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Renderings of the planned wetlands at FDR Park. (City of Philadelphia)
PlanPhilly
Community

Revised FDR Park plan includes more nature, no golf

An update to the FDR Park plan expands natural areas and drops a planned golf driving range. A new tidal wetland is set to break ground soon.

4 years ago

Rioters push a police barricade at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
Courts & Law

Man accused of bringing weapons to Pa. Convention Center arrested on Capitol riot charges

As well as federal misdemeanor offenses at the U.S. Capitol in January 2021, Antonio LaMotta is facing trial in Philadelphia this coming October.

4 years ago

File photo: Law enforcement personnel escort the Trump Organization's former Chief Financial Officer Allen Weisselberg, center, as he departs court, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
Courts & Law

Trump Organization CFO pleads guilty in tax evasion case

Allen Weisselberg is charged with taking more than $1.7 million in untaxed compensation from the Trump Organization.

4 years ago

Attendants at Philadelphia’s First Responders Day interact with a mounted police officer and his horse. (Cory Sharber/WHYY)
Community

Philadelphia’s ‘First Responders Day’ aims to better relations during tough times

The event aims to encourage first responders to create relationships in communities to reduce violent crime in Philadelphia.

4 years ago

DA Larry Krasner speaking at Shepard Rec Center in West Philly on August 17, 2022. (Sammy Caiola / WHYY)
Community

‘The victims are children’: Shooters spray 96 bullets near West Philly rec center, injuring five and worrying hundreds

Mayor Jim Kenney and District Attorney Larry Krasner joined forces Wednesday to address a mass shooting that occurred at Shepard Recreation Center Tuesday night.

4 years ago

(Courtesy of Devi Ramkissoon)
Community

Small businesses to take center stage in Fishtown as part of ‘Sustainable & Local Tour’

“Consumers have the power to vote with their dollars,” said Ramkissoon, “and we're voting for the world we want to live in, by choosing to support small businesses."

4 years ago

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A hydraulic fracturing drill rig in Bradford County
Health

Children living near Pa. fracking sites are at increased risk of leukemia, study finds

The research adds to a growing body of work on the health impacts of oil and gas drilling and bolsters arguments by public health advocates for greater oversight.

4 years ago

Rodney Dean (left) speaks with Woodbury Junior-Senior High School resource officer Ryan Alcott (middle) and Woodbury Police Chief Thomas Ryan (right) at a press conference announcing a new law requiring New Jersey schools to implement school threat assessment teams. (Tennyson Donyéa / WHYY)
Education

New Jersey schools must develop threat assessment teams by next summer

While many school districts already have “zero tolerance” policies in place, the new law is designed to provide mental health resources to help resolve students' issues.

4 years ago

Elementary school students play on the playground
Education

Philly public schools drop writing sample, add standardized tests back to selective admissions process

Students will no longer be required to complete a writing assessment and the district will resume using PSSA results for its criteria-based middle and high schools.

4 years ago

The tanker truck is still in Greenwich Township but is not emitting any vapor. Officials do not feel it is safe to move the vehicle yet. (6abc)
Community

Officials hold town hall after tanker truck emits vapors, stench in South Jersey

Dozens of residents across New Jersey showed up at the East Greenwich Municipal Building Tuesday night, demanding answers after a stench wafted throughout New Jersey for days.

4 years ago

courtroom
Courts & Law

Pa. judges in kids-for-cash scheme ordered to pay more than $200M

Two Pennsylvania judges who orchestrated a scheme to send children to for-profit jails in exchange for kickbacks were ordered to pay more than $200 million.

4 years ago

The city was supposed to receive more than 3,600 vials, but will instead receive just over 700 vials after the FDA announced a strategy to conserve vaccine doses. (6abc)
Health

Thousands of monkeypox vaccines no longer coming to Philly, as city rethinks prevention strategy

The federal government has reduced the local allocation to about 720 vials of vaccine.

4 years ago

A sign for a polling place is seen on the exterior of a door
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

Pa. lawmakers weigh bill that would allow independents to vote on primary candidates

Pa. has closed primary elections, meaning only registered Democrats and Republicans can vote for candidates from those parties and choose who will advance to the general.

4 years ago

Sarah Palin speaks during a forum for candidates
Politics & Policy

Murkowski advances in Alaska Senate race, Palin in House

A process being used for the first time in Alaska elections this year, party primaries have been scrapped and ranked choice voting is being used in general elections.

4 years ago

Margo Price performs with her band at the Philadelphia Folk Festival
Arts & Entertainment

Philly Folk Festival returns in person for 60th anniversary

After two pandemic years digital, America’s longest-running outdoor festival returns to Old Poole Farm for its 60th anniversary.

4 years ago

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