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The Daily is the radio edition of the popular podcast by the same name, produced by The New York Times. Hosts Michael Barbaro and Sabrina Tavernise provide an irresistible layman’s approach to some of the most compelling and complicated stories of our time.

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Broke In Philly

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

Aerial view of Three Mile Island nuclear plant near Harrisburg, Pa., scene of a nuclear accident, Thursday, March 28, 1979. The plant started leaking radioactive steam contaminating the area. (AP Photo)
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History
Pennsylvania

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

Undated images of Ashley Combs, 17, of Toms River. (Images courtesy of family attorney Jef Henninger)
Down the Shore
New Jersey

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

A woman speaks on her phone while driving. Both drivers and walkers use cell data 4,000 percent more than they did in 2008, which means they aren't watching the roads (Pascal Pochard-Casabianca/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
National

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

Marion Johnson, active in the community for close to 40 years, goes in a head to head with a representative of VisionQuest during a community gathering hosted by Councilwoman Cherelle Parker, on Thursday. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
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Philadelphia

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

Gary Clark Jr. (Courtesy of WME)
Things To Do
March 28 - April 3, 2019

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

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James Smith Jr. rents a room in Victor Pickney's rooming house. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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PlanPhilly

Rooms 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

In this May 22, 2017 file photo shown is the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Middletown, Pa.. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Energy
Environment
PA Post

40 years after Three Mile Island accident, debate over safety of nuclear energy still goes back and forth

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

A man is angered by the discussion of a proposed safe injection site, yelling as he leaves a meeting Tuesday evening that provided updates on the Philadelphia Resilience Project's efforts to combat the oipiod crisis. (Brad Larrison for WHYY)
Addiction
Philadelphia
Real Estate

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

Abdelmgeed Muhammad Elgamal inside of his produce market on Allegheny Avenue in Kensington Tuesday. (Brad Larrison for WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Economic Development
Neighborhoods

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

Exelon Corporation Three Mile Island nuclear generating station Unit 1 cooling towers in Londonderry Township, Dauphin County. May 22, 2017. (Dan Gleiter/PennLive)
Energy
Environment

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

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Movies

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

Jorge Zapata, Jr., center, a student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, holds candles with his mother Lavinia Zapata, and father Jorge Zapata, Sr., during a candlelight vigil for the victims of the Wednesday shooting at the school, in Parkland, Fla., Thursd
Mental Health
Public Safety

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

Members of Moms Bonded By Grief join close to 100 people at an anti-gun violence rally at LOVE Park, on Sunday, exactly one year after the nationwide student-led protests to call for gun reform following the mass shooting in Parkland, Florida. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)

‘I just had to do what I could:’ First anniversary of March for Our Lives draws 100 protesters to Philly

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

Artwork by Christina Chung. (Christina Chung for NPR)
NPR
Environment
National
Public Safety

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

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