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Neighbors and Newsrooms Summit: Building collaborations that better inform and engage South Jersey

WHYY’s Neighbors and Newsrooms Summit was made possible by the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation.

5 years ago

A building in Old City partially collapsed Friday morning. (6ABC)
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Heavy rains trigger partial building collapse in Old City

The collapse sent bricks and other debris crashing down onto a parked car and caved in a nearby manhole.

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Dr. Donald Morton hopes to mentor 10,000 Black men as part of his ReManned Project based out of Wilmington. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
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Mentoring program for Black men in Delaware looks to go global

The Wilmington-based ReManned Project hopes to connect 10,000 Black men with mentors to help process trauma and find success in their work and personal lives.

5 years ago

Amazon's Echo Show devices are among those that will automatically be added to its shared Wi-Fi network scheme, called Amazon Sidewalk. (Amazon)
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Your Amazon Echo will share your wi-fi network with neighbors, unless you opt out

Amazon is building a Wi-Fi network – using your Wi-Fi.

5 years ago

Philly AIDS Thrift in Queen Village (Danya Henninger/Billy Penn)
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Philly AIDS Thrift plans to expand as it recovers from COVID hit

The thrift store that supports HIV/AIDS advocacy and treatment organization anticipates a strong resurgence as COVID-19 restrictions lift.

5 years ago

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JBS plant in Montco fully operational after weekend cyberattack

The cyberattack shut down the Souderton facility on Tuesday. It partially reopened on Wednesday.

5 years ago

The Rev. Derrick Johnson says he thinks the nearly 12-hour standoff could have ended with Goodwyn's surrender. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
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Police: Suspect kills self to end overnight standoff after 3 Wilmington officers shot

Local pastor Derrick Johnson said officers told him the man accused of shooting three officers during an overnight standoff took his own life Thursday morning.

5 years ago

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N.I.C.E Behind the Scenes: A people-first future for journalism

Christopher Norris, WHYY’s Managing Editor for Community and Engagement, and Eric Marsh, WHYY’s Community Outreach Organizer, discuss the future of journalism.

5 years ago

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How the Philly Medical Examiner’s Office desecrated MOVE victims’ remains for 36 years

Recent revelations of the office’s desecration of the MOVE bombing victims’ remains are the latest chapter in a long history, starting from the moment the fire went out.

5 years ago

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Host of the Odunde Festival Six King hypes up the crowd on South Street Sunday during the festival celebrating African and Carribean culture. (Brad Larrison for WHYY)
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Exhibiting Pride, Odunde online, circus arts, and strawberry fields in this week’s ‘Things to Do’

June 3-6: Pride Month kickoff, virtual Odunde, bridal expo.

5 years ago

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The Great Beech tree in Philadelphia
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A certified ‘champion,’ Philly’s Great Beech is dying, over 150 years after it was planted

Philadelphia’s champion tree, The Great Beech, measured above 100 feet tall, making it the tallest of its kind in the United States. It’s slowly dying.

5 years ago

Washington Wizards' Bradley Beal, right, tries to get past Philadelphia 76ers' Ben Simmons during the second half of Game 5 in a first-round NBA basketball playoff series, Wednesday, June 2, 2021, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
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Without Embiid, 76ers roll past Wizards and into 2nd round

Rest up, Joel Embiid.

With an NBA title still in sight, the 76ers will need their injured franchise center — healthy and ready to roll — in the second round against Atlanta.

5 years ago

The Biden's beach house in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. (Google maps)
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Another ‘Biden backup’ in Delaware with his first presidential trip to Rehoboth Beach home

After spending the Memorial Day weekend at home in Wilmington, President Biden returns to Delaware for his first stay as president at his home in Rehoboth Beach.

5 years ago

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A year later, racial reckoning yields uncertainty in giving

Though discussion about increasing diversity in all aspects of American life goes on and some changes have been adopted, advocates so far see little systemic progress.

5 years ago

Members of the Philadelphia Police Department’s Crime Scene Unit are pictured behind crime scene tape
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Philadelphia

‘Mad or nah?’: Residents react to Philly Weekly’s gun violence contest

Tamara Russell, aka P.O.C., hit the streets to see how residents feel about Philly Weekly’s gun violence contest, which asks readers to guess the city’s homicide total.

5 years ago

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