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Wilmington, Delaware (Tim Kiser/Wikimedia Commons)
Politics & Policy

Wilmington City Council has named a task force to consider reparations

The group will make recommendations on compensation for institutional discrimination against African Americans by mid-2023.

3 years ago

Tina Sandri, CEO of Forest Hills of DC senior living facility, passes a COVID-19 informational sign while walking to her office on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nathan Howard)
Health

Hospitalizations signal rising COVID-19 risk for U.S. seniors

Nursing homes leaders are redoubling efforts to get staff and residents boosted with the new version of the COVID-19 vaccine.

3 years ago

Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts (1) scores a touchdown against the New York Giants during the third quarter of an NFL football game, Sunday, Dec. 11, 2022, in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Bryan Woolston)
Arts & Entertainment

Hurts, Eagles clinch playoffs with 48-22 win over Giants

The league's best team improved to 12-1 on Sunday with a 48-22 thrashing of the New York Giants.

3 years ago

(6abc)
Community
6abc

SUV crashes into Delaware nursing home

The SUV narrowly missed oxygen tanks, which can explode.

3 years ago

A tribute to journalist Grant Wahl is seen on his previously assigned seat at the World Cup quarterfinal soccer match between England and France, at the Al Bayt Stadium in Al Khor, Qatar, Saturday, Dec. 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Graham Dunbar)
Community

Memorial to American writer Grant Wahl placed at World Cup game

Wahl fell ill while working during extra time of the Argentina-Netherlands game on Friday at Lusail Stadium.

3 years ago

File photo: Gloria Steinem and Dorothy Pitman Hughes attend the Ms. Foundation for Women Gloria Awards at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York, May 1, 2014. (Photo by Scott Roth/Invision/AP, File)
Community

Pioneering Black feminist Dorothy Pitman Hughes dies at 84

Hughes died Dec. 1 in Tampa, Florida.

3 years ago

A fence displays the words
PlanPhilly
Community

A winter festival is coming to McPherson Square. It’s part of a months-long effort to ‘reclaim space’ in Kensington

A winter festival and toy drive are coming to Kensington’s McPherson Square. The events are part of a collaboration between the city and residents to make the park safer.

3 years ago

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An aerial view of items displayed on a table.
Arts & Entertainment

The history of the Philadelphia Orchestra now lives at Penn

More than 1,000 boxes containing the complete 175-year archive of the Orchestra and the Academy of Music have moved across town to Penn Library.

3 years ago

File photo: Pennsylvania House Speaker Bryan Cutler, R-Lancaster, speaker at the Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022. Democrats in the Pennsylvania House moved to control the chamber, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022 after they barely won back a majority of seats in November but one of their incumbents died and two others won higher office. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
Courts & Law

GOP sues over special elections in Pa. House majority battle

Rep. Bryan Cutler of Lancaster in a lawsuit filed late Friday asked Commonwealth Court to issue an injunction against special elections his Democratic counterpart scheduled.

3 years ago

A man holds hands with his children next to a giant Nutcracker statue.
Arts & Entertainment

Philadelphia Ballet invites Black dads to bring their kids to the Nutcracker

Response to the Philadelphia Ballet’s “Daddy and Me” initiative welcoming fathers this weekend has been “overwhelming.”

3 years ago

Tracy was the first outsider hired to run the Wilmington police force. (City of Wilmington)
Courts & Law

‘He will be missed’: Wilmington police chief hired to lead St. Louis PD

Chief Robert Tracy started his tenure in 2017, during a record year for shootings. Gun violence has fallen, risen, and fallen again during that time.

3 years ago

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File photo: Climate activists with the Earth Quaker Action Team protest Vanguard's fossil fuel investments at their headquarters in Malvern. Eight people who sought to meet with an executive were arrested after refusing to leave and charged with misdemeanor defiant trespass. (Courtesy of Earth Quaker Action Team)
Politics & Policy

Vanguard pulls out of international climate initiative, angering environmentalists

Vanguard withdrew from a global network of asset managers committed to cutting carbon emissions. The company says it was to preserve independence and prevent confusion.

3 years ago

Pennridge School District (Google maps)
Education

Pennridge cuts social studies requirements, but keeps world history course

The impact of reducing the required number of credits on Pennridge’s social studies curriculum has not been made clear.

3 years ago

A view of the Roundhouse, the former headquarters of the Philadelphia Police Department, on Dec. 8, 2022. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

‘Wide and varied’ opinions offered of future of Philly’s Roundhouse during months of public input

Many said they wanted to see the complicated history of the city’s former police headquarters recognized in the site’s next life.

3 years ago

Bluford Charter School on Media Street in West Philadelphia. (Aubri Juhasz/WHYY)
Education

Bluford Charter School will reopen as a district-run school this fall, unless a new charter application is approved

Bluford charter school is expected to reopen as a district-run school this fall, while its sister school, Daroff, will remain closed, officials said.

3 years ago

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