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New Jersey

What to know as N.J. prepares to roll out regulated weed market this week

New Jersey becomes the latest state to sell recreational marijuana beginning Thursday. Here’s what you’ll need to know before you consume.

3 years ago

A person stands in front of a severely damaged building in Mariupol, Ukraine.
International
Military
Politics

Mariupol teeters as Ukrainians defy surrender-or-die demand

The battered port city of Mariupol appears on the brink of falling to Russian forces after seven weeks under siege.

3 years ago

File photo: Worshippers perform an Eid al-Fitr prayer at the Masjidullah Mosque in Philadelphia, Thursday, May 13, 2021. This year, in a rare convergence, Judaism’s Passover, Christianity’s Easter and Islam’s holy month of Ramadan are interlapping in April with holy days for Buddhists, Baha’is, Sikhs, Jains and Hindus, offering different faith groups a chance to share meals and rituals in a range of interfaith events.
History
International
Religion

Holy days converging in April spark interfaith celebrations

Judaism’s Passover, Christianity’s Easter and Islam’s holy month of Ramadan are interlapping in April with holy days for Buddhists, Baha’is, Sikhs, Jains and Hindus.

3 years ago

Pittsburgh Police crime scene investigators gather outside the short-term rental property, rear, where a shooting took place at a house party early Sunday morning, April 17, 2022. The shooting happened around 12:30 a.m. during a party at a short-term rental property where there were more than 200 people inside — many of them underage, Pittsburgh police said in a news release.
Gun Violence
Pennsylvania
Public Safety

2 minors dead, 8 wounded in shooting at Pittsburgh party

Authorities say two minors are dead and at least eight others wounded in an early morning shooting at a Pittsburgh house party.

3 years ago

Faithful gather to attend the Catholic Easter Sunday mass led by Pope Francis in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, April 17, 2022. For many Christians, this weekend marks the first time in three years they will gather in person to celebrate Easter Sunday.
International
Military
Religion

Pope makes Easter plea for Ukraine peace, cites nuclear risk

Pope Francis has made an Easter plea for peace in Ukraine and in other wars in the world.

3 years ago

Clark Park farmer's market customers sample indian coastal cuisine made by Aaji’s. (Emily Rizzo/WHYY News)
Community Events
Food & Drink
Philadelphia

As mask mandate looms, Philadelphians stick with traditions, routines on a sunny holiday weekend

COVID-19 cases are climbing in Philadelphia as Monday’s mask mandate looms, but it looked like business as usual on a warm, busy holiday weekend.

3 years ago

Authorities stage in a parking lot at Columbiana Centre mall in Columbia, S.C., following a shooting, Saturday, April 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Sean Rayford)
Gun Violence
National

12 injured in shooting at South Carolina mall; 3 detained

Authorities said no fatalities have been reported but that eight of the shooting victims were taken to the hospital. Of those eight, two were in critical condition.

3 years ago

Giant pandas Mei Xiang (left) and her cub Xiao Qi Ji eat a fruitsicle cake in celebration of the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, 50 years of achievement in the care, conservation, breeding and study of giant pandas at The Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington, Saturday, April 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Animals
Community Events
National

Pandas devour ice cake to celebrate 50 years at National Zoo

The National Zoo’s most famous tenants had an enthusiastic breakfast Saturday in front of adoring crowds as the zoo celebrated 50 years of its iconic panda exchange agreement.

3 years ago

PECO truck in the foreground, PECO worker in the background
Energy
Infrastructure
Pennsylvania

Bills for suburban customers could go up 13% as PECO requests natural gas rate hikes

The utility says the increased revenue would help pay for replacing aging cast-iron pipes with newer plastic pipes.

3 years ago

File photo: Food trucks line Locust Street at a 2016 Dining Out for Life pop-up. (Image courtesy of Laura Weber)
Community Events
Food & Drink
Philadelphia
Public Health

Philly’s Local Nonprofits Support Those Living with HIV and AIDS, a fundraiser for people living with HIV, returns in person

The event’s organizers are hoping for a ‘comeback year’ after a pandemic hiatus.

3 years ago

Visitors look at a globe in the map division at the main branch of the New York Public Library in New York. The library announced an effort this week to make commonly banned books available through their app. (Seth Wenig/AP)
NPR
Books
Social Justice

New York Public Library makes banned books available for free

The initiative is called Books for All and allows any reader aged 13 and older to access commonly banned books through the library's app until the end of May.

3 years ago

The gazebo at James A. Cisco Park in Springfield Township, Delaware County. (Springfield Township)
Pennsylvania
Policing
Race & Ethnicity

‘The thin blue line has divided us:’ the Police Benevolent Association logo unearths conflict in Montgomery County township

Springfield Township residents are divided over the Police Benevolent Association’s use of the ‘Blue Lives Matter’ flag in its logo.

3 years ago

Peter Lyoya holds up a picture of his son Patrick Lyoya, 26, in his home in Lansing, Mich., April 14, 2022. Patrick was face-down on the ground when he was fatally shot in the head by a Grand Rapids Police officer after resisting arrest on April 4, 2022. Grand Rapids police released four videos from different sources Wednesday, nine days after Patrick Lyoya was killed during a traffic stop. Prominent civil rights attorney Ben Crump and Lyoya's family are planning to hold a news conference Thursday afternoon
Gun Violence
National
Policing
Public Safety

Officer’s camera misses key moment of Patrick Lyoya’s death

Body camera footage shows a close-up view of an intense struggle — but the video goes dark 42 seconds before the officer shoots the Black man in the head.

3 years ago

File photo: Croda's Atlas Point plant near the Delaware Memorial Bridge.
PlanPhilly
Delaware
Environment
Public Health

Residents of ‘saturated’ industrial corridor in Delaware learn about their cancer risk

Years after the Environmental Protection Agency increased its risk assessment for a toxic chemical manufactured in suburban New Castle, D ...

3 years ago

A traditional Passover seder plate on the first night of Passover. (Dr. Scott M. Lieberman/ASSOCIATED PRESS)
NPR
International
Public Safety
Religion

Ukrainian Jews displaced by war find Passover especially poignant this year

Across Europe and across the world, Ukrainian refugees will attend Passover Seders starting tonight. And they'll tell the story of wandering while they're refugees themselves.

3 years ago

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