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Wilmington reaches deal with Catholic school to overhaul historic stadium
Wilmington’s Baynard Stadium has hosted many sporting events in the Delaware city since its construction in 1922 as a baseball and trac ...
6 years ago
Explore Philly’s murals with your kids
Philadelphia is a city of neighborhoods—and depending on where you and your family live, whether within the city limits or in the Philly suburbs, there may be lots of neighbor
6 years ago
Powered paraglider critically injured in Wildwood crash
A man was critically injured Saturday afternoon in a powered paraglider crash in Wildwood, authorities say.
6 years ago
After one year of headlines, #MeToo is everywhere
This week marks the one-year anniversary of the reporting, in The New York Times and The New Yorker, that led to the fall of movie producer Harvey Weinstein.
6 years ago
Once enslaved by ISIS, Nadia Murad is co-recipient of Nobel Peace Prize
In August 2014, Nadia Murad was one of thousands of Yazidis who were captured by ISIS and forced into sexual slavery. Three months later, she escaped.
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‘Mystery’ sand piles reappear in Shore town
Symmetrically formed sand piles have once again appeared on an Ocean County beach.
6 years ago
A Point Breeze night market inspires neighborhood pride
If you feed them, they will come.
6 years ago
Free transit on Election Day? SEPTA votes no
Other cities offer free transit on Election Day: Dallas, Houston, Tampa, Minneapolis, Austin, and Asheville, among others.
6 years ago
‘Bystander effect’ and sexual assault: What the research says
Sexual assault, pushed into public conversation by the #MeToo movement, once again dominates the U.S. news cycle.
6 years ago
Atlantic Sunrise pipeline goes into full service this weekend
The pipeline is one of many large-scale projects transporting Marcellus gas.
6 years ago
Rowan U. to hold town hall after viral video shows police drawing guns at students
The encounter raised questions about police use of force and racial bias in law enforcement, because the driver of the car was black.
6 years ago
Most Twitter accounts linked to 2016 disinformation are still active, report finds
Disinformation networks publish more than a million tweets a day, the authors found.
6 years ago
Feds consider floodwalls, gates to protect N.J. back bay areas
Could there be some light at the end of the long tunnel for New Jersey's pervasive back bay flooding problem?
6 years ago
The history of submarine warfare off the Jersey coast
Imagine yourself on a beach in Sea Isle City in the winter of 1942. It’s night, and a cold, steady breeze off the A ...
6 years ago
Dragon boats, cranberries, and creepy creatures signal fall has arrived
As autumn gets underway, check out a fall festival, see a folk legend perform, or watch dragon boats cruise down the Schuylkill.
6 years ago