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 A model demonstrates the  features of a wheelchair-accessible taxi at the 2013 New York International Auto Show. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Starting bids cut for Philly taxi medallions

The Philadelphia Parking Authority’s plan to auction 45 new wheelchair-accessible taxi medallions has hit a snag. The starti ...

12 years ago

NJ lawmakers delay vote on election spending limits

New Jersey lawmakers have postponed a vote on a resolution intended to amend the U.S. Constitution in a bid to rein in the influence of m ...

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Death penalty sought in 2012 soccer tournament murders

“Let the punishment fit the crimes.” That’s what Deputy Attorney General Ipek Medford told a group of jurors on Monday as they deci ...

12 years ago

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From ‘mashing’ to street harassment women still face lewd comments

A hundred years ago, men who made lewd comments to female passersby were known as “mashers.” In 1913, an Omaha judge drew ...

12 years ago

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 Teachers and support staff at the Pennsylvania School for the Deaf are taking steps to unionize. (Photo via Technically Philly)
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Staffers push to unionize at Pa. School for the Deaf

Lamenting a recent string of unilateral decisions by management, teachers and support staff at the Pennsylvania School for the Deaf filed ...

12 years ago

 Shane Montgomery is described as a 5' 11

Reward upped to $25,000 for information on missing Roxborough man

As the search for 21-year-old Shane Montgomery entered its fifth day, the reward for information leading police to his whereabouts was ra ...

12 years ago

 Demonstrators hold up their hands during a Wednesday protest in Philadelphia. On Friday, protesters gathered to urge shoppers to become socially and politically active following the events in Ferguson, Missouri. (Matt Rourke/AP photo)

Race-based assumptions collide but do not combust on a Philadelphia porch

Race matters. It shapes our stories — innocuous ones that unfold on front porches, harrowin ...

12 years ago

Inside Delaware Amazon facility on Cyber Monday [gallery]

It’s the busiest day of the year for hundreds of workers at Amazon’s fulfillment center in Middletown, Delaware on Cyber Mond ...

12 years ago

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 A thank you note and gift card Nicole Gibson received after finding an iPad, posting on Facebook, and locating its owner. (Photo courtesy of Nicole Gibson)
Down the Shore

Shore woman’s honesty over found iPad touches social media

Right on cue for the season of giving, a Bayville woman’s honest act of searching for the owner of an iPad that she had recent ...

12 years ago

 A leaflet is posted on the door of Kildare's in Manayunk. The bar on Main Street is the last place were Shane Montgomery was seen. . (Bas Slabbers/for NewsWorks)

Authorities continue search for missing student

Volunteers in Philadelphia are set to hit the streets again to search for a missing college student as authorities continue to investigat ...

12 years ago

 This Germantown front porch was the scene of an alleged firebombing early Monday morning. (Brian Hickey/WHYY)

Arson task force investigates alleged firebombing in Germantown

If not for a smoke-stained door, an American Red Cross van across the street and worries about gasoline on the sidewalk and curbline, it& ...

12 years ago

 After twice vetoing paid sick leave bills, Mayor Michael Nutter says he's ready to sign. (NewsWorks file photo)
Dave Davies: Off Mic

Nutter backs paid sick leave

After twice vetoing bills requiring private employers in Philadelphia to give their workers paid sick leave, Mayor Nutter says he’s ...

12 years ago

Police searching for suspect who fired at officers

Police say they’re searching for a suspect who fired gunshots at officers in suburban Philadelphia. No one was wounded in th ...

12 years ago

 A NOAA satellite image of Hurricane Arthur on July 3, 2014. (Credit: NOAA.)
Down the Shore

Relatively quiet Atlantic hurricane season ends

The 2014 Atlantic hurricane season ended as a relatively quiet period as predicted, forecasters said. The season, which runs from ...

12 years ago

 A robotic cheetah runs on an athletic field at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Mass.  MIT scientists said the robot, modeled after the fastest land animal, may have real-world applications, including for prosthetic legs. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

MIT engineers have high hopes for cheetah robot

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have created the first battery-powered robot that can run up to 10 mph, jump ove ...

12 years ago

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