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Tracy was the first outsider hired to run the Wilmington police force. (City of Wilmington)
Delaware
Policing

Under new chief, Wilmington police aim to win back community’s trust

With new strategies, Wilmington police are working to rebuild trust with the community. As that’s happened, violent crime has dropped dramatically.

7 years ago

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Ambulance staff take a man from outside a mosque in central Christchurch, New Zealand on Friday. Multiple people are in custody after shootings at two mosques there. (Mark Baker/AP)
NPR
International
Public Safety

49 dead in ‘terrorist attack’ at 2 mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand

Forty-nine people are dead and at least 20 are seriously injured in what New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says "can now only be described as a terrorist attack."

7 years ago

People living at the encampment at Kensington Avenue. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Behavioral Health
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Report finds Kensington homeless encampments not just a symptom of opioid crisis

A survey included in the Penn study suggests that the Kensington encampments also reflected broader issues that lead to homelessness.

7 years ago

Courtesy of the Israeli Film Festival of Philadelphia
Things To Do
March 14 - 20, 2019

Dance, dine, and linger over a few fine films

Women are heralded in dance and film, musicians pay tribute to the work of the late Amy Winehouse, and dining out is a charitable event in King of Prussia.

7 years ago

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Matt Vecere, 43, was flying from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to Nairobi, Kenya to attend to the UN Environment Assembly. (Image courtesy of IQAir)
Down the Shore
International
New Jersey

Jersey Shore native killed in Ethiopian Airlines crash remembered as ‘selfless’

A Jersey Shore native who died when an Ethiopian Airlines jet crashed last Sunday is being remembered as a compassionate man who devoted his life to helping those in need.

7 years ago

About 30 SEPTA police officers picket outside SEPTA headquarters at 1234 Market Street. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Philadelphia
Policing
Transportation

SEPTA announces accord with striking transit officers

A SEPTA spokesman said officers were expected to begin returning to duty for the 11 p.m. Tuesday shift.

7 years ago

María del Carmen Díaz has worked as a nanny, caretaker, and house-cleaner in the 24 years that have passed since she first arrived in Philadelphia from Mexico. As a member of the Pennsylvania Domestic Workers Alliance, del Carmen Díaz is working to pass a Philadelphia Domestic Worker Bill of Rights, that would stipulate rights and regulations for what has long been a profession unprotected by law. (Emily Neil/AL DÍA News)
Philadelphia
Broke in Philly

Alliance pushes for Philadelphia Domestic Worker Bill of Rights

A local worker-led organization is leading the fight to ensure that legal protection is extended to one of the most vulnerable professions in the labor force of Philadelphia.

7 years ago

Joel Feldman, an attorney from Delaware County, has traveled the country since 2010, educating adults and students on the dangers of distracted driving in roughly hourlong presentations. His daughter was hit and killed by a driver in 2009. (Courtesy of Joel Feldman)
Public Safety

A Delco attorney’s daughter was killed by a distracted driver. Now he’s trying to change how people drive

A Delaware County attorney approaches distracted driving as a matter of respect, and he says scaring teens doesn’t work.

7 years ago

The Rev. Dr. Karyn Wiseman, a former United Methodist pastor (right), and her wife, Cindy Clawson. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
The Why
LGBTQ
Religion

A House of God divided: Why this lesbian minister left the United Methodist Church

Rev. Karyn Wiseman has been at the center of the United Methodist Church's conflict over same sex-marriage and LGBTQ clergy her entire life. Why is the church so fractured?

Air Date: March 12, 2019

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This Fairhill auto shop had racked up multiple safety and permit violations before a fire ripped through it on Monday.
PlanPhilly
Public Safety
PlanPhilly

North Philly auto body shop engulfed by fire racked up safety violations prior to blaze

A North Philadelphia auto body shop that exploded into flames on Monday operated for years without proper permits or safety measures in place, according to city records.

7 years ago

A worker inspects damage in a supermarket in Caracas on Sunday after it was looted during a days-long blackout in Venezuela.
(Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters)
NPR
International

‘This is going to end ugly’: Venezuela’s power outage drags on

Venezuela has been in the grip of a crippling blackout for four days — and the humanitarian situation there is growing increasingly dire.

7 years ago

A lifeguard protects the beaches at Wildwood.
Down the Shore
New Jersey
Outdoors

Wildwood’s popular ‘beach box’ rental system to expand

Wildwood's popular "beach box" storage rental system is expanding across municipal boundaries, officials announced. 

7 years ago

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., sits with fellow Democrats on the House Education and Labor Committee during a bill markup, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 6, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
The Philadelphia Experiment
Politics
Race & Ethnicity
Religion

Examining Ilhan Omar

I watched with interest as Democrats targeted freshman Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar—a Muslim who came to America as a Somalian refugee—as the new face of anti-Semitism.

7 years ago

Philabundance provides food throughout the region, including at so-called
Income Inequality
Philadelphia
Broke in Philly

Philabundance announces ambitious program to give people more than food

Philabundance is embarking on a far-reaching plan to attack hunger.

7 years ago

A portrait of Dr. Philip Jaisohn, the first Korean-American to receive a U.S. medical degree, hangs above the mantle at his home in Media, Pa.  The home is now a museum chronicling Jaisohn's life and his involvement in the Korean indepencence movement. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
History
Pennsylvania
Race & Ethnicity

Jaisohn Memorial House in Media celebrates Korean revolutionary

Throughout his life, here and in his native country, Philip Jaisohn was a champion of Korean independence and social equality.

7 years ago

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