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In this photo taken from the Ethiopian Airlines Facebook page, the CEO of Ethiopian Airlines, Tewolde Gebremariam, looks at the wreckage of the plane that crashed shortly after takeoff from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Sunday March 10, 2019. An Ethiopian Airlines flight crashed shortly after takeoff from Ethiopia's capital on Sunday morning, killing all 157 people thought to be on board, the airline and state broadcaster said, as anxious families rushed to airports in Addis Ababa and the destination, Nairobi. (Facebook via AP)
Community

Jetliner crashes in Ethiopia, killing 157 from 35 countries

It was not immediately clear what caused the crash of the Boeing 737-8 MAX plane, which was new and had been delivered to the airline in November, records show.

8 years ago

 In this Feb. 5, 2019 file photo, Gov. Tom Wolf delivers his budget address for the 2019-20 fiscal year to a joint session of the Pennsylvania House and Senate in Harrisburg, Pa. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo, File)
Politics & Policy

Pa. proposal aims to ease government efforts to reclaim records

A bill scheduled for a vote this week would give the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission the power to demand the return of records with historical value.

8 years ago

This Feb. 6, 2015, file photo shows a measles, mumps and rubella vaccine on a countertop at a pediatrics clinic in Greenbrae, Calif.  The U.S. has counted more measles cases in the first two months of this year than in all of 2017 — and part of the rising threat is misinformation that makes some parents balk at a crucial vaccine, federal health officials told Congress Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019. (Eric Risberg/AP Photo, File)
Health

After mumps outbreak, Temple will require new students to be vaccinated

The university is preparing, in case there are more cases of the flulike illness as students return from spring break. Current policy doesn’t require them to be vaccinated.

8 years ago

Dancers from the Emerald Isle Academy of Irish Dance prepare for the Philadelphia St. Patrick’s Day Parade on Saturday in Springfield, Pa. (Emily Scott/WHYY, file)
Lifestyle

Irish dance school passes on heritage ‘for generations’ through St. Patrick’s Day Parade performance

Students have spent two months preparing for their biggest performance of the year: ceili dancing for tens of thousands and a live TV audience.

8 years ago

In this March 6, 2019, photo, President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. The federal budget deficit is ballooning on Trump’s watch and few in Washington seem to care. And the political dynamics that enabled bipartisan deficit-cutting deals decades ago has disappeared. That’s the reality that will greet Trump’s latest budget, which probably will promptly be shelved after it’s received by Congress on Monday. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

As budget deficit balloons, few in Washington seem to care

Even if they did, the political dynamics that enabled bipartisan deficit-cutting deals decades ago has disappeared, replaced by bitter partisanship and chronic dysfunction.

8 years ago

Venezuelan police block a crowd of people who gather to march against the government of President Nicolas Maduro, in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, March 9, 2019. Security forces are deploying in large numbers in Caracas ahead of the planned demonstrations by supporters of opposition leader Juan Guaido. (Eduardo Verdugo/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

More blackouts hit Venezuela as opposition, government rally

Tensions were only compounded further by a new power shutdown that came just hours after an earlier blackout in the country appeared to be easing.

8 years ago

In this April 11, 2018, file photo Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg arrives to testify before a House Energy and Commerce hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Zuckerberg’s new “privacy-focused vision” for Facebook looks like a transformative mission statement for the much-criticized social network. But critics say the announcement obscures Facebook’s deeper motivations: To expand lucrative new commercial services, continue monopolizing the attention of users and to develop new data sources for tracking people. (Andrew Harnik/AP Photo, File)
Money

How Facebook stands to profit from its ‘privacy’ push

Zuckerberg's plan, outlined Wednesday, expands Facebook's commitment to private messaging, in sharp contrast with his traditional focus on public sharing.

8 years ago

The loss of even an hour of sleep is hard on the body, and kids are particularly vulnerable. (Shutterstock.com)
Lifestyle
The Conversation

11 things you can do to adjust to losing that 1 hour of sleep this weekend

As clocks march ahead of time on March 10, 2019 and daylight saving time begins, there is a lot of anxiety around losing the hour of sleep and how to adjust to this change.

8 years ago

Children play in Dilworth Park in March.  (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

A park that makes money? Dilworth generated $2.5 million in 2018

A separate budget projection indicates that the CCD expects these revenues to increase by 58 percent by 2022.

8 years ago

Cooling towers at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Middletown, Pa. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Unsolicited, PUC commissioner sends legislators a breakdown of nuclear bailout options

A state utility regulator sent a 33-page memo analyzing policy options to legislators who are drafting a bill to rescue two of the state’s five plants.

8 years ago

New Jersey Senate President Steve Sweeney  (Phil Gregory/WHYY)
Politics & Policy
NJ Spotlight

Sweeney on Murphy budget: More savings, no millionaire’s tax

While Sweeney is praising Murphy for incorporating several savings initiatives into his 2020 spending plan, he said he will be pushing for more cuts.

8 years ago

The spotted lanternfly is spreading through Southeast Pennsylvania. It was spotted for the first time in the United States in Berks County. (Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture)
Science

Pa. looking for new ways to fight spotted lanternfly

Pennsylvania is looking for new ways to fight the invasive spotted lanternfly, nearly five years after it was first discovered in Berks County.

8 years ago

In December, Johnny Bobbitt stands during a hearing Burlington County Courthouse in Mt. Holly, New Jersey. (David Swanson /The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP, Pool, File)
Courts & Law

Bobbitt pleads guilty to N.J. charge in $400,000 GoFundMe scam

Homeless man pleads guilty to New Jersey charge after admitting his guilt to federal charges earlier in the week.

8 years ago

Jussie Smollett leaves George N Leighton Criminal Courthouse in Chicago last month. A grand jury has indicted the
Courts & Law

Actor Smollett indicted on 16 counts stemming from reported attack

The actor, who is black and gay, told police in late January that he was attacked because of his sexuality by two men in downtown Chicago who wrapped a rope around his neck.

8 years ago

J.J. Tiziou and Jenna Horton sift through memorabilia from the space program. Jacques Tiziou, J.J. ’s father, was a French aerospace journalist and collector. With the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 spaceflight and moon landing coming up, J.J. is hoping to preserve and share the “space junk” collection.   (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)
Science

Collection of NASA Apollo Program memorabilia looking for a new home

French journalist Jacques Tiziou left behind thousands of collectors’ items related to space travel. His son is cataloguing the artifacts, and hopes to share them.

8 years ago

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