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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

People celebrated their Black heritage on foot, and some on bikes, during Sunday's Juneteenth Parade and Festival
Community Events
History
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity

Juneteenth Parade and Festival celebrates Black unity, fatherhood in West Philadelphia

West Philadelphia served as a backdrop for the love and connections made at the Juneteenth Parade and Festival on Sunday.

3 years ago

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''We’ve got ‘cheap’ and we’ve got ‘smoking.’ That’s why people come here,'' said the owner of McGlinchey's Bar in Center City Philadelphia
Business
Food & Drink
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Smoking bars face a hazy future in Philadelphia, the largest U.S. city that still allows them

The city banned indoor smoking nearly two decades ago. Several drinking establishments have exemptions, but they’re non-transferable.

3 years ago

Pope Francis delivers his blessing as he recites the Angelus noon prayer from the window of his studio overlooking St.Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, June 18, 2023
Community Events
Health Care
National
Religion

Pope Francis, back to Vatican routine post-surgery, says thanks to shouts of ‘Long live the pope!’

Thousands of pilgrims and tourists in the square exploded in applause when he came to the window.

3 years ago

26th United States Colored Volunteer Infantry at Camp William Penn., c. 1897
Community Events
History
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity
Billy Penn

Philadelphia was a training ground for Black soldiers who delivered the Juneteenth news

Located in Cheltenham, it was one of the top training centers for Black Union Army volunteers in free territories.

3 years ago

Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Jacques Rougeau Jr.
Crime
Pennsylvania
Policing

Pa. trooper, suspect killed in shootout; 2nd trooper critically wounded

Trooper Jacques Rougeau Jr., 29, was killed and Lt. James Wagner, 45, was critically wounded in separate encounters, police said.

3 years ago

An up-close view of the Juneteenth flag.
Community Events
Delaware
History

Juneteenth in Delaware: Celebrating freedom while fighting for equality and justice

Juneteenth of 1865 is the celebration of freedom and empowerment; but, for Delaware, it is more than simply a celebration — it is about re-educating one another.

3 years ago

A palm tree is visible in an empty field.
NPR
Environment
Housing
National

Climate change is causing people to move. They usually stay local, study finds

Researchers looked at thousands of homeowners who moved out of flood-prone homes. Most stayed within a 20-minute drive, and their new homes were safer from flooding.

3 years ago

Office cleaner Marcelina Lemus of Norristown speaks out against Planned Companies' use of non-union workers at a union rally in Conshohocken. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Business
Employment
New Jersey
Philadelphia

Philly office cleaners protest ‘union busting’ New Jersey contractor

A New Jersey-based building services business stopped using union workers when it took over a Philadelphia-area janitorial contract and workers say it’s not fair.

3 years ago

A close-up of a police car.
Gun Violence
Philadelphia
Public Safety
Transportation
6abc

Man shot, injured on Market-Frankford Line train in Philadelphia

The westbound train was at the Arrott Transportation Center when the shooting took place.

3 years ago

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