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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)
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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.

4 years ago

PECO truck in the foreground, PECO worker in the background
Energy
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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.

4 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
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Philadelphia
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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.

4 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.

4 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.

4 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.

4 years ago

File photo: Croda's Atlas Point plant near the Delaware Memorial Bridge.
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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 ...

4 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.

4 years ago

In this photo provided by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service, Russian navy missile cruiser Moskva is on patrol in the Mediterranean Sea near the Syrian coast on Dec. 17, 2015.
Government
International
Military

Russia loses warship, says attacks on Kyiv will increase

The guided-missile cruiser Moskva, the flagship of Russia's Black Sea fleet, sank on Thursday after suffering heavy damage. The circumstances are in dispute.

4 years ago

Nicole Blackson interviews robotics teacher, John Sanders and WURD Radio host Andrea Lawful Sanders for the podcast Conscious Connections. (Photo by LeNia Samuels/Love Now Media)
PlanPhilly
Home & Family
Media
Sex & Relationships

A new Philly podcast offers ‘real talk’ about love and relationships

Conscious Connections brings local couples together to talk about their love, communication, and much more. The show is hosted by Nicole Blackson.

4 years ago

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Christa Barfield (right) FarmerJawn founder, and Chief Operating Officer Brandon Ritter (left), help members of PowerCorpPHL learn prepare soil for planting at the Elkins Estate. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Environment
Food & Drink
Outdoors
Sustainability

‘Agriculture is the culture’: FarmerJawn wants to reinvent agriculture education

FarmerJawn’s nonprofit is seeking to “reintroduce farming into the lifestyles of urban people” and give them the knowledge to start their own farm.

4 years ago

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Members of the Philadelphia Center City District's bike patrol program. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Streets & Roads

Philly adding more bike patrols to keep an eye on Center City

Philadelphia’s Center City District is expanding the bike patrol program it launched in late 2020, as more visitors return to the area.

4 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
Criminal Justice
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National
Policing

Family seeks charges, officer’s ID in Patrick Lyoya’s death

Peter Lyoya brought his family from Congo to the U.S. in 2014 to escape violence. Now he fears they came here to die

4 years ago

Briarcliffe Fire Company
Public Safety
Race & Ethnicity
Social Justice

Briarcliffe Fire Company moves to disband after racist remarks go public

The Darby Township Commissioners’ meeting was supposed to discuss the possible decertification of the Briarcliffe Fire Company — but the squad beat officials to the punch.

4 years ago

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.

4 years ago

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