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The exterior of Delaware County Juvenile Detention Center.
Courts & Law

Grand jury investigating abuse allegations at Delaware County Juvenile Detention Center chooses not to recommend charges

Despite uncovering a culture of violence, cover-up, and “sexually inappropriate conduct” by staff, the grand jury opted against recommending criminal charges.

3 years ago

FILE - Philadelphia Phillies' Curt Simmons, left, autographs a ball for teammate John 'Jocko' Thompson before Game 1 of the World Series against the New York Yankees at Shibe Park in Philadelphia, Oct. 4, 1950. Simmons, the last surviving member of the 1950 Philadelphia Phillies 'Whiz Kids' team, died Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022 in Ambler, Pa. He was 93. (AP Photo/File)
Community

Former Phillies ace, Whiz Kid Curt Simmons dead at 93

Curt Simmons, the last surviving member of the 1950 Philadelphia Phillies Whiz Kids team, has died. He was 93.

3 years ago

FILE - The FTX Arena logo is seen where the Miami Heat basketball team plays on Nov. 12, 2022, in Miami. The former CEO of failed crypto firm FTX Sam Bankman-Fried has been arrested in the Bahamas at the request of the U.S. government, the U.S. attorney’s office in New York said Monday, Dec. 12. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier, File)
Money

FTX’s Bankman-Fried charged by U.S. for ‘scheme’ to defraud

Bankman-Fried was arrested Monday by Bahamian authorities at the request of the U.S. government.

3 years ago

Craig Stevens holds a bottle of brown water
Politics & Policy

Pennsylvania quietly lifts ban on gas production in polluted Dimock

“We got played,” said Ray Kemble, the most outspoken of a small group of Dimock residents who have battled the drilling company and state regulators alike.

3 years ago

A sign at Twitter headquarters
Community

Musk’s Twitter disbands its Trust and Safety advisory group

The advisory group of around 100 independent civil, human rights and other organizations helped address hate speech, child exploitation, suicide, self-harm and other problems

3 years ago

A group of people speak into microphones at a roundtable discussion.
Stop and Frisk: Revisit or Resist
Community

5 solutions to Philly’s gun violence crisis

Guest hosts Sam Searles and Kole Long asked two community leaders, a clinician, a high school student, and a city public safety staffer for their solutions to gun violence.

3 years ago

File photo: State workers display their signs during a rally outside New Jersey Statehouse on Sept. 13, 2022. (Tennyson Donyéa/WHYY)
Health

New Jersey public sector workers call for $350 million in aid to offset state health care premium hikes

Unions and labor organizations representing thousands of New Jersey public sector workers are requesting financial aid to help deal with rising premium costs.

3 years ago

Di Hargrove, an ACLU community ambassador, hands out 'Know Your Rights' pamphlets and many other resources at and around the the Cecil B. Moore Library in North Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Stop and Frisk: Revisit or Resist
Courts & Law

Policing is changing in some Philly neighborhoods. This community program is spreading the word

A PPD pilot program changes the way police officers handle minor violations. In response, the ACLU has community ambassadors informing the public about their rights.

3 years ago

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File photo: The FTX Arena logo is seen where the Miami Heat basketball team plays on Nov. 12, 2022, in Miami. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier, File)
Money

Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried arrested in the Bahamas

Bankman-Fried is under criminal investigation by U.S. and Bahamian authorities following the collapse last month of FTX.

3 years ago

City and elected officials break ground on eight new homes for middle income residents. (Aaron Moselle/WHYY News)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

New affordable housing units are coming to Grays Ferry and Point Breeze

At least 1,000 new homes will be built, under the Neighborhood Preservation Initiative. The goal is to turn middle income renters into first-time homebuyers.

3 years ago

Former Trenton Mayor Doug Palmer (at podium) announces his endorsement of Asm. Dan Benson for Mercer County Executive in next year's election. (P. Kenneth Burns/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Former Trenton mayor endorses longtime assemblyman for Mercer County executive

The longtime Trenton mayor said that he no longer felt the need to run after seeing Benson’s passion and their shared plans to move Mercer County forward.

3 years ago

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Community
6abc

Philadelphia police searching for suspect who stole antique brass railing outside City Hall

Philadelphia police are asking for the public's help in identifying a City Hall theft suspect.

3 years ago

Chester County Courthouse. (Smallbones/Wikimedia Commons)
Courts & Law

‘Courts are not places where one comes to hedge their bets’: Chester County judge dismisses election recount petitions

Chester County Judge Jeffrey Sommer rejected the “free-wheeling audit of cherry-picked precincts” as Bucks, Delaware, and Montgomery counties grapple with similar petitions.

3 years ago

File photo: Quinta Brunson arrives at the 74th Emmy Awards on Monday, Sept. 12, 2022 at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. (Photo by Danny Moloshok/Invision for the Television Academy/AP Images)
Arts & Entertainment

Golden Globe noms led by ‘Banshees,’ ‘Everything Everywhere,’ and ‘Abbott Elementary’

The 2023 broadcast will mark the award show's return after scandal and boycott plunged the Hollywood Foreign Press Association into disarray, knocking it off TV for a year.

3 years ago

Republicans inside and outside Pennsylvania government say that despite a disastrous midterm election, they don’t see signs that their party is shifting its electoral or governing strategies. (Amanda Berg for Spotlight PA)
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

Despite midterm losses, Pa. Republicans appear unlikely to abandon combative agenda

Some party insiders say that trend is a bad sign for GOP prospects.

3 years ago

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