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A memorial of flowers, balloons, a cross and photo of victim Marlen Ochoa-Lopez, are displayed on the lawn, Friday, May 17, 2019 in Chicago, outside the home where Ochoa-Lopez was murdered last month. Assistant State's Attorney James Murphy says a pregnant Ochoa-Lopez, who was killed and whose baby was cut from her womb, was strangled while being shown a photo album of the late son and brother of her attackers. (Teresa Crawford/AP Photo)
The Philadelphia Experiment
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The Philadelphia Experiment

Pro-life means all lives

The fight to protect life should be about much more than abortion. In fact, the fight to protect life should go on long after children are born.

7 years ago

A survey by Search Institute says 14% of city youngsters are thriving, 39% have the tools needed to succeed, 37% are vulnerable and 10% are challenged or fragile (Wayne Parry/AP Photo, file)
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In struggling Atlantic City, a special focus on problems faced by the young

Survey: 14% of city youngsters are thriving, 39% have the tools needed to succeed, 37% are vulnerable and 10% are challenged or fragile.

7 years ago

For the sixth year, Chickies & Pete’s, a Philadelphia-based crab house with locations at the Shore, will pay the toll tab between 5 and 6 p.m. (Courtesy of Aversa PR)
Down the Shore
New Jersey
Transportation

Chickie’s and Pete’s to pick up AC Expressway toll tab for one hour Friday

For the sixth year, Chickie's & Pete’s, a Philadelphia-based crab house with locations at the Shore, will pay the toll tab between 5 and 6 p.m. 

7 years ago

Noelia Rivera-Calderón is the lead author of the National Women's Law Center report on Latina students and mental health. (Courtesy of Noelia Rivera-Calderón)
Radio Times
Immigration
Military

Latina mental health / Veterans Court

First, we talk with a veteran about his rocky return from combat. Then, we'll discuss a new report detailing the serious mental health problems among Philadelphia's Latinas.

Air Date: May 24, 2019

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Down the Shore
Environment
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N.J. beaches ‘in great shape,’ water quality ‘excellent,’ official says

Memorial Day weekend is upon us, so the Jersey Shore is "officially" open for the summer season, and state officials say the coast is ready. 

7 years ago

Chatayee Venus Kapugthong at her restaurant Chatayee Thai in Center City. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Food & Drink
Philadelphia

At new Philly restaurant, Thai chef serves flavors of her Bangkok roots

Offering salty, sweet, and spicy tastes — "a whole spectrum of everything that you can imagine in one bowl" — pork shank is a specialty at Philly’s newest Thai restaurant.

7 years ago

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In this Monday, May 20, 2019 photo, beachgoers sit on the sand beyond a sign indicating that smoking is prohibited on the beach in Spring Lake, N.J. A statewide smoking ban is in effect at New Jersey's beaches for the start of the 2019 summer season, although towns can set aside up to 15% as smoking sections. (Wayne Parry/AP Photo)
New Jersey

New Jersey beach smoking ban in place for start of summer

Smoking and vaping will be banned on nearly every public beach in the state this summer under tougher new restrictions.

7 years ago

This July 16, 2013 file photo shows a sign at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. Facebook said in a Thursday, May 23, 2019 report, it removed more than 3 billion fake accounts from the service in the October-March period, although it doesn’t say how many it also missed. The report comes as Facebook grapples with challenges ranging from fake news to its role in elections interference, hate speech and incitement to violence in the U.S., Myanmar, India and elsewhere. (Ben Margot/AP Photo, File)
Technology

Facebook: Fake account removal doubles to 3 billion in 6 months

Facebook also said Thursday that it removed more than 7 million posts, photos and other material because it violated its rules against hate speech.

7 years ago

(Facebook/Mighty Writers)
Philadelphia
Technology
Billy Penn

Philly nonprofit banned from Twitter for celebrating 10 years of helping kids

Twitter's algorithm apparently decided the account was guilty of violating the platform’s terms of service, which state that users must be at least 13.

7 years ago

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Down the Shore
Environment
New Jersey

NOAA predicts near-normal Atlantic hurricane season, stresses ‘it only takes one’

The outlook, released by NOAA on Tuesday, anticipates nine to 15 named storms, of which four to eight will become hurricanes and two to four major hurricanes.

7 years ago

From left, Chefs Elijah Milligan, Carl Lewis, and Yusef McCoy at the Black Restaurant Week 2019 preview event held at Drexel University's Academic Bistro on May 20. (TrenaeNuri/WHYY)
Food & Drink
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity

Cooking for the culture: Philly’s 2nd annual Black Restaurant Week

Chefs mix African and Caribbean cultural influences, traditional American cuisine, and a taste of CBD oil as preparations for Black Restaurant Week get underway.

7 years ago

One of four current VisionQuest employees who described a lack of training and a hostile work environment. The company wants to open a 60-bed facility for unaccompanied immigrant youth in North Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Immigration
Philadelphia

VisionQuest employees: ‘It’s not safe for us … How would it be safe for the kids?’

Five staffers describe a lack of training, hostile work environment at VisionQuest. The company wants to open a 60-bed facility for unaccompanied immigrant youth in Philly.

7 years ago

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(Courtesy of Matthew McLaughlin, Philly Tango Festival)
Things To Do
Community Events
May 23 - 29, 2019

Trot on over to Devon, browse the wares of history and salute the service of fallen troops

Honoring fallen service members, Devon’s mane event and the art of tango are just a few of this week’s “Things To Do.”

7 years ago

Listen 4:54
Greens grow at Five Loaves and Two Fishes community garden in Overbrook. (Angela Gervasi for WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Environment
Philadelphia
PlanPhilly

More community gardens to bloom on city lots, Philly Land Bank czar says

City officials reaffirmed a commitment to protecting community gardens amid growing concerns about their tenuous hold in redeveloping neighborhoods.

7 years ago

McDonald's workers marching in Los Angeles in September 2018 as part of a multi-state strike seeking to combat sexual harassment in the workplace. (Richard Vogel/AP)
NPR
Gender

McDonald’s facing new charges of sexual harassment

For the third time in three years, McDonald's Corp. is facing allegations of rampant sexual harassment of female employees by male coworkers and managers.

7 years ago

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