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Facebook Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before the House Financial Services Committee on Wednesday. Two days later, Zuckerberg's social media giant announced it is launching a section of its site specifically dedicated to news. (Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images)
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Facebook News: App will offer hand-picked stories from NPR, other outlets

Facebook has hired a small team of journalists who will pick the stories that show up in one of the sections of the app, called Today's Stories.

6 years ago

(Danya Henninger/Billy Penn)
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Philly Quizzo at Triple Bottom: Can you beat the high score?

Our monthly local trivia night in the Spring Arts District was hopping.

6 years ago

(Courtesy of 177th Fighter Wing, New Jersey Air National Guard)
Down the Shore
Military
New Jersey

Military exercises at the Shore involve sirens, horns, pyrotechnic explosions

Shore residents might have a unique experience through Saturday as the military undertakes training exercises. 

6 years ago

(Mark Henninger/Imagic Digital)
Economic Development
Income Inequality
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Most of Philly’s new jobs are being added in low-wage industries

The city’s workforce growth is mostly in positions that pay $35,000 or less.

6 years ago

(Danya Henninger/Billy Penn)
Billy Penn

Guide: 7 totally last-minute DIY Halloween costumes that scream Philly

Unlike Agholor, Trashy Street, Mike Scott Hive and more

6 years ago

'That’s good news,' says 1210WPHT radio host Dom Giordano on Wednesday upon learning of the Kenney administration’s new schedule for removing the Frank Rizzo statue in Center City. Giordano spoke an event commemorating the 99th birthday of the former mayor, where supporters placed Italian bread loaves in the shape of the number 99 at the based of the statue. (Michael D'Onofrio/The Philadelphia Tribune)
Philadelphia
Public Spaces
Sculpture
The Philadelphia Tribune

Timeline for Rizzo statue removal pushed back — again

The Kenney administration has readjusted the timeline for relocating the larger-than-life statue of Frank Rizzo yet again.

6 years ago

(Public domain image)
Down the Shore
New Jersey
Streets & Roads
Transportation

Officials: Be ‘extra cautious’ on roadways as deer mating season begins

With the autumn white-tailed deer breeding season upon us and darkness arriving earlier, New Jersey officials are urging motorists to exercise caution on the state’s roadways.

6 years ago

Streets Department employee Shaketa Armstead worries about her health every day she's on the job, in part because the low-quality safety equipment the city provides. (Aaron Moselle/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Public Health
Public Spaces
Streets & Roads

Feces and needles ‘jumping in the air’: City street cleaners want better safety gear

Philadelphia street cleaners say the city’s street sweeping pilot is exposing them to health hazards.

6 years ago

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Three angel statues seen at Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia, Pa. (Image courtesy of Friends of Laurel Hill Cemetery)
Things To Do
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October 24 - 31, 2019

Things To Do: Scary-good times for Halloween, and some soulful musical options

Scary good times and soulful music are among the weekend’s options in Philadelphia, New Jersey and Delaware.

6 years ago

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Police investigate a 2018 drive-by shooting in Germantown. The City’s Controller has found that a homicide reduces the values of a nearby homes. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Public Safety
Real Estate

Homicide and home values: Why the city controller says Philly needs a fiscal argument to combat murder rate

A new report says that murder in Philadelphia hurts home values. And its authors think the city needs to hear that message to prompt real change.

6 years ago

MAX MARIN / BILLY PENN
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Rampant sidewalk parking at the Free Library makes ADA entrance hard to access

The city says it’s working on a plan to fix more than 30 buildings with “major” accessibility issues.

6 years ago

(Michaela Winberg/Billy Penn)
Changing Communities
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

From needle-filled lot to colorful community garden, a North Philly school is transformed

Neighbors said the Fairhill space “was like a cemetery” before the Mural Arts project came in.

6 years ago

The Chester High School soccer team takes the field for their first home game in over 30 years. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Sports

High school soccer returns to Chester after 30-year drought

Rain couldn’t dampen the Chester Clippers’ spirits — nor did their defeat to a rival high school in Delaware County. It was the team’s first game in 30 years.

6 years ago

In this January 11, 2018 Coast Guard file photo, an MH-65 Dolphin rescue helicopter crew medevacs an ill fisherman from the deck of the Coast Guard Cutter Willow about 60 miles east of Atlantic City,   (Photo: Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Seth Johnson)
Down the Shore
New Jersey

Coast Guard rescues 4 from recreational boat that ran aground near N.J. coastline

Four boaters were uninjured when their boat ran aground near the New Jersey coastline Monday evening. 

6 years ago

Guardian Civic League President and Democratic nominee for Philadelphia Sheriff Rochelle Bilal explains to a  young audience best practices for encounters with police officers when they are stopped for questioning. (Jonathan Wilson for WHYY)
Criminal Justice
Policing
Race & Ethnicity

‘You can’t talk yourself out:’ Black officers train Philly residents on their rights in police stops

Following the fatal shooting of a woman in Texas, two organizations of black officers hosted a training for people of color in Philly on interacting with police.

6 years ago

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