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An Afghan woman wearing a face mask holds a child
International
Public Safety

UN rights chief warns of abuses amid Taliban’s Afghan blitz; CIA director meets Taliban leader in Kabul

Michelle Bachelet urged the Human Rights Council to take “bold and vigorous action” to monitor the rights situation in Afghanistan in the wake of the Taliban's takeover.

4 years ago

Greenery at The Rail Park
Environment
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Here’s what Philly experts say you can do to actually combat climate change

First step: Don’t give up!

4 years ago

U.S. Airmen and Marines guide Afghan evacuees aboard a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul
Immigration
International
New Jersey
NJ Spotlight

New Jersey ready to provide safe harbor for Afghan refugees

Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst will be one of four U.S. military installations that will shelter refugees from Afghanistan.

4 years ago

Sister Doris Engelhard, a 72-year-old Franciscan nun and master brewer at the Mallersdorf Abbey brewery in northeastern Bavaria. (Lena Mucha for NPR)
NPR
Food & Drink
International

A pilgrimage to meet Germany’s last beer-brewing nun

Sister Doris has strong opinions about her beer and when people should drink it. In short: Always, especially during the 40-day penance period leading up to Easter.

4 years ago

The former PES refinery site in South Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Energy
Environment
Public Safety

Fuel tank ignites at Hilco site, drawing 100 firefighters to former PES refinery in South Philly

Blow torches being used to demolish at the former PES refinery in South Philadelphia are thought to have ignited the fire, which was brought under control within four hours.

4 years ago

Heather Randazzo, a grow employee at Compassionate Care Foundation's medical marijuana dispensary, trims leaves off marijuana plants in the company's grow house, Friday, March 22, 2019, in Egg Harbor Township, N.J. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Radio Times
New Jersey
Politics
Sports

Regional Roundup – 8/23/21

Legal marijuana: can NJ navigate a totally new industry? And, there's a 3rd party gaining traction in PA that plans to oust local establishment politicians.

Air Date: August 23, 2021 10:00 am

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Fifty years ago, Bonnie Raines and Keith Forsyth were among a group of activists who broke into an FBI office in Media, Pa. and made off with classified documents exposing illegal FBI investigations. They are standing at the site where a historical marker will commemorate the break-in. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Crime
History
Pennsylvania
Protests

How to break into the FBI: 50 years later, Media burglars get local honors

The confidential files they stole in 1971 revealed widespread surveillance of the American public and the FBI’s infamous COINTELPRO operation.

4 years ago

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Facebook is defending itself from accusations from the White House and other critics that it's not doing enough to curb health misinformation. (Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images)
NPR
Media
Public Health

Facebook’s most viewed article in early 2021 raised doubt about COVID vaccine

A news story suggesting the COVID-19 vaccine may have been involved in a doctor's death was the most viewed link on Facebook in the U.S. in the first three months of the year.

4 years ago

Hathorne restaurant owner John Stephenson holds a sign for a pop-up restaurant which will cover the Hathorne sign when that restaurant is open, Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021, in Nashville, Tenn. Stephenson hosts temporary restaurants, known as pop-ups which he lets use his space, in an effort to help them weather the pandemic. Most recently, Hathorne hosts the pop-up St. Vito Focacciaria pizza company, which sign he holds, every Sunday night. (AP Photo/John Amis)
Business
Food & Drink
Public Health

Pop-up restaurants may stick around as COVID sees resurgence

As re-openings across the country are threatened by a rise in COVID-19 cases, pop-up creators and hosts are asking, “What next?”

4 years ago

A girl waits with other earthquake victims for the start of a food distribution in Les Cayes, Haiti, Saturday, Aug. 21, 2021, seven days after a 7.2 magnitude earthquake hit the area. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Environment
Public Safety

Haiti raises earthquake death toll, passes 2,200

Haiti’s Civil Protection Agency said Sunday that the toll from this month's magnitude 7.2 earthquake has grown to 2,207, with 344 people still missing.

4 years ago

Map of Cape May County
Public Safety

16-year-old lifeguard dies after injury in Cape May, N.J.

The 16-year-old lifeguard who was injured while on duty Thursday in Cape May has died, according to officials.

4 years ago

(Brennan Linsley, AP Photo)
Business
New Jersey

Advocates and industry like what they see of New Jersey’s cannabis rules … so far

People are still reviewing the 160 pages of initial rules for New Jersey’s adult cannabis market. Advocates and those in the industry like what they’ve seen so far.

4 years ago

Travelers wearing protective masks walk through Ronald Reagan National Airport in Arlington, Va., in May. (Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
NPR
Public Health
Travel

Fines for disruptive plane passengers, often over masks, have reached $1 million

Officials have already fined unruly airline passengers upward of $1 million in civil penalties this year.

4 years ago

Civilians prepare to board a plane at Hamid Karzai International Airport
Delaware
Immigration
International

Delaware group prepares to help more Afghan refugees

Jewish Family Services of Delaware, which manages refugee arrivals, is doing advance work to help people fleeing Afghanistan who could come to the state.

4 years ago

Lights are seen on the One Liberty building in Philly
Architecture & Design
Philadelphia
Technology
Billy Penn

A new app lets you change the colors at the center of the Philly skyline

An upgrade added animation to the crown of One Liberty Place, now outfitted in easily-adjusted LEDs.

4 years ago

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