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As closing part of the celebrations fireworks lit the sky above the Philadelphia Museum of Art. (Bas Slabbers/for NewsWorks)

500,000 pack the Parkway for Philly’s July 4th festivities [photos]

The Benjamin Franklin Parkway was packed Friday night as Philadelphia hosted the Philly 4th of July Jam and fireworks. The Philly ...

12 years ago

 Walk a Crooked Mile Books is moving from the Mt. Airy regional-rail stop to the former Video Library site on Germantown Avenue. (Bas Slabbers/for NewsWorks)

Top 5 stories of the week in Northwest Philadelphia

Here are stories you may have missed this week in Northwest Philadelphia: 1. ...

12 years ago

 Late afternoon Saturday in South Seaside Park.
Down the Shore

Arthur’s gone, but high rip current risk remains Saturday

There will be a high risk of rip currents Saturday, forecasters warn.  “The high risk of rip currents poses a huge conc ...

12 years ago

N.J. theme park finally opens drop ride

A New Jersey theme park has finally opened what it calls the world’s tallest and fastest drop ride. The Zumanjaro: Drop of D ...

12 years ago

At 116, Arkansas woman named oldest American

Using newly analyzed Census records, researchers have confirmed that a south Arkansas woman is now the oldest living American and second- ...

12 years ago

Hurricane Arthur brought heavy rain and some wind to Rehoboth Beach as it passed by the Delaware Coastal area on Friday July 4, 2014 with minor damage.  (Chuck Snyder for WHYY, file)

Scenes from a soggy holiday as Arthur makes its way past Delaware [photos]

Proving far less damaging than feared, Hurricane Arthur left tens of thousands of people without power Friday in a swipe at North Carolin ...

12 years ago

Escaped N.J. inmate captured in Philly

Authorities say an inmate who escaped from a southern New Jersey prison this week has been captured in Philadelphia. Corrections D ...

12 years ago

 Part of a tree lies on a car after the branch broke off a tree during storms in Levittown, Pa., Thursday, July 3, 2014. Powerful thunderstorms moving across Pennsylvania have left about 171,000 customers without power. (Bob Lentz/AP Photo)

Warning from Pa. Insurance Department against scams after storms

After this week’s stormy weather, Pennsylvania’s Insurance Department is sending out some tips for being smart while dealing ...

12 years ago

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 A 1776 copy of the Declaration of Independence, shown in this undated handout photograph. (AP Photo)

Scholar declares it’s a comma, not period after ‘pursuit of happiness’

Our unalienable rights are “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” — period. Right? Wrong says a scholar from t ...

12 years ago

 Victor Gryszkiewicz, 65, of South Toms River, receives his naturalization certificate from officials with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services in a ceremony on board the historic Battleship New Jersey in Camden. Gryszkiewicz is a Vietnam veteran who emigrated from Poland when he was just a year old. (Katie Colaneri/WHYY)

For one new American citizen, a lifetime journey to naturalization

July 4th is a day when many of us declare we’re proud to be Americans. For thousands of people across the U.S., it’s also a d ...

12 years ago

 Ocean City lifeguards use plastic to protect themselves from storm (Tom MacDonald/WHYY)

Holiday washout at the Jersey Shore, but so far season has been going well

Rain and riptides are not making it a prime day at the Jersey Shore. So far this season there haven’t been many washouts. J ...

12 years ago

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 The drumline from Distressed Illusions marches down Rising Sun Avenue (Brad Larrison/for NewsWorks)

Lawncrest marks July Fourth with 99th annual parade [photos]

Hundreds of Northeast Philadelphia residents braved a rain soaked Independence Day morning to take in the 99th Lawncrest Fourth of July P ...

12 years ago

 Workers work to repair power lines Friday, July 4, 2014 damaged by Hurricane Arthur. (Randall Hill/AP Photo)
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PECO: some power not back until Sunday

PECO says fewer than 30,000 people remain without power as of Friday afternoon after after overnight storms wiped out service for more th ...

12 years ago

 Vice President Joe Biden greets a young spectator as he marches in an Independence Day parade, Friday, July 4, 2014, in Philadelphia. The annual Fourth of July event includes music, speeches and a reading of excerpts from the Declaration of Independence. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Biden calls same-sex marriage the ‘civil rights issue of our day’ in Philadelphia

Standing in front of Independence Hall in Philadelphia, where the Declaration of Independence was adopted 238 years ago, Vice President J ...

12 years ago

 Barium enhanced X-ray of the stomach of a 35-year-old male world-class competitive speed eater before (left) and after  (right) he’s eaten 36 hot dogs in 10 minutes (Image reprinted with permission from the American Journal of Roentgenology)

Speed-eaters’ secret: keeping food in top half of the stomach

Defending champ Joey “Jaws” Chestnut took the title again in today’s Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest on Coney Isl ...

12 years ago

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