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Protesters march down Broad Street
Gun Violence
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

A hard look at the numbers behind 2021’s record gun violence in Philly, and an overview of what’s being done

People of color and young adults bore the brunt of city shootings.

3 years ago

The Pasta Lab Philadelphia (Instagram)
Business
Food & Drink
Philadelphia

The Pasta Lab is turning out amazing noodles in a Kensington warehouse

It’s all made with Pennsylvania wheat and Lancaster dairy.

3 years ago

Sycamore Ridge Apartments, where the crime happened. (Google Maps)
Crime
New Jersey
6abc

Police investigating fatal home invasion in Camden County

Upon arrival, they found 62-year-old Darlene Randall with a gunshot wound.

3 years ago

Equipment for print-making at The Plastic Club (Kimberly Paynter, WHYY)
Philadelphia
Visual Arts
Billy Penn

125 years after women founded The Plastic Club to break into a men-only scene, the arts group is thriving

With headquarters in Center City and a popular exhibit on Instagram, the club is recruiting new members.

3 years ago

New Jersey residents will need a Real ID to board domestic flights beginning in 2023. (NJ Spotlight)
New Jersey
Travel

If you don’t get a Real ID when you renew your license in N.J., it could take months

The state of New Jersey is limiting appointments for converting a standard license to Real ID, so people who want one should convert at renewal time.

3 years ago

Children sled on a slope in Williamson Park in Morrisville. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Outdoors
Pennsylvania
Public Spaces

‘It would change the soul of Morrisville’: A Bucks County community fights to keep its park

Some residents are suing the borough in Orphans Court, saying a plan to develop the park as apartments and business 40 violates state law.

3 years ago

Closeup of a police vehicle in Philadelphia
Philadelphia
Policing

Chemical mixture in Philadelphia police waiting area prompts evacuation

Police say the mixture, which appears to have been a combination of mace and some other substance, was deployed at about 9:15 p.m. Friday.

3 years ago

Philadelphia police car
Gun Violence
Philadelphia
Public Safety

Philly looks to expand initiative offering support to potential shooters before they pick up a gun

The goal of Group Violence Intervention is to offer support, such as job placement and training, to stop participants from picking up a gun.

3 years ago

Homes on North 50th Street in West Philadelphia.
PlanPhilly
Housing
Income Inequality
Philadelphia

Philly’s rental assistance program is ending

The program helped more than 38,000 households affected by COVID-19 remain in their homes. It is shutting down because funding is running out.

3 years ago

A photo collage of Rosalee McDonald and Virginia Thomas and their children shared by their friends and relatives after a devastating fire took their lives.
Housing
Neighborhoods
Philadelphia

A basketball phenom and Fairmount’s ‘mayor’: Philly grieves children lost to fire

Basketball coach Andre Wright remembers Destiny McDonald and Quintien Tate-McDonald as team players with talents that will be missed in the community.

3 years ago

The exterior of a rowhouse that burned in Fairmount
Radio Times
Housing
Mental Health
Philadelphia

The Fairmount fire and a grieving community

A fire in a Philadelphia rowhouse killed 12 people - eight of them children - this week. We'll talk about the investigation, the devastation, the families and the community.

Air Date: January 7, 2022 10:00 am

Listen 49:00
About 40 people gathered in Philadelphia’s Thomas Paine Plaza at a candlelight vigil remembering the attacks on the U.S. Capital a year later, on January 6, 2022. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Government Accountability
Pennsylvania
Politics

Philadelphians gather in vigil on anniversary of insurrection to push for expanded voting rights

The rally in Philadelphia was one of about 150 around the country, organized by a coalition of national groups.

3 years ago

Family members of 12 people killed in a rowhouse fire asked for privacy to grieve outside the children’s school, Bache-Martin Elementary, on Jan. 6, 2022. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Government Accountability
Housing
Philadelphia
Public Safety

‘A matter of life and death’: Fairmount house that caught fire lacked safety fixes found in newer PHA properties

Philadelphia Housing Authority CEO Kelvin Jeremiah said the deadly fire that engulfed a PHA apartment highlights the need for investment in public housing.

3 years ago

A passer-by looks over the barricade on the street of Wednesday's deadly fire
Philadelphia
Public Safety

Investigators look at Christmas tree as cause of deadly Fairmount fire

The tragedy marked the city's deadliest single fire in at least a century, with eight children among those who lost their lives.

3 years ago

The exterior of a rowhouse that burned in Fairmount
Philadelphia
Public Safety
Billy Penn

How to help survivors of the devastating and tragic Fairmount fire

The blaze tore through a home owned by PHA, taking 12 lives — eight of them children.

3 years ago

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