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Why doesn’t Philadelphia have rent control like many other big cities?
We used to have it — and housing advocates are pushing for a return.
7 years ago
Listeners share memories of the Three Mile Island nuclear meltdown
On the 40th anniversary of the partial nuclear meltdown at Three Mile Island, Pennsylvania residents remember where they were and how they felt that day.
7 years ago
Police charge biological dad, two others with hiding missing Shore teen
Three adults are facing charges, authorities said, for concealing the location of a missing New Jersey girl while police were looking for her.
7 years ago
Why pedestrian deaths are at a 30-year high
Across the U.S., 6,227 pedestrians died in traffic accidents in 2018, the highest number in nearly 30 years.
7 years ago
North Philly neighbors decry plans for immigrant youth shelter, citing track record
VisionQuest wants to open a 60-bed facility for unaccompanied immigrant youth in North Philadelphia's Logan neighborhood.
7 years ago
Raise a glass of wine, cheer on the Phils, or take your pick of jazz, rock, R&B
You can celebrate “The Crown” in Delaware, take in a baseball game or hear music from legends in the making − and legends taking their last bow.
7 years ago
Listen 4:50Rooms for rent: Inside Philadelphia’s shadow housing market
One year ago, a family died in a Philadelphia rooming house fire. City officials promised reform. Nothing has changed.
7 years ago
Forty years after the partial meltdown at Three Mile Island changed the trajectory of nuclear energy in this country, the debate over its safety and viability continues.
7 years ago
Kensington neighbors angered by potential location of supervised injection site
Residents have been working with the city of Philadelphia for months, so they were surprised to learn about a potential site for an overdose-prevention facility.
7 years ago
Grant aims to create economic opportunity in embattled Kensington
Through $5 million from the JPMorgan Chase Foundation, a partnership will provide loans for residents to open small businesses, buy homes, and become real estate developers.
7 years ago
Public will never know truth behind Three Mile Island, anti-nuclear energy advocates say
"Three Mile Island is an accident without an ending," TMI Alert’s Eric Epstein said.
7 years ago
Short doc on N. Philly state Rep. Kenyatta’s historic win has East Coast premiere
Malcolm Kenyatta, Pennsylvania’s first openly gay lawmaker of color, is the subject of a short documentary called “Going Forward.”
7 years ago
Linked by pain: 2 school massacre survivors, dad kill selves
The father of a Sandy Hook victim killed himself Monday, just days after two Stoneman Douglas students also took their lives.
7 years ago
Organizers said this year’s March for Our Lives is a way to keep the momentum going and continue the push for gun control.
7 years ago
What makes people heed a weather warning … or not?
Even an unprecedented twister can be predicted. The issue is how people interpret these warnings.
7 years ago