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NewsWorks Tonight, July 24, 2018
A local saint’s remains are moving. New Jersey’s new school funding model creates winners and losers. Made in America’s ...
Air Date: July 24, 2018
Listen 20:50Neighbors split on reinstatement of Made in America festival on Philly’s Parkway
Made in America will likely return to the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in future years. The neighborhood responds.
7 years ago
Listen 2:03St. Katharine Drexel’s tomb moving to the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul
The new location on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway will be open to the public in September once construction in complete.
7 years ago
Listen 1:47‘A terrible day’: Greek wildfires kill at least 74 people, devastate resort village
Fire officials in Greece say at least 74 people have died from surprisingly fast-moving wildfires that struck near Athens.
7 years ago
Tugboat stuck off Ocean County beach
Authorities say the four aboard are safe and that the boat isn't in danger of sinking.
7 years ago
Deadly wildfires sweep through towns near Athens, Greece
At least 50 people died and more than 150 were injured as huge fires fueled by powerful winds burned homes and forests in towns near the Greek capital, Athens.
7 years ago
NewsWorks Tonight, July 23, 2018
The Made in America Festival returns to the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. Outreach workers are finding it difficult to raise awareness about ...
Air Date: July 23, 2018
Listen 23:28Tronc slashes ‘New York Daily News’ staff by half
It said the moves were necessary to seize the opportunities of digital news and financial challenges ahead. A Tronc spokeswoman confirmed the veracity of the memo.
7 years ago
One child’s outsized influence on the debate over plastic straws
Milo Cress, a young environmentalist, researched straw usage to come up with the 500 million estimate when he was just nine years old.
7 years ago
Now a museum, this USSR submarine base was built to endure U.S. nukes — and retaliate
During the Cold War, Balaklava Bay was home to a top-secret submarine base designed to survive a U.S. nuclear strike — and then deliver a retaliatory blow.
7 years ago
Students have some options as Philly Art Institute closes, but many unsure of next step
Area colleges are inviting derailed Art Institute students to complete their degrees at their schools.
7 years ago
Listen 2:51Police: 2 victims are Dead, as is gunman, in Toronto shooting
Dozens of additional police officers were deployed in Toronto over the weekend in response to a spike in gun violence across the city in the Canadian province of Ontario.
7 years ago
Doctoral student compiles database of indigenous women who’ve gone missing
As many as 300 indigenous women go missing or are killed under suspicious circumstances every year in Canada and the U.S.
7 years ago
Denied asylum, but terrified to return home
Across the southwest border, immigration lawyers say they're seeing an alarming jump in the number of asylum-seekers turned away at the earliest stage of the process.
7 years ago
One dead, shooting suspect in custody after police standoff at LA Trader Joe’s
Police identified the suspect as a man about 28 years old, who surrendered three hours after barricading himself inside the store where other people had been trapped.
7 years ago