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Philadelphia's Navy Yard launched an autonomous vehicle shuttle bus service on February 27, 2024.
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As autonomous bus launches at Navy Yard, drivers’ union pushes back

As SEPTA workers look ahead to contract negotiations this fall, they’re considering language secured in an Ohio contract that would let the union veto the use of AVs.

2 years ago

A for sale sign is visible on a street in Fishtown, Philadelphia.
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Racial homeownership gap persists in Philly metro, analysis finds

The finding suggests the metro’s racial homeownership gap is the result of systemic roadblocks that go beyond income, according to a report released last week.

2 years ago

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File photo: Many trees were felled as part of the restoration and renovation of the Cobbs Creek golf course and community engagement center, as seen on Feb. 27, 2022. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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Tiger Woods hires former West Philadelphia principal to run his TGR Lab at Cobbs Creek Golf Course

Meredith Foote, a veteran educator who taught school in Philadelphia and Newark, was named executive director of TGR Learning Lab in July.

2 years ago

A Macy's department store is in Bay Shore, Long Island, New York, on Tuesday, December 12, 2023.
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Why Macy’s is closing 150 department stores

The new CEO is culling "underproductive" locations, while opening more upscale Bloomingdale's and Bluemercury stores. Here's what's happening with the chain.

2 years ago

Ottawa Senators goalie Patrick Lalime (40) and Philadelphia Flyers goalie Robert Esche join in the fight-filled final 1:45 of the third period of an NHL hockey game March 5, 2004, in Philadelphia.
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20 years since NHL’s record-setting Flyers-Senators brawl, fighting is down across the league but not going anywhere

There are still roughly 300 each season, or one every four to five games.

2 years ago

The idea that sentences can end with a preposition has become a point of contention in the replies to a tongue-in-cheek social media post from dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster.
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Merriam-Webster says you can end a sentence with a preposition. The internet goes off

The dictionary publisher's guidance on the practice has people riled up. Grammarians say the made-up rule is one big waste of time. Not everyone is ready to let it go.

2 years ago

Rich Guffanti and Andrew Wheeler co-founded the volunteer clean-up effort in 2018.
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Philadelphia
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Billy Penn

Meet the Cobbs Creek Park Ambassadors

The volunteers are a formidable force wielding buckets, trash cans, wire cutters and even chainsaws in the fight against trash.

2 years ago

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NBA G League player Terry Roberts shot outside bar in Olney section of Philadelphia

It was close at first, but doctors now say Roberts will survive. He was taken off a ventilator and was able to talk with his parents on Monday.

2 years ago

The autonomous vehicle (AV) shuttle at Philadelphia's Navy Yard.
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Philadelphia
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Philadelphia Navy Yard begins autonomous, electric shuttle service

The Navy Yard’s AV shuttle can fit nine seated passengers and a wheelchair.

2 years ago

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Nikisha Bailey and Matthew Nam
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Philadelphia

Black-owned roaster Win Win Coffee will soon start brewing in Kensington

The Philly entrepreneurs are building a network of coffee farmers across the African diaspora to build more Black wealth.

2 years ago

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Carla Sessions (second from right) and her neighbors have been fighting against a proposal to develop athletic fields and buildings on Haycock Camping Ministries.
Environment
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Pennsylvania

Bucks County residents are fighting a youth camp development proposal near wetlands

In addition to concerns about traffic and increased noise, residents say they worry development might impact the environment.

2 years ago

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Leap Day
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Why do we leap day? We remind you (so you can forget for another 4 years)

The Hebrew, Chinese and Buddhist calendars, among others, have long contained entire leap months. The West is no stranger to leap years either.

2 years ago

Groups are addressing the racial wealth gap in Philadelphia.
Economy
Income Inequality
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity

Philly’s racial wealth gap is wider now than in 1960. Here are programs working to fix it

New initiatives want to stop persistent wealth discrepancies between people of color and their white counterparts.

2 years ago

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Pedestrians carry plastic bags in Philadelphia
Environment
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New Jersey

An industry study about New Jersey’s plastic bag ban is an example of how to stay vigilant against misinformation

A story that went viral was a one-sided study against New Jersey’s two-year-old ban on single-use plastic shopping bags.

2 years ago

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Pennsylvania
Public Spaces
Transportation

SEPTA rolls out new multi-rider feature for Key card holders

Starting Monday, passengers with a SEPTA Key card can tap in up to five riders for the same trip.

2 years ago

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