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The Geico Skytypers are a one-of-a-kind fleet of vintage planes that do precision formation stunts (Danya Henninger/Billy Penn)
Billy Penn

Flying with the vintage WWII stunt team that just buzzed Atlantic City

Pilots line up to join the Geico Skytypers, despite the possibility of crashes.

6 years ago

Clifton Heights Inn was once a Methodist Church and many of the guests who pass through are former congregants. Some have hosted weddings and anniversaries at the church turned inn. (Shahla Farzan/St. Louis Public Radio)
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Religion

Houses of worship find new life after congregations downsize

As the number of Americans who belong to a house of worship declines, congregations are selling their buildings. Some of those former houses of worship are finding new life.

6 years ago

The Philadelphia Soccer Club Coppa Elite team. (Courtesy of Todd Galvelis)
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Philadelphia girls’ soccer champs excited to see national women’s team play here

Philadelphia Soccer Club Coppa Elite’s under-14 girls' team is excited to see the U.S. National Women’s Soccer Team at its Victory Tour game.

6 years ago

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Religion

After shooting standoff, a sermon of hope and love for community rocked by gun violence

After last week’s shootout in Nicetown-Tioga, the sermons on Saturday were given in a new light — with a focus on hope, unity and healing.

6 years ago

A sign in Cape May instructs swimmers caught in a rip current to swim parallel to the beach to escape. (Alan Tu/WHYY)
Down the Shore
New Jersey

N.J. trooper saves man from drowning while vacationing at the Shore

A New Jersey state trooper vacationing with his family at the Jersey Shore recently put his water rescue training into action and saved a man from drowning.

6 years ago

Acting Philadelphia Police Commissioner Christine Coulter (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Gender
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Policing
Billy Penn

Philly just got its first female police commissioner — 45 years after top cop used ‘God’s wisdom’ to keep women off the force

The 1970s PPD was wary of hormones, bad bones and gullibility.

6 years ago

This painting by Sidney King depicts Virginia in 1619 as a Dutch frigate docks at Point Comfort bringing 20 African slaves to be traded to the settlers for food. (AP Photo)
The Philadelphia Experiment
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The Philadelphia Experiment

Point Comfort’s legacy: Slavery and scars, but also strength that builds from pushing back

When you’re always pushing against the weight of oppression, it’s like your soul is pumping iron. The heavier the weight, the stronger your spirit gets.

6 years ago

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New Jersey

Eight years ago, a 5.8 magnitude earthquake shook the Jersey Shore

Eight years ago today, the Jersey Shore was rattled by an earthquake that experts say about one-third of the United States population also felt.

6 years ago

Smoke rising from the refinery
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Energy

No severance pay or benefits for PES refinery workers; next round of layoffs Friday

Friday will be the last day for union workers at the fire-damaged Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery, except for 83 who will stay on.

6 years ago

Patty Beach, a worker at the South Philadelphia refinery, makes her case to save her place of employment. (Brad Larrison for WHYY)
PlanPhilly
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Energy
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Philadelphia
PlanPhilly

Emotions raw, PES refinery workers fight to keep plant open

Refinery unions say the closure of the facility will impact about 36,000 jobs indirectly and that the region will lose $16 billions if it closes permanently.

6 years ago

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Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Philly entrepreneurs crowdfunded $50K to save a neighborhood farm

Stewards want Life Do Grow to become a ‘trampoline’ for local start-ups.

6 years ago

Shoppers line up at check out at I. Goldberg, which will close on Friday after 100 years in Philadelphia. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Economy
Philadelphia

A world without I. Goldberg Army & Navy: the iconic store’s final days

The Army & Navy store, a Philadelphia retail institution, has been struggling as Center City rents went up and walk-in trade went down.

6 years ago

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Chinatown children and elders walk for safe routes to parks and schools during Chinatown Connections Parade in 2016. (Rachael Warriner/PCDC)
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PlanPhilly

Chinatown is building the gathering space the community needs

Since its beginnings, Chinatown has never had a space of its own. There have never been public facilities for people to gather, celebrate and be together.

6 years ago

Philadelphia Police Department van
The Philadelphia Experiment
Criminal Justice
Policing
Race & Ethnicity
The Philadelphia Experiment

Why a black woman should be Philly’s next police commissioner

The problems in the police department go beyond misogyny and racism. The problems can be traced to the department’s culture and structure.

6 years ago

U.S. singer Lenny Kravitz performs on the main stage during the opening day of the Paleo Festiva in Nyon, Switzerland, late Tuesday, July 19, 2005.  (AP Photo/Keystone, Laurent Gillieron)
Things To Do
Community Events
August 22 - 28, 2019

Comic book and film geeks, guitar gods, Japanese and Ukrainian culture in this week’s ‘Things to Do’

What’s happening on a late August weekend in Philadelphia, South Jersey and Delaware? Naked bikers, comic book and film geeks, guitar gods, and more!

6 years ago

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