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U.S. Steel's Clairton Plant, the largest coke works in North America, in Clairton, Pa. (Reid Frazier/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Health
StateImpact Pennsylvania

‘Razorblades and feathers in my throat’: A fire at a U.S. Steel plant near Pittsburgh made a major polluter even worse

The country's largest coke plant was without pollution controls for over three months.

8 years ago

Representatives from the state's PFAS Action Team updated people on plans for water testing during a meeting in Abington, Pa, on April 15, 2019. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
Science
StateImpact PA

Wolf’s PFAS Action Team gives update on water-testing plans to frustrated Pa. residents

Water sources will be tested for PFAS contamination, and sampling will begin of urine, dust, and water from residents whose blood was already tested.

8 years ago

Dee McDowell (left), who is experiencing homelessness, collects her mail from volunteer Chris Martin at Broad Street Ministry on Avenue of the Arts. (Anthony Pezzoti/The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Community
Broke in Philly

Mail for the homeless: A local lifeline for people off the grid

Since 2010, Broad Street Ministry has served as a kind of post office for people experiencing homelessness. Those who comes in can claim the ministry’s address as their own.

8 years ago

Arizona State Elections Director Eric Spencer, middle, helps Arizona Healthy Working Families Initiative group members deliver more than 270,000 signatures to the elections office at the Arizona Capitol, Thursday, July 7, 2016, in Phoenix, in hopes of qualifying a measure for the November ballot to raise the state's minimum wage to $12 an hour by 2020 and provide earned sick days to workers. (Ross D. Franklin/AP Photo)
Money
PA Post

Why and how 11 Trump states raised the minimum wage, explained

Here’s a look at the path to minimum wage increases in other reddish states.

8 years ago

A visitor admires impressionist portraits at “The Impressionist’s Eye” exhibit at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Under renovations, the Philadelphia Art Museum gives its impressionists a fresh look

While the museum is undergoing extensive renovations to its galleries, it is reconsidering its works by Monet, Renoir, Van Gogh and Cassatt.

8 years ago

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Siobhan Reardon in the Parkway Central Library. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Community
PlanPhilly

Philly councilwoman calls for Free Library director to step down

Philadelphia Councilwoman Cindy Bass called for new leadership at the city’s library system following allegations of workplace bias and discrimination.

8 years ago

Ballerina shoes (Photo Courtesy/BigStock)
Philly Parenting
Lifestyle

In living color

It is always a joy taking Dahlia to school, but one morning was extra special. While she was working on her morning math worksheet, her t ...

8 years ago

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks during a rally in Warren, Mich., Saturday, April 13, 2019. (Paul Sancya/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Bernie Sanders releases 10 years of long-awaited tax returns

His 2018 return reveals that he and his wife, Jane, earned more than $550,000, including $133,000 in income from his Senate salary and $391,000 in sales of his book.

8 years ago

In this photo provided by the New Jersey Office of the Governor, N.J. Gov. Phil Murphy signs the Medical Aid in Dying for the Terminally Ill Act Friday, April 12, 2019 at the New Jersey Statehouse in Trenton, N.J. New Jersey is the seventh state to enact a law permitting terminally ill patients to seek life ending medication. (New Jersey Office of the Governor via AP)
Health

Beginning in August, terminally ill N.J. patients will have right to end their lives

Terminally ill patients in New Jersey will have to meet with two doctors and wait at least 15 days before they can get the lethal drugs.

8 years ago

A federal lawsuit charges that Mastery Charter Schools mishandled a sexual assault at Pastorius-Richardson Elementary in North Philadelphia. (Google Maps)
Education

Lawsuit claims Philly charter school suspended student after she was sexually assaulted

Mastery Charter Schools suspended a student after she had a sexual encounter in a school auditorium. But her guardian now says it was rape, and she’s suing.

8 years ago

Food Bank workers prepare lunch inside the industrial kitchen at the new facility in Glasgow. The kitchen will be used for training in the expanded culinary program. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
Community

Delaware food bank opens expanded facility to help meet needs of 114,000

The Food Bank of Delaware expands ability to help more than 114,000 residents in the state who struggle with food insecurity.

8 years ago

Litter blows on Germantown Avenue.
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

Philly names 6 neighborhoods for street cleaning experiment

Philadelphia will launch a new street cleaning effort in six areas now battling extreme amounts of litter. The new brooms will officially roll out Tuesday.

8 years ago

Flames and smoke rise from Notre Dame cathedral as it burns in Paris, Monday, April 15, 2019. Massive plumes of yellow brown smoke filled the air above Notre Dame Cathedral and ash fell on tourists and others around the island that marks the center of Paris. (Thibault Camus/AP Photo)
Community

Massive fire engulfs beloved Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris

Firefighters continue working as massive blaze in brought under control at the French capital's iconic Notre Dame Cathedral.

8 years ago

Candidates hold yes signs aloft signaling their agreement with the proposal of a representative speaker. Twenty candidates for city council attended a candidates forum at Congregation Rodeph Shalom on March 24, 2019. (Jonathan Wilson for WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Politics & Policy
PlanPhilly

Most Philly Council candidates oppose the 10-year tax abatement

Philadelphia’s tax break for new construction has become a rallying cry among the 46 City Council candidates that will be on the primary ballot in May.

8 years ago

Thirteen-year-old Lily, in her Easter finery, makes her way down Asbury Avenue during the annual BoardWaddle in Ocean City on Saturday, April 13, 2019. Tri-State Basset Hound Rescue hosted the 21st BoardWaddle as part of the Ocean City Doo Dah Parade. (Miguel Martinez for WHYY)
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Arts & Entertainment

Ocean City kicks off tourist season with celebration of basset hounds

Basset hounds were honored for their long ears, creative costumes and athletic prowess. The annual festivities help support the work of the Tri-State Basset Hound Rescue.

8 years ago

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