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Ever wondered if the soil in your Philly yard has lead in it? Now’s your chance to find out

Got questions about keeping your kids safe from lead? This event in West Philly Saturday will have all the answers — and free smoothies!

3 years ago

SEPTA workers power wash Allegheny Station on Kensington Avenue. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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SEPTA launches safety and cleaning program to provide social services to people using stations as shelters

SEPTA will partner with local college students to offer social services to people experiencing homelessness using the transit system as a shelter.

3 years ago

A workbook is pictured at a gun violence solutions workshop
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Billy Penn

How local news can help heal Philly’s gun violence crisis, instead of make it worse

A workshop brought together journalists, researchers and advocates to seek a better way. “I was mad at the world because of the media,” one survivor said.

3 years ago

A rendering of the Philadelphia Union's WSFS Bank Sportsplex, viewed from Subaru Park. (OSPORTS)
Infrastructure
Pennsylvania
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Philadelphia Union to build $55 million sports complex

Plans for the 32-acre sports and recreation complex will include indoor and outdoor fields, courts, and a weight room. Construction will cost more than $55 million.

3 years ago

Food Bank of Delaware breaks ground on the new Center in Southern, Delaware. (Picture from Kim Turner, Public Relation of Food Bank of Delaware)
Delaware
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Income Inequality

A Delaware food bank is breaking ground on downstate location to meet rise in demand

The new 67,000-square-foot facility in Kent County will provide expanded training programs and wider food distribution capabilities.

3 years ago

FILE - A sign is pictured outside the Twitter headquarters in San Francisco, Monday, April 25, 2022. Trading in shares of Twitter were halted, Tuesday, Oct. 4,  after the stock spiked on reports that Elon Musk would proceed with his $44 billion deal to buy the company after months of legal battles.(AP Photo/Jed Jacobsohn, File)
Business
Media

A Musk retweet: Tesla CEO says he’ll pay $44B to buy Twitter

Musk made the proposal in a letter to Twitter that the company disclosed in a filing Tuesday with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

3 years ago

Philadelphia Phillies' Kyle Schwarber is doused in beer in celebration
Philadelphia
Sports

Phillies down Astros for 1st playoff berth since 2011

“This is the goal,” Harper said. “This is what you play for.”

3 years ago

A woman burns headscarves during a demonstration in support of Kurdish Iranian woman Mahsa Amini during a protest on Sunday on Place de la Republique in Paris, following Amini's death in Iran.
Stefano Rellandini/AFP via Getty Images
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Around the world, protesters take to the streets in solidarity with Iranian women

Protesters have gathered in cities around the world in recent days in a show of solidarity with women in Iran.

3 years ago

Catalytic converters were stolen from school buses in Centennial School District. (6abc)
Crime
K-12
Pennsylvania
6abc

Catalytic converters stolen from 5 school buses in Bucks County

Thieves go after the catalytic converters because they contain precious metals with skyrocketing values.

3 years ago

People gather around a bar. A sign reads Love City Brewing.
Community Events
LGBTQ
Philadelphia

First Queertoberfest brings the ‘best of both worlds’ for Philadelphia’s LGBTQ community

The sold-out fall festival could be the first of many new events for Philadelphia’s queer community, according to organizers.

3 years ago

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Feds vow major aid for Hurricane Ian victims amid rescues

U.S. officials are vowing to unleash an unprecedented amount of federal disaster aid in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian as the death toll rises amid recovery efforts.

3 years ago

Workers repair an electrical wire in front of a tall building.
NPR
Energy
Environment
National
Public Health

More than 100,000 clients in Puerto Rico are still without power 2 weeks after Fiona

Nearly a third of customers in Puerto Rico's westernmost municipalities are still waiting for electricity.

3 years ago

People hold up red picket signs.
NPR
Business
Employment
Food & Drink
National

Starbucks workers have unionized at record speed; many fear retaliation now

More than 300 Starbucks stores have held union elections in less than a year, a remarkable feat. But now workers blame union busting by Starbucks for a slowdown.

3 years ago

File photo: Hundreds gathered at Gorgas Park Thursday for a prayer vigil following Tuesday's deadly shooting at Roxborough High School. (Cory Sharber/WHYY)
Gun Violence
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Philadelphia
Public Safety
Billy Penn

Area moms say they love the neighborhood and don’t blame RHS kids — but worry that nowhere is safe

Area moms say they love the neighborhood and don’t blame RHS kids — but worry that nowhere is safe.

3 years ago

Flowers are shown at a memorial
International
Policing
Sports

125 die as tear gas triggers crush at Indonesia soccer match

Panic and a chaotic run for exits after police fired tear gas at an Indonesian soccer match has left at least 125 dead.

3 years ago

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