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Rosa E. Ruiz wears an elaborate costume during a celebration of the Mexican tradition, Day of the Dead, at the Penn Museum in Philadelphia. (Miguel Martinez for WHYY)
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Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity

Celebration of the dead keeps Mexican tradition alive

Colorful costumes, elaborate face painting and traditional Mexican dancing draw crowds to the Penn Museum for the Dia de los Muertos celebration.

6 years ago

This Oct. 21, 2019 photo shows Karen Bright, a professor at Monmouth University, with a Superstorm Sandy-themed art exhibit she and another professor created in West Long Branch, N.J. Personal stories of people who survived Superstorm Sandy are an integral part of a new art exhibit remembering the deadly storm and the devastation it caused. (Wayne Parry/AP Photo)
New Jersey
Visual Arts

Survivors’ tales part of the art in Superstorm Sandy exhibit

The "Just Beachy After Sandy" exhibit at Monmouth University in New Jersey is on display through early December.

6 years ago

Drums and other instruments installed by the Rotary Club of Wilmington at H. Fletcher Brown Park on the northern edge of downtown Wilmington will allow visitors of all ages to discover their inner musician. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
Delaware
Music
Public Spaces

‘For the young and the young at heart’: Wilmington takes a musical twist on playing in the park

A quiet space on the edge of the city’s downtown will be filled with music, thanks to a permanent installation of instruments available for all to use.

6 years ago

Calib Willis of the Los Angeles County Fire Department hoses down a smoldering residence destroyed by a wildfire Friday, Oct. 25, 2019, in Santa Clarita, California. (Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP Photo)
Environment
National
Public Safety

New evacuations, power outages near California wildfire

Authorities ordered at least 50,000 residents to evacuate towns near a massive Northern California wildfire Saturday.

6 years ago

Middle Township Police Department says a parent found a bag of suspected heroin while checking a child’s candy bag. (Public domain image)
Down the Shore
New Jersey

Police: Suspected heroin found in child’s bag after Shore trunk-or-treat event

Authorities in a Cape May County municipality are reminding parents to check their children's candy bags after a shocking discovery on Friday.

6 years ago

Volunteers at Sandy Hook for Clean Ocean Action's Spring Beach Sweep in April 2019. (Courtesy of Clean Ocean Action)
Down the Shore
Environment
New Jersey

Nearly 6,000 volunteers removed trash from N.J. beaches Saturday

Thousands of volunteers swept beaches from Bergen County to Cape May County Saturday as part of a New Jersey-based organization’s annual program.

6 years ago

(Danya Henninger/Billy Penn)
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Medicine
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Real-life Philly horror stories: 4 tales of true crime from a former city medical examiner

Doctors working as forensic investigators help solve some intense murder mysteries.

6 years ago

Radio Times
Environment
Health Care

Regional Roundup – 10/28/19

This week; the move to ban single-use plastic bags in Philly, providing free menstrual products in Pa. schools and facilities, and the Philly origins of candy corn.

Air Date: October 21, 2019 10:00 am

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Food prep workers die-in at the Philadelphia airport on Wednesday night to demonstrate the life and death stakes of lacking affordable healthcare. (Nina Feldman/WHYY)
Business
Health Care
Travel

Airline food prep workers stage PHL ‘die-in’ to rally for better health care

Employees of LSG Sky Chef, a subcontractor for American Airlines and others, staged a ‘die-in’ to spotlight their demand for affordable health care coverage.

6 years ago

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)
NPR
Media
National
Technology

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

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