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Children from the Precious Babies daycare are evacuated after a mass shooting in North Philadelphia. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Philadelphia
Public Safety
Transportation
Billy Penn

How SEPTA helped reunite families during the North Philly police shootout

The transit authority is an undersung player in the city’s emergency response.

6 years ago

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Philadelphia
Public Safety
Technology
Billy Penn

Google sent up an SOS for the North Philly shooting — in the wrong location

Experts say the search giant might be doing more harm than good.

6 years ago

Children from the Precious Babies daycare are evacuated on SEPTA buses from the scene of a mass shooting and standoff with police. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Philadelphia
Public Safety

‘I’m still not calm’: Exhausted neighbors unsettled after North Philly police shooting

Normal life was turned upside down on Wednesday. A day later, people were still coming to grips with exactly what unfolded.

6 years ago

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Dito Sakhokia, 18, from George Washington High School in Philadelphia receives the TD Bank Young Heroes Award at the National Liberty Museum. A recent immigrant and student of English, Sakhokia won multiple awards for public speaking. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Kids

Never too young to be a hero: National Liberty Museum honors kids with a cause

Children and teenagers were recognized by the National Liberty Museum in Old City for their volunteerism and achievements in the name of democracy.

6 years ago

A fire burns at the Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery hours after a series of early morning explosions on June 21, 2019. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Economy
Energy
Environment

Layoffs at PES refinery begin, as union argues for continued presence due to safety concerns

The first 80 workers have been let go at the shuttered Philadelphia Energy Solutions complex, more than a week earlier than expected.

6 years ago

Flags fly over crosses at a makeshift memorial near the scene of a mass shooting at a shopping complex Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2019, in El Paso, Texas. (AP Photo/John Locher)
Speak Easy
Immigration
Public Safety
Race & Ethnicity
Speak Easy

As a Mexican immigrant, the El Paso shooting scared me, but I won’t be silent

The mass shootings in El Paso and Gilroy have horrified me. I won’t allow my fear to silence me. Instead, I will use it to resist and fight against white supremacy.

6 years ago

Banderas y cruces en un monumento improvisado cerca de la escena de un tiroteo masivo en un complejo comercial el martes 6 de agosto de 2019 en El Paso, Texas.(AP Photo/John Locher)
Speak Easy
Immigration
Public Safety
Race & Ethnicity
Speak Easy

Como inmigrante ​de​ ​Méxic​o​, El Paso me asustó, pero no permitiré​ que me ​​silencie

Los asesinatos en El Paso y Gilroy me han horrorizado. Pero no permitiré que mi miedo me silencie, lo utilice para resistir y luchar contra la supremacía blanca.

6 years ago

Image courtesy of Philadelphia Folk Festival
Things To Do
Community Events
August 15 - 21, 2019

Alice Cooper, Common, and the Philadelphia Folk Festival are among this week’s ‘Things To Do’

Food, folk, and arts and culture festivals anchor the weekend events calendar in the Delaware Valley.

6 years ago

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Police remain on the scene after a gunman was apprehended following a standoff Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019, in Philadelphia. A gunman who opened fire on police Wednesday as they were serving a drug warrant in Philadelphia, wounding several officers and triggering a standoff that extended into the night, is in police custody, authorities said. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Philadelphia
Public Safety

7-hour North Philly standoff ends without fatalities: Suspect surrenders, hostages free

The suspected gunman who allegedly opened fire on police officers in Philadelphia’s Nicetown-Tioga neighborhood is in custody

6 years ago

Leslie Slingsby, executive director of Mission Kids, sits on her sons bed with his Boy Scouts of America uniform and handbook at her Collegeville, Pa. home on August 14, 2019. Slingsby's nonprofit works on behalf of Montgomery County to investigate claims of child abuse and advocates for child protection around the world. (Kriston Jae Bethel for WHYY)
Public Safety

Safe to join Boy Scouts? Some parents say policy upgrades help prevent abuse

To ensure their kids’ safety, some parents have set up their own protocols. Others say Boy Scouts of America has put in its own protective policies.

6 years ago

A fatal four-car crash outside Dewey Beach on Saturday was one of three serious accidents last weekend. (Delaware Department of Transportation)
Delaware
Public Safety
Streets & Roads

Three horrific crashes at Delaware beaches last weekend renew safety calls

A driver died in a crash, a pedestrian was fatally struck by a state trooper’s vehicle and a bicyclist suffered head trauma on a six-mile stretch of Delaware beach highway.

6 years ago

Listen 0:50
A hanging sculpture of the Liberty Bell by perceptual artist Michael Murphy becomes William Penn when viewed from a different angle. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Business
Economic Development
Philadelphia

What’s inside the new Gallery mall? First look at Fashion District Philadelphia

Fashion District Philadelphia’s art curator gave WHYY a first look at how the overhaul of the old Gallery mall is taking shape ahead of the Sept. 19 opening.

6 years ago

Listen 2:27
Rowhouses line Spruce Street in Fitler Square. (Emma Lee/ WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Architecture & Design
History
Media
PlanPhilly

‘Rowhouse’ vs. ‘rowhome’? The tangled history of a uniquely Philadelphia term

Nothing gets Philadelphia grammarians riled up more than a question of local dialect. Enter: the debate over Philadelphia’s most common building.

6 years ago

The Phillie Phanatic during a baseball game between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Colorado Rockies, Saturday, May 18, 2019, in Philadelphia. (Laurence Kesterson/AP Photo)
The Why
Business
Philadelphia
Sports

The fight over the Phillie Phanatic

The creators of the Phillie Phanatic are threatening to make him a "free agent." Now, the Phillies are suing to keep that from happening.

Air Date: August 14, 2019

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Battle of the dim sum houses in Media, Pa. U.S. EASTERN DISTRICT COURT FILINGS
Business
Food & Drink
Billy Penn

This famous Philly dim sum restaurant is embroiled in a legal battle — again

Dumplings are apparently a cutthroat business.

6 years ago

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