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People have lunch inside a local restaurant on Friday, Sept. 4, 2020, in Hoboken, New Jersey. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)
Business
Food & Drink
Public Health

Following certification, Pa. restaurants can increase indoor dining capacity to 50%

Restaurants that want to move to 50% indoor capacity must first go through a self-certification process — which will be available starting Sept. 21.

5 years ago

Labor union members including teachers and librarians joined a solidarity protest for the conditions of sanitation workers in the city of Philadelphia.(Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
The Why
Economy
Philadelphia

Philly’s changing union labor scene

In Philly, long known as a blue-collar "labor town," the kinds of workers organizing is changing — a shift that started before the pandemic gave workers' issues new urgency.

Air Date: September 17, 2020

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A memorial to five people shot on a basketball court, two fatally, stands at the entrance to Roberto Clemente Playground. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Philadelphia
Public Safety

‘It leaves you speechless’: Incident at basketball court is Philly’s 21st mass shooting in 2020

At least five people were shot Wednesday night at Roberto Clemente Park in the Spring Garden section of the city, marking the 21st mass shooting this year.

5 years ago

A customer leaves a Pier 1 retail store, which is going out of business
Business
Income Inequality
National

COVID-19 danger continues to drive joblessness in US

The recovery remains fragile, imperiled by continuing COVID-19 cases and a failure to deliver another economic rescue package in Washington.

5 years ago

YEAH Philly mobilized to give away food, protest and do other community work during the pandemic. (YEAH Philly/Facebook)
PlanPhilly
Neighborhoods
Philadelphia
Broke in Philly

Why a West Philly org is ‘putting everything on the line’ to buy a home of its own

The Black-led organization plans to use the space to expand their anti-violence work and train young people in conflict resolution.

5 years ago

Many blocks in North Philadelphia are not lined with trees and many residents do not have home air conditioning
PlanPhilly
Environment
Philadelphia
Sustainability
Eyes on the Street

Philadelphia’s tree cover is vanishing. Here’s how you can help.

With the right policies, Philadelphia’s development boom could be our Johnny Appleseed moment.

5 years ago

A block of Sansom Street in Center City is closed to traffic for outdoor dining on Sept. 9.
Things To Do
Community Events
September 17 - 23, 2020

Delaware drive-in, digital orchestra and dining at a discount in this week’s ‘Things To Do’

Some restaurants are reopening for indoor dining in Philly with promotional weeks and COVID-19 protocols to lure customers back.

5 years ago

Listen 5:25
Deadly quadruple shooting at Roberto Clemente Park
Philadelphia
Policing
Public Safety
NBC10

3 gunmen fire 55 shots, kill teen and man, injure 2 others at Philly playground

The shooting victims were on the basketball court at Roberto Clemente Park along 18th and Wallace streets in Spring Garden when multiple gunmen opened fire.

5 years ago

Craig Thomas in 2019
Philadelphia
Sports
Streets & Roads

Philly announces road closures to prevent tailgating at Eagles home games

The street closures will be in place to enforce the city’s tailgating ban, which was implemented to mitigate the spread of COVID-19.

5 years ago

Monmouth Beach
New Jersey
Public Health

N.J. coronavirus recovery: Pleading with young people to take COVID-19 seriously

The warning from officials comes as COVID-19 cases for young people are on the rise and after a “drop” well exceeded the state’s limit for outdoor gatherings.

5 years ago

Shayanne Summers holds her dog Toph
NPR
Environment
National
Public Safety

Haze spreads across US as wildfires continue to tear through the West

Scientists link an increasing prevalence and intensity of wildfires to climate change, and residents are grappling with the dread that severe fire seasons are the new normal.

5 years ago

Kevin Warren
National
Public Health
Sports

Big Ten changes course, will play fall football after all

Less than five weeks after pushing football and other fall sports to spring in the name of player safety during the pandemic, the conference changed course Wednesday.

5 years ago

Dawn Wooten, left, spoke at a Sept. 15 news conference in Atlanta about conditions at the Irwin County Detention Center. Wooten submitted a whistleblower complaint on Monday alleging medical neglect and unsafe conditions that promoted the spread of COVID-19 at the facility.
NPR
Immigration
National
Public Health

Whistleblower alleges ‘medical neglect,’ questionable hysterectomies of ICE detainees

Democratic lawmakers and immigration advocacy groups are calling for the DHS's inspector general to investigate the claims, centered on conditions at a facility in Georgia.

5 years ago

184 cats seized from property in Camden, Delaware
Animals
Delaware
Home & Family

182 cats seized from Del. property in suspected animal cruelty case; adopters sought

The BVSPCA is seeking adopters after nearly 200 cats were seized from a Camden property. The rescue is believed to be the largest single hoarding case seizure in Del. history.

5 years ago

Friends of Sarah Pitt lit candles and carried flowers at Rittenhouse Square park in Philadelphia for a vigil and a march in her honor. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Remembering Sarah Pitts, the late Philly activist who ‘lived 4 or 5 different lives’

The 35-year-old lawyer was killed biking home on Labor Day.

5 years ago

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