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Sonya Chalil (center) jumps between, Kirby White (left) and Bella Franks (right) during practice with Texas Fury, an all-girls flag football select travel team,Sunday, Dec. 10, 2023, in Austin, Texas. Flag football's inclusion in the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles only enhances the profile of a sport that's growing by leaps and bounds on the women's side. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Community

Flag football gives female players sense of community, scholarship options and soon shot at Olympics

Flag football’s inclusion in the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles only enhances the profile of a sport that’s growing by leaps and bounds on the women’s side.

2 years ago

Singer Harry Belafonte, one of the producers of the South African play
Arts & Entertainment

Mbongeni Ngema, South African playwright and creator of ‘Sarafina!’, is killed in a car crash at 68

The celebrated playwright was a passenger in the vehicle involved in the crash. He was best known for creating the hit Sarafina! which first premiered on Broadway in 1988.

2 years ago

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (center) meets with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken (top left, partially covered) and his Secretary of Foreign Relations Alicia Barcena (top right) at the National Palace, the office and residence of the president, in Mexico City, Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2023.
Politics & Policy

Mexican officials clear border camp as US pressure mounts to limit migrant crossings

Mexican immigration officials are clearing out a migrant camp on the banks of the Rio Grande as U.S. pressure mounts to limit a surge of people reaching the border.

2 years ago

The Pennsylvania Capitol
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

Pa. lawmakers’ base salary now tops $106K. Here’s what you need to know about their automatic pay raises

What you need to know about Pennsylvania lawmakers’ salaries, the history of the increase, and why changes are unlikely.

2 years ago

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley speaks during a town hall, Monday, Dec. 18, 2023, in Nevada, Iowa.
Politics & Policy

Nikki Haley, asked what caused the Civil War, leaves out slavery. It’s not the first time

Asked during a town hall in Berlin, New Hampshire, what she believed had caused the war, Haley talked about the role of government.

2 years ago

In the studio
Community
6abc

Eagles Christmas album raises over $2.5 million for local charities, doubling last year’s profits

Proceeds will go to local organizations, including the Children's Crisis Treatment Center and the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

2 years ago

Smoke is seen coming from Edgewater Manor Apartments
Community
6abc

Multiple injuries after fast-moving fire at Edgewater Park apartments; 20 residents displaced

Fire officials said the roof of the two-story building collapsed during the fire.

2 years ago

New Jersey Statehouse in Trenton.
Politics & Policy
6abc

New laws for New Jersey you need to know about in 2024

The new laws include a raise in the minimum wage, an expansion for 'Safe Haven' laws, a new pathway for becoming a teacher, and a "Seinfeld Bill" targeting telemarketers.

2 years ago

The dome of the Pennsylvania Capitol in Harrisburg.
Politics & Policy
6abc

New Pennsylvania laws you need to know about for 2024

The new laws cover a wide range of topics including women's health care, food safety, cybersecurity, religious garb in schools, voter registration, and dog licenses.

2 years ago

2 woman with a young child sitting on the ground in the park.
Young, Unhoused and Unseen
Community

‘Young, Unhoused and Unseen’ examines ‘borderline epidemic’ of youth homelessness across Greater Philadelphia

The podcast and multimedia project produced by WHYY News and Temple University’s Logan Center for Urban Investigative Reporting examines the crisis of youth homelessness.

2 years ago

Chuck Jones and his dog, Midnight (center left) enjoying an outing with Breaking Bread shelter residents.
Community

1 year later, Upper Darby’s pet-friendly homeless shelter remains a lifeline

The shelter is also exceeding its own expectations for finding people permanent housing.

2 years ago

Listen 0:57
A nurse departs the room of a COVID-19 patient
Health

COVID and flu cases are on the rise as vaccination rates remain low, CDC warns

Experts are concerned that the number of flu and COVID-19 patients in hospitals could peak at around the same time and strain capacity.

2 years ago

Jugglers outside of City Hall
Arts & Entertainment

The arts are having a bumpy pandemic recovery in Philly, new report shows

An influx of $6 million in federal COVID recovery funds is coming to Philly. But a new study shows the progress in the arts sector is uneven.

2 years ago

Listen 1:13
Interim Police Commissioner John Stanford speaks at a podium
Courts & Law

More cold-case sexual assault charges for ‘Fairmount Park rapist’ accused of 2003 rape and slaying

Police say Diaz has now been charged in three other cold-case assaults, two in Fairmount Park in 2003 and one in Pennypack Park in 2007.

2 years ago

Tom Smothers does yo-yo tricks during arrivals at CBS's 75th anniversary celebration Sunday, Nov. 2, 2003, in New York.
Arts & Entertainment

Comedian Tom Smothers, one-half of the Smothers Brothers, dies at 86

The National Comedy Center, on behalf of his family, said in a statement Wednesday that Smothers died Tuesday following a cancer battle.

2 years ago

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