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Carolyn Brooks Rice cheers when her green and white wristband gets a favorable time slot in the rush to buy tickets to see
Arts & Entertainment

Hundreds line up for their shot at Philly ‘Hamilton’ tickets

Those putting on the Broadway hit in Philadelphia have an elaborate plan to sell tickets while minimizing how many go to ticket resellers.

7 years ago

Jax reuniting with his family on Monday evening. (Image courtesy of Gabrielle McMillan)
Down the Shore
Community

Dog that ran from Shore car crash is reunited with family after long search effort

Jax, a boxer-rottweiler mix, ran from a car crash on Route 72 in Stafford that he was involved in with his owner, Gabrielle McMillan, 23, of Little Egg Harbor on June 24.

7 years ago

Labor leader John Dougherty speaks outside the James A. Byrne U.S. Courthouse in Philadelphia after his arraignment in February. (Abdul R. Sulayman/The Philadelphia Tribune)
Courts & Law
The Philadelphia Tribune

‘Johnny Doc’, Bobby Henon look to have charges tossed

Lawyers for Dougherty and Henon asked a judge Monday to dismiss multiple charges from a 116-count federal indictment against the two.

7 years ago

This is the fourth year Pennsylvania has given some of its colleges and universities money to help educate about and fight against sexual assault on campus. (Andy Matsko/The Republican-Herald via AP)
Politics & Policy

Pennsylvania orders stronger sex assault campus reporting

Pennsylvania's colleges and universities have a year to develop online, anonymous reporting systems to receive complaints about sexual assault from students and employees.

7 years ago

Community

U.S. women’s team boldly embraces off-the-field activist role

Setting itself apart from other great American sports teams, the U.S. women's soccer team is embracing a front-line role in social justice causes.

7 years ago

A flood abatement project in the Netherlands also aims to create a more attractive river landscape. It is one of 25 projects featured in the University of Pennsylvania's exhibit in tribute to landscape architect Ian McHarg. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Not over the hill: ‘Design With Nature,’ Ian McHarg’s landmark book of ecological design turns 50

The father of modern landscape design wrote the book that set the 1970s environmental movement on course.

7 years ago

Beneath the sheer fabric of Asmaa Diab's
Arts & Entertainment

Displaced Iraqis and Syrians in Philly try to shift the ‘refugee narrative’ through art

The refugees of the “Friends, Peace, & Sanctuary” exhibitions want people to look past their scars of war and see them as creative members of American society.

7 years ago

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A man rests his head on his arms in a heroin encampment in a vacant lot on Kensington Avenue on May 4, 2018. The encampment was later cleared out by the city. Pennsylvania will receive $10 million from Bloomberg Philanthropies to combat opioid addiction. The state was picked for its diverse cultural geography which could offer models for both rural and urban regions hit hard by high numbers of overdose deaths. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Money

Bloomberg Philanthropies gives Pennsylvania $10 million to reduce overdose deaths

The state, where 5,400 people fatally overdosed in 2017, was chosen in hopes it could offer models for both hard-hit rural and urban regions.

7 years ago

Noji Olaigbe, left, from the Fight for a $15 Minimum Wage movement speaks during a McDonald's workers strike as part of the nationwide movement, at the McDonald's at 27 West Broward Blvd. in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. on Thursday, May 23, 2019. (David Santiago/Miami Herald via AP)
Money

Hiking minimum wage to $15 would boost millions, report says

Gradually raising the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour would boost pay for as many as 27 million workers, but it could also cost as many as 1.3 million jobs by 2025.

7 years ago

Hurricane Arthur brought heavy rain and some wind to Rehoboth Beach as it passed by the Delaware Coastal area on Friday July 4, 2014 with minor damage.  (Chuck Snyder for WHYY, file)
Community

Delaware preparing now for peak hurricane season

As climate change makes tropical storm systems stronger and more frequent, state emergency management leaders are urging people to step up their readiness.

7 years ago

Police officers stand on the 4600 block of Weymouth Street Monday, where a Philadelphia police officer is believed to have killed his wife and then himself. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

Philadelphia police say officer appears to have killed wife, then self

Philadelphia police are investigating an apparent murder-suicide involving a 39 year-old officer with the department and his estranged wife.

7 years ago

In the first “Dear Akeem” video from the Broke in Philly collaboration, Akeem Dixon outlines summer activities and job opportunities for young people in the city. (Akeem DIxon/Broke in Philly)
Community
Broke in Philly

‘Dear Akeem’ highlights activities and job opportunities for Philly youth

In the first “Dear Akeem” video from the Broke in Philly collaboration, Akeem Dixon outlines summer activities and job opportunities for young people in the city.

7 years ago

Nondumiso Tembe as Cleopatra and Neal Bledsoe as Marc Antony in rehearsal for Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival’s production of 'Antony and Cleopatra' opening for previews Wednesday. (Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival)
Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

On power, privacy, and gender politics: ‘Antony and Cleopatra,’ at Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival

Shakespeare’s “Antony and Cleopatra” runs July 10 through Aug. 4 as part of the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival.

7 years ago

The MSC Gayane is moored at the Packer Marine Terminal in Philadelphia, Monday, June 24, 2019. Detention hearings are scheduled Monday in Philadelphia for six crew members of the Swiss-owned container ship following the seizure of more than 35,000 pounds, or more than 15,800 kilograms, of cocaine. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

U.S. Customs seizes ship where huge cocaine load was found

U.S. Attorney William McSwain says Customs and Border Protection officials obtained a warrant Thursday and seized the MSC Gayane.

7 years ago

People watch from the beach Wednesday, July 10, 2013, as a home severely damaged by Superstorm Sandy is demolished in the Normandy Beach section of Toms River, N.J. (Mel Evans/AP Photo, file)
Down the Shore
Politics & Policy

N.J. extends mortgage protections for Superstorm Sandy victims

The bipartisan legislation extends foreclosure protection and mortgage relief programs for certain Superstorm Sandy-impacted homeowners.

7 years ago

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