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‘The internet’s on fire’ as techs race to fix software flaw

Computer security experts around the world are racing to patch one of the worst software vulnerabilities discovered in years.

4 years ago

Nurse manager Melva Lane takes a bite of one of the chocolate chip cookies delivered by Delcastle students. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
Delaware
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Delaware students try to sweeten day for hospital staffers amid latest COVID spike

Culinary students from Delcastle Technical High School deliver 12,000 cookies to ChristianaCare workers amid the latest COVID spike.

4 years ago

A server talks with a customer seated at Rodd's Restaurant
Business
Food & Drink
Public Health

Following NYC, Philly may require proof of vaccination for indoor dining

Cities such as New York and San Francisco have required proof of vaccination to eat inside a restaurant for months.

4 years ago

Nathalie Cerin and Colleen Hendrick stand in and outside the hygiene truck
PlanPhilly
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Income Inequality
Philadelphia
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Philly has a new community drugstore powered by radical hospitality and four wheels

Twice a week, the truck, painted in soothing pastel colors, travels through Philadelphia neighborhoods dispensing free toiletries — and a dose of kindness.

4 years ago

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Striking bus drivers with Teamsters Local 326 stand outside the First Student bus yard
Delaware
Employment
K-12

Delaware school bus strike ends, drivers back to work Friday

School bus drivers with Teamsters Local 326 are on strike for better benefits from First Student bus company. They’ve been without a contract since August 31.

4 years ago

FILE- Richard Bensinger, left, who is advising unionization efforts, along with baristas Casey Moore, right, Brian Murray, second from left, and Jaz Brisack, second from right, discuss their efforts to unionize three Buffalo-area stores, inside the movements headquarters on Oct. 28, 2021 in Buffalo, N.Y. The National Labor Relations Board is scheduled to count ballots Thursday, Dec. 9, 2021, from union elections held at three separate Starbucks stores in the Buffalo area. Around 111 Starbucks workers from the three stores were eligible to vote by mail starting last month.(AP Photo/Carolyn Thompson, File)
Business
Employment

Starbucks workers vote to unionize at Buffalo, N.Y. store

The National Labor Relations Board said Thursday that workers voted 19-8 in favor of a union at one of three locations. The board is still counting votes for two other stores.

4 years ago

The exterior of Giovanni’s Room
Books
Business
LGBTQ
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Secret Philly: How Giovanni’s Room reinvented itself to succeed as the oldest gay bookstore in the country

The shop has been an LGBTQ haven for nearly 50 years.

4 years ago

Aerial view of a SEPTA crash
Pennsylvania
Public Safety
Transportation

At least 4 people injured in SEPTA trolley crash with freight train in Delco

SEPTA has confirmed four trolley passengers were hurt and taken to the hospital. The trolley operator is among the injured.

4 years ago

The Philadelphia skyline
Philadelphia
Technology
Billy Penn

Coffee, bowling, and getting vaxxed: What Google trends show about Philly in 2021

We regret to inform you that another year has passed.

4 years ago

A tire fire in Southwest Philadelphia sends plumes of smoke across the city.
PlanPhilly
Neighborhoods
Philadelphia
Public Health
Eyes on the Street

If you don’t trust the air you breathe, keep reading

A new city advisory group needs the input of people who know what it's like to smell a tire fire outside or breathe in highway fumes day in and day out.

4 years ago

Dyresha Harris
PlanPhilly
Business
Changing Communities
Philadelphia

Rumblings of a community benefits agreement at PES refinery site have Hilco listening

A coalition of community organizations wants the new owner of the South Philly complex to protect residents from pollution and gentrification.

4 years ago

PPD Commissioner Danielle Outlaw addresses the media alongside a group of other state and local leaders
Gun Violence
Philadelphia
Policing

Philadelphia police officials say they’re improving community policing as homicides soar

Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw says the Philadelphia Police Department is working to address record numbers of homicides.

4 years ago

Local batik artist Laura Cohn’s pop up Indonesian craft show in Mt Airy celebrates Indonesian culture and traditions through dancing and painting. (Courtesy of Adam Cohn)
Business
Race & Ethnicity

Pop-up bazaar in Chestnut Hill celebrates Indonesian culture

‘Morning Edition’ host Jennifer Lynn speaks with artist and educator Laura Cohn about curating an Indonesian pop-up bazaar in Chestnut Hill.

4 years ago

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Afghan refugees queue outside a distribution and donation center
Immigration
International
New Jersey

Afghans wait and worry at U.S. bases after frantic evacuation

In New Jersey, many Afghans are relieved to be safe but also deeply fearful for family and friends back home.

4 years ago

A Philadelphia Police Department cruiser is seen traveling down a Philly street.
Philadelphia
Public Safety
6abc

6-year-old girl at center of Amber Alert in Philadelphia found safe

Police say the driver went into a pizza shop on Greene Street while the child was sitting in the backseat of the running car.

4 years ago

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