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Fetterman is visible in profile, speaking at a podium in front of a crowd. A huge Fetterman campaign sign hangs in the background.
Politics & Policy

Fetterman talks reproductive rights, stroke recovery during campaign stop in Blue Bell

Lt. Governor John Fetterman told supporters he would vote to codify Roe v. Wade if elected to the United States Senate.

3 years ago

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Money

As small businesses raise prices, some customers push back

Inflation isn’t only costing small businesses money. It’s costing them customers as well.

3 years ago

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Community

‘I cannot mourn’: Former colonies conflicted over the queen

Queen Elizabeth II inherited millions of subjects around the world Upon taking the throne in 1952. Many of them were unwilling.

3 years ago

File photo: The Philadelphia Police Pipes and Drums corps marches down Second Street from the Fireman's Hall Museum to the Betsy Ross House, where a 9/11 remembrance ceremony has been held each year since 2002. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community
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Communities across the Delaware Valley gather to remember 9/11 21 years later

City leaders at Philadelphia's ceremony said it's important to remember everyone impacted by 9/11.

3 years ago

President Biden stands under a black umbrella at a podium, with a somber expression on his face.
Community

Biden honors 9/11 victims, vows commitment to thwart terror

President Joe Biden marked the 21st anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, taking part in a somber wreath-laying ceremony at the Pentagon.

3 years ago

A hearse makes its way through the street in Scotland, which is lined with people on either side.
Community

Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin takes long road through Scotland

Queen Elizabeth II’s flag-draped coffin has slowly processed through the Scottish countryside on a journey from Balmoral Castle to the Scottish capital of Edinburgh.

3 years ago

A view of officers from behind saluting the American flag.
Community

U.S. marks 21st anniversary of 9/11 terror attacks

The 9/11 anniversary commemoration at ground zero has begun with a tolling bell and a moment of silence, 21 years after the start of the deadliest terror attack on U.S. soil.

3 years ago

File photo: Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner speaks during a news conference in Philadelphia, Monday, Jan. 31, 2022
Courts & Law

Krasner says he’s working to ensure a safe and secure voting experience in November

DA Larry Krasner says city, state, and federal officials will be on the lookout for vote tampering in Philly during the upcoming midterms.

3 years ago

The Delaware Memorial Bridge is shown from afar, with a blue sky in the background.
Community

Major work starts to re-deck the northbound span of the Delaware Memorial Bridge

Expect delays on both spans of the Delaware Memorial Bridge for months to come, as work begins on re-decking the more than 70-year-old structure.

3 years ago

Iga Swiatek, of Poland, holds up the championship trophy after defeating Ons Jabeur, of Tunisia, to win the women's singles final of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Saturday, Sept. 10, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
Arts & Entertainment

Iga Swiatek beats Ons Jabeur for 1st US Open title, 3rd Slam

The world No. 1 cemented her status as a dominant figure in women’s tennis by triumphing at the tournament that is expected to be the last of Serena Williams’ career.

3 years ago

Don Shump poses with his head, neck, and upper torso covered in honey bees at the Philadelphia Honey Festival. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Photo essay: The ‘Bee Beard’ returns to Philadelphia during the 2022 Honey Festival

Bees swarmed beekeeper Don Shump’s face during a sweet — and scary — demonstration.

3 years ago

On Saturday, September 10, at Mill Creek Recreation Center, neighbors and loved ones paid tribute to Tiffany Fletcher, a mother of three who was killed by a stray bullet Friday afternoon in front of the center. (Emily Rizzo/WHYY)
Community

Philly’s Mill Creek community mourns loss of beloved Parks and Recreation employee, calls for gun violence solutions

They say Tiffany Fletcher, who was killed by a stray bullet while at work, was a pillar of her neighborhood.

3 years ago

File photo: Actor Marsha Hunt arrives at the Hollywood Foreign Press Association Luncheon in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Aug. 13, 2013. Hunt, one of the last surviving actors from Hollywood’s so-called Golden Age of the 1930s and 1940s who worked with performers ranging from Laurence Olivier to Andy Griffith in a career disrupted for a time by the McCarthy-era blacklist, has died. She was 104.  Hunt died Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022 at her home in Sherman Oaks, Calif. said Roger Memos, the writer-director of the 2015 documentary “Marsha Hunt’s Sweet Adversity.
Arts & Entertainment

Marsha Hunt, ’40s star and blacklist victim, dies at 104

Hunt was an established actor and was a rising star in the new medium of television when the work dried up because of allegations about her liberal activism.

3 years ago

King Charles III makes his declaration during the Accession Council at St James's Palace, London, Saturday, Sept. 10, 2022, where he is formally proclaimed monarch. (Jonathan Brady/Pool Photo via AP)
Politics & Policy

Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral on Sept 19 at Westminster Abbey

Earlier, King Charles III was officially announced as Britain’s monarch.

3 years ago

Carlos Alcaraz, of Spain (right) hugs Frances Tiafoe, of the United States, after winning their semifinal match of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Friday, Sept. 9, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Arts & Entertainment

Alcaraz stops Tiafoe’s US Open run for 1st Grand Slam final

Alcaraz will face No. 7 Casper Ruud for the championship on Sunday with so much on the line.

3 years ago

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