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Community

In Philadelphia, the poorest big city in the country, nearly 67 percent of the landlords surveyed by researchers said they did not accept the vouchers. (Urban Institute/Department of Housing and Urban Development)
NewsWorks Tonight
Housing

New research paints frustrating portrait of housing voucher program

A new national study calls the country’s housing choice voucher program — formerly known as Section 8 — 'daunting' for low-income residents hoping to leave poverty behind.

7 years ago

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NewsWorks Tonight

NewsWorks Tonight, August 21, 2018

An Allentown priest is charged with abusing a minor. A new report reveals a deficit of affordable housing options in Philadelphia. Drug r ...

Air Date: August 21, 2018

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Louise Thaden began setting a slew of female flying records, intent on becoming the best woman pilot in America. (Courtesy of Fly Girls)
Radio Times
Gender
History

The women of early aviation

Guests: Keith O’Brien, Bonnie Tiburzi Caputo Air shows of the 1920s and 1930s were competitive, dangerous a ...

Air Date: August 22, 2018 10:00 am

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Down the Shore
New Jersey

With area code 640, 609 no longer rules southern Jersey Shore

Get ready for 640. That's the new area code that will soon cover a large swath of South Jersey, including the Shore areas from southern Ocean County to Cape May County.

7 years ago

Police stand guard at the Frank Rizzo statue on the grounds of the Municipal Services Building. (Emma Lee/WHYY, file)
PlanPhilly
History
Policing
Public Spaces
PlanPhilly

A historian on the Rizzo debate: ‘It comes down to what statues do’

Controversy surrounding the 10-foot-tall statue of former Mayor Frank Rizzo across from City Hall has rekindled in recent weeks

7 years ago

State College borough planning director Ed LeClear in front of one of the houses sold through the Neighborhood Sustainability Program.
(EMILY REDDY / WPSU)
Keystone Crossroads
Changing Communities
Pennsylvania

Unique housing program combats ‘studentification’ in neighborhoods surrounding Penn State

It’s a short walk from the municipal building in downtown State College where Ed LeClear works as borough planning director to a two-st ...

7 years ago

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NewsWorks Tonight

NewsWorks Tonight, August 20, 2018

The Delaware Attorney General’s office has its sights on a company tied to sex trafficking. A former priest and sexual abuse victim ...

Air Date: August 20, 2018

Listen 21:29
Trenton Police
New Jersey
Public Safety

Trenton mayor wants to boost police presence after shooting at back-to-school event

The shooting at a school supply giveaway on Saturday was the second public event disrupted by violence this summer in New Jersey’s capital city.

7 years ago

Last week, just days before he was to leave for Penn State,Kristian Marche (right) was shot and killed. (youtu.be/kmSAq0Y8sT8)
The Philadelphia Experiment

Beyond solving young man’s murder, we must solve what’s wrong in our society

My youngest brother was a close friend of Kristian Marche, the two-sport star from Imhotep who was shot in the head before he could attend Penn State on a track scholarship.

7 years ago

Former priest James Faluszczak, who says he was molested by a priest as a teenager, reacts as Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro speaks during a news conference at the Pennsylvania Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2018. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Keystone Crossroads
Criminal Justice
Pennsylvania
Religion

Former priest with insider view among the 1,000 victims in Pa. clergy abuse report

James Faluszczak quit the priesthood in 2014, and he’s one of dozens of witnesses who testified before the grand jury about their experiences of abuse.

7 years ago

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Monsignor Francis Schoenauer reads a letter from Allentown Bishop Alfred Schlert during Sunday mass at the Cathedral Church of St. Catharine of Siena in Allentown, Pa. (Natalie Piserchio for WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Pennsylvania
Religion

Catholics in Allentown grapple with clergy abuse report and their church’s response

Some parishioners were heartened by Allentown Bishop Alfred Schlert's message. Others struggled more with the allegations, the response, and how they feel about their church.

7 years ago

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Down the Shore
New Jersey

Hurricane Bob skirted the Jersey Shore 27 years ago today

The Jersey Shore woke up to a rain, wind, and big waves from the offshore Hurricane Bob 27 years ago today. 

7 years ago

Isabella Paglaiccetti, 11, of Feasterville, snuggles with a Holstein calf in the cow barn at the Middletown Grange Fair.

Young farm hands keep old traditions alive at Middletown’s Grange Fair

Tending cows through the night and grooming sheep to look their best are all part of the fun at the Bucks County farm fair

7 years ago

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Project Recover searches for the stern of the USS Abner Read near Kiska, Alaska, in July. (Project Recover)
Delaware
History

Delaware professor helps locate World War II ship hidden for 75 years

A team of researchers in Alaska this summer found the stern of the USS Abner Read, which sank after hitting a Japanese mine in 1943.

7 years ago

Toney Morse with one of his grown foster children, LaTonya Myers.  (Liz Tung/WHYY)
Home & Family
LGBTQ

With voices of experience, Philadelphia calling out for LGBTQ foster parents

In March, the city's Department of Human Services launched a citywide recruitment drive, in hopes of attracting 300 new foster families.

7 years ago

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