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Philadelphia

Meet Philly’s pair of hungry hippos that just became TikTok famous

A viral video taken at the Philadelphia Zoo has amassed millions of views overnight, where a pair of hippos are chomping on whole pumpkins.

4 years ago

Produce on display at a Weavers Way grocery stores
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Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Weavers Way eyes Germantown for a big new grocery store, the co-op’s fourth

The member-supported supermarket’s Mt. Airy flagship is overwhelmed by demand.

4 years ago

Young people riding ATVs through the streets of Philly. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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‘Mad or nah?’: Philly residents react to dirt bikers defying city ban

P.O.C. hit the streets of Philadelphia to see how residents are feeling about dirt bikers defying the city ban.

4 years ago

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Rats are running wild in Philadelphia’s Hunting Park neighborhood

"It jumped up on my couch and went on the floor, and it had claws," said Nydra Skinner of the rat problem.

4 years ago

A driver travels down a street in Philadelphia.
Gun Violence
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Philadelphians seek help with bullet damage to cars as shootings continue

Neither the city nor state offers assistance, and repairs can be costly.

4 years ago

Workers box up the statue of Christopher Columbus in Marconi Plaza. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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Philadelphia
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Sculpture

These Italian Americans want Philly’s Chris Columbus statues taken down

Italian Americans have a crucial role in speaking out against the myth that we all support Columbus, or that his symbols and monuments honor us.

4 years ago

Fans wearing masks walk through security at the Wells Fargo Center
Philadelphia
Public Safety
Sports
6abc

Wells Fargo Center calls on Sixers, Flyers stars to explain new Code of Conduct

The arena released a YouTube video that lays it all out, featuring players like the Flyers' Cam Atkinson and the 76ers' Matisse Thybulle and Danny Green.

4 years ago

FILE - This image filed May 15, 2019, in federal court as part of a forfeiture complaint by the U.S. attorney's office in Boston shows a 1780 letter from Alexander Hamilton to the Marquis de Lafayette, that was stolen from the Massachusetts Archives decades ago.  The letter written by  Hamilton during the Revolutionary War and believed stolen decades ago from the Massachusetts state archives was returned Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021, following a federal appeals court decision. (U.S. Attorney's Office via AP)
History

Alexander Hamilton letter at center of legal fight returned

A letter written by founding father Alexander Hamilton during the Revolutionary War and believed stolen decades ago from the Massachusetts state archives has been returned.

4 years ago

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NPR
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Kids
Public Health

Get the candy bowl ready: Dr. Fauci says Halloween is a go this year

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert, told CNN that young children should be able to go trick-or-treating for Halloween this year.

4 years ago

Four activists speak during a panel discussion hosted by the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian on Indigenous Peoples' Day. Clockwise, from top left: Amber Starks, Joy SpearChief-Morris, Autumn Rose Williams and Kyle T. Mays.
Screenshot by NPR/Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian
NPR
History
Race & Ethnicity

Young, Black Native activists say it’s time to appreciate Indigenous diversity

The diversity of the Indigenous community is underrepresented and misunderstood.

4 years ago

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Community Events
Food & Drink
Philadelphia
6abc

Philabundance, Norma’s Kitchen partner to pack fresh meals, give Afghan refugees a taste of home

Philabundance is partnering with a Cherry Hill restaurant to pack up fresh meals that will give Afghan evacuees a taste of home in our area.

4 years ago

Kai'Lyn Ellis, 5, and her sister, Li'Ana Ellis, 10, members of the Nanticoke Lenape tribe, perform a toe dance while their father, Tyron Ellis chants at Philadelphia's Indigenous Peoples Day celebration at Penn Treaty Park. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
History
Race & Ethnicity
Social Justice

‘We’re a living presence’: Philly celebrates first officially recognized Indigenous Peoples Day

Philadelphia’s fifth annual Indigenous Peoples Day celebration was the first to be formally recognized and drew attendees from as far away as South Dakota and Canada.

4 years ago

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Employment
Energy
Philadelphia

PECO offers a chance at employment to some residents in underserved Philly neighborhoods

Twenty-three Philly residents are participating in the program, which PECO bills as a way to provide communities it serves with a path to family-sustaining jobs.

4 years ago

Sonny Liston holds a china dog from his collection as he sits with his wife Geraldine
History
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity
Sports
Billy Penn

How racial profiling drove away Philly’s first heavyweight boxing champion

"I'd rather be a lamppost in Denver than the mayor of Philadelphia."

4 years ago

A demonstrator marches to Faneuil Hall with other protesters while participating in the Indigenous Peoples Day rally and march in Boston on Oct. 10, 2020. (Photo by Erin Clark/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)
NPR
History
National

Goodbye, Columbus? Here’s what Indigenous Peoples’ Day means to Native Americans

4 years ago

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