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A troop of gorillas play on their treehouse at the Philadelphia Zoo. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Philadelphia

Philly’s newest $100,000 house has some really hairy residents

This house won’t be another crash pad for millennials. Instead, the sturdy white oak, black locust, and cedarwood “treehouse” at the Philadelphia Zoo is for gorillas.

6 years ago

Adam Friedman, 19, a youth organizer with the Brady Campaign To Prevent Gun Violence, holds a sign saying
New Jersey
Race & Ethnicity
Social Justice

New Jersey sees a rise in bias incidents perpetrated by young people

New Jersey is noticing that many of the so-called bias incidents are being committed by minors.

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)
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Energy
Environment
Eyes On The Street

The 1,000 refinery workers that were laid off deserve access to green energy jobs

PES and our elected officials must do more to make sure workers have the opportunity to develop new skills and find meaningful work in our country’s evolving energy sector.

6 years ago

Fence-line resident Sylvia Bennett, with Philly Thrive speaks during the first public meeting of the Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery advisory group   (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Energy
Environment
PlanPhilly

Who will decide the future of the South Philly refinery?

Philadelphia residents concerned about health and environmental impacts dominated the first public meeting of the city’s refinery advisory group.

6 years ago

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Business
Food & Drink
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

After protests and staff walkout, two West Philly restaurants close for bias training

Clarkville and Local 44 owners deny the charges of racism, and say they want to use this as a learning opportunity.

6 years ago

Alida Garcia’s son lost his life in 2015 when a gunman fired into his car with a semi-automatic weapon. She demanded leadership ban assault weapons. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Public Safety

Philly mother decries ‘a slow-moving massacre in our city’ after latest mass shootings

Aleida Garcia’s son was murdered in 2015. She spoke at Tuesday’s anti-violence rally in LOVE Park following two mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton.

6 years ago

Sonny Hill of 94 WIP has been working in radio for 50 years. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
History
Media
Philadelphia

Staying power: Sonny Hill celebrates 50 years in the broadcasting industry

The host of "In the Living Room," which airs Sundays on 94WIP Sportsradio, spoke to WHYY’s “Morning Edition” host Jennifer Lynn about breaking new ground.

6 years ago

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Nobel laureate Toni Morrison is pictured here in this 2012 file photo (Alfred A. Knopf)

Toni Morrison’s former Princeton students remember her strong, warm presence

The Nobel laureate’s wisdom and warmth influenced the Princeton University campus and students.

6 years ago

About 200 protesters hold a vigil outside the Berks County Residential Center in Leesport. Despite being told that they would risk arrest if they stepped out into the street, eighteen demonstrators decided to sit in the road. Police officers stand by. (Rachel Wisniewski for WHYY)
Immigration

Pa. ICE detainee stops her own deportation with a phone call

A 27-year-old Salvadoran woman detained by ICE at the Berks Family Residential Center was being deported — until she was allowed to make a call.

6 years ago

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Delaware receivee a $2.6 million grant award from the U.S. Department of Transportation to purchase or lease zero-emission and low-emission transit buses. (Zoë Read/WHYY)
Delaware
Energy
Transportation

Delaware officials want to make riding the bus ‘sexy’ with new electric fleet

Delaware aims to reduce carbon emissions by increasing its fleet of electric buses with help from a new federal grant.

6 years ago

In this June 25, 2016, file photo, Cub Scouts watch a race during the Second Annual World Championship Pinewood Derby in New York's Times Square. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)
Public Safety

Boy Scouts of America faces new sex abuse allegations, Pa. lawsuit reveals

A Pa. man filed suit in Philadelphia against the Boy Scouts of America, alleging sexual abuse. It may be the first of hundreds of lawsuits to come nationwide.

6 years ago

The 25th Street bay beach in Barnegat Light. (Google image)
Down the Shore
Environment
New Jersey
Public Health

For third straight week, N.J. bay beach under advisory due to excessive fecal bacteria

For the third consecutive week, a Barnegat Bay beach in northern Long Beach Island is under a swimming advisory issued Tuesday afternoon.

6 years ago

A scene from the 2019 BlackStar Film Festival Best Feature Narrative Award winner 'Selah and the Spades,' directed by Tayarisha Poe (Provided)
Movies
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity
The Philadelphia Tribune

BlackStar Film Fest 2019 wraps up and announces awardees

The 2019 BlackStar Film Festival, held in various venues throughout the city, recently concluded, and award winners at the prestigious cinema showcase have been announced.

6 years ago

Orb weaver spider at Spring Garden Station. (Note: Dramatization. Not actual size.) (Max Marin/Billy Penn illustration)
Outdoors
Philadelphia
Transportation
Billy Penn

Terrifying orb-weaver spiders have returned to the Spring Garden El stop

Upside: Experts say they’re not harmful to humans.

6 years ago

Some of the trash on Alisha Ebling's block. (Alisha Ebling for Billy Penn)
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

I love Philadelphia, but I might leave because of trash

The litter piles on Alisha Ebling’s North Philly street are out of control.

6 years ago

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