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 Camden Sophisticated Sisters' leader Tawanda Jones gives high fives to members of the step team.  (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY, file)

In search of a hero, CNN finds Camden’s Tawanda Jones

Tawanda Jones of Camden, N.J., is one of the 2013 Top 10 CNN Heroes. To be perfectly honest, Jones is in good company, competing against ...

13 years ago

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Delaware marks 50 years of interstate driving

Fifty years ago, President John F. Kennedy helped the First State open the first section of I-95.  The creation and eventual expansi ...

13 years ago

 This April 30, 2013 file photo shows the short form for the new federal Affordable Care Act application in Washington. Getting covered through President Barack Obama’s health care law might feel like a combination of doing your taxes and making a big purchase that requires some research. You’ll need accurate income information for your household, plus some understanding of how health insurance works, so you can get the financial assistance you qualify for and pick a health plan that’s right for your needs. (J. David Ake/AP Photo)

Insurance delays give Philly policyholders time to weigh options

Now that President Barack Obama is delaying the cancellation of individual health care plans that don’t comply with the Affordable ...

13 years ago

 Gloved hand holding weed with full root image courtesy of Shutterstock.com

Foraging workshop to turn backyard weeds into edible fare

If you have trouble eating your vegetables — or even if you love them — listen up. A workshop this weekend may turn that pesky bunch ...

13 years ago

 A Before-and-After shot of the Great Car 'Break-In' of 2013. (Solomon Jones/for NewsWorks)
The Philadelphia Experiment

Here’s to the guy who broke into my car in Mt. Airy and didn’t steal a thing

Two nights ago, right in front of my house, someone broke into my car. Well, he didn’t actually break in. He kind of opened the do ...

13 years ago

National Interest

Presidential lying: A history primer

Presidents sometimes lie, as evidenced most recently by Barack Obama’s you-can-keep-your-plan doozy. But where does his lie rank in ...

13 years ago

One health care doughnut closes but another opens in New Jersey

As Americans slog through open enrollment for both the Affordable Care Act marketplace and the Medicare prescription drug benefit (also k ...

13 years ago

 Two muscle cars collide in slow motion in the lobby of the Kimmel Center, one of several works of art from the West Collection on display to celebrate the opening of the SEI Innovation Studio. (Emma Lee/for NewsWorks)
Arts & Entertainment

Organizers count on new Kimmel art installation to be smashing success

Since the Kimmel Center opened 12 years ago, it has struggled to make its interior plaza hospitable. So, for the next few months, visitor ...

13 years ago

 This image shows a detail from a needlepoint work by Mary Smull on display at the Rebekah Templeton gallery in Philadelphia. (Image courtesy of Mary Smull)

When art has no story to tell, it doesn’t need to make sense

Some art does not have a story that wants to be told. Art can be less about lives, things and history, and more about color, line and sha ...

13 years ago

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Measure allowing games of chance in taverns clears Pa. House

A proposal to legalize small-time gambling in Pennsylvania bars has cleared the state House and will go back to the Senate for approval.< ...

13 years ago

 Maziah Mills-Sorrells, 2, was born with a paralyzed left arm.  (Image courtesy of Essie Mills)

With legal help, quest for disability benefits for West Philly toddler continues

A 2-year-old girl whose left arm was permanently paralyzed from a birth injury is getting some legal help as her West Philadelphia parent ...

13 years ago

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Lighthouse Chapel International moving into Northeast Community Center

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New salvaged metal sculpture at 40th and Powelton

13 years ago

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Thirteen projects receive remaining trail funds

13 years ago

PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

40th & Pine zoning case goes to Court of Common Pleas

13 years ago

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