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Shelby Deibler, 17, uses the state-mandated red tags, even though she’s wary about the idea. She said she would rather be cautious and wants to avoid paying the fine if she happens to be pulled over. (Andrew Rowan for WHYY)
Courts & Law

Many still unconvinced N.J. teen driver decals work

While other countries have similar decal laws, New Jersey is the only state demanding young drivers identify themselves this way.

7 years ago

The view of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway from the top of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.  (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

Philadelphia Foundation wants you to pick how to spend $1 million

For its 100th birthday, the foundation wants the public to better understand the nonprofit sector’s impact. So it’s asking folks to take part in the process.

7 years ago

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Patricia Brown speaks at a memorial for her nephew, Curtis Jenkins III, in Haddon Heights, New Jersey on July 7, 2019. Curtis Jenkins III, the son of Camden's City Council President, was killed after being kidnapped last week in Camden. (Miguel Martinez for WHYY)
Community

Before he was kidnapped, murdered, Curtis Jenkins III ‘tried to bring everyone together’

About 200 people gathered at Haddon Heights Junior-Senior High School to celebrate the life of Curtis Jenkins III, who was kidnapped and murdered last week.

7 years ago

T.S. Smith & Sons farm in Bridgeville, Delaware is one of nearly 1,000 farms preserved from development throughout the state. (Courtesy of the Delaware Department of Agriculture)
Urban Planning

New farmland preservation saves 9,000+ Delaware acres from development

The total amount of Delaware farmland that can never be built now tops 134,000 acres after the latest round of the state’s preservation program.

7 years ago

Erick Jusino, of Philadelphia leads a chant on the bullhorn at the Philadelphia Union home game against FC Dallas at Talen Energy Stadium, in Chester, Pennsylvania, on April 6, 2019. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
Community

Ten years later, is Chester better now with a soccer stadium?

In the decade since the Major League Soccer team first played there, how has this city and the community been affected?

7 years ago

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Taylor Allen (left) riding a quad at Black River Equestrian Farm in Hunterdon County, N.J., in 2006. (Courtesy of Taylor Allen)
Community

Black in Flemington: Was the trauma worth it?

A former WHYY reporter reflects on her experience growing up as a black queer person in Flemington, New Jersey.

7 years ago

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (Julio Cortez/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Public gets turn to talk N.J. tax credits at next hearing

The public will get its chance to weigh in on New Jersey's business tax incentive drama that led to the program's expiration earlier this month.

7 years ago

(J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Congress has ambitious agenda tackling health care costs

Lawmakers are trying to set aside their irreconcilable differences over the Obama-era Affordable Care Act and work to reach an agreement on more immediate health care issues.

7 years ago

Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Courts & Law
The Philadelphia Tribune

In Philly, some fines, court costs that hurt low-income people are going away

Krasner's office said it was waiving fines and fees in an effort to help low-income defendants afford things like transportation and other costs associated with employment.

7 years ago

The entrance to Erie Coke. (Amanda Gillooly/Group Against Smog and Pollution (GASP))
Courts & Law

Erie coke plant to keep operating pending ruling on appeal

A company attorney said the failure to grant relief would impose "a corporate 'death penalty'" on the company by destroying its primary asset — two batteries of coke ovens.

7 years ago

Democratic presidential candidate and former vice president Joe Biden speaks at a campaign event in Sumter, S.C, on Saturday, July 6, 2019. (Meg Kinnard/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Biden says he was wrong in comments about segregationists

Former Vice President Joe Biden on Saturday apologized for recent comments about working with segregationist senators in his early days in the U.S. Senate.

7 years ago

Former Overbrook High School, Drake University, and NBA standout Lewis Lloyd has died at age 60. (Tribune file photo)
Community
The Philadelphia Tribune

Lewis Lloyd, famed Philly basketball standout, dies at 60

Lewis “Black Magic” Lloyd, one of Philadelphia’s most celebrated basketball players, died on Friday. He was 60.

7 years ago

In this Oct. 11, 2017 file photo, Corrie Davis, left, picks up her son Turner from Big Shanty Elementary School in Kennesaw, Ga. The previous month, the school invited fifth-graders to dress up as characters from the Civil War. Davis says a white student dressed as a plantation owner approached her son and said
Education

Schools still struggling with how to teach about slavery

There are no national standards on how to teach about slavery, although it is often recommended as a topic in curriculum at the state and local levels.

7 years ago

A firefighter walks through the remains of a building after an explosion on Saturday, July 6, 2019, in Plantation, Fla. Several people were injured after a vacant pizza restaurant exploded in the South Florida shopping plaza Saturday, according to police.  The restaurant was destroyed, and nearby businesses were damaged. (Brynn Anderson/AP Photo)
Community

Explosion at Florida shopping plaza injures 20, 2 seriously

Twenty people were injured after a vacant pizza restaurant exploded in a South Florida shopping plaza Saturday, according to police.

7 years ago

This June 26, 2019 photo released by Sony Pictures shows, from left, Angourie Rice, Zach Barack and Remy Hii at the world premiere of
Arts & Entertainment

Marvel’s first openly trans actor calls for more portrayals

Zach Barack plays a classmate of Peter Parker's in "Spider-Man: Far From Home." His gender identity is not addressed in the brief role.

7 years ago

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