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In this file photo, retired Philadelphia police Sgt. Chuck Warren struts down the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia dressed as a leprechaun for the annual St. Patrick's Day Parade. (Jim Graham/AP Photo, file)
Community Events
Outdoors
Streets & Roads

Ready to wear the green again Sunday: Philly sets St. Patrick’s Day Parade road closures, parking limits

After a two-year absence due to the coronavirus pandemic, 2022’s parade theme is “250 Years of Faith, Family, Friendship, and Heritage.”

4 years ago

A statue of Harriet Tubman is unveiled on the North Apron of City Hall
History
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Sculpture

Philly plans permanent statue honoring Harriet Tubman

The newly commissioned permanent statue will be larger than the temporary Tubman statue currently at City Hall.

4 years ago

Philadelphia Phillies' Bryce Harper (3) and Andrew Knapp (5) celebrate after Harper scored the game-winning run on a two-run triple by J.T. Realmuto during the 10th inning of an interleague baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021, in Philadelphia
Employment
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MLB lockout nears end, players accept terms in time for 162

Players have voted to accept Major League Baseball's latest offer for a new labor deal, paving the way to end a 99-day lockout and salvage a 162-game regular season.

4 years ago

Philadelphia 76ers' Joel Embiid reacts during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Cleveland Cavaliers, Saturday, Feb. 12, 2022, in Philadelphia. The 76ers won 103-93. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola)
Philadelphia
Sports
Billy Penn

A brief history of ‘The Process’: Everything you need to know to be an informed Sixers fan

Will this finally be the season it comes full circle? All Philly can do is trust.

4 years ago

Ukrainian emergency employees work at a maternity hospital damaged by shelling in Mariupol
International
Public Safety

Russian strike on Ukrainian hospital that killed 3 draws outrage

Mariupol’s city council and Ukraine's president said a child was among the dead in Wednesday's attack in the southern port.

4 years ago

One of the new bank of EVgo quick chargers for electric vehicles outside a Wawa store at Aramingo Avenue and Wheatsheaf Lane in Philadelphia. (Tom MacDonald/WHYY)
Philadelphia
Streets & Roads
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Philly’s newest EV chargers designed to help drivers living in rowhouses go electric

The new charging station in the Port Richmond neighborhood was pitched as an incentive for low-income families to buy a plug-in car.

4 years ago

Locked gates are shown at Truist Park home of the Atlanta Braves baseball team Wednesday, March 2, 2022, in Atlanta. MLB commissioner Rob Manfred has canceled the first two series for each of the 30 teams, cutting each club's schedule from 162 games to likely 156 at most
NPR
Employment
National
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MLB pushes opening day back to at least April 14 as lockout persists

MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred announced that another two series of games are being canceled, as players will not be paid for the games they don't play.

4 years ago

A person wearing a face mask walks in Philadelphia
Philadelphia
Public Health

‘Mad or nah?’: Mixed reactions to Philly dropping indoor mask mandate

P.O.C., a partner in WHYY’s News and Information Community Exchange, hit the streets of Philadelphia to see how everyday people are reacting to the end of the mask mandate.

4 years ago

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Al’s Heart Warming Center in Pottstown, Pa. will have to close its doors April 1. (Pottstown Lift)
Homelessness
Housing
Income Inequality

Another Montco shelter is set to close. Advocates for the center in Pottstown hope to start anew

Al’s Heart Warming Center, which has 36 beds for men and women experiencing homelessness, was denied approval to continue operation.

4 years ago

Hayat Alif at Alif Brew and Mini Mart (Alif Brew and Mini Mart)
Food & Drink
International
Billy Penn

The women powering West Philly’s thriving Ethiopian and Eritrean restaurant scene

Baltimore Avenue has been a culinary center for the culture since the 1980s.

4 years ago

Ianina and Sergiy Piontkovskyi at their home
NPR
International
National
Public Safety

Ukrainians in the U.S. try to help their country. But getting aid there is difficult

As Russia bombs Ukraine, many Ukrainians in the U.S. are trying to help their country, but are finding challenges as normal shipping channels are broken with dangerous roads.

4 years ago

A car burns at the side of the damaged by shelling maternity hospital
International
Public Safety

Airstrike hits Ukraine maternity hospital; 17 reported hurt

The attack comes amid growing warnings from the West that Moscow’s invasion is about to take a more brutal and indiscriminate turn.

4 years ago

Mckayla Warwick looks over her shoulder
Gun Violence
Philadelphia
Public Safety

False promises? Recipients of Philly’s gun violence grants are still spending their own money

Philadelphia has set aside funding for community groups combating gun violence. But nonprofit leaders say actually getting the money has been a challenge.

4 years ago

Listen 4:14
Ukranian native Valentyna Levytsky and Philly resident Sean Moir were married in Kyiv in 2021. (Courtesy of Sean Moir)
International
Public Safety
Billy Penn

‘Get out now’: A Philly resident’s account of his wife’s escape from Kyiv to Lviv

Friends have been coming forward with support, he said. “The one thing I haven’t felt in the last few days was alone.”

4 years ago

Officials in Delaware County held a vigil for the 1,800 residents that died of COVID-19 since the pandemic began, March 8, 2022. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Pennsylvania
Public Health

Two years of COVID-19: Remembering more than 1,800 lives lost in Delco

Sunday, March 6 marked two years since Pennsylvania’s first case of COVID-19 was reported in Delco.

4 years ago

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