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Those Philly police with offensive Facebook posts? Some have a long history of complaints
Several of the officers named in the Facebook database, compiled by a group called the Plain View Project, have been targets of multiple misconduct probes in the past.
6 years ago
Philly Pride is ready for its TV debut
On the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, Philadelphia’s Pride parade will be taped for a future broadcast.
6 years ago
Listen 2:11NAACP calls for firing Philly police who made offensive social media posts
The Philadelphia NAACP is calling for the city police department to fire officers who are found to have posted racist, violent, or offensive content on social media.
6 years ago
Political veteran nominated as first woman to run Delaware prisons
Claire DeMatteis was senior counsel to Joe Biden when he was a U.S. Senator. Now she is Gov. Carney’s nominee to to lead Delaware’s prison system.
6 years ago
Listen 2:02Philly’s Holocaust Memorial Plaza is ready for its closeup
The Philadelphia Holocaust Remembrance Foundation, which has been working on the project since 2006, developed an app with free self-guided tours and first-person stories from
6 years ago
On D-Day a dentist helps a wounded engineer
The fake eye an Army dentist constructed for Capt. Arthur F. Hoffmann became one of the few positive things Hoffman shared with his family about D-Day.
6 years ago
Firm to reapply for permits to build northeast gas pipeline
An company says it will reapply to build a hotly contested pipeline that would carry natural gas from Pa. through N.J., and under a bay and the ocean to New York.
6 years ago
N.J. conducting hurricane evacuation drill
New Jersey transportation and emergency agencies are conducting an annual hurricane evacuation drill Thursday.
6 years ago
High school soccer in Chester returns after 30 years
With help from Philadelphia’s MLS team, a soccer program will return to high schools in the Delaware County district.
6 years ago
The invasion of Normandy marks the turning point in WWII when the allies launched a major offensive to drive the German army out of France.
6 years ago
Celebrating LGBTQ pride, not-so-classic cars, black music and the annual Odunde Festival
Check out our picks for this week.
6 years ago
Listen 5:21Philly liaison to LGBTQ community talks about her worst fear and big goals
Ahead of Philly Pride, Amber Hikes, director of Philadelphia’s Office of LGBT Affairs, talks about her fear of failure and her goal to unite the diverse community.
6 years ago
Listen 6:19Dangerous clinging jellyfish found in salt pond near South Jersey inlet
State environmental officials are warning the public about dangerous clinging jellyfish that were recently found for the first time in South Jersey.
6 years ago
Philly Pride shopping guide: Where to support LGBTQ businesses
Since the city doesn’t keep track, we crowdsourced a map.
6 years ago
Books in barbershops aims to give Wilmington boys ‘another avenue’
The child literacy initiative that began in New York five years ago is now in Wilmington barbershops. A library official said it aims to show kids that reading is “cool.”
6 years ago
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