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Government
Income Inequality

Pa. families have more time to apply for LIHEAP assistance paying for heating bills

The application deadline was moved from May 20 to June 17, to give Pennsylvanians in need more time to apply for help paying off this winter’s heating bills.

4 years ago

Chellie Cameron speaks at the Philadelphia International Airport
Business
Government
Philadelphia

Leadership shake-up for Philly airports: CEO for aviation departs for Chamber of Commerce

The city will start a national search to replace Philadelphia’s CEO for aviation, who will now lead the Chamber of Commerce for Greater Philadelphia.

4 years ago

Wayne Jones, holds his son Donell, while speaking during an interview with The Associated Press about his mother Celestine Chaney, who was killed in Saturday's shooting at a supermarket, in Buffalo, N.Y., Monday, May 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Gun Violence
Race & Ethnicity

The Buffalo shooting and the rise in violent extremism

The suspected gunman that killed 10 Black Americans in Buffalo was inspired by white supremacist and racist ideology. How do we counter violent far-right extremism?

Air Date: May 19, 2022 10:00 am

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Police cars are seen in Philadelphia
Gun Violence
Philadelphia
Public Safety

Five people wounded in shooting near Temple University

One of the victims, a 28-year-old man, is in extremely critical condition after being shot 14 times.

4 years ago

A protected bike lane near 15th Street
Philadelphia
Public Safety
Streets & Roads

Philadelphia Parking Authority bike officers to take to the streets to keep bike lanes open

The officers will be tasked with keeping cars from illegally parking in bike lanes in Philadelphia in order to stop cyclists from being forced into the streets.

4 years ago

File photo: A white-painted ghost bike is parked on the Philadelphia Art Museum steps, ahead of the Ride of Silence on Wednesday, May 16, 2018. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
Community Events
Philadelphia
Public Safety
Streets & Roads

Philadelphia’s Ride of Silence honors bicyclists who lost their lives

Philadelphia’s Ride of Silence will honor bicyclists who died or who were injured Wednesday evening.

4 years ago

Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Aaron Nola speaking at the event with Philabundance on May 18, 2022. (Tom MacDonald / WHYY)
Food & Drink
Income Inequality

Phillies, Philabundance, and Citizens Bank team up to help those who are food insecure

Philabundance is getting help from the Phillies and Citizens Bank to pay for meals for food insecure families, which has been on the rise since the pandemic.

4 years ago

Chandler Jones, right, 26, from Baltimore County who will graduate this spring from the University of Baltimore School of Law, participates in a pro-choice rally in Baltimore, Saturday, May 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark)
National
Public Health
Technology

With Roe in doubt, some fear tech surveillance of pregnancy

Companies that collect data from digital clues people leave online often know their most sensitive health info — gleaned from web searches, health apps and location trackers.

4 years ago

FILE  - Former members and members of the U.S. Women's National soccer team, from left,  Briana Scurry, Margaret 'Midge' Purce, Kelley O'Hara, Julie Foudy, and Cindy Parlow Cone, President of U.S. Soccer, pose for a photo with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., before an event to celebrate Equal Pay Day and Women's History Month in the East Room of the White House, Tuesday, March 15, 2022, in Washington. The U.S. Soccer Federation reached milestone agreements to pay its men's and women's teams equally, making the American national governing body the first in the sport to promise both sexes matching money. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
Employment
Gender
Sports

U.S. Soccer equalizes pay in milestone with women, men

Led by Alex Morgan and Megan Rapinoe, American women long have pressed for gender equity.

4 years ago

A portrait of American statesman, writer and scientist Benjamin Franklin, circa 1750. (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
NPR
Health Care
History
Public Health

Benjamin Franklin gave instructions on at-home abortions in a book in the 1700s

Benjamin Franklin is revered in history for his fixation on inventing practical ways to make everyday life easier.

4 years ago

The Upper side of St. Charles Borromeo Seminary. (Courtesy of St. Charles Borromeo Seminary)
Changing Communities
Housing
Pennsylvania
Religion

Senior living, hotel to replace St. Charles Borromeo Seminary

Main Line Health plans to redevelop a 73-acre seminary in Wynnewood to build a health and wellness campus over the next 10 to 12 years.

4 years ago

Parks on Tap at Paine's Park in 2016 (Albert Yee for Philadelphia Parks and Recreation)
Community Events
Food & Drink
Outdoors

Parks on Tap returns to Philly parks for the summer season

Parks on Tap, a series of pop-up beer gardens that go across the city, is back this summer. Part of the sales benefit city parks.

4 years ago

The daughters of Ruth Whitfield, a victim of shooting at a supermarket, Angela Crawley (left) and Robin Harris, hold hands during a news conference in Buffalo, N.Y., Monday, May 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Gun Violence
National
Public Health
Race & Ethnicity

After Buffalo shooting, mental health professionals advise taking a break from the news. For Black Americans, that’s easier said than done

The exposure to racist acts of gun violence is a mental health concern, local mental health professionals say.

4 years ago

The former refinery is visible in the distance, with a bare, dirt field in the foreground.
PlanPhilly
Energy
Environment
Philadelphia
Public Health

Years after shutdown, cancer-causing chemical still detected at former refinery site

Nearly three years after the PES refinery closed, levels of cancer-causing benzene found at its property line are still higher than many operating refineries.

4 years ago

Presley Barner works with tutor Stephanie Schechner at YEAH Philly. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Gun Violence
Philadelphia
Public Safety

Nonprofits, schools train teens to settle their own arguments in hopes of preventing gun violence

Across Philadelphia, nonprofits are building a network of trained conflict mediators. That includes teaching teens to settle their own arguments without picking up a gun.

4 years ago

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