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Capt. Charles W. Felt (in black tunic in background) training members of the U.S. Army Dental Corps at the 186th General Hospital, Fairford, UK. (Courtesy U.S. Army, National Archives, Washington, DC.)
History
Military

On D-Day a dentist helps a wounded engineer

The fake eye an Army dentist constructed for Capt. Arthur F. Hoffmann became one of the few positive things Hoffman shared with his family about D-Day.

6 years ago

In this June 3, 2019 photo the New York City skyline is in the background of the Raritan Bay as seen from Middletown, N.J.  New Jersey environmental officials are due to decide Wednesday, June 5 on key permits for a nearly $1 billion pipeline that would bring natural gas from Pennsylvania through New Jersey, out into Raritan Bay and into the ocean before reaching New York and Long Island. (Wayne Parry/AP Photo)
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Firm to reapply for permits to build northeast gas pipeline

An company says it will reapply to build a hotly contested pipeline that would carry natural gas from Pa. through N.J., and under a bay and the ocean to New York.

6 years ago

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N.J. conducting hurricane evacuation drill

New Jersey transportation and emergency agencies are conducting an annual hurricane evacuation drill Thursday.

6 years ago

Members of the Philadelphia Union stand behind members of the new Chester High School soccer team that will start playing this fall. The major league soccer team announced Wednesday that they will support a high school soccer program for the Chester-Upland School District in Delaware County. (P. Kenneth Burns/WHYY)
Sports

High school soccer in Chester returns after 30 years

With help from Philadelphia’s MLS team, a soccer program will return to high schools in the Delaware County district.

6 years ago

A visitor wearing a U.S. military uniform walks past graves at the American cemetary, in Colleville-sur-Mer, western France, in this June 6, 2007 file photo. (Remy de la Mauviniere/AP Photo)
History
International

Memories of Normandy

The invasion of Normandy marks the turning point in WWII when the allies launched a major offensive to drive the German army out of France.

6 years ago

Members of the performance group 'Flaggots' dance at the Philadelphia Pride Parade and Festival. (Branden Eastwood for WHYY)
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June 6 - 12, 2019

Celebrating LGBTQ pride, not-so-classic cars, black music and the annual Odunde Festival

Check out our picks for this week.

6 years ago

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Amber Hikes is the executive director of the Mayor's Office of LGBT Affairs for the City of Philadelphia. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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LGBTQ

Philly liaison to LGBTQ community talks about her worst fear and big goals

Ahead of Philly Pride, Amber Hikes, director of Philadelphia’s Office of LGBT Affairs, talks about her fear of failure and her goal to unite the diverse community.

6 years ago

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Clinging jellyfish (Courtesy of Dr. Paul Bologna‎/Montclair State University)
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Outdoors

Dangerous clinging jellyfish found in salt pond near South Jersey inlet

State environmental officials are warning the public about dangerous clinging jellyfish that were recently found for the first time in South Jersey.

6 years ago

Philly AIDS Thrift in Queen Village (Danya Henninger/Billy Penn)
Business
LGBTQ
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Philly Pride shopping guide: Where to support LGBTQ businesses

Since the city doesn’t keep track, we crowdsourced a map.

6 years ago

Christian Howell (center) is flanked by younger siblings Kaiden and Karima at the African Barbershop on North Market Street in Wilmington. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
Delaware
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Books in barbershops aims to give Wilmington boys ‘another avenue’

The child literacy initiative that began in New York five years ago is now in Wilmington barbershops. A library official said it aims to show kids that reading is “cool.”

6 years ago

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Annual Reminder picketers march outside Independence Hall on July 4, 1965. (Photo courtesy of Temple Urban Archives)
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Philadelphia

Before Stonewall and Pride, Philly staged LGBTQ protests

Before the Stonewall riots, there was another — very different — group of gay and lesbian protests called the Annual Reminders in Philadelphia.

Air Date: June 5, 2019

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Members of the Muslim community pray at the end of Ramadan festival Eid al-Fitr in Fairmount Park. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Philadelphia
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Philadelphia Eid in the Park brings thousands to celebrate the end of Ramadan

Muslims across the Delaware Valley are celebrating Eid-al-Fitr — a celebration for the end of the holy month of Ramadan.

6 years ago

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Pastrami sandwich at The Rooster (Alexandra Hawkins)
Food & Drink
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

The Rooster is closing for good: Why CookNSolo is shutting down the charitable diner

After two and a half years, the restaurant was *costing* money instead of making it.

6 years ago

Mae Krier 93, was a riveter during WWII. She’s an advocate for the recognition of the “Rosies” role for winning the war.
The Why
Gender
History

Why this Rosie the Riveter from Bucks County is still fighting

Mae Kreier of Levittown, Pa. is one of millions of women who built airplanes, ships, and bombs during World War II. She's still fighting for their efforts to be recognized.

Air Date: June 4, 2019

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 Elsie Allen, center, huddles with her daughters Jenna Allen, right, and Krista Allen-Parra, left, and her grandson Shawn Flores, all of Orlando, as they visit for the first time the scene of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting from a block away Friday, June 17, 2016, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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Public Safety

Mass shootings transform how America talks, prays, prepares

The attacks have changed how America talks, prays and prepares for trouble. Today, the phrases "active shooter" and "shelter in place" need no explanation.

6 years ago

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