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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
‘Mystery’ sand piles reappear in Shore town
Symmetrically formed sand piles have once again appeared on an Ocean County beach.
7 years ago
A Point Breeze night market inspires neighborhood pride
If you feed them, they will come.
7 years ago
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
‘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 goes into full service this weekend
The pipeline is one of many large-scale projects transporting Marcellus gas.
7 years ago
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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 1:17In 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