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A customer holds up a SEPTA Key card.
PlanPhilly
Pennsylvania
Transportation

SEPTA Key’s Regional Rail rollout advances with more ‘tap to exit’ tech coming to stations

Starting Monday, Regional Rail riders will be able to tap their SEPTA Key Cards to exit at Jefferson Station weekdays from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.

6 years ago

Jefferson County Sheriff Mark Pettway points out an old jail log showing the name of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Birmingham, Ala. (Jay Reeves/AP Photo)
History
Preservation

Alabama county to preserve jail remnant where MLK was held

An Alabama county is preserving what’s left of the lockup where officials say Martin Luther King Jr. served his final time behind bars just months before his assassination.

6 years ago

A sampling of the dishes served at the first night of the pop-up. (fundraiserINSTAGRAM/@undergrounddingingclub)
Community Events
Food & Drink
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Two famous Latina chefs are raising money for Puerto Rico with Philly pop-up dinners

South Philly Barbacoa hosts Maria Mercedes Grubb for a series of fundraisers to benefit the island’s earthquake victims.

6 years ago

A woman attending a candlelight vigil to remember the victims of the Ukraine plane crash, talks to a policeman, at the gate of Amri Kabir University in Tehran, Iran.  (Mona Hoobehfekr/ISNA via AP)
International

Iran braces for protests after admitting plane shootdown

Iran's security forces deployed across the capital on Sunday, expecting more protests after its Revolutionary Guard admitted to accidentally shooting down a passenger plane.

6 years ago

Buju and Beenie, cheetahs at the Cape May County Park and Zoo. (Courtesy of the Cape May County Sheriff's Office)
Down the Shore
New Jersey

Sheriff: Man jumped fence next to cheetah enclosure at Cape May Zoo ‘to get a closer look’

A man attempted to "get a closer look" of cheetahs at the Cape May County Park and Zoo earlier this week, authorities said. 

6 years ago

(Jana Shea/WHYY)
Down the Shore
New Jersey
Public Safety

Around 1k without power at the Shore amid gusty winds

Around a thousand electric customers are without power at the Jersey Shore Sunday morning amid gusty winds.

6 years ago

Firefighters conduct property protection patrols at the Dunn Road Fire on Friday in Mount Adrah, Australia. (Sam Mooy/Getty Images)
NPR
Environment
International

With their land in flames, aboriginals warn fires show deep problems in Australia

Before Britain started sending convicts to the continent in the 1700s, aboriginal Australians used fire to manage brushlands and forests across the continent.

6 years ago

Women got the lion's share of new jobs in December and now outnumber men on U.S. payrolls. This unusual situation reflects the growth of industries like health care where women dominate. (John Minchillo/AP Photo)
NPR
Economy
Gender
National

Women now outnumber men on U.S. payrolls

Job growth slowed last month as U.S. employers added just 145,000 jobs. But there was an interesting milestone in Friday's report from the Labor Department.

6 years ago

Union Transfer was rocking for the eMLS Series One livestream. (Matthew Pitts/Whyy)
Philadelphia
Sports
Billy Penn

Jay Ajayi zeroes out in esports debut, but Philly cheers on the Super Bowl champ anyway

The former Eagles running back played in his first eMLS tournament this weekend.

6 years ago

Men who lost their homes in a 6.4 magnitude earthquake stand inside a baseball stadium that has been opened to residents amid aftershocks and power outages, in Guayanilla, Puerto Rico.   (Carlos Giusti/AP Photo)
Public Safety

Magnitude 5.9 shock rocks quake-stunned Puerto Rico

A magnitude 5.9 quake shook Puerto Rico on Saturday, causing further damage along the island’s southern coast, where previous recent quakes have toppled homes and schools.

6 years ago

Ian Olasov (left), a part-time philosophy professor at Brooklyn College, engages with passersby at the Ask a Philosopher pop-up booth at Suburban Station in Center City. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Philadelphia
Transportation

Commuters ponder deep questions with philosophers at Suburban Station

The Ask a Philosopher table appears daily at Suburban Station this week while the American Philosophical Association conference is in Philadelphia.

6 years ago

A Puerto Rican flag waves on top of a pile of rubble as debris is removed from a main road in Guánica. (Ricardo Arduengo/AFP via Getty Images)
NPR
Politics
Public Safety

Scores of people in Puerto Rico remain without shelter, power days after 6.4 quake

Thousands of people in Puerto Rico still don't have permanent shelter three days after a 6.4 magnitude earthquake walloped the Caribbean island.

6 years ago

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Kids
Media
Billy Penn

TikTok teens: How Philly highschoolers get millions of followers to watch their every move

It’s all about connecting with your audience, local softboys say.

6 years ago

Danielle Coates (left) and Ang Bey (right) rehearse
Performing Arts
Philadelphia

For its first professional play, Philly Young Playwrights takes on gun violence

“Candles,” premiering at the Arden Theatre, was written though Philadelphia Young Playwrights. It’s eligible for a Barrymore Award.

6 years ago

Listen 3:14
The scene in Frankford during the short but fatal gun battle (NBC10)
Philadelphia
Policing
Billy Penn

‘It was inundated’: Fatal police standoff in Frankford triggers memories of North Philly shootout

The hourlong gun battle shook up the Lower Northeast neighborhood.

6 years ago

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