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A crowd gathers next to the spot where George Floyd was murdered at George Floyd Square after a guilty verdict was announced at the trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin
International
Race & Ethnicity
Social Justice

UN rights chief: Reparations needed for people of African descent

The report hopes to build on momentum around the intensified scrutiny worldwide about the blight of racism and its impact on Africans and people of African descent.

5 years ago

Breana Cooper on watch from the lifeguard stand
Outdoors
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Philly public pools open this week for the first time in 2 years — but only 60%, because of lifeguard shortage

Here’s the opening schedule for the city's swimming pools.

5 years ago

Two men console each other on the beach
NPR
Infrastructure
National

Official death toll climbs to 10: The latest on the condo collapse in Surfside

Emergency crews have been working at the site of the Champlain Towers South building collapse around the clock since last Thursday.

5 years ago

Charles Horton sits in a wheelchair outside
Gun Violence
Philadelphia
Public Health

Using hashtags, gun violence survivors living with disabilities want to share their stories

On Tuesday, Disability Pride Philadelphia is asking people affected by gun violence to flood Instagram and Facebook with their personal stories.

5 years ago

The Rocky statue is outfitted with a mock surgical face mask
Pennsylvania
Public Health

Pennsylvania officially lifts indoor face mask mandate

Businesses still maintain the option of requiring employees, guests, or customers to wear face masks, health officials stressed.

5 years ago

Rescue workers search the rubble of the Champlain Towers South condominium
NPR
Infrastructure
National
Public Safety

Surfside official told residents their building was safe, despite engineer’s warning

An engineering report in 2018 warned of "major structural damage" in the Florida condo that collapsed. The next month, a town inspector said the building was in "good shape."

5 years ago

Search and rescue personnel search for survivors through the rubble at the Champlain Towers South Condo
NPR
Infrastructure
National
Public Safety

Engineers found Florida condo had ‘major structural damage’ before it collapsed

The 2018 report found major damage to the concrete structural slab below the pool deck, and warned that extensive repairs would be needed soon.

5 years ago

Marijuana buds are seen in a glass jar
Business
Law
New Jersey

Camden moves to ban cannabis businesses to implement its own rules in the future

Officials face an Aug. 22 deadline under the measure giving the Cannabis Regulatory Commission control over the N.J. recreational marijuana market.

5 years ago

Tammy Murphy greets a baby
Health Care
Kids
New Jersey

N.J. first lady tackles maternal and infant health care in Mini Family Festivals

New Jersey first lady Tammy Murphy launches Mini Family Festivals to connect families with state and local resources as part of the Nurture NJ initiative.

5 years ago

Cheryl Rehmann has a message painted on her back that says,
NPR
Community Events
Philadelphia

Participants in Philly’s Naked Bike Ride will have to cover up … their faces

For this year's annual Naked Bike Ride in Philadelphia, participants are being asked to cover only one thing: the bottom half of their face.

5 years ago

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Pennsylvania

Cradle grave gardens are brought back to life

A popular practice for memorializing loved ones in the late 19th century has been brought back in York.

5 years ago

Acting Health Commissioner Dr. Cheryl Bettigole paints as Mayor Jim Kenney speaks with artist, Felix St. Fort, and Mural Arts executive director Jane Golden. (Kenny Cooper / WHYY)
Philadelphia
Public Spaces
Streets & Roads
Visual Arts

Painting a Parkway mural, to welcome Philly back and encourage vaccination

Artist Felix St. Fort designed the ‘Welcome Back, Philly’ ground mural as part of a ‘Vax Up Philly’ collaboration with the Health Department.

5 years ago

Owner of Salvadorian cuisine restaurant Doña Maria's Pupuserias in downtown Seaford Mira Aleman applied for COVID relief under the Payroll Protection Program, but was denied. (Johnny Perez-Gonzalez/WHYY)
Business
Delaware
Food & Drink

Southern Delaware businesses slowly overcoming COVID challenges

As COVID cases in Delaware continue to fall, small businesses in southern Delaware are still working to rebound from the economic challenges of the past year.

5 years ago

Pride Night at 2312 Garrett Bar in Upper Darby, 2021. It was the first Pride related event hosted by U.D.T.J. Bottom row from left to right: Elijah Neal, Ashely Rose, Valentina Kariouk, Dyamond Gibbs, BJ Bryant. 
Top row, left to right: Ophelia Hotass, Kyle McIntyre, name unknown. Minus Ophelia, the other people are the organizers of the Pride Festival and members of UDTJ. (Courtesy of UDTJ)
Community Events
Kids
LGBTQ

‘Everybody has a home here’: Upper Darby is having its first Pride festival

UDTJ — which stands for Understanding, Devotion, Take Action, and Justice — is the group behind the event on Sunday, June 27.

5 years ago

Members of ad hoc group reimagining a new Pride in Philly. L - R: Maso Kibble, Diamond Anthony, Jessica Kallup, Manny Frank-Lampon, Rich Frank-Lampon, André Henson aka Alzei Barbei Mizrahi, Elicia Gonzales, Jamaal Henderson, and Abdul-Aliy Muhammad. (Peter Crimmins / WHYY)
Community Events
LGBTQ
Philadelphia

Ad hoc LGBTQ group begins to re-imagine Pride in Philly

In the wake of the dissolution of Philly Pride Presents, an ad hoc group has begun to organize itself as the new keeper of Pride.

5 years ago

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