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Former Los Angeles Lakers NBA basketball player Kobe Bryant meets with students at Andrew Hamilton School in Philadelphia, Thursday, March 21, 2019. Kobe Bryant was promoting the book The Wizenard Series: Training Camp he created with writer Wesley King. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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The Philadelphia Tribune

NBA legend Kobe Bryant visits Hamilton School

Bryant returned to his West Philadelphia roots on Thursday to sow seeds of inspiration and inspire members of the next generation.

6 years ago

Corl Street Elementary, in State College, is receiving extensive renovations, all done with safety in mind. (Emily Reddy/WPSU)
Keystone Crossroads
K-12
Pennsylvania
Public Safety

How school construction is changing due to security concerns

In this time of mass shootings, schools are feeling the pressure to make changes to how schools are constructed in an effort to keep intruders out.

6 years ago

A waste site stretches toward a line of trees under a partly cloudy sky.
Delaware
Environment

Invasive species speeds up closure of popular Delaware yard waste site

Frequenters of the free-of-charge drop-off site must look for other options as the state prepares to return the Polly Drummond property to its natural state.

6 years ago

In this Aug. 21, 2018, file photo a Facebook start page is shown on a smartphone in Surfside, Fla. Facebook said Thursday, March 21, 2019, that it stored millions of its users’ passwords in plain text for years. The acknowledgement from the social media giant came after a security researcher posted about the issue online. (Wilfredo Lee/AP Photo, File)
Technology

Facebook left millions of passwords readable by employees

Facebook left millions of user passwords readable by its employees for years, the company acknowledged Thursday after a security researcher exposed the lapse.

6 years ago

A tribute for mosque shooting victim Tariq Omar is placed at the Botanical Gardens in Christchurch, New Zealand, Thursday, March 21, 2019. Thousands of people were expected to come together for an emotional Friday prayer service led by the imam of one of the two New Zealand mosques where 50 worshippers were killed in a white supremacist attack on Friday March 15. (Mark Baker/AP Photo)
Public Safety
The Conversation

The politics of fear: How it manipulates us to tribalism

There is a longstanding history of the fear of “the others” turning humans into illogical ruthless weapons, in service to an ideology.

6 years ago

File photo of minor tidal flooding in Seaside Park. (Courtesy of Dominick Solazzo)
Down the Shore
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New Jersey

Tidal flooding alerts up for the Shore

Widespread minor to locally moderate tidal flooding is likely along the Jersey Shore Thursday evening, forecasters say.

6 years ago

Former Governor Ed Rendell (Bobby Allyn/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
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Politics

Rendell says Philly group near deal on home for supervised injection site

A real estate developer who wants to remain anonymous has offered a building in the Kensington area to Safehouse, the ex-governor, a member of the board, told a D.C. crowd.

6 years ago

Supporters attend a hearing at City Hall on fair workweek legislation. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Philadelphia
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Why is Philly turning to national movements for anti-poverty solutions?

Philadelphia is poised to have three laws rooted in national political movements in less than one year.

6 years ago

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March 21 - 27, 2019

Celebrate National Poetry Day, party like a mad hatter, and say goodbye to Madea

This weekend, you can enjoy Japanese culture in Fairmount Park, learn about Philadelphia’s history of strong women, and listen to diverse wordsmiths on South Street.

6 years ago

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New Jersey

Rumbles and booms: Joint Base demolition training Thursday

Residents near Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst may hear “booms” and feel “rumbles” on Thursday. 

6 years ago

About six in 10 Americans want betting on professional sports events to be legal in their state, but fewer feel that way about college athletics, according to a new poll conducted by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research released Wednesday, March 20, 2019. (John Locher/AP Photo)
Sports

AP-NORC Poll: U.S. divided on college vs. pro sports betting

With all the action on the NCAA men's basketball tournament, the survey finds less support for legal betting on college sports than on the pros.

6 years ago

The private parking industry had revenue estimated at $453 million in 218, according to a report evaluating that business sector. (Michael D'Onofrio/The Philadelphia Tribune)
Income Inequality
Streets & Roads
The Philadelphia Tribune

Parking lot workers earning poverty wages, report says

Parking lot workers make poverty wages as the industry rakes in profits in Philadelphia, according to a new report.

6 years ago

Luis Martinez holds a chicken that he has been nursing in a community garden in Kensington. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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Philadelphia
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PlanPhilly

Backyard farmers support Philadelphia bill to legalize undercover chicken coops

Farm animal legislation passed in 2004 placed restrictions on what people could keep in areas smaller than three acres — an attempt to crackdown on backyard farms.

6 years ago

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Down the Shore
New Jersey

Coast Guard hoists sick man from cruise ship off N.J.

The U.S. Coast Guard came to the rescue of a 52-year-old man who fell ill on a cruise ship off New Jersey on Tuesday. 

6 years ago

A railroad crossing is flooded with water from the Platte River in Plattsmouth, Neb. Record high floodwaters inundated regions of the Midwest following an intense winter storm and rapid snowmelt.
(Nati Harnik/AP Photo)
NPR
Environment
National

Nebraska floods: 74 cities, 65 counties declare a state of emergency

Vice President Mike Pence visited Nebraska Tuesday to survey the damage caused by Midwest floods that have killed at least four and displaced hundreds.

6 years ago

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