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 Without funding to maintain an indoor facility, many groups will be forced to serve food outside on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. (NewsWorks Photo, file)

Groups feeding Philly’s hungry need help to maintain indoor facility

A Philadelphia councilwoman is seeking help for the groups that help the city’s hungry. Non-profit groups that prepare and s ...

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 Relatives of slain Philadelphia Police Officer Chuck Cassidy joined with department officials to accept a $10,000 grant from Spirit of Blue Foundation representative Ryan Smith (left) on Friday. (Brian Hickey/WHYY)

$10K grant will fund bulletproof vests in memory of slain police Officer Chuck Cassidy

More than six years after Police Officer Charles “Chuck” Cassidy was slain in the line of duty during a robbery inside a West ...

13 years ago

 From left, Megan McDermott, Bruce Graham, David Edwards, Carl Wallnau and George Deihl in Bristol Riverside Theatre’s production of 'Laughter on the 23rd Floor' (Photo courtesy of Bristol Riverside Theatre)
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Review: ‘Laughter on the 23rd Floor’ at times

Bah-da-BOOM! That’s the nutshell description of Neil Simon’s “Laughter on the 23rd Floor,” the compendiu ...

13 years ago

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Delaware unemployment down another tenth

Delaware’s unemployment rate continues its slow retreat and now stands at 6 percent for February. The Department of Labor ...

13 years ago

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Top N.J. court to hear case on Camden police change

New Jersey’s top court has agreed to hear a case on whether it was OK for Camden to dissolve its police force and bring in a new co ...

13 years ago

Pa. unemployment down, employment up in Feb.

Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate continued its rapid drop in February, while employer payrolls inched up and the labor force grew a ...

13 years ago

 Archbishop Chaput, Mayor Nutter and Governor Corbett announce a delegation to visit the Vatican regarding the Eighth World Meeting of Families (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)

Corbett, others heading to Rome on 2015 gathering

Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett and top Philadelphia officials travel to Rome this weekend to ask Pope Francis to attend a huge Roman C ...

13 years ago

 Janice Baker and President Barack Obama (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Delaware’s first enrollee says Obamacare saved her business [video]

Janice Baker does not consider herself a political person. In 2009 she was aware of the health care debate, but not much else. Now ...

13 years ago

Former Gov. Ed Rendell tapped to head up Phila effort to bring DNC to town

A familiar face in political circles has been tapped to lead Philadelphia’s effort to win a national political convention in 2016.< ...

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Dover airman awarded prestigious Bronze Star

Military working dog handler Staff Sergeant Jason Spangenberg received the Bronze Star Medal for his courage and commitment during his de ...

13 years ago

Delaware artist offers hope for AIDS victims in Africa

From a small art studio situated upstairs in a home in Milford, Delaware, art is being created that has a huge impact on a small village ...

13 years ago

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First Person: Delaware Governor Jack Markell

Governor Jack Markell continues to make his pitch for an increased gas tax and a fee to fund cleaner water as the best way to invest in t ...

13 years ago

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Delaware ‘forgives’ six snow days

Delaware’s State Board of Education has approved Secretary of Education Mark Murphy’s recommendation to “forgive” ...

13 years ago

 In this July 1, 2007 file photo, the Rev. Fred Phelps Sr. prepares to protest outside the Kansas Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Phelps, the founder of the Kansas church known for anti-gay protests and pickets at military funerals, died late Wednesday, March 19, 2014, his family said. He was 84. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner, File)
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Fred Phelps did gay Americans a big favor

It’s bad manners to speak ill of the newly dead, but perhaps we can bend that rule for Fred Phelps. Seriously, is it possibl ...

13 years ago

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What is the most effective parenting style for black boys?

Building upon the buzz surrounding their documentary, “American Promise,̶ ...

13 years ago

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