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A hand is seen holding up a drink called Bird of Courage
Food & Drink
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Turkey-flavored whiskey? Bird of Courage is a Thanksgiving spirit from a Philly purveyor

Less gimmicky than it sounds, Art in the Age’s latest could be the perfect bottle for the 400th anniversary of a holiday with a complicated legacy.

4 years ago

A tire fire in Southwest Philadelphia sends plumes of smoke across the city.
PlanPhilly
Environment
Philadelphia
Public Health

After a junkyard fire pollutes Philly with smoke, city has few avenues for accountability

Philadelphia public health officials don’t plan to take punitive action against a construction waste processing facility for a fire that erupted last week.

4 years ago

File photo: A person uses an iPhone on Oct. 8, 2019 in New York. Apple is letting some iPhone users fix their own phones, a sharp turnaround for a company that has long guarded its software in a walled garden that only Apple-approved technicians can unlock. The company said Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2021, it will enable users of two of the newest iPhone models and later some Mac computers to get access to genuine Apple parts and tools to be able to repair them
Business
Innovation
Technology

Under pressure, Apple allows self-repairs to iPhones, Macs

The company said Wednesday it will enable users of two of the newest iPhone models and later some Mac computers to get access to parts and tools to be able to repair them.

4 years ago

Planes at Philadelphia International Airport.
Philadelphia
Transportation
Travel

Holiday travel season is upon us. Here are some tips for a smoother trip

Traffic on the roads and lines at airports and transit stations are expected to be much worse than they were a year ago. Here’s what travelers need to know.

4 years ago

NPR
Public Health
Technology

There’s an app to help prove vax status, but experts say choose wisely

A wide array of apps will display your vaccination status, but privacy experts say they don't all do the same thing.

4 years ago

The Phillie Phanatic pounds the ground
Philadelphia
Sports

Phanatic is back! Original Phils mascot can stay in Philly

A legal dispute between the Phillies and the mascot's creator previously forced the team to give baseball's most beloved native of the Galapagos Islands an extreme makeover.

4 years ago

Sonja Bingham stands in her kitchen
PlanPhilly
Gun Violence
Philadelphia
Public Safety

As killings surge in Philadelphia, city considers $500,000 package to move residents threatened by violence

After a Harrowgate firebombing, City Council is considering a bill that would allocate $500,000 to help people under threat of retaliatory violence.

4 years ago

John ''Johnny Doc'' Dougherty gestures as he is driven from the federal courthouse in Philadelphia, Monday, Nov. 15, 2021. Dougherty was found guilty of conspiracy charges Monday in his corruption trial. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Employment
Government Accountability
Philadelphia

Union leader John Dougherty resigns as leader of IBEW Local 98 one day after conviction

Dougherty tendered his resignation before the Local 98 Executive Board on Monday evening, the union said in a statement released Tuesday afternoon.

4 years ago

Students at Central Bucks High School South are being dismissed early Tuesday following an earlier lockdown and police activity at the building. (6abc)
K-12
Public Safety

Central Bucks High School South students dismissed early amid police activity

School officials say it all began around 8:40 a.m. when information was received about two separate threats made to the school.

4 years ago

The exterior of Azavea headquarters
Black Lives Matter
Philadelphia
Social Justice
Billy Penn

Reckoning at Philly tech company where VP faced few consequences after using N-word during work meeting

Last year’s Black Lives Matter statement resurfaced the 2016 incident.

4 years ago

NCAA headquarters in Indianapolis, Thursday, March 12, 2020. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
Higher Education
Sports

NCAA president says efforts to reform not motivated by fear

The NCAA's move to restructure college sports is not being driven by fear, but rather a desire to seize an opportunity to tackle issues that have been building for decades.

4 years ago

Runners head down the Benjamin Franklin Parkway at the start of the 2019 Philadelphia Marathon, which is coming back this weekend after last year's Covid-19 hiatus.(Jonathan Wilson for WHYY)
Radio Times
Crime
Kids
Mental Health
Outdoors
Philadelphia
Public Health

Regional Roundup – November 15th

What you really need to know about the mental health crisis facing kids today. And, what's happening in the trial of Johnny Doc & Councilmember Bobby Henon?

Air Date: November 15, 2021 10:00 am

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Marchers walk from the art museum to Philadelphia City Hall as part of an abortion rights rally held in Philadelphia, PA on Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021. Hundreds gather in Philadelphia as part of
Pennsylvania
Social Justice
Billy Penn

The Women’s Medical Fund is now the Abortion Liberation Fund of Pa.

Pennsylvania’s largest abortion fund is rebranding in the name of inclusivity.

4 years ago

A donation pack up for incoming Afghan refugees run by AOPxSOLA and members of Imam Ali Masjid Mosque at Imam Ali Masjid Mosque in Pennsauken, NJ on 11/14/21.
[DANIELLA HEMINGHAUS]
International
New Jersey

Philly nonprofit, N.J. masjid collect much-needed items for Afghan evacuees at Fort Dix

Thousands of Afghan evacuees are still living at Fort Dix in New Jersey. Philly nonprofit AOPxSOLA has teamed up with Imam Ali Masjid in Pennsauken to bring donated items.

4 years ago

NPR
Home & Family
Homelessness
Kids
Pennsylvania

When a Hyundai is also the family home

4 years ago

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