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A sign at the celebration in front of Philly's vote-counting center on Saturday. (Max Marin / Billy Penn)
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

12 times Philly made national headlines, and what everyone got wrong

When will people learn to keep the city’s name out of their mouth?

5 years ago

Delaware Senator Chris Coons (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Radio Times
Politics
Sports

Regional Roundup – 12/28/20

This week: the latest on COVID in New Jersey, Delaware Senator Chris Coons, and a roundup of Philly sports.

Air Date: December 28, 2020 10:00 am

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Protesters head for the Philadelphia art museum on May 30, 2020, to protest the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Philadelphia

Photos from 2020: Looking back on a year that changed our world

2020 was not a typical year for anyone in the region. Here's a view from WHYY photographers on how the last 12 months unfolded in real time.

5 years ago

Centro Musical, located in the heart of El Bloque de Oro, is a music shop and gathering for Latinos in the community. | Centro Musical en el corazón de El Bloque de Oro, es una tienda de música y un encuentro para latinos en la comunidad. (Photo by Bernardo Morillo for WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Music
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity
Bilingual version

‘Música es parte de nuestra cultura’: How Philly’s Centro Musical shop focuses on salsa y comunidad

West Kensington’s Centro Musical is more than a shop — it’s a place for Latinos to come together, play music and celebrate their culture.

5 years ago

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Centro Musical, located in the heart of El Bloque de Oro, is a music shop and gathering for Latinos in the community. | Centro Musical en el corazón de El Bloque de Oro, es una tienda de música y un encuentro para latinos en la comunidad. (Photo by Bernardo Morillo for WHYY)
Music
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity
Version en Español

El Centro Musical en North Philly se asegura de que la salsa ‘esté para quedarse’

El Centro Musical de West Kensington es más que una tienda: es un lugar para que los latinos se reúnan, toquen música y celebren su cultura.

5 years ago

Listen 4:39
Centro Musical, located in the heart of El Bloque de Oro, is a music shop and gathering for Latinos in the community. | Centro Musical en el corazón de El Bloque de Oro, es una tienda de música y un encuentro para latinos en la comunidad. (Photo by Bernardo Morillo for WHYY)
Music
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity
English version

‘Music is part of our culture’: How Philly’s Centro Musical shop makes space for salsa and community

West Kensington’s Centro Musical is more than a shop — it’s a place for Latinos to come together, play music and celebrate their culture.

5 years ago

Listen 4:39
Two festive goats hang out at Awbury Arboretum
Environment
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

How to recycle your Christmas tree in Philly: Feed it to goats or bring it to a center

You don’t have to trash that fir you so carefully decorated after it was chopped down.

5 years ago

Ornaments are pictured close-up on a Christmas tree
Delaware
Environment
Home & Family

Delaware encourages recycling of used Christmas trees

Delaware officials say the state recycled over 173,000 tons of yard waste in 2019.

5 years ago

This image taken from surveillance video provided by Metro Nashville PD shows a recreational vehicle that was involved in a blast on Friday, Dec. 25, 2020 in Nashville, Tenn.  (Metro Nashville PD via AP)
Criminal Justice
National
Public Safety

US officials: Suspect in Nashville explosion died in blast

More than 24 hours after the explosion, a motive remained elusive as investigators worked to resolve unanswered questions about an RV that blew up on Christmas morning.

5 years ago

Patches cover the back of a Girl Scout's vest
Gender
Kids
National

Girl Scouts rebuke Boy Scouts in escalating recruitment war

The Girl Scouts said the Boy Scouts’ marketing of expanded services for girls was “highly damaging to Girl Scouts” and had set off an “explosion of confusion."

5 years ago

The four youngest Quinn family children, who are moving back to a shelter. (Courtesy of Deborah Quinn)
Housing
Income Inequality
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Heading back to a shelter, Philly mom wishes COVID hotel money could pay for housing instead

The funding designated for contingency sites is not flexible, city officials said.

5 years ago

Thousands gathered near the Art Museum steps during a protest against police brutality. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Philadelphia
Social Justice
Billy Penn

10 of the most inspiring moments from Philly’s 2020 social justice protests

Artwork, engagements, basketball, and solidarity.

5 years ago

Environment
Outdoors

A trail circuiting the region? That’s the goal of a 500 miles by 2025 campaign

Local transportation and community advocacy organizations are campaigning to build hundreds of miles of continuous trail in the region. Here’s how.

5 years ago

A Sri Lankan Catholic girl wears a hair band with a Santa figure arrives at a church to attend the Christmas Day holly mass in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Friday, Dec. 25, 2020. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
Home & Family
International

A pandemic Christmas: Services move online, people stay home

Curfews, quarantines and border closings complicated Christmas Friday for countless people around the globe, but determination and imagination helped keep the day special.

5 years ago

Emergency personnel work at the scene of an explosion in downtown Nashville, Tenn., Friday, Dec. 25, 2020. Buildings shook in the immediate area and beyond after a loud boom was heard early Christmas morning. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
National
Public Safety

AP sources: Human remains found near Nashville explosion

An explosion shook the largely deserted streets of downtown Nashville early Christmas morning, shattering windows, damaging buildings and wounding three people.

5 years ago

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