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Facebook auto-generates videos celebrating extremist images

"Thanks for being here, from Facebook," the video concludes in a cartoon bubble before flashing the company's famous "thumbs up."

6 years ago

A memorial marked each of the city's 331 gun violence victims in 2012 (Flickr Creative Commons/Cocoabiscuit)
Philadelphia
Public Safety
Race & Ethnicity
Billy Penn

Homicide is the leading cause of death for young black men in Philly. What should we do?

We spoke with five community leaders to get their ideas for solutions.

6 years ago

Philadelphia is home to 400,000 stray and feral cats. Those living in a managed colony are trapped, neutered and released back into the colony where they are fed and looked after by volunteers. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Neighborhoods

Cat fight: How to manage Philadelphia’s exploding feral cat population

Philadelphia residents disagree on the best way to control the hundreds of thousands of cats freely roaming the city. The quandary involves

6 years ago

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Things To Do
May 9 - 15, 2019

Celebrate your Mom, release your inner artist, and delight in flowers

Moms, parks, artwork with a twist and music accessible to all are highlighted this weekend.

6 years ago

Fish signs mark homes on the 800 block of East Thompson Street. (Joel Wolfram for WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Changing Communities
Philadelphia

Old fish, new fish: Tracing the history of Fishtown’s most ubiquitous sign

The popular fish address sign is a potent symbol with different meanings for different people in the fast-changing Philadelphia neighborhood.

6 years ago

Hummus at Zahav (Danya Henninger/Billy Penn)
Food & Drink
National
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

10 things to know about Zahav, named best restaurant in America

You can now sing it loud and proud, Philadelphia: Zahav is the best restaurant in the entire country.

6 years ago

Phillies Chairman David Montgomery died Wednesday following a five-year-battle with cancer. (Jeff Fusco/Philadelphia Business Journal)
Philadelphia
Sports
Philadelphia Business Journal

Phillies Chairman David Montgomery dies at 72

The Philadelphia Phillies say the team's chairman has passed away after a lengthy battle with cancer.

6 years ago

Philadelphia Uber driver consults her phone during a shift. (Jessica Kourkounis for WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Social Justice
Transportation
PlanPhilly

City of Philadelphia sues Uber on eve of driver revolt

There will be a lot to talk about in your Uber Wednesday — if you can get one.

6 years ago

Police and others are seen outside STEM School Highlands Ranch, a charter middle school in the Denver suburb of Highlands Ranch, Colo., after a shooting Tuesday, May 7, 2019. Authorities said several people were injured and a few suspects were in custody. (David Zalubowski/AP Photo)
National
Public Safety

Sheriff: School shooting outside Denver injures at least 7

Gunfire erupted Tuesday inside a suburban Denver middle school not far from Columbine High School, wounding at least seven people before two suspects were taken into custody.

6 years ago

Congressman John Lewis addressed the 2019 class of Lincoln University during commencement Sunday (Bob Williams/Lincoln University)
Higher Education
The Philadelphia Tribune

Congressman John Lewis to Lincoln grads: ‘Get in good trouble’

Lewis said graduates will now join the ranks of well-known Lincoln graduates as NAACP lobbyist Clarence Mitchell, Supreme Court Thurgood Marshall, and poet Langston Hughes.

6 years ago

U.S. Coast Guard
Down the Shore
New Jersey

Coast Guard rescues injured kayaker off N.J. coast

U.S. Coast Guard personnel rescued an injured kayaker off the New Jersey coast last Saturday. 

6 years ago

Philabundance employees and government officials ceremonially break ground at the site of a new community kitchen on north 10th Street. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Food & Drink
Philadelphia

New Philabundance kitchen in North Philly a ‘dream come true’

The Philabundance Community Kitchen has outgrown its current space. It’ll move into a much larger space in North Philly next year.

6 years ago

Nasraddin Asramat, who runs the cash register at Bill’s Deli Market, said crowds have thinned since the store resumed business. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
Criminal Justice
Delaware
Public Safety

Store reopens at Wilmington corner where six were shot; for now, it’s more peaceful

\Wilmington’s police chief shut down Bill’s Deli Market after six were wounded. Days later, they reopened. Some in the neighborhood say the climate has improved.

6 years ago

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Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex and Britain's Prince Harry leave after attending the Commonwealth Service at Westminster Abbey on Commonwealth Day in London, Monday, March 11, 2019. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
International

Ecstatic Prince Harry says Meghan has ‘healthy’ baby boy

A beaming Prince Harry said his wife Meghan gave birth to a baby boy early Monday morning.

6 years ago

Sasha Mannino (center) and Iris Peron-Ames (right), both 15, look on as Kathryn Gay speaks with them Greenfield Elementary School on Tuesday. Graduates of Greenfield, Mannino and Peron-Ames now attend Science Leadership Academy and are running their second campaign to collect tampons and other toiletries for young people in need. (Heather Khalifa/The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Mental Health
Public Health
Broke in Philly

Now in high school, Philly girls revisit earlier kindness, donating tampons, other items

Sasha Mannino and Iris Peron-Ames, both 15 now and living in Fairmount — started a second collection of tampons and other toiletries, this time at their high school.

6 years ago

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