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Business
Food & Drink
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Roxburgers food cart reeling, may have to move due to issues with high school students

The owner tried to intervene in a recent fight, and got beat up for his troubles.

4 years ago

The correctional complex on State Road in Philadelphia.
Criminal Justice
Incarceration
Philadelphia

‘Mad or nah?’: Philly residents react to staff shortages, poor conditions at local jails

P.O.C. hit the streets of Philadelphia to see how residents feel about staff shortages and worsening conditions at local jails.

4 years ago

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LOVE Park was the scene of a fatal shooting Tuesday night. A security guard for the Christmas Village has been charged
Gun Violence
Philadelphia
Protests

A gun death where love is the motto heightens safety concerns in Philadelphia

One man is in custody facing murder charges after the shooting near the Christmas Village construction site, another example of pervasive violence.

4 years ago

Workers pack onions at a food bank.
Economy
Food & Drink
Income Inequality
National

U.S. food banks struggle to feed hungry amid surging prices

U.S. food banks dealing with increased demand from families sidelined by the pandemic now face a new challenge – surging food prices and supply chain issues.

4 years ago

Offshore wind farm
Energy
Environment
New Jersey
Sustainability
NJ Spotlight

Offshore wind farm builder tries to calm worries

Some residents fear turbines will damage tourism, but Ørsted says they will be barely visible.

4 years ago

Plumes of smoke are seen stretching from Southwest Philly to South Jersey
Philadelphia
Public Health
Billy Penn

Photos of the tire fire in Southwest Philly that sent plumes of smoke stretching for miles

It took firefighters more than two hours to bring the blaze under control.

4 years ago

Black smoke is visible above a junkyard fire
Environment
Philadelphia
6abc

Massive junkyard fire still producing smoke over Center City, Southwest Philly

Smoke from the two-alarm blaze could be seen all over the city, and even across the Delaware River in New Jersey.

4 years ago

Bernard Lee. (Courtesy of Cozen O' Connor)
Philadelphia
The Philadelphia Tribune

Bernard Lee, notable real estate lawyer, dies at 71

Real estate lawyer Bernard Lee died on Sunday, Nov. 7, 2021, after suffering a cardiac incident last week at a Philadelphia 76ers game. He was 71.

4 years ago

The correctional complex on State Road in Philadelphia.
Incarceration
Philadelphia
Public Health

Philadelphia prisons to resume limited in-person visits

Philadelphia’s prison system is offering in-person visits for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic, though with restrictions.

4 years ago

Charlton Heston (left), meets Wayne LaPierre (far right) and Jim Baker (center)
NPR
Gun Violence
National

A secret tape made after Columbine shows the NRA’s evolution on school shootings

Just after the 1999 shooting at Columbine High School, NRA leaders agonized over what to do. NPR obtained recordings of the calls.

4 years ago

Robert Davis of West Oak Lane looks at his collection of newspapers that chronicled the loss of lives of Vietnam War troops who were Edison High School students. (Abdul R. Sulayman / The Philadelphia Tribune)
History
Military
The Philadelphia Tribune

New documentary honors Edison High School’s fallen Vietnam War troops

For Veterans Day 2021, a new documentary is being released on the 64 alumni of Thomas Edison High School who lost their lives from November 1965 to January 1971 while serving

4 years ago

A Comcast van is pictured on a Philly street
Infrastructure
Philadelphia
Technology

Internet outage impacts Comcast customers in Philly area, other states

The service issues appear to be far-reaching as users across the country, including Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan, have also reported connectivity problems.

4 years ago

On Nov. 8, at the Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery in Pennsauken, Jassan Lindsey's paternal grandmother, Alma Lindsey, talks about how much her grandson meant to her at his casket; at right, Jassan's younger brother, Kason Lindsey, 4 — too young to comprehend the loss — holds a flower. (April Saul for WHYY)
Gun Violence
K-12
Kids
New Jersey

14-year-old’s shooting death in Camden sends shockwaves through South Jersey community

Jassan Lindsey was the youngest person to die from gunfire in Camden in five years. Hundreds of people attended his funeral Monday, remembering his "beautiful spirit."

4 years ago

Chef Tyler Akin talks outside his restaurant Le Cavalier about plans for Wilmington restaurants to team up with celebrity chefs to raise money to support the Independent Restaurant Coalition’s efforts to help eateries damaged by the pandemic. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
Business
Delaware
Food & Drink

Delaware restaurants getting help from nationally-known chefs to combat COVID challenges

An all-star lineup of chefs is coming to Wilmington to help raise funds for independent restaurants still struggling to get back losses caused by the pandemic.

4 years ago

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney presents a Liberty Bell award to Kahleah Copper, the 2021 WNBA Finals MVP, at a ceremony at City Hall. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Philadelphia
Sports

‘Shining for our city’: Philly honors WNBA Finals MVP Kahleah Copper

Copper, who grew up in North Philly, helped boost the Chicago Sky over the Phoenix Mercury, 80 to 74, in game four of the WNBA Finals to win their first-ever championship.

4 years ago

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