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(From left) Anas Dabbour, Abbulah Ibrahim, and Munir Odeh work in an assembly line to create boxes of fish, chicken, and lamb dinners at the Al Amana Grocery on May 20, 2019. Dabbour's family established the grocery in 1993, after emigrating from Syria in 1992. (Rachel Wisniewski for WHYY)
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Philadelphia family helps people break their fast during Ramadan

The Dabbour family began to offer meals during Ramadan after an anonymous donor gave them the means to do so six years ago.

7 years ago

Kevin Roster makes a last visit to the Parx Casino in Bensalem before leaving for California, where law allows terminally ill patients to end their lives with medical assistance. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

‘I want to rob cancer of its prize’: N.J. man moves to Calif. to legally end his life

Kevin Roster, a 36-year-old with terminal cancer, wants the ‘freedom to choose’ how he dies. He says he can’t wait for N.J.’s ‘Aid in Dying’ law to take effect in August.

7 years ago

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The Trocadero theater on Arch Street in Chinatown. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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May 30 - June 5, 2019

Dance like everyone is watching, celebrate the moon, and say farewell to a Philly staple

Check out a Latino film festival and say goodbye to the Trocadero this week.

7 years ago

Lt. Gov. John Fetterman takes his statewide listening tour to gauge Pennsylvanians’ interest in legalizing marijuana to the American Legion Post 109 in Mechanicsburg. (Sean Simmers/PennLive)
Politics & Policy
PA Post

Recreational marijuana laws were put on hold by N.J. and N.Y. What’s that mean for Pennsylvania?

Key lawmakers say what does or doesn’t happen in New York and New Jersey doesn’t affect their thinking on what should happen here.

7 years ago

Tracey Gordon stands in front of homes in her Southwest Philadelphia neighborhood. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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Urban Planning
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Philly’s new Register of Wills wants to help families transfer inherited property

“I don’t believe people should lose their homes over a fee,’ said Gordon. “We have two or three generations living in a home they could be evicted from because of the title.”

7 years ago

Centre County, Pennsylvania introduced new Electronic Systems & Software voting machines in the primary on May 21, 2019. (Min Xian/WPSU)
Politics & Policy

N.J. primary provides another opportunity to test new voting machines

Gloucester County in New Jersey is the latest in the state to adopt voting machines that provide a paper trail.

7 years ago

Workers wade through floodwaters to recover lumber that floated from a lumber yard, Wednesday, May 29, 2019, in Harmony, Pa. More storms are predicted for the area. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
Science

3 tornadoes confirmed after severe storms rake Pennsylvania

Experts said there were tornadoes on Tuesday in Indiana, Bradford and Berks counties. There were no reports of injuries.

7 years ago

Bucks County Justice Center (Google Maps)
Courts & Law

Bucks County faces $67 million verdict in records case

Nearly 67,000 people's expunged prison booking history was available through an inmate lookup tool on the Bucks County website.

7 years ago

State Sen. Vincent Hughes announces proposed legislation that would allocate surplus state funds to emergency school repairs, largely in Philadelphia. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Citing ‘emergency’ repair needs, Democrats call for $125M for Pa. schools

A one-time cash subsidy would remediate the worst conditions in Pa. public schools — with most of the money going to Philadelphia.

7 years ago

In this Friday, April 12, 2019, file photo, Cheryl Juaire of Marlborough, Mass., (center), leads protesters near the Arthur M. Sackler Museum at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. Juaire, whose son was addicted to opioids and died of a heroin overdose in 2011, led the demonstration by parents who’ve lost children in the addiction epidemic. They want the Sackler family name removed from the building at Harvard. In New York, there’s a Sackler Wing at The Metropolitan Museum of Art and a Sackler Center for Arts Education at The Guggenheim. There’s a Sackler Room at the National Gallery in London, a Sackler Wing of Oriental Antiquities at the Louvre. (Josh Reynolds/AP Photo)
Health

OxyContin maker Purdue caught up in European opioid probe

No other country is experiencing an addiction problem on a U.S. scale, Mundipharma noted. But, globally, the network continues to expand.

7 years ago

Members of the National Youth Bike Council pose at the Please Touch Museum before a group ride through Fairmount Park. (Angela Gervasi for WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Community
PlanPhilly

This Philly teen bike crew is all about safety

Joshua Funches and his teenage friends love cruising Philly streets on their bikes. But you won’t see them performing stunts in the middle of traffic like some of their peers.

7 years ago

(Courtesy of U.S. Coast Guard/Petty Officer Patrick D. Kelley)
Down the Shore
Community

Search underway after small plane crashes off Cape May

A single-engine plane crashed into the water off Cape May County late Wednesday morning, officials said.

7 years ago

Special Counsel Robert Mueller
Politics & Policy

Mueller: Special counsel probe did not exonerate Trump

The statement came amid demands for Mueller to testify on Capitol Hill about his findings and tension with Barr.

7 years ago

Bonanza II crew member James Dawson captured this image of a waterspout in the Delaware Bay off Cumberland County Tuesday evening. The waterspout is illuminated by lightning. (Image courtesy of Bonanza II)
Down the Shore
Community

Boat crew spots waterspout off N.J. amid severe thunderstorm

Bonanza II captain Mike Rothman says he spotted the waterspout within two miles of the boat's location "just off" Fortescue in Cumberland County.

7 years ago

For an annual report card evaluating the 200-mile-long bay, researchers at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science on Tuesday, May 21, 2019 gave the Chesapeake a grade of 46% for 2018, down from 54% in 2017. All of the indicators factored into the bay's health index declined or stayed flat last year. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo)
Science

Chesapeake Bay watchdog criticizes Pa. over pollution reduction progress

A nonprofit that tracks pollution in the Chesapeake Bay said Pennsylvania has failed to protect the nation's largest estuary from farm manure and stormwater.

7 years ago

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