of different viewpoints.

7 years ago

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In this Aug. 16, 2019, photo, New York University student researchers sit on a rock overlooking the Helheim glacier in Greenland.  U.S. President Trump announced his decision to postpone an early September visit to Denmark by tweet Tuesday Aug. 20, 2019, after Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen dismissed the notion of selling Greenland to the U.S. as
National Interest
Politics & Policy
National Interest

What would Shakespeare say about Trump’s spat with Denmark? (Denmark?!?)

I have breaking news. Shakespeare has updated a line from Hamlet: "Something is rotten, but it's not in the state of Denmark."

7 years ago

Members of the Southwest Philadelphia community discuss ideas for what to do at the PES refinery. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

Community meeting on the future of PES refinery was packed, loud and divided

People who live near the South Philly refinery said they want it shut and gone forever, while laid-off refinery workers are hoping someone will buy it.

7 years ago

U.S. Coast Guard image
Down the Shore
Community

Woman airlifted after two boats collide in the Barnegat Bay

A woman was hospitalized after a Sunday afternoon boat crash in the Barnegat Bay, authorities said.

7 years ago

Suboxone, an oral film prescribed for the medication-assisted treatment of opioid addiction and dependency, is pictured in this Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017 photo. (Charles Krupa/AP Photo)
Health

Hospitals to share opioid treatment strategies under $10 million plan

Health systems are known more for competition than working together, but when it comes to treating opioid addiction, that may be changing.

7 years ago

Shown is the Pennsylvania Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa. on the Wednesday, April 10, 2019. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

How to get rid of property taxes? Lawmaker looks to retirement income.

One state House lawmaker is trying to pitch a new solution to a very old Pennsylvania problem: the reliance on school property taxes.

7 years ago

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