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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

(Philadelphia Folk Festival)
Things To Do
Community Events

Dog days in Manayunk, Philly Folk Fest online, and Rock and Ride in this week’s ‘Things to Do’

Music is at the forefront in this week’s events in Delaware, Philly and N.J.

4 years ago

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Facebook is for the first time making public information on what content gets the most views on the social network. (Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images)
NPR
Media
Technology

Facebook reveals most viewed posts to rebut claims it’s rife with disinformation

What do people see most on Facebook? Recipes, cute cat GIFs or highly charged political partisanship? That question has been hard to answer.

4 years ago

(NJ Spotlight)
New Jersey
Race & Ethnicity
Social Justice
NJ Spotlight

FBI launches hate-crime awareness campaign in New Jersey

The goal is to get people to report hate crimes — officials say the majority of those crimes go unreported.

4 years ago

City personnel help to clear an encampment on the 3200 block of Kensington Avenue
Homelessness
Housing
Billy Penn

‘There still is no answer’: Philly cracks down on Kensington encampments again as homelessness crisis intensifies

Many have been pushing Mayor Kenney’s administration to fix the untenable living conditions in the neighborhood.

4 years ago

File photo: A group of kids from the Southwest Philadelphia Healthnastics program, ages 3-18, held signs at a protest demanding the Kenney administration do more to address gun violence in the city on Aug. 4, 2021. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Gun Violence
K-12
Public Safety

Philly gets ready for back-to-school, amid surge in gun violence, with familiar tactics

Grassroots groups that share the goal of keeping students from harm said the city is not tapping them for their input, despite the trust they’ve earned with young people.

4 years ago

WHYY's Chris Norris speaks with NBC10’s Miguel Martinez-Valle, WHYY Community Outreach Organizer Eric Marsh and President of Camden-based Watu Moja and Ayinde Merrill
Community Conversations
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Media
New Jersey

Neighbors & Newsroom Summit: A how-to on trust-building

NBC10’s Miguel Martinez-Valle, NJ.com’s Tennyson Coleman and WHYY’s Eric Marsh join Watu Moja’s Ayinde Merrill and Reet Starwind to talk about building trust with communities.

4 years ago

Yardley police vehicles are seen blocking off a street
Pennsylvania
Policing
6abc

Suspect wanted in Bucks County shot dead after police chase ends in Philadelphia

The incident began when authorities in Bucks County were chasing a suspect wanted in connection with a shooting in Levittown.

4 years ago

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