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 Mason Symons nearly tips his chair in a run to the goal during the championship rugby game at the National Veterans Wheelchair Games. (Brad Larrison/for NewsWorks)

Wheelchair Games showcase intense competition, tremendous camaraderie among veterans

More than 500 disabled veterans representing 48 states traveled to Philadelphia last week for the 34th annual National Veterans Wheelchai ...

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Keystone Crossroads

Are some Pennsylvania school districts hoarding tax dollars, and violating state law by doing so?

Keystone Crossroads took a closer look at school budget data after recent reports that the Commonwealth’s schools have a combined f ...

12 years ago

 Texas Gov. Rick Perry makes a statement in Austin on Saturday concerning the indictment on charges of coercion of a public servant and abuse of his official capacity. Perry is the first Texas governor since 1917 to be indicted. (AP Photo/Michael Thomas)
National Interest

Is Rick Perry more than a ham sandwich?

You just never know when politics is going to throw you a curveball. There was a joke going around that either Chris Christie or Scott Wa ...

12 years ago

Webcomic: A day at the Shore ruined!

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 SCH Academy student Mo'ne Davis appears on the big screen at the school's watch party on Sunday. (Emily Brooks/for NewsWorks)

Taney’s dramatic LLWS performance wows fans at SCH Academy watch party

Move over Phillies, Philadelphia has a new baseball team in town. Mid-Atlantic Little League champions, the Taney Dragons, captivated the ...

12 years ago

 Morgan, a Revel Ultra Lounge bartender prepares drinks. (Bas Slabbers/for NewsWorks

Revel wanted to shut down casino today

If the owners of Revel Casino Hotel had their way, the $2.4 billion resort would be shut down today. Revel Entertainment had asked ...

12 years ago

 Tionesta Market Village consists of eleven outdoor sheds retrofitted to look like 18th-century storefronts.  Vendors include artists and local food producers.  (Kelly Tunney/for WPSU)
Keystone Crossroads

Arts tourism as economic development: Tionesta’s Market Village and Arts and Culture Corridor

Tionesta is turning to arts and culture tourism to kickstart its stalled economy. Visitors to the town of Tionesta are gr ...

12 years ago

 With Father Sy Paterka in the background, Maria Beatty holds an oversized envelope in which letters inviting Pope Francis to Germantown will be mailed. (Photo courtesy of St. Vincent de Paul Parish)
Community

Youths to Pope Francis: Please come visit Germantown in ’15

A group youths (with some help from adults) in Northwest Philadelphia recently reached out with a message for Pope Francis in advance of ...

12 years ago

 Erin Chase makes some quick notes for her blog before starting to make dinner with her two sons, Ryan, 3, and Charlie, 2, in their Dayton, Ohio home. (AP Photo/Skip Peterson)

Calling all parenting writers in Northwest Philly (and beyond)

NewsWorks’ Northwest Philadelphia page seeks to expand its roster of voices for parenting posts. With a history of great ...

12 years ago

 Richard Alley bungee jumps in an episode of  the PBS miniseries, “Earth: The Operators' Manual on PBS.”
Keystone Crossroads

Richard Alley on trains, human-powered transportation, and community leadership

“Five Questions with…” is a regular Keystone Crossroads feature where we seek to glean wisdom and ideas from some o ...

12 years ago

 An F/A-18C Hornet coming from Iraq lands on the flight deck of the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush, Sunday, Aug. 10, 2014, in the Persian Gulf. Aircraft aboard the George H.W. Bush are flying missions over Iraq after U.S. President Barack Obama authorized airstrikes against Islamic militants and food drops for Iraqis trapped by the fighters. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)

The U.S. needs to rethink how its military is deployed throughout the world

This past week, the president finally and rightly deployed U.S. air power against ISIS (the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria) in Iraq. Int ...

12 years ago

 Fans gather in the Philadelphia City Hall courtyard to watch the Taney Dragons play in the Little League World Series. (Emma Jacobs/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Taney comes from behind for second World Series victory

Philadelphia’s Taney Dragons pulled off another victory in Williamsport on Sunday night in the second round of the Little League Wo ...

12 years ago

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Politics & Policy

Imagine walking many miles in Philly schools chief’s shoes

Imagine that one day someone offers you a job. Here’s the deal: You must carry some papers from Philadelphia to Los Angeles. ...

12 years ago

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August 18: SEPTA strike “very likely” | Ride-sharing hearings this week | Where Pennsylvanians were born | “Bicycle face”

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PlanPhilly
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How do off-cycle elections impact Philly planning politics?

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