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Renada Maddox works with students in her preschool class
Delaware
Kids
Neighborhoods

Riverside ‘down and out’ for too long, but $42M community center coming

Kingswood Community Center in Wilmington is about to undergo a major facelift as part of the $300 million REACH Riverside project.

4 years ago

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Delaware River
Delaware
Environment
New Jersey

Delaware’s rivers and streams are the most polluted in the U.S., a new report says

Environmental Integrity Project evaluated waterways classified as impaired, unfit for swimming, recreation, aquatic life, fish consumption, and drinking.

4 years ago

People cross on an improvised path under a bridge that was destroyed by a Russian airstrike, while fleeing the town of Irpin, Ukraine, Saturday, March 5, 2022. What looked like a breakthrough cease-fire to evacuate residents from two cities in Ukraine quickly fell apart Saturday as Ukrainian officials said shelling had halted the work to remove civilians hours after Russia announced the deal.
International
Philadelphia
Religion

Philly Jewish Federation delegation heads to Poland with supplies for Ukrainian refugees

“People fled out with what they could carry, and our ability to assist them at this very desperate time is vital,” said Michael Balaban.

4 years ago

Nomi Kline Solmeson prepares for her bat mitzvah, reading the Torah in her bedroom with her grandfather, Rabbi David Kline, and her aunt Shira Kline.
NPR
Home & Family
National
Religion

The bat mitzvah turns 100. It marks more than a coming-of-age for Jewish girls

Since girls in the U.S. began having the public ceremony 100 years ago, more and more women have taken on a larger role in Jewish life, including becoming rabbis.

4 years ago

Rowhomes in Nicetown, Philadelphia are visible.
Government
Gun Violence
Philadelphia
Public Health
Billy Penn

Philly’s plan to treat gun violence as a public health crisis is getting an update with ideas from the community

A listening tour has surfaced new suggestions — but some of them are already in the works.

4 years ago

Damaged vehicles and buildings in Kharkiv city center
International
Public Safety

Rescuers search for survivors in smashed Mariupol theater

A photo released by Mariupol's city council showed an entire section of the large, 3-story theater had collapsed after the strike Wednesday evening.

4 years ago

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Delaware
New Jersey
Outdoors
Public Safety
6abc

Brush fires send smoke billowing over National Park, New Jersey and Christiana, Delaware

Chopper 6 was over both fire scenes on Wednesday afternoon.

4 years ago

Ukrainians cross an improvised path under a destroyed bridge while fleeing Irpin
International
Philadelphia

Philly historic sites to donate Saturday proceeds to help children in Ukraine

The African American Museum, Constitution Center, and Betsy Ross House are among those donating 100% of Saturday’s admissions proceeds to help refugee children in Ukraine.

4 years ago

On Tuesday, members of of the U.S. National Women's Soccer team, pictured at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics, marked Equity Pay Day in a panel discussion with Vice President Kamala Harris. (Fernando Vergara/AP)
NPR
Economy
Employment
Gender
Social Justice

On Equal Pay Day, women are trying to make a dollar out of 83 cents

Equal Pay Day in the U.S. lands on a different day every year, and this year it turns out on average, women "only" had to work 74 extra days into 2022 to catch up to men.

4 years ago

Anti-coup protesters run around a burning, makeshift barricade
NPR
International
Public Safety

U.N. says military violence in Myanmar may be ‘crimes against humanity’

More than 12,500 people in Myanmar have been detained, at least 440,000 have been displaced and about 14 million people are in need of urgent humanitarian assistance.

4 years ago

Judy Kozulak has her hair cut and styled
Public Health

How the pandemic has shrunk our worlds

We’re more cautious about people and places after the last 24 months. And for better or worse, some changes we’ve made seem likely to stick.

4 years ago

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A dissenting Channel One employee holding a poster reading as 'No War'
NPR
International
Military
Protests
Public Safety

A Russian who protested the war on live TV refused to retract her statement in court

The woman burst onto the set of the evening news and told viewers they were being lied to about the war in Ukraine.

4 years ago

A JNS Protection Services car near Temple University. (6abc)
Crime
Higher Education
Policing
Public Spaces
6abc

Concerned parents band together, hire private security near Temple University campus

Concerned parents are taking matters into their own hands to make sure students at Temple University are safe.

4 years ago

An iPhone screen shows a Telegram account of OVD-Info, prominent legal aid group in Russia that tracks political arrests in Moscow. (Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP)
NPR
International
Media
Technology

Telegram is the app of choice in the war in Ukraine despite experts’ privacy concerns

Telegram has become one of the few places Russians can access independent news about the war.

4 years ago

Wilmington Brew Works in Delaware is brewing Ukrainian beer to help Pravda's Brew for Ukraine campaign. (6abc)
Food & Drink
International
Social Justice

Philly-area brewers join global Brew for Ukraine campaign

A craft brewer in Ukraine switched from making beer to making Molotov cocktails. Brewers around the world pick up the slack.

4 years ago

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