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A SEPTA rider passes through the turnstile at the 8th and Market station. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Business
Transportation

SEPTA teams up with businesses to offer six months of free rides for workers

SEPTA hopes to re-invigorate ridership while also offering a perk for businesses in the region whose employees are already into using mass transit.

3 years ago

Habitat for Humanity staffers celebrated on March 22nd, after receiving the news of Mackenzie Scott's $5 million donation. (Habitat for Humanity Philadelphia)
Homelessness
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Philadelphia

Habitat for Humanity Philadelphia receives a $5 million ‘unrestricted’ donation from Mackenzie Scott

A $5 million donation to Habitat for Humanity Philadelphia will serve as a catalyst in the agency’s efforts to disrupt the cycle of poverty through affordable housing.

3 years ago

Brenda Mosley stands next to a fence under the El
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Billy Penn

Solutions bubble up in Philly neighborhoods most impacted by gun violence

How residents in Mantua and Kensington are pushing for change.

3 years ago

Ruins of a water pool are seen after the Russian shelling of a shopping center in Kyiv
International
Public Safety

Ukraine thwarts Russian advances; fight rages for Mariupol

The invasion has driven more than 10 million people from their homes, almost a quarter of Ukraine's population, according to the United Nations.

3 years ago

U.S. Deputy National Security Adviser for Cyber and Emerging Technology Anne Neuberger warned companies that the Russian government could be preparing to launch cyberattacks. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
NPR
International
Public Safety
Technology

The U.S. warns companies to stay on guard for possible Russian cyberattacks

The White House is warning companies that Russia could be planning to launch cyberattacks against critical U.S. infrastructure.

3 years ago

Mary Sears poses for a portrait outside
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Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Philly’s 1975 Spelling Bee champ is now a Harvard librarian

Back then, the regional bee was sponsored by The Philadelphia Bulletin. This year, it’s Billy Penn and WHYY.

3 years ago

A man walks in his apartment ruined after the Russian shelling in Kyiv
International
Public Safety

Ukraine rejects Russian demand for surrender in Mariupol

Ukrainian officials say the Russian military hit an art school sheltering some 400 people only hours before offering to open two corridors out of Mariupol.

3 years ago

Residents watch as a China Eastern passenger jet prepares to take off
NPR
International
Public Safety

Jetliner crashes with 132 aboard in southern China, officials say

Authorities have not yet determined the total number of casualties or why the plane went down as debris is seen littered across a mountainside in Guangxi's Teng county.

3 years ago

Troopers Martin Mack and Branden Sisca
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Public Safety

Police identify 2 Pa. state troopers killed in South Philly crash

Troopers Martin Mack, 33, and Branden Sisca, 29, were responding to a man walking along the highway at night when a driver fatally struck all three men.

3 years ago

Second Chances Farm founder Ajit George gives a tour of the growing area to then-U.S. Attorney General William Barr in September 2020. (Saquan Stimpson for WHYY)
Criminal Justice
Delaware
Food & Drink
Incarceration

Was it just a ‘pipe dream?’ Hyped Wilmington hydroponic farm that hired ex-prisoners is closing

The concept drew rave reviews from politicians, and a visit by then-Attorney General William Barr. But the founder says the pandemic proved to be crushing.

3 years ago

Listen 2:23
Mitch Engleka, 28, manufacturing engineer (right) and Nick Ball, a manufacturing technician (left), inspect a mold that creates latches to secure the spare tire on a Dodge Durango at Southco in Concordville, Pa.(Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Business
Economy
Employment
Pennsylvania

Business is booming for Delaware Valley manufacturers. Why aren’t people applying for the thousands of open jobs?

As demand for business returns to pre-pandemic levels, Delaware Valley manufacturers struggle to hire, while stigmas about the industry persist.

3 years ago

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A local resident collects the belongings out of his apartment in Kyiv on Sunday in a five-story residential building that partially collapsed after a shelling by Russian troops. (Sergei Supinsky/AFP via Getty Images)
NPR
International
Public Safety

More than 900 civilians have died in Ukraine. The true number is likely much higher

The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights says 902 civilians have been killed and another 1,459 have been wounded so far in the war in Ukraine.

3 years ago

Pam Blauman-Schmitz, who was a union rep at Starbucks in the mid-1980's, poses for a photo in front of a Starbucks coffee shop Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022, in Seattle.
Business
Employment
National

Labor foe Schultz returns as Starbucks union effort grows

Six U.S. Starbucks stores have voted to unionize since December, and at least 140 more have filed for union elections.

3 years ago

At the train station in Lviv, Ukraine, a mother embraces her son who escaped the besieged city of Mariupol.
International
Military

Amid new bombings, Ukraine now seen as a war of attrition

Ukrainian authorities say Russia’s military bombed an art school sheltering some 400 people in the besieged port city of Mariupol.

3 years ago

Volunteers from Savage Sisters Recovery, one of the founding organizations of HER.
Addiction
Behavioral Health
Philadelphia
Public Health
Billy Penn

New group HER is working to improve Philly’s dangerous recovery house scene, as the first state regulations take effect

“This is a life and death situation,” said the owner of Savage Sisters Recovery, one of the committee’s founding members.

3 years ago

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