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Two grizzly gears at the Grizzly and Wolf Discovery Center in West Yellowstone, Mont. Most bears are relocated to the center when they or their parents have issues with or become too comfortable interacting with humans. (Claire Harbage/NPR)
NPR
Environment
National

As grizzlies come back, frustration builds over continued protections

Since being listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act in 1975, grizzly bear populations in northwest Montana and the Greater Yellowstone Area have tripled.

7 years ago

The 2019 Chinese New Year Festival was held in Northeast Philadelphia at the corner of Frankford and Cottman avenues Sunday afternoon. It was the first festival of its kind in the neighborhood. (Natalie Piserchio for WHYY)
Changing Communities
Community Events
Philadelphia

Mayfair’s first Chinese New Year festival honors tradition, welcomes new neighbors

Organizers said they are bringing Chinese cultural events to the Northeast Philadelphia neighborhood as more Asian immigrants relocate from New York City.

7 years ago

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The cause of the fire at the Delaware City refinery is still unknown. State Sen. Nicole Poore says no one was injured in the blaze. (John Jankowski for WHYY)
Delaware
Environment

Fire at Delaware City refinery contained, cause remains unknown

The cause of the fire at the Delaware City refinery is still unknown. State Sen. Nicole Poore says no one was injured in the blaze.

7 years ago

NPR
National
Sports

5 things to watch for in Super Bowl LIII

Will Belichick and the Patriots have the same success against the 2019 Rams?

7 years ago

Zulekha Dawood leads the group of female cyclists through the impoverished Lyari neighborhood in Karachi, Pakistan's capital. They ride early in the morning to avoid the worst of the traffic. (Diaa Hadid/NPR)
NPR
Gender
International

Women who dare to bicycle in Pakistan

It is a rare endeavor in conservative Pakistan, where few women dare to cycle. It is seen as a vulgar and sexlike act because a woman must straddle a seat.

7 years ago

A new initiative through TerraCycle will bring products like Haagen Dazs to local stores in reusable packaging (Provided)
Business
Environment
Innovation

Haagen Dazs, Procter & Gamble to offer reusable containers in Pa., N.J.

Recycling company Terracycle will pick up the glass and plastic bottles and cartons from grocery stores, or your home, to be cleaned and refilled.

7 years ago

Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Nick Foles (9) reacts to wide receiver Nelson Agholor's touchdown during the second half of the NFL football game against the Washington Redskins, Sunday, Dec. 30, 2018 in Landover, Md. (Mark Tenally/AP Photo)
NBC10
Philadelphia
Sports

Eagles plan to exercise Nick Foles’ option, according to a report

The Eagles plan to exercise their $20 million option for Nick Foles with the intention of trading him, according to a report by NFL Network.

7 years ago

A U.S. Postal Service letter carrier delivers the mail in Shelbyville, Ky. A White House task force recommended ending the mailbox monopoly held by USPS. (Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
NPR
Business
Government Accountability
National

Your mailbox could be opened up to private carriers

By law, only you and the U.S. Postal Service are allowed to put things in your mailbox. But what if companies like FedEx and UPS could do it too?

7 years ago

Crews worked on Monday Jan. 21 to stabilize a new sinkhole that opened up at Lisa Drive, a suburban development in West Whiteland Township, Chester County where Sunoco operates its Mariner East pipelines. (Jon Hurdle/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Energy
Pennsylvania
Public Safety
StateImpact Pennsylvania

PUC seeks school evacuation drills on Mariner pipeline route

The PUC has asked Sunoco to work with Chester County emergency officials and some school districts to plan evacuation drills in case of a leak.

7 years ago

Groundhog Club co-handler John Griffiths, (left), holds Punxsutawney Phil, the weather prognosticating groundhog, during the 133rd celebration of Groundhog Day on Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney, Pa. Saturday, Feb. 2, 2019. Phil's handlers said that the groundhog has forecast an early spring. (Gene J. Puskar/AP Photo)
Environment
Pennsylvania

Punxsutawney Phil doesn't see his shadow, predicting early spring

Just before 7:30 a.m. Saturday, Punxsutawney Phil emerged from his burrow in Pennsylvania at sunrise and didn't see his shadow.

7 years ago

Environmental activists Liz Brandt (from left), with her daughters, Natalia, 3, and Valencia Bednar, 5; Martha Roberts; and Molly Rauch pose for a photograph while welcoming Environmental Protection Agency employees back to work on Jan. 28 in Washington, D.C. Furloughed employees returned to work following the end of the longest-ever partial federal government shutdown. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
NPR
Government Accountability

The shutdown is over. Now the federal workforce faces ‘untold morale problems’

While the financial costs for workers were high, the shutdown also took a heavy toll on employee morale.

7 years ago

Dunes in Midway Beach, South Seaside Park, New Jersey. (Dominick Solazzo)
Down the Shore
Environment
New Jersey

Beach replenishment won’t destroy tall dunes that saved N.J. community, feds say

An ongoing beach replenishment project in an Ocean County community that was saved from Superstorm Sandy's wrath won't negatively impact the formidable dune system, federal au

7 years ago

A student on the campus of the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, trying out the hijab on World Hijab Day, 2017. (Russell Contreras/AP Photo)
Gender
Religion
The Conversation

The hijab, part of a growing fashion industry

Celebrated on Feb. 1, World Hijab Day is a “recognition of millions of Muslim women who choose to wear the hijab and live a life of modesty.”

7 years ago

A view of the PJM control room. (Courtesy of PJM)
Energy
Environment
National
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Bitter cold tests electricity, natural gas systems in Pa.

Residents of the mid-Atlantic and Midwest stayed indoors this week to avoid the Arctic air that swept the region, and used a lot of electricity and natural gas to keep warm.

7 years ago

A poster at the entrance of the Laurel Highlands Council headquarters in Pittsburgh shows a young girl in a Cub Scouts uniform. The program for younger kids can include co-ed troops, but older kids will have single-sex troops. (Katie Blackley/WESA)
NPR
Gender
Kids
National

Welcoming girls, Boy Scouts program is now Scouts BSA

The decision to invite girls into Boy Scouts was not an easy one but ahead of the February change, girls are already looking forward to being involved.

7 years ago

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