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Rickey Ramirez is working overtime to keep up with the crush of Christmas deliveries.
NPR
Home & Family
National

Millions of Christmas gifts may arrive late due to overload at the Postal Service

"We're really busy, it's been unbearable," sighs Manny Huenchunir, a USPS truck driver who was unloading and reloading crates of mail at a post office outside Boston Tuesday.

5 years ago

Tinsel in July
Things To Do
Community Events
December 24 - 30, 2020

Philly POPS for Christmas, Kwanzaa on the Square, and holiday cheer at Tinsel in this week’s Things To Do

Celebrating the season, whatever your holiday tradition, is still possible thanks to outdoor events and activities hosted online.

5 years ago

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The Gloria Casarez mural by Michelle Angela Ortiz at 12th and Locust streets was painted over on Wednesday, December 23, 2020. (Photo by Steve Weinik/Mural Arts)
LGBTQ
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity
Visual Arts

Iconic mural of Latina LGBTQ activist painted over

In Philly’s Gayborhood, the face of Latina LGBTQ activist Gloria Casarez has been painted over with white.

5 years ago

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A hiring sign shows outside of Gray M. Sanborn Elementary School in Palatine, Ill., Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020. Illinois reports biggest spike in unemployment claims of all states. On Wednesday, Dec. 23, the number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell by 89,000 last week to a still-elevated 803,000, evidence that the job market remains under stress nine months after the coronavirus outbreak sent the U.S. economy into recession and caused millions of layoffs.  (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Economy
Income Inequality

U.S. layoffs remain elevated as 803,000 seek jobless aid

The job market remains under stress nine months after the coronavirus outbreak sent the U.S. economy into recession and caused millions of layoffs.

5 years ago

Kathleen Schallus sorts through holiday cards sent to Shore Medical Center
Home & Family
New Jersey
Public Health

Season’s greetings: Cards solicited in New Jersey for COVID-19 patients

Realizing this year's unique dynamic, hospitals asked adults, organizations and schoolchildren to either make or buy holiday cards and send them to their patients.

5 years ago

Barbara Jackson at Rosa Photo
Neighborhoods
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Secret Philly: The story of Rosa Photo, that FBI fingerprinting truck at 16th and Callowhill

Started by a lawyer from the Dominican Republic, the business became a staple in the Philly immigrant community.

5 years ago

A volunteer prepares a meal via Catering by Design
Homelessness
Income Inequality
Philadelphia

Step Up to the Plate to offer Christmas meals in Kensington

The team of Philly nonprofits, which serves meals to those experiencing housing and food insecurity, aims to extend its program through March amid the pandemic.

5 years ago

Police on horses gather a crowd of protesters towards the sidewalk on Highland Park Boulevard in Wilkes-Barre, PA. Approximately 300 protesters showed up on August 2, 2018, outside of the Make America Great Again rally. (Natalie Piserchio for WHYY)
Pennsylvania
Policing

Pennsylvania State Police are recruiting…horses

Pa.'s State Police mounted patrol unit provides security and crowd control at community and large scale events. Now PSP is looking for members to fill out its 28 horse team.

5 years ago

A scene from the 2020 Mummers Parade
Philadelphia
Public Health
Billy Penn

Thousands say they’re going to the Mummers march on New Year’s Day

The city says it’s “prepared to manage” the event, which is billed as a protest — not a parade.

5 years ago

Radio Times
Home & Family
Mental Health
Sex & Relationships

“Fault Lines: Fractured Families and how to Mend Them”

Family gatherings may be physically distant this year but the tensions and old resentments will still show up over Zoom or on phone calls.

Air Date: December 22, 2020

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More than 10 million people in the U.S. are out of jobs, and the hardest-hit industries are also some of the lowest paying, including retail, leisure, hospitality and tourism. (Sarah Gonzales for NPR)
NPR
Income Inequality
Public Health

$4 in my bank account: Pandemic has left millions of livelihoods in limbo

More than 10 million people are out of jobs, and some of the hardest-hit industries are also among the lowest paying, including retail, leisure, hospitality and tourism.

5 years ago

The Dolles sign atop the salt water taffy story has been a landmark in Rehoboth Beach for more than a half-century. (Butch Comegys for WHYY)
Business
Delaware
Food & Drink

Famous fluorescent sign atop Rehoboth Beach salt-water taffy store coming down — but could resurface nearby

The iconic orange sign atop Dolles Candyland was constructed in 1962 after a storm destroyed the store and much of the Rehoboth Beach boardwalk.

5 years ago

Philadelphia Mayor Kenney speaks at a June press conference.
Government Accountability
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Jim Kenney’s no good, very bad year: As pandemic and protests roiled Philadelphia, the mayor had regrets

“No big city mayor got it right in 2020,” said one Philly councilmember.

5 years ago

Sandra Lindsay, left, a nurse at Long Island Jewish Medical Center, is inoculated with the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine by Dr. Michelle Chester
Medicine
Public Health

Will you get a COVID-19 vaccine? Tell us why — or why not

Are you interested in getting the vaccine as soon as it's available, will you wait, or not get it at all? Let us know, and we’ll use your input to inform our reporting.

5 years ago

Radio Times
Homelessness
Music

Regional Roundup – 12/21/2020

This week; staving off evictions in Philly, a former hotel repurposed as a homeless shelter in Delaware, and remembering Philly blues legend Frank Bey.

Air Date: December 21, 2020 10:00 am

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