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Indego electric bikes were differentiated by their white paint jobs. (Mark Henninger/Imagic Digital)
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Philly declares all Indego e-bikes ‘stolen property’ and orders police dragnet

A memo instructs officers to “stop and ID” anyone caught riding one.

7 years ago

Lion dancers from the Philadelphia Suns perform in front of the Chinese Friendship Gate in Chinatown celebrating the Lunar New Year. (Jonathan Wilson for WHYY)
History
International

Return of the Rat: Chinese Lunar New Year honors the trickster

As the Chinese Lunar Calendar cycles to its #1 zodiac sign, rats will look cute this year.

7 years ago

Nuisance tidal flooding in Seaside Park, N.J. (Dominick Solazzo)
Down the Shore
Environment
New Jersey

Coastal flood advisory up for N.J.

A Coastal Flood Advisory will go into effect for the entire New Jersey coastline between 6 a.m. and noon Saturday, according to a National Weather Service bulletin.

7 years ago

Teresa Miller, secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services, talks about a new program aimed at improving health in North Philadelphia, where 45% of residents in that area live at or below the poverty level. (HughE Dillon/Project Home)
Health Care
Homelessness
Income Inequality
Broke in Philly

Project HOME, insurance companies seek to alleviate harm caused by poverty

Project HOME, Independence Blue Cross and AmeriHealth Caritas unveiled a 3-year, $1 million initiative to offer services to reduce the harm of poverty.

7 years ago

Brendan Ireland, a member of Philadelphians for Mummery tossed confetti as he marched the parade route.
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity

Mummers leader says he wants to work with Mayor Kenney to keep parade

The leader of the comic division says more than just two Mummers tried to wear blackface this year.

7 years ago

Barrett playground is one of 30 Philly parks that contain sonic devices that target young people by emitting a high frequency. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Billy Penn

Teen-repelling ‘Mosquito’ devices to stay in Philly public parks indefinitely

A city review found support for the ‘sonic weapons’ — but they never asked young folks.

7 years ago

Germantown-area residents and political leaders marched on Monday for fair pay at a McDonald’s franchise owned by Derek Giacomantonio at 29 E. Chelten Ave. (Chantale Belefanti/The Philadelphia Tribune)
Income Inequality
Philadelphia
The Philadelphia Tribune

Germantown community stands together for wage increase

The Germantown community came together on Martin Luther King Day to continue pressuring the owner of a McDonald’s franchise at 29 E. Chelten Ave. to address what participants

7 years ago

The Doomsday Clock reads 100 seconds to midnight, a decision made by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists that was announced Thursday. The clock is intended to represent the danger of global catastrophe. (Eva Hambach/AFP via Getty Images)
NPR

The end may be nearer: Doomsday clock moves within 100 seconds of midnight

Never since the clock's 1947 Cold War debut has it come so close to the putative doomsday annihilation represented by the 12 a.m. hour.

7 years ago

David Serrano is the director of religious education at Visitation BVM church in Kensington. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Philadelphia
Religion

‘A new era for Philly’: Spanish-speaking Catholics praise Hispanic archbishop

For the first time in its 145-year history, the Archdiocese of Philadelphia will have a Hispanic leader.

7 years ago

Listen 1:29
NJ Transit (AP file photo)
Down the Shore
New Jersey
Transportation
Travel

Work begins to harden Jersey Shore rail yard against storm surge

A post-Superstorm Sandy project to protect a Jersey Shore rail yard from future storms is underway.

7 years ago

FILE - This Sept. 26, 2008 file photo shows debate moderator Jim Lehrer during the first U.S. Presidential Debate between presidential nominees Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., at the University of Mississippi in Oxford, Miss.  PBS announced that PBS NewsHour's Jim Lehrer died Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020, at home. He was 85. (AP Photo/Chip Somodevilla, File)
Media

PBS NewsHour co-founder Jim Lehrer dies at 85

Jim Lehrer, co-host and later host of the nightly PBS "NewsHour" that for decades offered a thoughtful take on current events, has died, PBS said Thursday. He was 85.

7 years ago

(Mark Henninger/Imagic Digital)
Business
Food & Drink
Billy Penn

Giant, Aldi, another Trader Joe’s? All the new supermarkets planned for Philly this year

The city’s grocery store boom is not slowing down.

7 years ago

In this May 30, 2018 photo, Cleveland Catholic Diocese Bishop Nelson J. Perez talks during an interview in Cleveland. (Lisa DeJong/The Plain Dealer via AP)
Philadelphia

‘I’m home:’ Nelson Perez named Philadelphia’s first Hispanic archbishop

The bishop of Cleveland is the new leader of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. Nelson Perez will be the first Hispanic archbishop to lead the area's 1.3 million members.

7 years ago

A woman blows a kiss to one of the lions dancing on Race Street during the Chinese New Year celbration. (Jonathan Wilson for WHYY)
Things To Do
Community Events
January 23 - 29, 2020

Lunar New Year, Beethoven’s 250th birthday, and avant-garde Philly in this week’s ‘Things To Do’

Celebrations abound this week with the kickoff to Chinese New Year, Beethoven’s 250th birthday, and accessible opera performances in this iteration of “Things To Do.”

7 years ago

Listen 4:36
Black Girl Ventures founder Shelley Bell is pictured with the 25 change agents who will lead the expansion effort in Philadelphia; Birmingham, Alabama; Durham, North Carolina; Houston, Texas; and Miami, Florida. (Courtesy of Black Girl Ventures)
Business
Race & Ethnicity
The Philadelphia Tribune

D.C.-based Black Girl Ventures launches Philadelphia chapter

This initiative is the latest in a growing nationwide movement to address the diversity gap in entrepreneurship.

7 years ago

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