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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

America Flag
NewsWorks Tonight
What are we thinking?

Weighing in on grating question of American greatness

About a third of those responding to Gallup polling are satisfied with the way things are going in the U.S. today

7 years ago

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NewsWorks Tonight
Criminal Justice
Delaware
Environment

NewsWorks Tonight, August 17, 2018

Prison officials are considering moving some inmates out of state as a temporary solution to staffing issues. Journalist Maura Ewing expl ...

Air Date: August 17, 2018

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Philadelphia's City Hall Tower (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Philadelphia

Philly City Hall staffer shot by husband in murder-suicide, police say

A longtime Philadelphia City Hall staffer was shot and killed by her husband, who then fatally shot himself, according to officials. A ba ...

7 years ago

A photo of a Delmarva bay in spring shows the wetland flooded. In summer and fall this same wetland is dry. This isolated wetland falls under Obama's Waters of the U.S. Rule. (Courtesy of DNREC)
Environment
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Federal judge reverses Trump decision on clean water protections

7 years ago

The KKK assembled in Portland, Maine, in 1923. (Library of Congress)
National
The Conversation

Charlottesville belies racism’s deep roots in the North

A southern city has now become synonymous with the ongoing scourge of racism in the United States.

7 years ago

Gary Szabo rescues an angler from a capsized boat off Monmouth County on Thursday.
Down the Shore
Environment
New Jersey

Don’t take my meal: Whale capsizes fishing boat, tossing anglers overboard

A quiet day fishing quickly flipped -- literally -- just off the New Jersey coast on Thursday.

7 years ago

NewsWorks Tonight

NewsWorks Tonight, August 16, 2018

Fed up with political inaction on improving bike lanes, cyclists are taking a different route. Dr. Ram Mudambi of Temple’s Fox Scho ...

Air Date: August 16, 2018

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In this photo made on Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013, a worker walks on top of a container of chemicals used in the making of a brine water that is then pumped below the surface in a hydraulic fracturing process to release natural gas from shale deposits at a gas well site in Zelienople, Pa. (Keith Srakocic/AP Photo)
Energy
Environment
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Fracking industry water use rises as drills extend, study says

7 years ago

Muslim pilgrims perform the farewell circling of the Kaaba, marking the end of Hajj pilgrimage in the Muslim holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Sunday, Sept. 3, 2017. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
International
Religion
The Conversation

What is the Hajj?

Nearly 2 million Muslim pilgrims are gathering in the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia for the Hajj.

7 years ago

Robert Indiana’s “LOVE” sculpture has been back in its rightful space for six months now. Last week, city officials announced a plan for “Wedding Wednesdays” at LOVE Park in Philadelphia. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Philadelphia
Public Spaces

Starting this fall, LOVE Park will be open for wedding ceremonies

What if you could say 'I do' in front of one of the city’s most iconic artworks?

7 years ago

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