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The 2018 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Nadia Murad (pictured) and Dr. Denis Mukwege, a gynecologist from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, for their efforts to combat wartime sexual assault. (Ronald Zak/AP)
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Once enslaved by ISIS, Nadia Murad is co-recipient of Nobel Peace Prize

In August 2014, Nadia Murad was one of thousands of Yazidis who were captured by ISIS and forced into sexual slavery. Three months later, she escaped.

7 years ago

Some of the sand piles on the beach in Point Pleasant Beach. (Photo: Jerry Meaney/Barnegat Bay Island, NJ via Facebook)
Down the Shore
New Jersey

‘Mystery’ sand piles reappear in Shore town

Symmetrically formed sand piles have once again appeared on an Ocean County beach. 

7 years ago

The Bradley family has lived in Point Breeze their whole lives. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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A Point Breeze night market inspires neighborhood pride

If you feed them, they will come.

7 years ago

A sticker from Election Day 2016. (Bastiaan Slabbers/WHYY News)
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Politics
Transportation
PlanPhilly

Free transit on Election Day? SEPTA votes no

Other cities offer free transit on Election Day: Dallas, Houston, Tampa, Minneapolis, Austin, and Asheville, among others.

7 years ago

Three Democratic members of the Senate Judiciary Committee listen to testimony in the Brett Kavanaugh assault allegation hearings, Sept. 27, 2018. (Saul Loeb/Pool Image via AP)
The Conversation

‘Bystander effect’ and sexual assault: What the research says

Sexual assault, pushed into public conversation by the #MeToo movement, once again dominates the U.S. news cycle.

7 years ago

Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline construction in Lancaster County. (March 2018) (Marie Cusick/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Energy
Pennsylvania
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Atlantic Sunrise pipeline goes into full service this weekend

The pipeline is one of many large-scale projects transporting Marcellus gas.

7 years ago

Rowan University
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New Jersey
Policing

Rowan U. to hold town hall after viral video shows police drawing guns at students

The encounter raised questions about police use of force and racial bias in law enforcement, because the driver of the car was black.

7 years ago

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey testifies before the Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on 'Foreign Influence Operations and Their Use of Social Media Platforms' on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2018, in Washington. (Jose Luis Magana/AP)
NPR
Media
Technology

Most Twitter accounts linked to 2016 disinformation are still active, report finds

Disinformation networks publish more than a million tweets a day, the authors found.

7 years ago

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers image.
Down the Shore
Environment
Infrastructure
New Jersey

Feds consider floodwalls, gates to protect N.J. back bay areas

Could there be some light at the end of the long tunnel for New Jersey's pervasive back bay flooding problem?

7 years ago

The R. P. Resor was torpedoed on Feb 28, 1942 off the coast of northern New Jersey, with a full load of crude oil. (Photo courtesy of Joseph Bilby)
History
Military
New Jersey

The history of submarine warfare off the Jersey coast

Imagine yourself on a beach in Sea Isle City in the winter of 1942. It’s night, and a cold, steady breeze off the A ...

7 years ago

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October 4 - 11, 2018

Dragon boats, cranberries, and creepy creatures signal fall has arrived

As autumn gets underway, check out a fall festival, see a folk legend perform, or watch dragon boats cruise down the Schuylkill.

7 years ago

Lead architect Lluka Lakuriqi, left, Tajar Domi, center and Bujar Gjoka of the Albanian American Association are seen outside of the historic Lower Dublin Academy in Northeast Philadelphia. (Brad Larrison for WHYY)
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Philadelphia
PlanPhilly

A NE Philly school designed by a friend of Ben Franklin to be reborn as Albanian cultural center

It was a schoolhouse where Revolutionary-era leaders offered a "polite education" to young men in the then-new city of Philadelphia

7 years ago

A man walks in North Philadelphia on Friday (Abdul Sulayman/The Philadelphia Tribune)
Income Inequality
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity
The Philadelphia Tribune

Dip in black poverty draws skepticism

A drop in the poverty rate for Black Philadelphians reported in recent census estimates has been met with skepticism.

7 years ago

Philadelphia
Sex & Relationships

Philly’s Women Against Abuse event focuses on dating violence among teens

Launching its iPledge campaign, Women Against Abuse begins observance of Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

7 years ago

Listen 1:17
Lovett Memorial Library, in Mt Airy on Oct 1, 2018. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
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Philadelphia
Public Spaces
PlanPhilly

In neighborhoods and online, library loyalists organize to reverse cuts

The organizers are calling for the city to supercharge its annual contribution to the library budget by more than 36 percent

7 years ago

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