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Down the Shore
Environment
New Jersey

‘Microearthquake’ registers off N.J. coast

A minimal earthquake occurred off the South Jersey coast early Saturday morning. 

7 years ago

People gather for a vigil in response to a fatal shooting at a municipal building in Virginia Beach, Va., Saturday, June 1, 2019. A longtime city employee opened fire at the building Friday before police shot and killed him, authorities said. (Patrick Semansky/AP Photo)
Public Safety

Virginia Beach shooting victims were veteran city employees

A longtime city employee opened fire at a municipal building in Virginia Beach on Friday, killing 12 people and sending terrified co-workers scrambling for cover.

7 years ago

In this photo provided by the United States Coast Guard, a pair of Sea Tow boats joins another vessel off Cape May Point, N.J., in the search for a single engine airplane that crashed into the Atlantic Ocean, Wednesday, May 29, 2019. The aircraft's owner says the male pilot was a regular customer who flew recreationally. (Petty Officer 2nd Class Ryan Keegan/United States Coast Guard via AP)
New Jersey

Police: Small plane, pilot’s body, recovered off New Jersey coast

State police say a small plane that crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off New Jersey has been recovered along with the pilot's body.

7 years ago

The Rainbow Flag flies beneath the American flag at the Stonewall National Monument, Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017, in New York. The Rainbow Flag, an international symbol of LGBT liberation and pride, was flown for the first time at the monument. (Mark Lennihan/AP Photo)
Delaware
LGBTQ
Public Safety

Police: Motorist hits Delaware gay pride parade organizer

Police say a 90-year-old Delaware man refused to detour around a gay pride parade and plowed into an organizer trying to wave him away.

7 years ago

2014 Princeton University alumna Kellen Heniford participated in a Me Too panel at Princeton University on June 1, 2019 in Princeton, New Jersey. Heniford walked out of the panel in protest of the presence of Washington, D.C. attorney Beth Wilkinson who represented Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh (Miguel Martinez for WHYY)
Higher Education
Social Justice

Princeton alumni, students protest over panelist representing Brett Kavanaugh

Supported by a student group demanding Title IX reforms, a panel member walked out over the inclusion of a lawyer representing Justice Brett Kavanaugh.

7 years ago

A plane on an Ocean City beach after an emergency landing Saturday morning. (Image courtesy of the Ocean City Police Department)
Down the Shore
New Jersey

Small plane makes ‘successful emergency landing’ on N.J. beach

It was a "successful emergency landing" on the 49th Street beach in Ocean City Saturday morning, the Ocean City Police Department said in a news release.

7 years ago

Townsends Inlet Bridge, connecting Avalon and Sea Isle City, New Jersey. (Google Maps)
Down the Shore
Infrastructure
New Jersey
Transportation

Officials: Troubled Shore bridge might reopen this summer

There's hope that a troubled bridge connecting Avalon and Sea Isle City could reopen this summer. 

7 years ago

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Media
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Why the Inquirer is replacing Philly.com

On the eve of its 190th birthday, the region’s largest newspaper it making a huge online change.

7 years ago

Caleel Harris plays Antron McCray in Ava DuVernay's Netflix miniseries, When They See Us.
NPR
Law
Movies
Race & Ethnicity

Ava DuVernay hopes you hear ‘the heartbeat of the boys’ in Central Park 5

Her Netflix miniseries When They See Us will be released Friday.

7 years ago

Protesters wave flags on Beijing's Tiananmen Square in the weeks leading up to the violent crackdowns on June 4. These photos were donated to Humanitarian China by the photographer, Jian Liu, then one of the student protesters. (Jian Liu/Humanitarian China)
NPR
History
International

30 years after Tiananmen protests, ‘The fight is still going on for China’

Rare photos and testimonies from 1989 portray a bold youth movement that helped shape where China is today and how the world sees it.

7 years ago

Patricia Cahill pauses to collect herself as she recounts her story of child sexual abuse in the Roman Catholic Church. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
NPR
Religion

Survivors of sexual abuse by nuns want greater visibility for their accusations

Victims of sexual misconduct by nuns say their claims have been swept aside in the larger reckoning around sexual abuse by male Catholic leaders.

7 years ago

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Technology
Transportation
Billy Penn

What to do when your SEPTA Key expires (and why that’s a thing)

Unlike when a credit card expires, the transit authority will not automatically send users a replacement. So what do you do?

7 years ago

Former Vice President Joe Biden spoke Thursday morning at the annual Memorial Day ceremony near the base of the Delaware Memorial Bridge in New Castle. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
Delaware

Biden delivers somber remarks at Memorial Day ceremony

Joe Biden took a break from the campaign trail to thank veterans and family members of those who died in battle at a Memorial Day ceremony.

7 years ago

The construction landfill just south of Wilmington has nearly reached its capacity of 130 feet in height, and the owners want the state to allow it to grow to 190 feet. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
Business
Delaware
Environment

Delaware dump seeks ‘vertical expansion’ as it nears capacity but politicians cry foul

A Delaware landfill owned by Waste Management Inc. is seeking state approval to increase its height by almost 50 percent, to 190 feet.

7 years ago

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Down the Shore
New Jersey
Public Safety

Coast Guard rescues 2 boaters clinging to vessel off N.J. coast

A man and a woman are safe after they spent three hours clinging to their capsized sailboat in the Atlantic Ocean about 65 miles off Atlantic City.

7 years ago

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