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Honoring Delaware’s veterans [video]

Hundreds gathered with state and military leaders to commemorate Veterans Day with as part of the annual ceremony near the Delaware Memor ...

13 years ago

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Lifestyle

NPR highlights Philadelphia as a city where ‘tech procurement works’

The government procurement process. Are there four duller words in the English language? (I kid.) But here’s why you should ...

13 years ago

 WHYY Urban Life Correspondent Elizabeth Fiedler straps on a bulletproof vest for her ride-along with police in South Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)

After the chase, a young thief gets real with a Philly cop

This story isn’t about the crime, but about what happened afterward, after the theft and the chase, when the kid and the cop were f ...

13 years ago

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 Artist Dennis Daly adjusts the antennas on his praying mantis sculpture that greets visitors to Periphery Gallery in Fishtown. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)

Fishtown artist turns home into gallery space for First Friday [photos]

Two human-sized praying mantis sculptures greet visitors at the entrance of Fishtown’s newest art gallery, Periphery. Artist and ga ...

13 years ago

 Tyrell Biggs works with aspiring boxer Donovan Roderiguez at Mitch Allen Gym in West Philadelphia. (Emma Lee/for NewsWorks)

First-ever super-heavyweight champion Tyrell Biggs to be featured in upcoming documentary

In the back corner of a rec center boxing gym, Tyrell Biggs holds his sparring mitts just below his face for 15-year-old Dylan Price. ...

13 years ago

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 The south side of the mural represents the area's natural beauty. The north side features street scenes in Mt. Airy. (Laura Benshoff/for NewsWorks)

Mt. Airy mural dedicated to ‘those who see it’

Ten years in the making, Northwest Philadelphia’s latest mural was officially dedicated on Saturday, as a crowd of around 30 people ...

13 years ago

Goldey-Beacom student charged with rape

A grad student at Goldey-Beacom College faces rape charges after an incident in his room involving an 18-year-old fellow student.Delaware ...

13 years ago

 Raheim Page of the MLK Cougars does a backflip in celebration of the team's Public League Class AAA championship win on Saturday. (Brad Larrison/for NewsWorks)

MLK Cougars win school’s first Public League football championship

The Martin Luther King High School Cougars football team won the Philadelphia Public League Class AAA championship on Saturday with a 32- ...

13 years ago

 Wanda Raudenbush is one of 38 guidance counselors who were 'force transferred' into teaching positions (Kim Paynter/for NewsWorks)

Philly guidance counselors transferred to teaching duty

Wanda Raudenbush does not consider herself a teacher. Yet for the first two months of school, she woke up every school day, went t ...

13 years ago

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After a cold snap Tuesday and Wednesday, mild weather returns

A cold blast is on the way tonight, lasting through Wednesday. With the exception of some snow showers north and west overnight, a dry we ...

13 years ago

 (Cartoon by Rob Tornoe)

In the NFL, bullying does not ‘come from a place of love’

Like everyone else in America, my football Sunday was rudely interrupted by the “revealing” Richie Incognito “I’m ...

13 years ago

Harriet Tubman

50+ acre forest fire burning in Hamilton Township

The New Jersey Forest Fire Service is battling a forest fire in Hamilton Township, Atlantic County. The estimated 50-acre fire is ...

13 years ago

 In this Tuesday, June 18, 2013 photograph, Rowan University President Ali Houshmand talks about growth at the school in Glassboro, N.J.  (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

Profile: Ali Houshmand, president of Rowan University

Name: Dr. Ali Houshmand Title: President, Rowan University, a four-year public university in Glassboro (Gloucester County) ...

13 years ago

Community Day at Mifflin Elementary seeks to offer support to school, showcase programs

The Friends of Mifflin School hosted their Second Annual Community Day at the Thomas Mifflin Elementary School in East Falls on Saturday. ...

13 years ago

National Interest

Conservatives go mum about bogus Benghazi story

  The apology (such as it was) surfaced at the tail end of the broadcast last night. 60 Minutes, having just been bu ...

13 years ago

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