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Police stand near where a man opened fire at a business, killing three people before the suspect and a state trooper were wounded in a shootout, according to authorities, in Smithsburg, Md., Thursday, June 9, 2022. The Washington County (Md.) Sheriff's Office said in a news release that three victims were found dead at Columbia Machine Inc. and a fourth victim was critically injured. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark)
Crime
Gun Violence

Authorities: 3 dead, trooper wounded in Maryland shooting

The Washington County sheriff said the victims of Thursday's shooting and the suspect all worked at Columbia Machine Inc. in Smithsburg.

3 years ago

A rendering of what Filbert Street might look like this fall when the transformation is complete. (Courtesy of Ground Reconsidered)
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Philadelphia
Billy Penn

The street next to Reading Terminal Market is becoming a ‘festival’ area with expanded sidewalks and outdoor dining

The project isn’t quite as ambitious as originally planned — no retractable bollards, for example — but it should all be done by fall.

3 years ago

A bee looks for nectar in a blossom
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Pennsylvania
Sustainability

‘We’re all abuzz’: Media Borough nationally certified as a ‘Bee City’

The national initiative designed to save the bees has found a partner community in Delaware County. Media wants other communities to follow in its steps.

3 years ago

A Philadelphia firefighter washes blood off the sidewalk at the scene of a fatal overnight shooting on South Street in Philadelphia, Sunday, June 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Michael Perez)
Gun Violence
Philadelphia
Policing
Public Safety

Philly police believe more officers could prevent an escalation of violence this summer. Advocates say the problem runs deeper

Philadelphia police say they need more help, but they’ll be more proactive about traffic control this summer.

3 years ago

Maureen May holds a protest sign and speaker at a protest outside Suburban Community Hospital
Employment
Health Care
Pennsylvania

Suburban Community Hospital nurses protest against Prime Healthcare denying health care bills

Nurses at Suburban Community Hospital say they are concerned about staffing shortages, pay inequalities, and unpaid health care benefits.

3 years ago

Saijai Sabayjit (center) of Saijai Thai sets out samples of her fried tofu. She is one of three vendors from the Southeast Asian Market at FDR Park chosen to serve food at the Philadelphia Flower Show. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Food & Drink
Public Spaces
Race & Ethnicity

Cambodian vendors to become permanent part of FDR Park

The city has granted $100K toward a planning process to figure out what the weekly Cambodian marketplace in FDR Park needs to thrive.

3 years ago

People dance in Detroit as the sun sets behind the skyline in November 2020. (David Goldman/AP Photo)
Business
Government
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

What can Philly learn from Detroit? Local leaders are heading to the Midwest to find out

The two cities have a lot in common, so organizers say this year’s GPLEX conference has a ton of potential.

3 years ago

Zeneta Everhart, whose son, Zaire Goodman, 20, was shot during the Buffalo Tops supermarket mass shooting and survived, testifies during a House Committee on Oversight and Reform hearing on gun violence on Capitol Hill on Wednesday. (Andrew Harnik/AP)
NPR
Government Accountability
Gun Violence
Public Safety

Parents of recent mass shooting victims urge Congress to act on gun control

Parents of children injured and killed during last month's mass shootings in Buffalo, N.Y., and Uvalde, Texas, implored members of the House Oversight Committee to act quickly

3 years ago

Philadelphia police investigators work the scene of a fatal overnight shooting on South Street in Philadelphia, Sunday, June 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Michael Perez)
Radio Times
Gun Violence
Policing
Race & Ethnicity

Philadelphia’s cycle of gun violence: trauma, healing and possible solutions

After Saturday's mass shooting in Philadelphia, Police Commissioner Outlaw and three anti-gun violence advocates talk about how to make Philly streets safe.

Air Date: June 8, 2022 10:00 am

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A burger from Shake Shack
Business
Food & Drink
Pennsylvania
Billy Penn

Shake Shack declines to drop Martin’s, but says they’re in ‘active conversations’ about the bakery’s ties to Mastriano

Other food businesses, like Philly’s Federal Donuts, are seeking alternate potato roll vendors.

3 years ago

Hayden Gould, Executive Project  Manager, Seabin North America, holds up a container of micro plastics collected out of the Delaware River Watershed at a demonstration of their trash collecting devices at Bartrams’ Gardens on June 7, 2022. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Environment
Philadelphia
Sustainability

Could these simple ‘Seabins’ give us better information about the plastics hiding in Philly’s rivers?

The “Seabin” trash capture devices will help the EPA, along with the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary, to gather important data on what types of plastics are in the water.

3 years ago

Listen 1:53
Mayor Jim Kenney said there were enough police on South Street Saturday night. (Tom MacDonald/WHYY)
Gun Violence
Philadelphia
Public Spaces

After South St. mass shooting, Philly mayor says removing guns only way to stop increased street violence

The city is working on ways to make the city safer in the wake of a deadly mass shooting that left three people dead and 11 others wounded.

3 years ago

About 100 people marched to the Pennsylvania Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., on Tuesday, June 7, 2022, to press for action to curb crime and assist its victims. The event was sponsored by Crime Survivors for Safety and Justice and urged lawmakers to take action. (AP Photo/Mark Scolforo)
Government Accountability
Gun Violence
Pennsylvania
Public Safety

State Capitol rally urges action to fight crime, aid victims

A group of crime victims and their allies rallied on the state Capitol steps Tuesday to call for changes, three days after a shooting in Philly killed three and wounded 11.

3 years ago

The PABJ said in a statement on Twitter: 'Philadelphia Association of Black Journalists in saddened by the recent news that Broadcast Legend Trudy Hayes has passed this morning at 95-years-old. We’re not mourning, but will continue celebrating her trailblazing life and legacy.' (Philadelphia Tribune)
History
Media
Race & Ethnicity

Trudy Haynes, first Black TV reporter in Philly dies at 95

CBS3 Eyewitness News has reported that Trudy Haynes, whose hiring there in 1965 made her the first Black television reporter in Philadelphia, has died at 95.

3 years ago

Members of the Black Male Community Council hold up the official flag of Juneteenth while Ben Haith (left) the creator of that flag describes what inspired him. Haith was the guest of honor at the flag raising ceremony at Philadelphia City Hall. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Black Lives Matter
History
Race & Ethnicity
Social Justice

Juneteenth flag raised at Philadelphia City Hall

The Juneteenth flag was designed by Ben Haith, of Boston, who was honored by the city of Philadelphia 25 years later.

3 years ago

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