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Officials say the seal pup has come onto the sand at the end of Collins Avenue for the last several days. (6abc)
Animals
Delaware
Environment
6abc

Seal pup spotted along busy beach in Delaware

Officials say the seal pup has come onto the sand at the end of Collins Avenue for the last several days.

3 years ago

Members and other Philadelphia Quakers gather at Green Street Friends meetinghouse in Germantown
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity
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Billy Penn

Germantown Quakers plan to give $500,000 as reparations to Black neighbors over the next decade

Green Street Friends is starting with a series of legal clinics to help preserve the wealth of Black homeowners.

3 years ago

Pureland Industrial Complex covers 3,000 acres of former farmland in Logan Township, N.J. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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New Jersey

There are plenty of jobs in Logan Township, the problem is getting to them

With companies based in Gloucester County looking for workers, township officials are trying to improve transportation to connect people to work.

3 years ago

Listen 3:24
A sign reads Lights Out! on a green lawn.
PlanPhilly
Animals
Energy
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Philadelphia

Turn out your lights to help save birds migrating through Philly

Lights Out Philly started after a mass collision event killed over 1,000 birds. This year, conservationists want your help protecting migrating birds.

3 years ago

Briarcliffe Fire Company in Delaware County.
Government
Government Accountability
Race & Ethnicity
6abc

Delco fire company will disband after racist remarks caught on video

The volunteer fire company was originally suspended for 30 days back in February.

3 years ago

Kids swim at the James Finnegan Playground pool
Gun Violence
Kids
Philadelphia

Summer is coming. Philadelphia hopes a new activities campaign will prevent gun violence and keep kids safe

Philadelphia officials are rolling out summer activities for kids, in anticipation of a surge in gun violence this summer. What will it take to make them safe?

3 years ago

The new Delaware DMV On-The-Go trailer.
Delaware
Government
Streets & Roads
Transportation

The state of Delaware goes high tech with new mobile DMV unit

The almost quarter-million-dollar trailer is designed to offer almost everything you can get at a traditional DMV location.

3 years ago

Parks and Recreation commissioner Kathryn Ott Lovell (Tom MacDonald / WHYY)
Outdoors
Philadelphia

Philly increasing pay for lifeguards and offering free training to boost the ranks

Free lifeguard training is underway for 16 to 24-year-olds in Philly. Officials want to use the pools as safe havens this summer.

3 years ago

New York City Police Department personnel gather at the entrance to a subway stop in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Tuesday, April 12, 2022. Multiple people were shot and injured Tuesday at a subway station in New York City during a morning rush hour attack that left wounded commuters bleeding on a train platform. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Crime
Gun Violence
Public Safety

Brooklyn subway suspect tipped off police to his location

The man accused in the shooting of 10 people on a Brooklyn subway has been arrested and charged with a federal terrorism offense.

3 years ago

Left: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Feb. 22. Right: Zelenskyy on April 4. (Ukrainian Presidency/Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images; Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP via Getty Images)
NPR
International
Mental Health
Military

Images of Zelenskyy show the physical toll that trauma and stress can have on the body

Trauma and stress wreak havoc on the human body after prolonged exposure. Over time, sleep, attention, memory, mood, physical appearance and so much else are impacted.

3 years ago

The Philadelphia skyline is pictured at night
Government
Gun Violence
Philadelphia
Policing

Fewer police stats, more community engagement sought at Philly gun violence briefings

The briefings emphasize police responses to shootings, which attendees and experts believe contributes to harmful portrayals of gun violence in the media.

3 years ago

Pedestrians carry plastic bags in Philadelphia
Business
Environment
Pennsylvania
Sustainability

Haverford bans plastic bags as more Main Line communities look to do the same

Months after Pennsylvania's prohibition on plastic regulations expired, more Main Line communities are moving ahead with their plans to reduce plastic waste.

3 years ago

Afghan refugees are processed inside Hangar 5 at the Ramstein U.S. Air Base in Germany
The Philadelphia Experiment
Immigration
Race & Ethnicity
Social Justice
The Philadelphia Experiment

Refugees of color wish they could get the Ukrainian treatment

Columnist Solomon Jones examines the differences in American policies for immigrants and refugees from Black and brown countries and Ukraine.

3 years ago

New York City Police Department personnel gather at the entrance to a subway stop in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Tuesday, April 12, 2022. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Gun Violence
Public Safety

Police focus on van renter in Brooklyn subway shooting probe

Chief of Detectives James Essig identified the man as 62-year-old Frank R. James and says James has addresses in Philadelphia and Wisconsin.

3 years ago

A shopper walks through a grocery store in Washington, D.C, on March 13. Surging inflation poses a particular challenge for working-class families, impacting the cost of basic necessities such as groceries. (Stefani Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images)
NPR
Economy
Income Inequality

How soaring inflation forces stark choices on low-income Americans

From rising rent to higher heating bills, surging inflation impacts everybody, but it poses a particular hardship for people with little extra money to spare.

3 years ago

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