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Jersey Shore worker shortage worsens as Labor Day approaches
Staffing issues at the shore are getting worse as students go back to school and the few foreign students brought in for the summer on temporary visas return home.
3 years ago
Flags lowered to honor Delaware lives lost to the opioid crisis
Family members of those who died from overdoses lowered state, county and U.S. flags outside New Castle County government headquarters Friday.
3 years ago
Do you speak Dari or Pashto? Philly wants your help welcoming displaced Afghans
Philadelphia health officials are searching for translators to help usher displaced Afghans into the U.S. — specifically people who speak Dari or Pashto.
3 years ago
2 dead after car hits home in Chester, Pa. and bursts into flames
Both the driver and the passenger of a car were killed. The driver was the father of three children.
3 years ago
Why the U.S. government should waive fees for Afghan refugees seeking humanitarian parole
Cathryn Miller-Wilson, executive director of HIAS Pennsylvania, demands the U.S. government waive humanitarian parole fees for Afghan refugees.
3 years ago
Philadelphia International Airport to receive evacuees from Afghanistan
"Philadelphia stands in solidarity with Afghan refugees," said Mayor Jim Kenney.
3 years ago
Marian Anderson statue coming to Academy of Music, but project needs donations
Properly honoring South Philadelphia’s own Marian Anderson, the first Black singer to perform at the White House in 1936, will require close to $1.4 million.
3 years ago
Almost 2 weeks after the quake, aid is just getting to some remote towns in Haiti
The magnitude 7.2 earthquake killed more than 2,000 people and destroyed tens of thousands of homes in Haiti's southern peninsula. Recovery efforts have been slow.
3 years ago
US officials: 11 Marines and medic killed in Afghanistan
Western nations had warned of a possible attack on Kabul’s airport in the waning days of the massive evacuation efforts.
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Investigators also looked at museum best practices, and offered cultural competency recommendations for the future.
3 years ago
Why Philly keeps a billion-dollar open-air drug market contained in Kensington
The containment of Kensington’s drug market demonstrates the systematic racism that plagues Philadelphia, Eduardo Esquivel writes.
3 years ago
New Jersey receiving Afghan refugees at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst
The goal is to resettle Afghans arriving in the state after landing in Virginia as soon as possible, a State Department spokesperson says.
3 years ago
Neighbors and Newsroom Summit: A how-to on pitching the news media
WHYY’s Assistant News Director Katie Colaneri joins a panel of local editors and journalists for a conversation about the best ways to pitch the news media.
3 years ago
Community members shared suggestions at a panel discussion on anti-violence funding.
3 years ago
Ban on bird-feeding lifted after mysterious disease abates
The advisory imposed earlier this summer sought to protect songbirds from an unknown ailment. It’s still not clear what was causing the bird deaths.
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