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Crew on a submersible.
NPR
Outdoors
Technology
Travel

OceanGate wants to change deep-sea tourism, but its missing sub highlights the risks

Until this week, few people were aware of another extreme adventure industry that is just getting started: deep-ocean exploration.

2 years ago

Rescue boat
Philadelphia
6abc

Philadelphia University graduate Shahzada Dawood among those on board missing submersible

The billionaire father earned a Master of Science degree in Global Textile Marketing from Philadelphia University in 2000.

2 years ago

OceanGate Expedition's Titan submersible is seen under water in 2021
National
Public Safety

The U.S. Coast Guard is bringing in new ships and underwater vessels to search for lost submersible

Coast Guard officials said underwater noises were detected by a surveillance aircraft and officials are searching an area twice the size of Connecticut.

2 years ago

Max Park, pictured after winning a December 2021 competition, recently set a world record for solving a 3x3x3 Rubik's cube in 3.13 seconds.
NPR
National
Sports

He once had motor skill challenges. Now he’s the world’s fastest Rubik’s cube solver

What puzzles most people — like solving a Rubik's cube — makes sense to Max Park.

3 years ago

Pile of pieces of broken asphalt pavement on the side of the road during repairs.
PlanPhilly
Infrastructure
Philadelphia
Streets & Roads
Transportation

Spot dangerous debris while driving? Here’s what to do

A woman was killed in Philly last week after an object on the highway pierced her windshield.

3 years ago

File photo: The Olympic rings are set up in Paris, France, Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017 at Trocadero plaza that overlooks the Eiffel Tower, a day after the official announcement that the 2024 Summer Olympic Games will be in the French capital. An IOC inspection team has given a resounding thumbs-up to Paris’ preparations for the 2024 Olympic Games. The IOC said Wednesday that Paris organizers are where they should be in their planning with 415 days to go before the opening ceremony
Crime
International
Sports

Paris 2024 Olympics HQ searched in third consecutive Summer Games scandal

Officials say French investigators have searched the Paris Olympic organizers’ headquarters as part of corruption investigations into contracts linked to the Games.

3 years ago

Bike Store Fire
National
Public Safety
Public Spaces

4 dead in e-bike shop fire that spread to apartments in New York City

It appears to be the latest in a string of fires linked to lithium ion batteries in the city. The blaze was reported early Tuesday in the Chinatown neighborhood of Manhattan.

3 years ago

Crews search a pond for a missing boy in Bucks County
Pennsylvania
Public Safety
6abc

Missing 9-year-old boy dies after being pulled from Bucks County pond

The child's bike and a fishing pole were nearby when officers arrived, but police say the boy was nowhere to be found.

3 years ago

OceanGate Expedition's Titan submersible is seen under water in 2021
National

Coast Guard says extensive search has yielded no sign of missing sub

Rescuers were racing against time to find the submersible before the oxygen supply runs out for five people who were on a mission to document the wreckage of the Titanic.

3 years ago

A Pride Flag flies on top of the Starbucks logo on top of the company's headquarters in Seattle.
Business
LGBTQ
Philadelphia

Are Philly-area Starbucks banning Pride displays? Decor varies from store to store

The coffee giant faces an NLRB complaint over the issue. In this region, some locations are full of rainbows, while others show no LGBTQ+ affirming decor.

3 years ago

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C. Adrienne Rhodes, co-founder of the Preserving Black Haddonfield History Project, stands on the steps of Mount Olivet Baptist Church and Parsonage in Haddonfield, N.J., on June 19, 2023. (Nicole Leonard/WHYY)
Community Events
History
New Jersey
Race & Ethnicity

As a South Jersey borough’s Black population shrinks, residents say preserving history and culture becomes vital

Haddonfield, N.J., is a borough in South Jersey with a small Black population, but one that dates back to the 1700s, historians say.

3 years ago

Philadelphia Phillies' Trea Turner, right, jumps over the ball next to Oakland Athletics second baseman Tony Kemp during the eighth inning of a baseball game in Oakland, Calif., Sunday, June 18, 2023. Turner advanced safely to second base after Phillies' Alec Bohm walked on the play
National
Philadelphia
Sports
Billy Penn

The A’s may out-underdog the Phillies, but that couldn’t stop the wins

Moving the team to Vegas is wrong and selfish. But Philadelphians who love baseball can feel bad and still celebrate their recent victories.

3 years ago

The U.S. Coast Guard in Boston is conducting the search and rescue for the missing submersible
NPR
National
Outdoors

A search is underway for a missing submersible that brings tourists to the Titanic

A submersible capable of taking tourists over 2 miles underwater to view the Titanic wreckage up close has gone missing.

3 years ago

Wyndham Clark holds the holds the trophy after winning the U.S. Open golf tournament at Los Angeles Country Club on Sunday, June 18, 2023, in Los Angeles
National
Sports

Wyndham Clark’s U.S. Open win on Father’s Day is also a tribute to his late mom

Clark’s mother, Lise, died of breast cancer in 2013, which sent him spiraling. The road back led him to leave college at Oklahoma State for a fresh start at Oregon.

3 years ago

A young boy walks past a painting depicting Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during a Juneteenth celebration in Los Angeles in 2020. Juneteenth marks the day in 1865 when federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, to take control of the state and ensure all enslaved people be freed, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation.
NPR
Community Events
History
National
Race & Ethnicity

Juneteenth, the newest federal holiday, is gaining awareness

Monday marks the Juneteenth holiday — a date commemorating the fall of slavery in the United States. While it's a new federal holiday, it's been celebrated since the 1860s.

3 years ago

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