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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is considering adding the Bethany Beach firefly to the list of endangered species. (courtesy Christopher M. Heckscher, Delaware State)
Delaware
Environment
Sustainability

Rare Delaware Bethany Beach firefly approaches endangered species list

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is considering adding the firefly with an extremely small habitat to the list of endangered species.

6 years ago

A variety of fried snacks and soft drinks are for sale in Mexico City's Centro Historico neighborhood. (Meghan Dhaliwal/for NPR)
NPR
Food & Drink
Income Inequality
Public Health

Malnutrition hits the obese as well as the underfed

Hunger once seemed like a simple problem. Around the globe, often in low-income countries, many people didn't get enough calories.

6 years ago

Heat lamps keep people warm as they line up for Christmas treats at Termini Bros. Bakery in South Philly (Facebook / Termini Bros Bakery)
Business
Food & Drink
Housing
Billy Penn

Iconic South Philly bakery turns Christmas Eve tradition into fire fundraiser

People visiting Termini Bros. for holiday treats can help displaced families in need.

6 years ago

Flickr Creative Commons
Income Inequality
K-12
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

How hungry Philly kids can get free lunch over winter break

Rec centers around the city are hosting the meals on three separate days.

6 years ago

Philadelphia skyline
Business
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

The Year in Comcast: How Philly’s biggest corporation made headlines in 2019

An esports arena, the Four Seasons opening, Cohen’s resignation and a Supreme Court battle.

6 years ago

Members of Virgil's family picking up a donated portrait of him this December. (Courtesy of Sandy Ross)
Mental Health
Philadelphia
Kids in the Crossfire

When gun violence steals the cheer from a family’s holiday

Among those who have lost loved ones, trauma and grief can be magnified at this time of year. Finding what helps them get through can take time.

6 years ago

Listen 3:55
(WHYY staff and contributors)
View Finders
Media

A visual journey through 2019

This timeline chronicles some of the most compelling photojournalism of 2019, covered by WHYY staff and contributing photographers.

6 years ago

A parranda sings Christmas carols in front of a live nativity at Conshohocken United Methodist Church in Conshohocken, Pa. (Kriston Jae Bethel for WHYY)
Community Events
Pennsylvania

In Conshohocken, a holiday parranda ‘brings it all back’ and connects the Latinx community to its roots

The parranda — a holiday-season tradition in the Caribbean and Latin American countries — was a new sight to see along Fayette Street in December.

6 years ago

Andrea and her son (pseudonyms), who are awaiting an asylum hearing, live in central Jersey. (NJ Spotlight)
Immigration
National
Policing

Separated at the border, the story of Andrea and her son José

Fearing MS-13 gang, she sought asylum in U.S. after being separated by border officials, she and her son eventually were reunited and now live in N.J.

6 years ago

A man buys groceries in a supermarket.
NPR
Income Inequality
National

New SNAP rule impacts college students by limiting benefits and adding confusion

Some low-income college students are among the 688,000 food stamp recipients projected to lose benefits as a result of a Trump administration rule announced Dec. 4.

6 years ago

(Norqin/Pixabay)
Environment
New Jersey

Clean-energy advocates slam federal order they say favors fossil fuels

BPU condemns FERC for showing “a callous disregard for the health and safety of the residents” of NJ and other impacted states

6 years ago

Seals resting off Sandy Hook. (Robert Siliato Photography)
Down the Shore
New Jersey
Outdoors

As winter begins and seals arrive at N.J. beaches, experts say to stay away

A Jersey Shore marine mammal organization is warning the public to keep a distance from the recent arrivals at area beaches: resting seals.

6 years ago

Joseph Segel, founder of a number of companies including QVC, has died. (Courtesy of Philadelphia Business Journal)
Media
Pennsylvania

Joe Segel, founder of QVC, dies at 88

Joseph "Joe" M. Segel, the entrepreneur who founded TV shopping giant QVC and the Franklin Mint, died of natural causes early Saturday in Gladwyne.

6 years ago

Transit workers volunteer time to dress up the vehicles, and their creations are impressive. (Danya Henninger)
Philadelphia
Transportation
Billy Penn

The SEPTA holiday buses were amazingly extra this year

Transit workers volunteer time to dress up the vehicles, and their creations are impressive.

6 years ago

Philly athletes Dajah Horsey and Malika Douglas show how athletics help girls fight back against food insecurity. (Charles Fox/The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Income Inequality
Philadelphia
Sports
Broke in Philly

Sports fueled Philly athletes Dajah Horsey and Malika Douglas in their fight against food insecurity

Philly athletes Dajah Horsey and Malika Douglas show how athletics help girls fight back against food insecurity.

6 years ago

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