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A Comcast van is pictured on a Philly street
Economy
Income Inequality
Infrastructure
Technology

Comcast and federal programs provide low-cost or free internet to families with low income

Comcast is increasing the internet speed available through its existing affordable program. Tying it to a new federal program can mean free internet for eligible households.

4 years ago

In this Oct. 28, 2000 file photo, Bobby Rydell attends a dinner given by the National Italian American Federation at the Washington Hilton in Washington. (AP Photo/Linda Spillers)
Media
Music
Philadelphia
6abc

Bobby Rydell, singer and Philly native known for ‘Wildwood Days’ dies at 79

The 1950s teen idol was known for his hits 'Wildwood Days,' 'Volare,' 'Swinging School,' among many others.

4 years ago

A family enters a U.S. Air Force plane in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Aug. 24, 2021. The evacuation was part of a U.S. effort to relocate Afghans to safety in the wake of the Taliban siege. But many families were separated in the process — and reuniting them has proven to be a challenge.
NPR
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Home & Family
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Families were split up during Afghanistan evacuations — and are still not reunited

After the Taliban takeover, family members — even spouses — were sometimes separated during U.S. evacuation efforts.

4 years ago

Penelope Scott holds a collection of family photos including one of her son, De'vazia Turner, one of the victims killed in a mass shooting, during an interview with The Associate Press in Elk Grove, Calif., Monday, April 4, 2022. Multiple people were killed and injured in the shooting a day earlier.
Criminal Justice
Gun Violence
National

2nd man arrested on gun charges in Sacramento mass shooting

A second suspect has been arrested in connection to the mass shooting in Sacramento that killed six people in California’s capital.

4 years ago

In this image from video provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks from Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, April 4, 2022.
Government
International
Military

Zelenskyy at the UN accuses Russian military of war crimes

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has told the U.N. Security Council that the Russian military must be brought to justice immediately for war crimes.

4 years ago

The exterior of The Divine Lorraine
Housing
Philadelphia
Real Estate
Billy Penn

The Divine Lorraine is ending apartment leases as it turns into a ‘managed hotel property’

The historic building is on a fast-changing section of North Broad Street.

4 years ago

Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman listens at a news conference about moving the process to apply for clemency online to improve access to criminal justice and to reduce the wait by years, at the Pennsylvania Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., Monday, April 4, 2022.
Criminal Justice
Incarceration
Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania aims to reduce wait for clemency by years

The process for inmates and ex-convicts in Pennsylvania to apply for clemency should go fully online by year's end in an effort to improve access.

4 years ago

Creator Maeyonni Westbrook next to her first MK Glam vending machine, at the Island Avenue ShopRite. (Desirae Holland for Billy Penn)
Business
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity
Billy Penn

Meet MK Glam, the Black hair care vending machines popping up in Philly ShopRite

Local entrepreneur Maeyonni Westbrook has big plans for expansion.

4 years ago

President Joe Biden speaks to the press on April 4, 2022.
Government
International
Military
Politics

Biden: Putin should face war crimes trial for Bucha killings

President Joe Biden is calling for a war crimes trial against Russian President Vladimir Putin and says he’d seek more sanctions after reported atrocities in Ukraine.

4 years ago

Investigators search for evidence in the area of a mass shooting in Sacramento, Calif. April 3, 2022.
Gun Violence
National
Public Safety

Arrest made in connection with Sacramento mass shooting

Sacramento police have announced an arrest connected with the shooting that killed six people and wounded a dozen others in the heart of California’s capital city.

4 years ago

Students wearing face masks write letters at their desks
NPR
Animals
K-12

These second-graders helped shelter pups find their forever homes

A second-grade class wrote persuasive letters on behalf of shelter dogs, urging folks to adopt the animals. So far, the young writers have been successful.

4 years ago

(Meghan Collins Sullivan/NPR)
NPR
Books
Social Justice

Efforts to ban books jumped an ‘unprecedented’ four-fold in 2021, ALA report says

Book banning is not new — in the U.S. alone the practice goes back to Puritan times.

4 years ago

Soldiers walk amid destroyed Russian tanks in Bucha
International
Public Safety

Russia faces global outrage over bodies in Ukraine’s streets

European leaders and the United Nations human rights chief condemned the bloodshed, some of them also branding it genocide.

4 years ago

Drivers are shown on their way to Seaside Heights
New Jersey
Public Safety
Streets & Roads
Transportation

Study finds 1 in 5 N.J. drivers distracted ahead of new awareness campaign

A new study from Rowan University found that 1 in 5 state drivers are distracted. It comes ahead of a new awareness campaign.

4 years ago

(L to R) First place finisher Jeremy Landau, second place finisher Eyianna Dunn, and third place finisher Tallulah Green Hull on stage in the final round of the WHYY-Billy Penn Regional Spelling Bee on March 26 at Penn Alexander School.
K-12
Kids
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Meet the three talented students repping Philly in the Scripps National Spelling Bee this year

Would you have been able to spell “liaise”?

4 years ago

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