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What to do when your SEPTA Key expires (and why that’s a thing)

Unlike when a credit card expires, the transit authority will not automatically send users a replacement. So what do you do?

6 years ago

Former Vice President Joe Biden spoke Thursday morning at the annual Memorial Day ceremony near the base of the Delaware Memorial Bridge in New Castle. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
Delaware

Biden delivers somber remarks at Memorial Day ceremony

Joe Biden took a break from the campaign trail to thank veterans and family members of those who died in battle at a Memorial Day ceremony.

6 years ago

The construction landfill just south of Wilmington has nearly reached its capacity of 130 feet in height, and the owners want the state to allow it to grow to 190 feet. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
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Delaware dump seeks ‘vertical expansion’ as it nears capacity but politicians cry foul

A Delaware landfill owned by Waste Management Inc. is seeking state approval to increase its height by almost 50 percent, to 190 feet.

6 years ago

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Coast Guard rescues 2 boaters clinging to vessel off N.J. coast

A man and a woman are safe after they spent three hours clinging to their capsized sailboat in the Atlantic Ocean about 65 miles off Atlantic City.

6 years ago

Landing craft on the beach during D-Day on June 6, 1944 in France. Seventy-five years later, surprising color images of the D-Day invasion and aftermath bring an immediacy to wartime memories. They were filmed by Hollywood director George Stevens and rediscovered years after his death. (War Footage from the George Stevens Collection at the Library of Congress via AP)
History

Rare color footage brings D-Day memories alive, 75 years on

As veterans and world leaders prepare to mark the 75th anniversary of D-Day next week, Stevens' surprising color images bring an immediacy to wartime memories.

6 years ago

(From left) Anas Dabbour, Abbulah Ibrahim, and Munir Odeh work in an assembly line to create boxes of fish, chicken, and lamb dinners at the Al Amana Grocery on May 20, 2019. Dabbour's family established the grocery in 1993, after emigrating from Syria in 1992. (Rachel Wisniewski for WHYY)
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Philadelphia family helps people break their fast during Ramadan

The Dabbour family began to offer meals during Ramadan after an anonymous donor gave them the means to do so six years ago.

6 years ago

The Trocadero theater on Arch Street in Chinatown. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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May 30 - June 5, 2019

Dance like everyone is watching, celebrate the moon, and say farewell to a Philly staple

Check out a Latino film festival and say goodbye to the Trocadero this week.

6 years ago

Members of the National Youth Bike Council pose at the Please Touch Museum before a group ride through Fairmount Park. (Angela Gervasi for WHYY)
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This Philly teen bike crew is all about safety

Joshua Funches and his teenage friends love cruising Philly streets on their bikes. But you won’t see them performing stunts in the middle of traffic like some of their peers.

6 years ago

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New Jersey

Search underway after small plane crashes off Cape May

A single-engine plane crashed into the water off Cape May County late Wednesday morning, officials said.

6 years ago

Manakeesh Bakery in West Philly drastically reduces its hours during Ramadan
Manakeesh Bakery in West Philly drastically reduces its hours during Ramadan (Michaela Winberg/Billy Penn)
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Billy Penn

What happens to business when restaurants close for Ramadan?

Proprietors say cooking while you’re thirsty is worth it for faith. And relatively speaking, the monetary hardships don’t weigh heavily on many Muslim restaurateurs.

6 years ago

Bonanza II crew member James Dawson captured this image of a waterspout in the Delaware Bay off Cumberland County Tuesday evening. The waterspout is illuminated by lightning. (Image courtesy of Bonanza II)
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New Jersey

Boat crew spots waterspout off N.J. amid severe thunderstorm

Bonanza II captain Mike Rothman says he spotted the waterspout within two miles of the boat's location "just off" Fortescue in Cumberland County.

6 years ago

2013 Punkin Chunkin (Chuck Snyder for WHYY)
Delaware

Longtime Delaware tradition Punkin Chunkin moves to Illinois

Almost three years after a woman was injured during the annual pumpkin-launching competition, Punkin Chunkin is leaving Delaware for Illinois.

6 years ago

Robert F. Smith speaks at Morehouse College (BBC News/Youtube)
Higher Education
Race & Ethnicity
The Philadelphia Tribune

A good deed goes through ‘Black enough’ blender

Philanthropist Robert F. Smith spread a balm over the wounds that accumulate as a result of the day-to-day indignities that go hand-in-hand with being Black in America.

6 years ago

(Billy Penn)
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Who’s Next First Responders: 13 young leaders on Philly’s front lines

When emergency strikes, they go above and beyond.

6 years ago

Police forensic experts investigate a crime scene where a man stabbed 19 people, including children in Kawasaki on May 28. Two people, including a child, are reportedly dead.
NPR
International
Public Safety

2 killed, at least 17 others injured in Japan mass stabbing

At least two victims are dead, including an 11-year-old girl, and about 17 others were injured in a mass stabbing attack near Tokyo, Tuesday morning.

6 years ago

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