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An up-close view of a turkey and cheese Shorti from Wawa.
Business
Food & Drink
National
Pennsylvania
Billy Penn

Hoagies are coming to the Midwest as Wawa announces expansion to Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio

Currently the 29th largest privately owned company in the U.S. — and the largest in Pa. — Wawa is hoping to do double its store count by the end of this decade.

3 years ago

A gravestone reads,
Criminal Justice
Philadelphia
Policing
Public Safety

Philadelphia police identify victim in city’s oldest unsolved homicide case

The boy, discovered in a box in Northeast Philadelphia more than 60 years ago, has been identified as 4-year-old Joseph Augustus Zarelli.

3 years ago

This Tuesday Dec. 25, 2018 file photo shows the Delaware River at Washington Crossing, Pa. On Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021, the Delaware River Basin Commission voted to permanently ban natural gas drilling and fracking in the watershed. (Jacqueline Larma / AP)
Delaware
Environment
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Delaware River Basin Commission votes to ban fracking wastewater discharges

After banning fracking in 2021, the DRBC now also prohibits wastewater disposal in the basin. But environmentalists say the new rules leave room for loopholes.

3 years ago

Traffic on a highway in Delaware.
Delaware
Public Safety
Streets & Roads
Transportation

Delaware’s 149 traffic fatalities this year are the most since 1988

With only a few weeks till the New Year, it’s been an especially deadly year on Delaware highways with 149 deaths — a number not seen since 1988.

3 years ago

Neil Patel hired Pa. State Agents to patrol his KARCO gas station in Philadelphia. (6abc)
Crime
Gun Violence
Philadelphia
Public Safety

Philadelphia gas station owner hires armed agents to patrol property

Neil Patel says the crime targeting customers and his store and employees is rampant.

3 years ago

The Confederate flag and monument at the Marvel Carriage Museum. (WHYY file)
Delaware
Government Accountability
History
Social Justice

Delaware town holding Christmas party at controversial museum that flies Confederate flag

A council member who shepherded funds to the museum says the party doesn’t aim to “stir up anything.” An NAACP leader says it doubles down on “white supremacy.”

3 years ago

(6abc)
Crime
Pennsylvania
Public Safety
6abc

Deadly house fire in Darby Township, Delaware County now being investigated as suspicious

The cause of the fire remains under investigation, but officials said Monday the incident appears suspicious.

3 years ago

Los Angeles Dodgers' Trea Turner rounds first base after hitting a three-run home run during a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
Philadelphia
Sports

Trea Turner, Phillies reach $300M, 11-year deal: AP source

The Philadelphia Phillies have landed Trea Turner, agreeing to a $300 million, 11-year contract with the dynamic shortstop.

3 years ago

Posters say missing on them and have photos of people.
NPR
Crime
Criminal Justice
Media
Race & Ethnicity

Racial bias affects media coverage of missing people. A new tool illustrates how

The database tool estimates that younger, white women will get increasingly more news coverage than other racial groups — such as Black, Latino and Indigenous people.

3 years ago

The classic Amtrak flipboard that used to sit in Philly's 30th Street Station.
Philadelphia
Preservation
Transportation
Billy Penn

Amtrak promises 30th Street’s iconic flipboard will return, but (still) only as decoration

Philadelphia travelers continue to lament the disappearance of the clickety-clack display.

3 years ago

Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson signs autographs before of an NFL football game between the Cleveland Browns and Houston Texans in Houston, Sunday, Dec. 4, 2022,. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
National
Sports

Deshaun Watson returns from ban with some support, many boos

Watson heard jeers before taking each snap on his first series in his first game Sunday since returning from an 11-game suspension for sexual misconduct.

3 years ago

(Biederman’s Specialty Foods)
Food & Drink
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Inside Biederman’s Specialty Foods, South Philly’s Jewish ‘appetizing store’

Think smoked trout, salmon, whitefish, and matzo ball soup — anything that goes with bagels.

3 years ago

(6abc)
Pennsylvania
Public Safety

Deadly house fire claims life of person with disability in Darby Township

The flames were so intense, firefighters had to evacuate the home two different times.

3 years ago

Fans of the United States soccer team Eesha Pendharkar, right, and Dania Abdalla react as they watch on television at a bar in Washington the United States team play against the Netherlands during their World Cup soccer match, Saturday, Dec. 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
International
Sports

American fans captivated by U.S. team’s World Cup run

The American audience tuned into the U.S.'s first three matches in record numbers to watch the second-youngest team at the World Cup.

3 years ago

FILE - Nick Fuentes, right-wing podcaster, speaks at a pro-Trump march, Nov. 14, 2020, in Washington. A surge of anti-Jewish vitriol, spread by a world-famous rapper, an NBA star and other prominent people, including Fuentes, is stoking fears that public figures are normalizing hate and ramping up the risk of violence in a country already experiencing a sharp increase in antisemitism. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
Religion
Social Justice

Antisemitic celebrities stoke fears of normalizing hate

Leaders of the Jewish community in the U.S. and extremism experts have been alarmed to see celebrities with massive followings spew antisemitic tropes.

3 years ago

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