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Raw chickens hang from colorful machinery
Delaware
Environment
Public Health

Delaware plant spills nearly 1 million gallons of partially treated slaughterhouse waste

Mountaire Farms slaughterhouse, subject of several ongoing lawsuits, spilled a million gallons of partially treated wastewater on its Millsboro, Delaware site early Wednesday.

6 years ago

In this Aug. 25, 2010 file photo, Delores Stewart displays bed bugs found in her home (Terry Gilliam/AP Photo)
PlanPhilly
Housing
Philadelphia
Public Health
PlanPhilly

Landlords must exterminate bed bugs under City Council bill

Philadelphia landlords who go soft on bedbugs could face stiff penalties under a new bill proposed by City Councilman Mark Squilla.

6 years ago

Kendra Brooks, 46, a mother of four children in Philadelphia, says that every week, one of her children's friends is

One year after Parkland, Philly students, teachers say more counselors needed to deal with trauma from gun violence

Young people and teachers who protested after the mass shooting at a high school in Parkland, Fla. say not much has changed to address students’ trauma.

6 years ago

PATCO is celebrating its 50th anniversary with fares at the cost they were in 1969. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
New Jersey

PATCO celebrates its 50th anniversary with big discount on Friday morning

The PATCO high-speed line is turning 50 and the transit line is celebrating with some throwback fares on Friday morning.

6 years ago

Volunteers load food into cars at the Food Bank of Delaware’s mobile food pantry in Georgetown, Delaware on Friday. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
Delaware

Delaware SNAP benefits issued early again due to government shutdown

Delaware is issuing SNAP benefits for March earlier than usual as a result of the government shutdown.

6 years ago

Robert Indiana's Love sculpture (Bigstock/sainaniritu)
Philadelphia

We asked, what do you love? You answered

Check out some of the responses from our survey, and stories we heard around the Philadelphia.

6 years ago

Boyz II Men members, from left, Wanya Morris, Nathan Vanderpool, Shawn Stockman and Mike McCary pose for a photo
Things To Do
Community Events
February 14 - 20, 2019

Lovely, lively Valentine’s Day array features Magic Gardens, nature … and axes

Last-minute choices for Valentine’s Day ﹘ and “Galantine’s Day” ﹘ an African-American film festival in Delaware, and wildlife on display in this week’s “Things To Do.”

6 years ago

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This image shows Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam’s page in his 1984 Eastern Virginia Medical School yearbook. The page shows a picture, at right, of a person in blackface and another wearing a Ku Klux Klan hood next to different pictures of the governor. It's unclear who the people in the picture are, but the rest of the page is filled with pictures of Northam and lists his undergraduate alma mater and other information about him. (Eastern Virginia Medical School via AP)
National
Race & Ethnicity
Social Justice

The backlash to Virginia’s blackface scandal provides insight into Americans views on racism

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam admitted that he wore blackface, and the subsequent backlash has provided insight into Americans views and knowledge of our racist past.

6 years ago

Finalists in the Full City Challenge gather for a workshop at Drexel University Science Center to hone their pitches. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Food & Drink
Income Inequality
Philadelphia
Broke in Philly

Competition seeks to solve Philly’s hunger problem

The winner of the “Full City Challenge” will get $5,000 to pilot their innovative, anti-hunger project for six months.

6 years ago

Nearly 1,600 teenage migrants are housed at a temporary emergency shelter in Florida run by a for-profit company. (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
NPR
Immigration

Inside the largest and most controversial shelter for migrant children in the U.S.

Thousands of migrant children arrive at the Southern border every month without their parents. The government sends many of them to an intake shelter in South Florida.

6 years ago

In this Feb. 4, 2019 file photo, an Oscar statue appears at the 91st Academy Awards Nominees Luncheon in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Danny Moloshok/Invision/AP, File)
Movies
New Jersey

N.J. sportsbooks first in U.S. to take Oscars bets

Now, for the first time in the United States, you can legally bet on one of pop culture's biggest nights.

6 years ago

The Kalmar Nyckel tall ship will not sail from Lewes, Del. this year due to increased silt. (Courtesy of the Kalmar Nyckel Foundation)
Delaware

Historic Delaware tall ship won’t be sailing into Lewes this year

The Kalmar Nyckel Foundation cannot afford to pay for the dredging needed to dock its tall ship in Lewes.

6 years ago

Listen 1:48
The Absher app, available in the Apple and Google apps stores in Saudi Arabia, allows men to track the whereabouts of their wives and daughters. (Apple App Store/Screenshot by NPR)
NPR
Home & Family
International
Technology

Apple, Google criticized for carrying app that lets Saudi men track their wives

An app that allows Saudi men to track the whereabouts of their wives and daughters is available in the Apple and Google app stores in Saudi Arabia.

6 years ago

This image shows Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam’s page in his 1984 Eastern Virginia Medical School yearbook. The page shows a picture, at right, of a person in blackface and another wearing a Ku Klux Klan hood next to different pictures of the governor. It's unclear who the people in the picture are, but the rest of the page is filled with pictures of Northam and lists his undergraduate alma mater and other information about him. (Eastern Virginia Medical School via AP)
Radio Times
Politics
Race & Ethnicity

Blackface: Past and present

The revelation that elected officials in Virginia had at one point worn or endorsed blackface has caused us to grapple with its history.

Air Date: February 12, 2019

Listen 49:29
Summer Campbell (from left), Geovanny Mejia and Justin Daniels, students at Thomas Jefferson High School in Richmond, Va., are talking about the recent scandals unfolding at their state Capitol. (Megan Pauly/WCVE)
NPR
National
Race & Ethnicity

Richmond students on Northam: ‘He should have known not to do this’

The situation around the top elected officials in Richmond, Va., is perplexing to many, including students and teachers in the state. Some are seizing the moment to discuss.

6 years ago

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