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Martin Tower, former world headquarters of Bethlehem Steel, implodes Sunday May 19, 2019 in Bethlehem, Pa. Crowds gathered to watch the demolition of the area's tallest building, a 21-story monolith that opened at the height of Bethlehem Steel's power and profitability but had stood vacant for a dozen years after America's second-largest steelmaker went out of business. (Jacqueline Larma/AP Photo)
Urban Planning

Defunct steelmaker’s 21-story headquarters in Bethlehem imploded

Crowds gathered to watch the demolition of the Pa. area's tallest building, a 21-story monolith that opened at the height of Bethlehem Steel's power and profitability.

7 years ago

Vivian Loh, (center), a seventh grader at Winchester Thurston School and the first girl to win the Pennsylvania MATHCOUNTS competition, explains the solution to a math problem to her brother Vincent, 10, and their mother Debbie after they each completed a practice worksheet in the morning before school, Thursday, April 25, 2019, at their home in Squirrel Hill.  (Alexandra Wimley/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP)
Education

After 36 years, a girl is the middle school math champ

In March, Vivian Loh became the first girl ever to win the Pennsylvania MATHCOUNTS competition.

7 years ago

President Donald Trump talks with Attorney General William Barr during the 38th Annual National Peace Officers' Memorial Service at the U.S. Capitol, Wednesday, May 15, 2019, in Washington. (Evan Vucci/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

In Barr, Trump has found his champion and advocate

As a nominee, Barr cast himself as above the political fray. But as attorney general, he's turned out much as Democrats feared.

7 years ago

Lieutenance Governor John Fetterman asks the audience who is in favor of the legalization of recreational marijuana and the majority of attendees raise their hands. (Jonathan Wilson for WHYY)
Community

Curiosity about legalizing recreational pot as Fetterman’s listening tour stops in Philly

People on all sides of the debate joined Lt. Gov. Fetterman’s listening tour. Even some favoring medical marijuana wondered about legal recreational use.

7 years ago

(Tuckerton Seaport image)
Down the Shore
Community

Long Beach Island ferry set for inaugural summer season

For the first time in over 100 years, a ferry will run between the mainland and Long Beach Island.

7 years ago

Former Vice President Joe Biden during his presidential kickoff campaign rally at Eakins Oval in Philadelphia, Pa. An estimated 6,000 people were in attendance. (Natalie Piserchio for WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Unity is what’s needed to defeat Trump, Biden says

At an Eakins Oval rally to officially kick off his presidential campaign, the former vice president said the country desperately needs to come together.

7 years ago

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Cyclists at the starting line during the Wilmington Grand Prix on Saturday (John Mussoni/WHYY)
Community

Cyclists race for glory at Wilmington Grand Prix

The event, once again part of USA Cycling’s national calendar, offers three days of competition.

7 years ago

U.S. Democratic Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders speaks at a campaign event in Osage, Iowa, May 5, 2019. (Jim Young/Sipa USA(Sipa via AP Images)
Politics & Policy

Bernie Sanders unveils plan to overhaul public education

Bernie Sanders on Saturday released his plan for reforming public education, including halting federal funding of new charter schools and banning those that are for-profit.

7 years ago

WHYY received citations for Outstanding News Operation, Best Continuing Coverage, and Best Spot News Coverage, winning the media editors’ Joe Snyder Award for Outstanding News Service. (WHYY)
Community

WHYY wins top radio news honors from AP media editors group

Citations for Outstanding News Operation, Best Continuing Coverage, and Best Spot News Coverage are among those received.

7 years ago

Lansdowne residents talk after a town hall meeting on Thursday about plans for a methadone treatment center on Union Avenue in Upper Darby (Samaria Bailey/The Philadelphia Tribune)
Community
The Philadelphia Tribune

Proposed drug clinic near border stirs up bad blood in Lansdowne

A group of Lansdowne residents is fighting a methadone treatment center for opioid users that is set to open just a few feet away in Upper Darby.

7 years ago

Rabbi Yossey Goldman and Nobuki Sugihara at Shofuso at the Japanese House in Philadelphia’s Fairmount Park (Peter Crimmins/WHYY)
Community

The ‘Oskar Schindler’ of Japan remembered in Philly

Chiune Sugihara, a Japanese ambassador during WWII, helped thousands of Jews to flee German-occupied Europe. His son and the descendants of those he saved met in Philadelphia.

7 years ago

Voters line up outside the polls on Election Day in 2016 (WHYY, file)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Living a block from the polls makes you 28% more likely to vote

Fewer than one in three Philadelphians voted in the last mayoral primary, and that was for an open seat.

7 years ago

(Chris Ryan/Getty Images)
Education
Marketplace

5 ways the SAT has tried to reinvent itself

The SAT has undergone many, many changes over the years. Here’s a brief look at some of its redesigns.

7 years ago

Germantown High School (Aaron Moselle/WHYY)
Education

Philly school closures found to make neighborhoods safer

Penn researchers found calls to police went down by “significant and substantive” margins after schools were shuttered.

7 years ago

In this April 5, 2019 photo, President Donald Trump participates in a roundtable on immigration and border security at the U.S. Border Patrol Calexico Station in Calexico, Calif. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

Federal appeals court rules against Trump on ending DACA

A federal appeals court ruled Friday the Trump administration acted in an "arbitrary and capricious" manner when it sought to end an Obama-era program.

8 years ago

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