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Large crane operations were suspended in Philadelphia for the day because of high winds. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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Nor’easter slams region, knocking down trees and snarling travel

Philly officials suspend crane work, ask public to prep for high winds.

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Silly or Philly?: LeBron swats talk of Philadelphia visit

Sixers TV game analyst Alaa Abdelnaby said he was told that James, who has three kids, looked at private schools in Philadelphia last month.

7 years ago

NewsWorks Tonight

NewsWorks Tonight March 1, 2018

Mayor Kenney proposes tax hike. Local lawmakers react to Trump support of enhanced background checks. And overregulation of abortion clinics persists.

Air Date: March 1, 2018

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10-year-old boy behind South Jersey school shooting threat; situation at Cumberland Community College resolved

The school shooting threat was linked back to a 10-year-old student. And just after 11 a.m., Cumberland County College in Vineland, New Jersey, lifted its lockdown.

7 years ago

Tidal flooding in Stone Harbor in Feb. 2016 as photographed by Zeke Orzech (‏@Zeke_O via Twitter).
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New Jersey

Major tidal flooding possible on Saturday

The Jersey Shore should brace for the potential of major tidal flooding on Saturday.

7 years ago

 Persons walk in and out of a Walmart store, Friday, Aug. 26, 2016, in Dallas. (Tony Gutierrez/AP Photo)
Business
Public Safety

Walmart sets age of 21 to buy firearms, ammunition

Walmart said its decision came after the company reviewed its firearm sales policy in light of the mass shooting in Parkland, Florida.

7 years ago

Cherry Hill Mayor Chuck Cahn joins the more than 200 in attendance at the Cherry Hill school board meeting Tuesday night, where a long list of speakers sounded off about school security and administrative gaffes at Cherry Hill East High School. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
K-12
New Jersey
Public Safety

Following student protests, Cherry Hill mayor favors armed security in schools

But Mayor Chuck Cahn says he does not support arming teachers.

7 years ago

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NewsWorks Tonight, February 28, 2018

U.S. Senator Pat Toomey announces a bipartisan plan to promote new gun control measures. Congressional candidates in Pennsylvania struggl ...

Air Date: February 28, 2018

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Activists call for more support for Puerto Ricans displaced by Hurricane Maria during a rally at Thomas Paine Plaza. They are joined by Carlos Torres (left), Muriel Rivera and her son, Yeriel, 6, (center left), and Melanie Garcia and her three children (center right), who all face eviction.
PlanPhilly
Philadelphia
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Social Justice

A new group promises long-term support for Puerto Rican hurricane evacuees

This is a first step towards creating the long-term recovery strategy that city officials and community advocates have struggled to create in the five months since the storm.

7 years ago

A smoke column from a forest fire in Manchester in February 2017. Smoke from yesterday's forest fire in Manchester. (Image: JSHN contributor Mike Logger)
Down the Shore
New Jersey

Controlled burning generating smoke columns Wednesday

Smoke will be visible today in the Jersey Shore region as firefighters conduct numerous prescribed burns.

7 years ago

(From left) Penn students Ramon Garcia-Gomez, Helen Fetaw, and Nathaniel Gertzman, tour the 7th Ward. They read about W. E. B. Du Bois and his research in Philadelphia as part of their African American History class. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
History
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Philadelphia

Touring Philly’s black history along South Street from Du Bois home to Standard Theater

Some University of Pennsylvania students studying African-American history are zooming in on the era when South Street was the heart of Philadelphia's black community.

7 years ago

Andrea Lawful-Sanders
Speak Easy
History
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The future depends on building legacies for — and with — the next generation

It’s the young people who are creating the movements.

7 years ago

Alim Smith
Speak Easy
Innovation
Media
Race & Ethnicity

Black consciousness has been hacked

A lot of black people are in a space where we have the spirit, the soul, and all that it takes to override oppression, but it means nothing if we don’t believe it.

7 years ago

Tayyib Smith
Speak Easy
History
Innovation
Race & Ethnicity

Creating my black future from freedom, social impact, and collective good

Black people have always had to project themselves into the future because of the reality of their present. Even today, it takes some cognitive dissonance not to be enraged.

7 years ago

Miriam Harris
Speak Easy
Race & Ethnicity

The future of blackness doesn’t depend on comparisons to whiteness

I am an educator because I choose to invest in the future of blackness.

7 years ago

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