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Canada Wildfires Wind Movement
Weather

Expect a hot, smoky summer in much of America. Here’s why you’d better get used to it

Between the 235 out-of-control Canadian wildfires and unstable weather patterns responsible for these meteorological mishaps, climate relief will be few and far in between.

3 years ago

Christine King Farris, sister of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. speaks at the King holiday commemorative service at Ebenezer Baptist Church, the church where King preached, Jan. 19, 2015, in Atlanta.
Community

Christine King Farris, the last living sibling of Martin Luther King Jr., dies at 95

For decades after her brother's assassination in 1968, Farris worked along with his widow, Coretta Scott King, to preserve and promote King's legacy.

3 years ago

First responders work to extinguish a vehicle fire, Sunday June 11, 2023, that caused an overpass on I-95 to collapse near the Cottman Avenue exit
Community

Driver lost control of tanker truck on off ramp before I-95 collapse, federal safety officials say

The driver exited I-95's northbound lanes at Cottman Ave. on a curved off-ramp that was posted with 25 mph speed limit and truck rollover warnings.

3 years ago

Adnan Syed (center) leaves the Elijah E. Cummings Courthouse, Monday, Sept. 19, 2022, in Baltimore
Courts & Law

Maryland’s highest court to hear appeals in case chronicled by ‘Serial’ podcast

The court also said Wednesday it will hear appeals from the victim’s family.

3 years ago

Gerald Groff, a former postal worker whose case will be argued before the Supreme Court, stands during a television interview near a
Courts & Law

Supreme Court solidifies protections for workers who ask for religious accommodations

The Supreme Court is using the case of a Christian mailman who didn’t want to work Sundays to solidify protections for workers who are religious.

3 years ago

People walk across Old Main lawn on Penn State’s University Park campus in State College, Pa.
Education
Spotlight PA

Penn State, Pitt, and others get hundreds of millions in taxpayer funds. Tracking it is a challenge

Transparency into how Pennsylvania’s state-related universities spend annual appropriations is limited.

3 years ago

A sign for Walnut Street Garden.
Community
6abc

Pop-up cocktail garden in Philadelphia shut down by city due to violations

A pop-up cocktail garden has been shut down by the city of Philadelphia just one month after it opened.

3 years ago

The beach at Atlantic City
Politics & Policy

Internet gambling would be given 5 more years under latest change in New Jersey

An original bill reauthorizing online betting would have given it another 10 years, but lawmakers sliced that to just two years on Tuesday.

3 years ago

Activists demonstrate in front of the Supreme Court
Courts & Law

Supreme Court rules that colleges must stop considering the race of applicants for admission

In a 6-3 decision, the court struck down admissions plans at Harvard and the University of North Carolina, the nation's oldest private and public colleges, respectively.

3 years ago

Haze blankets Philadelphia due to Canadian wildfires on June 29, 2023.
Weather

Air quality alerts remain in effect across Philly area due to Canadian wildfires

City departments in Philadelphia are urged to allow employees who can work indoors to do so. Public pools will also be closed for the day.

3 years ago

Chief Campos speaking with 2 women sitting at a desk at the fair.
Courts & Law

‘This community is fed up’: Police Chief Campos looks to rebuild trust in Wilmington

The first Latino to be top cop in Delaware’s largest city is focused on building bonds with residents while reducing violence.

3 years ago

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The Fourth of July fireworks display reaches its finale at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. (Jonathan Wilson for WHYY)
Things To Do
Arts & Entertainment

Fourth of July, Ziggy Marley, and Queer Jewish Music Night in this week’s ‘Things To Do’

June 29 - July 2: Fourth of July celebrations, Frankie Valli in N.J., and Ziggy Marley in Del. are among the weekend’s highlights.

3 years ago

Listen 5:23
A close-up of a double-exposure photo printed and displayed in a park showing a shirtless man overlayed with a Pride flag.
Arts & Entertainment

Philly’s gay archival records go outside for ‘And Into The Streets’

An art exhibition in Louis Kahn Park features photos of Philly gay life circa the 1980s and ‘90s.

3 years ago

Listen 1:25
Rowhouses at 34th and Spring Garden streets for sale or rent
PlanPhilly
Money

Realtors see yet another spike in home prices across Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware

In the past five years, the median sale price for a home in Pa. nearly doubled, data from the state realtors association shows.

3 years ago

Solvay in West Deptford
Courts & Law

Historic settlement reached to clean up toxic PFAS contamination in South Jersey

Solvay Specialty Polymers will pay New Jersey $393 million as part of a settlement to clean up PFAS contamination near West Deptford site.

3 years ago

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