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Members of the Bearded Ladies Cabaret rehearse for a performance that examines Walt Whitman's legacy,
Arts & Entertainment

Walt Whitman put on trial for his 200th birthday

Philadelphia launches a series of events for Whitman’s 200th birthday, some challenging the legacy of the “Good Gray Poet.”

7 years ago

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This Feb. 19, 2013, file photo, shows OxyContin pills arranged for a photo at a pharmacy. (Toby Talbot/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

New Jersey sues Sackler family over ‘deceptive’ opioid marketing

New Jersey has filed a civil lawsuit against the Sackler family, which controls the opioid manufacturer Purdue Pharma.

7 years ago

Janet Africa (right) embraces Betsy Piet while on the left, Janine Africa greets a well wisher. Janet and Janine Africa were recently released after serving 40 years in prison for their role in the shooting death of a police officer. (Jonathan Wilson for WHYY)
Courts & Law

Two of the ‘MOVE 9’ speak days after serving four decades in prison

Janet and Janine Africa were released from prison Saturday after serving more than 40 years in the death of a Philadelphia police officer.

7 years ago

Former Vice President Joe Biden spoke Thursday morning at the annual Memorial Day ceremony near the base of the Delaware Memorial Bridge in New Castle. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
Community

Biden delivers somber remarks at Memorial Day ceremony

Joe Biden took a break from the campaign trail to thank veterans and family members of those who died in battle at a Memorial Day ceremony.

7 years ago

The construction landfill just south of Wilmington has nearly reached its capacity of 130 feet in height, and the owners want the state to allow it to grow to 190 feet. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
Community

Delaware dump seeks ‘vertical expansion’ as it nears capacity but politicians cry foul

A Delaware landfill owned by Waste Management Inc. is seeking state approval to increase its height by almost 50 percent, to 190 feet.

7 years ago

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FDR Master Plan: The Wetlands (Provided)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

How FDR Park’s $200 million makeover is future-proofing ‘the lakes’

A $200 million, 10-year vision reimagines the only Olmsted Brothers-designed park in Philadelphia and prepares it for a hotter and wetter tomorrow.

7 years ago

Delaware County council chairman John McBlain and council member Kevin Madden discuss a proposed measure on new ethics requirements at the Thornberry Township building in Cheyney, Pa. on Wednesday, May 29, 2019. (Kriston Jae Bethel for WHYY)
Dave Davies: Off Mic
Politics & Policy

Delco Dems push ethics plan that GOP calls a stunt

Democrats hoping to overturn a century of GOP rule in suburban Delaware County pushed an ethics reform plan at a County Council meeting, angering Republicans.

7 years ago

In this March 7, 2019, file photo visitors to the Pittsburgh veterans job fair meet with recruiters at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh.
(Keith Srakocic/AP Photo)
Money
PA Post

Pa. job report shows regional range in unemployment

Pa.’s unemployment rate has been on the decline over the last year but the picture is different when looking at individual areas across the state.

7 years ago

A rendering that shows the 2401 Washington Ave. from 24th Street looking west into an interior driveway. (Noah Ostroff)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

How a Philly neighborhood negotiated with a developer and won

A major new residential development planned with social impact in mind will soon break ground on fast-changing Washington Avenue.

7 years ago

In this aerial photo, sand fills the streets in the wake of Superstorm Sandy, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012, along the Jersey Shore, N.J. (Mike Groll/AP Photo)
Down the Shore
Courts & Law

Prosecutor accuses Sandy contractors of stealing more than $2M

Two Superstorm Sandy contractors stole more than $2 million dollars from clients, prosecutors allege. 

7 years ago

wind farm offshore
Money
NJ Spotlight

PSEG looks to benefit from — but not build — offshore wind developments

Rather than get involved in the construction side of emerging clean energy, PSE&G signals it will concentrate on energy management and transmission.

7 years ago

A drill rig in the Tiadaghton State Forest (Marie Cusick/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Politics & Policy
PA Post

Wolf rejects Pa. Senate’s infrastructure proposal funded by forest drilling

After months of Governor Tom Wolf promoting a sweeping infrastructure plan funded by a tax on natural gas drillers, some Senate Republicans have come up with an alternative.

7 years ago

Robert Mueller
National Interest
Politics & Policy
National Interest

Mueller to Congress: If not him, who? If not now, when?

It was nice to finally hear Robert Mueller's voice, even though he lards his speech with circumlocutious double negatives.

7 years ago

(U.S. Coast Guard file photo)
Down the Shore
Community

Coast Guard rescues 2 boaters clinging to vessel off N.J. coast

A man and a woman are safe after they spent three hours clinging to their capsized sailboat in the Atlantic Ocean about 65 miles off Atlantic City.

7 years ago

Landing craft on the beach during D-Day on June 6, 1944 in France. Seventy-five years later, surprising color images of the D-Day invasion and aftermath bring an immediacy to wartime memories. They were filmed by Hollywood director George Stevens and rediscovered years after his death. (War Footage from the George Stevens Collection at the Library of Congress via AP)
Community

Rare color footage brings D-Day memories alive, 75 years on

As veterans and world leaders prepare to mark the 75th anniversary of D-Day next week, Stevens' surprising color images bring an immediacy to wartime memories.

7 years ago

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