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Guang Chen, who also owns Hibachi Grill & Supreme Buffet in Glasgow, is planning to open a restaurant near Newark where robots will seat and serve patrons. (Saquan Stimpson for WHYY)
Delaware
Food & Drink

At coming Delaware restaurant, robots will greet and serve diners

Called Captain Crab and Seafood, the eatery near Newark, Delaware, will be one of the nation’s first to use robots to greet, seat and wait on diners.

7 years ago

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Zhang Wen tosses lit firecrackers into a barrel as part of the Hoyu Folk Culture Festival parade in Philadelphia's Chinatown on Sunday, March 31, 2019. (Kriston Jae Bethel for WHYY)
Philadelphia
Religion

Celebrating tradition — and a southeastern Chinese god’s 1,189th birthday — in Philly

Some attendees came by the busload from Washington, D.C. and New York City to attend Philly’s eleventh Chinese Hoyu Folk Culture Festival.

7 years ago

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An increasing body of research has documented the addictive nature of social media. (Westend61/Getty Images)
NPR
National

In an increasingly polarized America, is it possible to be civil on social media?

Tyler and Larry have never met. But almost every day for the last few years, they get into a fight on Twitter.

7 years ago

A smoke plume over Toms River, New Jersey. (Courtesy of Michael Ocello)
Down the Shore
Environment
New Jersey

South Jersey forest fire 75 percent contained, spreads across 10,000 acres

It is New Jersey’s biggest forest fire since 2007, according to a spokesman for the state Department of Environmental Protection.

7 years ago

In March 1979, Middletown Borough was home to approximately 11,000 residents. It was estimated at that time that 20 percent of the population packed up and temporarily left the area due to the uncertainty of what might transpire at Three Mile Island (Courtesy of the Historical Society of Dauphin County)
Energy
Pennsylvania
Public Safety
StateImpact Pennsylvania

40 years later, the prospect of a Three Mile Island-related evacuation remains daunting

The last several decades have brought more detailed plans and better technology, but the people responsible for TMI disaster prep say there will always be unknowns.

7 years ago

The New Jersey Forest Fire Service says the wildfire in a remote area near Spring Hill Road in Burlington County's Penn State Forest broke out early Saturday afternoon. (Courtesy of Amy Miller Shaman)
Down the Shore
Environment
New Jersey

Forest fire closes Route 72 in Burlington County, N.J.

A major forest fire has closed a state highway that links to the Jersey Shore, authorities say. 

7 years ago

Pope Francis, pictured earlier this week, unveiled a new mandatory-reporting edict on Friday. It requires any Vatican official who learns of an allegation of abuse within the city-state or by Vatican officials to report it to Vatican prosecutors. (Andrew Medichini/AP)
NPR
International
Public Safety
Religion

Pope Francis: Vatican officials required to report sex abuse allegations or face jail time

Pope Francis issued a new decree making it mandatory for Vatican officials to report allegations of sexual abuse to authorities or face possible jail time.

7 years ago

The Cape May-Lewes Ferry (Elisabeth Perez-Luna/WHYY)
Delaware
New Jersey
Public Safety

Cape May-Lewes Ferry stranded for hours in Delaware Bay

An engine malfunction on a ferry running from New Jersey to Delaware left more than 100 passengers stranded for several hours.

7 years ago

The Social Security Administration is reviving a practice from a decade ago of sending letters out to employers when Social Security numbers don't match their records. (Patrick Semansky/AP)
NPR
Immigration
National

Social Security revives ‘no match’ letters amid broader immigration crackdown

Immigration authorities said employers should look at these letters as evidence that their employees are undocumented.

7 years ago

This Eastern redbud tree outside WHYY studios will bloom in a few weeks, and that thought delights Sally McCabe, associate director of community education at the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Environment
Outdoors
Pennsylvania

Exulting in Philly’s great treasure of blossoming trees

Pennsylvania Horticultural Society educator, Sally McCabe talks the timeline of trees as they get ready to burst into blossom.

7 years ago

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Protesters gather for a vigil outside the north gate of the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Londonderry Township, Dauphin County. (Tim Lambert/WITF)
Energy
Pennsylvania
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Civil disobedience at Three Mile Island vigil

'Sometimes you have to teach the younger generation that they have to come out and cross a line to make a point.'

7 years ago

Fans gather for Phillies opening day against the Atlanta Braves at Citizen's Bank Park in Philadelphia Thursday March 28, 2019. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Philadelphia
Sports

‘We’re definitely playoff bound,’ thousands of Phillies fans concur on opening day

On first day of baseball season, Phillies fans streamed to Citizens Bank Park. Many see right fielder Bryce Harper as the team’s ticket to the playoffs.

7 years ago

Philly rowhouses
Housing
Real Estate
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)
Radio Times
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

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