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Down the Shore
New Jersey

Woman airlifted after Barnegat Bay boat crash

A boater struck a navigational marker in the Barnegat Bay Friday night, injuring three, authorities say. 

7 years ago

Civil rights
NPR
History
Politics
Social Justice

Theresa Burroughs, voting rights activist, dies at 89 in Alabama

Theresa Burroughs, who proudly called herself a foot soldier for the right to vote, has died in Greensboro, Ala. She was 89.

7 years ago

The Martinez family stands in front of their home in New Jersey. During a speech at her graduation, Alondra said to her parents:
NPR
National
Personal Finance
Race & Ethnicity

Hispanic unemployment has hit record lows. But does that mean progress?

Across the U.S. today, there are plenty of jobs. Unemployment for Latinos is at 4.2% — the lowest in recorded history. And their poverty rate has gone down somewhat, to 18.3%.

7 years ago

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Books
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Penn Book Center: We’re staying open through the summer

Membership? Better marketing? The 57-year-old West Philly bookshop is exploring options.

7 years ago

Gov. John Carney picks up litter along Vandever Ave. in northeast Wilmington. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
Delaware

Delaware launches anti-litter campaign to clean up First State

The Delaware anti-litter alliance joins towns throughout the state in the fight against trash.

7 years ago

This Google Earth view is looking west. The large complex on the beach is the Wildwoods Convention Center. (Google Earth)
Down the Shore
New Jersey
Outdoors

Demand spurs Wildwood to expand parking on the beach

For a $10 fee, motorists with four wheel drive and all wheel drive vehicles can access the beach via Baker Avenue.

7 years ago

This photo provided by 3 CBS Philadelphia shows police canvasing the scene of a shooting in Trenton, N.J. on Saturday, May 25, 2019.  New Jersey police say 10 people have been wounded following a shooting at a Trenton bar.  Trenton police spokesman Capt. Stephen Varn said five men and five women were transported to local hospitals. He said one victim was critically wounded and taken into emergency surgery.  (3 CBS Philadelphia via AP)
New Jersey
Public Safety

10 wounded as gunmen open fire outside New Jersey bar

New Jersey police say 10 people have been wounded following a shooting at a Trenton bar.

7 years ago

A memorial of flowers, balloons, a cross and photo of victim Marlen Ochoa-Lopez, are displayed on the lawn, Friday, May 17, 2019 in Chicago, outside the home where Ochoa-Lopez was murdered last month. Assistant State's Attorney James Murphy says a pregnant Ochoa-Lopez, who was killed and whose baby was cut from her womb, was strangled while being shown a photo album of the late son and brother of her attackers. (Teresa Crawford/AP Photo)
The Philadelphia Experiment
Health Care
Law
The Philadelphia Experiment

Pro-life means all lives

The fight to protect life should be about much more than abortion. In fact, the fight to protect life should go on long after children are born.

7 years ago

A survey by Search Institute says 14% of city youngsters are thriving, 39% have the tools needed to succeed, 37% are vulnerable and 10% are challenged or fragile (Wayne Parry/AP Photo, file)
New Jersey
NJ Spotlight

In struggling Atlantic City, a special focus on problems faced by the young

Survey: 14% of city youngsters are thriving, 39% have the tools needed to succeed, 37% are vulnerable and 10% are challenged or fragile.

7 years ago

For the sixth year, Chickies & Pete’s, a Philadelphia-based crab house with locations at the Shore, will pay the toll tab between 5 and 6 p.m. (Courtesy of Aversa PR)
Down the Shore
New Jersey
Transportation

Chickie’s and Pete’s to pick up AC Expressway toll tab for one hour Friday

For the sixth year, Chickie's & Pete’s, a Philadelphia-based crab house with locations at the Shore, will pay the toll tab between 5 and 6 p.m. 

7 years ago

Noelia Rivera-Calderón is the lead author of the National Women's Law Center report on Latina students and mental health. (Courtesy of Noelia Rivera-Calderón)
Radio Times
Immigration
Military

Latina mental health / Veterans Court

First, we talk with a veteran about his rocky return from combat. Then, we'll discuss a new report detailing the serious mental health problems among Philadelphia's Latinas.

Air Date: May 24, 2019

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Down the Shore
Environment
New Jersey
Outdoors

N.J. beaches ‘in great shape,’ water quality ‘excellent,’ official says

Memorial Day weekend is upon us, so the Jersey Shore is "officially" open for the summer season, and state officials say the coast is ready. 

7 years ago

Chatayee Venus Kapugthong at her restaurant Chatayee Thai in Center City. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Food & Drink
Philadelphia

At new Philly restaurant, Thai chef serves flavors of her Bangkok roots

Offering salty, sweet, and spicy tastes — "a whole spectrum of everything that you can imagine in one bowl" — pork shank is a specialty at Philly’s newest Thai restaurant.

7 years ago

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In this Monday, May 20, 2019 photo, beachgoers sit on the sand beyond a sign indicating that smoking is prohibited on the beach in Spring Lake, N.J. A statewide smoking ban is in effect at New Jersey's beaches for the start of the 2019 summer season, although towns can set aside up to 15% as smoking sections. (Wayne Parry/AP Photo)
New Jersey

New Jersey beach smoking ban in place for start of summer

Smoking and vaping will be banned on nearly every public beach in the state this summer under tougher new restrictions.

7 years ago

This July 16, 2013 file photo shows a sign at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. Facebook said in a Thursday, May 23, 2019 report, it removed more than 3 billion fake accounts from the service in the October-March period, although it doesn’t say how many it also missed. The report comes as Facebook grapples with challenges ranging from fake news to its role in elections interference, hate speech and incitement to violence in the U.S., Myanmar, India and elsewhere. (Ben Margot/AP Photo, File)
Technology

Facebook: Fake account removal doubles to 3 billion in 6 months

Facebook also said Thursday that it removed more than 7 million posts, photos and other material because it violated its rules against hate speech.

7 years ago

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