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A car sticks out of a hole in a construction site.
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Streets & Roads
Billy Penn

How a car got stuck upside-down in a Fishtown construction site

Oh, the places you’ll go on Philadelphia roads.

4 years ago

Holmesburg Prison, in the northeast section of Philadelphia, Pa., is shown in this aerial view from 1970. (AP Photo/Bill Achatz)
Health Care
Incarceration
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Philadelphia apologizes for experiments on Black inmates

The dermatological, biochemical and pharmaceutical experiments were performed by University of Pennsylvania researcher Dr. Albert Kligman.

4 years ago

A SEPTA police officer stands on the platform of the Somerset stop
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Video: Can SEPTA balance its system upgrades with improving public safety?

WHYY hosts a live discussion on how SEPTA can balance the system upgrades it wants with the safety checks passengers need.

4 years ago

The man, identified as a former police officer, opened fire at a childcare center in the town of Nongbua Lamphu. (6abc)
Gun Violence
International

37 killed, mostly preschoolers, in Thai day care attack

It was the deadliest mass shooting in the country's history. The assailant, identified as a former police officer, killed his wife and child before taking his own life.

4 years ago

The Philadelphia flag waves outside the city’s Municipal Services building. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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Eyes on the Street

Philly’s city flag is over 120 years old. It’s time for something new

Philadelphia’s current flag was designed back in 1895. It’s time for a new municipal flag design that represents our city’s culture, history, and future.

4 years ago

Sunflowers in a garden
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Environment
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Philadelphia
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Public Safety

Ever wondered if the soil in your Philly yard has lead in it? Now’s your chance to find out

Got questions about keeping your kids safe from lead? This event in West Philly Saturday will have all the answers — and free smoothies!

4 years ago

SEPTA workers power wash Allegheny Station on Kensington Avenue. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Homelessness
Income Inequality
Philadelphia
Public Safety
Transportation

SEPTA launches safety and cleaning program to provide social services to people using stations as shelters

SEPTA will partner with local college students to offer social services to people experiencing homelessness using the transit system as a shelter.

4 years ago

A workbook is pictured at a gun violence solutions workshop
Gun Violence
Media
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

How local news can help heal Philly’s gun violence crisis, instead of make it worse

A workshop brought together journalists, researchers and advocates to seek a better way. “I was mad at the world because of the media,” one survivor said.

4 years ago

A rendering of the Philadelphia Union's WSFS Bank Sportsplex, viewed from Subaru Park. (OSPORTS)
Infrastructure
Pennsylvania
Sports

Philadelphia Union to build $55 million sports complex

Plans for the 32-acre sports and recreation complex will include indoor and outdoor fields, courts, and a weight room. Construction will cost more than $55 million.

4 years ago

Food Bank of Delaware breaks ground on the new Center in Southern, Delaware. (Picture from Kim Turner, Public Relation of Food Bank of Delaware)
Delaware
Food & Drink
Income Inequality

A Delaware food bank is breaking ground on downstate location to meet rise in demand

The new 67,000-square-foot facility in Kent County will provide expanded training programs and wider food distribution capabilities.

4 years ago

FILE - A sign is pictured outside the Twitter headquarters in San Francisco, Monday, April 25, 2022. Trading in shares of Twitter were halted, Tuesday, Oct. 4,  after the stock spiked on reports that Elon Musk would proceed with his $44 billion deal to buy the company after months of legal battles.(AP Photo/Jed Jacobsohn, File)
Business
Media

A Musk retweet: Tesla CEO says he’ll pay $44B to buy Twitter

Musk made the proposal in a letter to Twitter that the company disclosed in a filing Tuesday with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

4 years ago

Philadelphia Phillies' Kyle Schwarber is doused in beer in celebration
Philadelphia
Sports

Phillies down Astros for 1st playoff berth since 2011

“This is the goal,” Harper said. “This is what you play for.”

4 years ago

A woman burns headscarves during a demonstration in support of Kurdish Iranian woman Mahsa Amini during a protest on Sunday on Place de la Republique in Paris, following Amini's death in Iran.
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Gender
International
Social Justice

Around the world, protesters take to the streets in solidarity with Iranian women

Protesters have gathered in cities around the world in recent days in a show of solidarity with women in Iran.

4 years ago

Catalytic converters were stolen from school buses in Centennial School District. (6abc)
Crime
K-12
Pennsylvania
6abc

Catalytic converters stolen from 5 school buses in Bucks County

Thieves go after the catalytic converters because they contain precious metals with skyrocketing values.

4 years ago

People gather around a bar. A sign reads Love City Brewing.
Community Events
LGBTQ
Philadelphia

First Queertoberfest brings the ‘best of both worlds’ for Philadelphia’s LGBTQ community

The sold-out fall festival could be the first of many new events for Philadelphia’s queer community, according to organizers.

4 years ago

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