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Outside the Newtown Joint Municipal Authority
Environment
Pennsylvania
Public Spaces

A Newtown authority wants to build its own wastewater treatment plant. Residents and elected officials are pushing back

A pivotal meeting Tuesday could decide the fate of the project.

10 months ago

Listen 1:00
Tony Royster and two others drumming
Gun Violence
Music
Philadelphia

Philly group uses drumming to fight gun violence

Positive Movement Drumline spreads a message of peace through its drill team in its mission to stop gun violence.

10 months ago

Listen 2:11
first responders spraying water on a small plane crash
Pennsylvania
Public Safety
Transportation

A single-engine plane crashes near a Pennsylvania airport and all 5 aboard are taken to hospitals

Air traffic control audio captured the pilot reporting that the aircraft “has an open door, we need to return for a landing.”

10 months ago

An overturned tractor trailer sits on I-76 after a crash on March 8, 2025.
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Transportation
Travel
6abc

Overturned tractor trailer shuts down I-76 east for hours

As of 10 a.m. two lanes remain shut down in the eastbound lanes and the westbound lanes have re-opened.

10 months ago

Investigators on the ground at the site of the plane crash
Philadelphia
Public Safety
Transportation

Black box from deadly Northeast Philly plane crash never recorded audio, NTSB investigation reveals

Preliminary investigations found the pilot’s black box recorder did not record audio from the Jan. 31 flight and likely hadn’t worked in years.

10 months ago

Listen 1:17
a fire burning at a scrapyard
Employment
Environment
New Jersey

‘Feeding burning cars to the belt’: EMR employees’ actions worsened Camden scrapyard fire, report says

“Their actions caused the … 4-story building to be fully engulfed in flames,” one first responder wrote in a report obtained by WHYY News.

10 months ago

Stanton Cornish-Bell holds his newborn twin sons
Home & Family
Kids
Philadelphia

His twin newborn sons went missing in Philly last summer. Now reunited, a father fights to make the system work better

Missing persons’ posters of two newborn twins in Philly began circulating last summer. But as a father searched for his kids, authorities called the case a “custody issue."

10 months ago

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Residents gather in Glenside in the aftermath of the SPS fire to protest ongoing federal budget and workforce cuts on March 4, 2025.
Pennsylvania
Protests
Public Safety

Glenside residents protest DOGE cuts in the aftermath of SPS fire: ‘Who’s going to be keeping an eye out for us?’

Residents said environmental oversight is crucial as they continue to grapple with the impacts of the industrial disaster in their own backyards.

10 months ago

EMR Recycling in Camden
Environment
New Jersey
Public Health

‘It’s hellish now’: EMR fire leaves Camden residents worried about health and contamination

Neighbors reported difficulty breathing, headaches and lingering odors in the aftermath of the massive blaze.

10 months ago

Listen 1:11
People hold Ukrainian and American flags outside City Hall in Philadelphia
International
Philadelphia
Politics
Protests

Hundreds gather at Philly’s City Hall to support Ukraine after tense White House meeting

Hundreds rallied near City Hall Tuesday, holding Ukraine flags in support after Trump and Zelenskyy clashed over war negotiations.

10 months ago

Listen 1:23
Saquon Barkley answering questions with his daughter sitting in his lap
Philadelphia
Sports

Eagles make Saquon Barkley highest-paid running back in NFL history

Barkley ran for 2,504 yards in the regular season and playoffs, breaking Terrell Davis’ record for most yards rushing in one season.

10 months ago

Philip Fitzgerald smiles
Business
Economic Development
Philadelphia

Philadelphia Foundation hires its first chief impact officer

Philip Fitzgerald, the nonprofit organization’s new chief impact officer, will focus on economic mobility, community safety and youth development.

10 months ago

The S.S. United States
Philadelphia
Preservation

Historic SS United States completes first leg of journey from Philly to become world’s largest artificial reef

The SS United States, a 1,000-foot vessel that shattered the trans-Atlantic speed record on its maiden voyage in 1952, arrived early Monday in Mobile, Ala.

10 months ago

Reading Terminal Market
Food & Drink
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Reading Terminal Market unveils 5-year strategic plan, expands offerings

The historic market welcomes new vendors and outlines a vision for growth in its latest strategic plan.

10 months ago

Tiffanie Stanard smiles
Business
Economic Development
Philadelphia

Philly tech start-up wants to fix the broken system of procurement with a new tool

To increase potential sales, Stimulus leverages artificial intelligence to find out when a large institution might be most receptive to vendors.

10 months ago

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