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An emergency evacuation pamphlet shows the 10-mile radius around Oyster Creek Generating Station. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Down the Shore
Energy
New Jersey

Feds allow emergency planning reduction in area near Oyster Creek nuclear plant

The federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission has granted the operator of Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station in New Jersey permission to amend the plant's emergency plan.

7 years ago

U.S. Coast Guard image.
Down the Shore
New Jersey

Boaters spend night stranded after low tide grounds skiff in bay

The U.S. Coast Guard came to the rescue of three stranded boaters Wednesday after low tide grounded their skiff and forced them to spend ...

7 years ago

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Things To Do
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October 18-25, 2018

Fantastic fashions, wizards and witches, a Fleetwood Mac tribute, and more events this week

Celebrate autumn indoors or out with one of this week's picks.

7 years ago

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Trash collected by volunteers with the Clean Ocean Action environmental group in April 2012. (Wayne Parry/AP Photo
Down the Shore
Environment
New Jersey

Thousands to scour N.J. waterways during massive trash sweep

Clean Ocean Action, a regional coalition that fights for clean water off the New Jersey and New York coastlines, will host its 33rd annual Fall Beach Sweep this Saturday.

7 years ago

A view of New York City from the Empire State Building on Tuesday. The city just had its first weekend without a single shooting in at least 25 years. (Theo Wargo/Getty Images)
NPR
Public Safety

New York City had its first weekend without a shooting in 25 years

In the city's five boroughs, no shootings were reported from Friday to Sunday.

7 years ago

First Lady Melania Trump pictured in this file photo at the Sigonella Naval Air Station, in Sigonella, Italy, Saturday, May 27, 2017. (Luca Bruno/AP Photo)
Public Safety

En route to Philly, smoke forces Melania Trump’s plane back to military base

The flight was in the air about 10 minutes when smoke filled the cabin.

7 years ago

Prince Gallitzin State Park Manager Jessica Lavelua (left) and Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn demonstrate an electric vehicle charging station.
Environment
Pennsylvania
Public Spaces

Electric car drivers can get an extra charge out of visiting Pa. parks, forests

Washington Crossing Historic Park in Bucks County now has the car-charging pedestals. Several other area parks will be outfitted with the devices by the end of 2019.

7 years ago

Cardinal Donald Wuerl speaks in front of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. in 2015. Wuerl resigned on Friday after accusations of covering up sexual abuse.
NPR
Religion

Washington Catholic archdiocese names 31 priests ‘credibly accused’ of sexual abuse

The list documents cases dating back as far '48 and as recently as '96. 18 priests were arrested and 17 of them are now dead. None of those still living are currently active.

7 years ago

A man holds up a sign during a protest against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh outside the offices of Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake in Phoenix, Friday, Sept. 28, 2018. (AP Photo/Patricio Espinoza)
Gender
Sex & Relationships

Post-Kavanaugh, men reflect on accountability

Some of the men seemed to be struggling with this stuff. They’d say one thing, then contradict themselves a minute later.

7 years ago

Listen 4:10
Yecenia Vazquez (left) and Jaime Knowles hold signs in front of a large Puerto Rican flag that was laid it at the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. A group of activist smarched the Benjamin Franklin Parkway to commemorate the people who died in Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico. (Miguel Martinez for WHYY)
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Elections
Philadelphia

Remembering thousands of Hurricane Maria victims, marching for accountability

Hundreds gathered at Logan Circle in Center City Philadelphia over the weekend to protest the federal government's handling of the hurricane disaster in Puerto Rico.

7 years ago

Chilean demonstrators light candles during an August vigil in Santiago that protested the sex abuse scandal roiling the Catholic Church. (Martin Bernetti/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
International
Religion

Pope Francis defrocks 2 Chilean priests in deepening sex abuse scandal

A wide-ranging sexual abuse scandal has roiled Chile in recent months.

7 years ago

Ruth D'Eredita, poses for a portrait in her home in Vienna, Va., Friday, Oct. 5, 2018. D-Eredita graduated from Mount Holyoke College in 1984 and last October reported that a professor sexually assaulted her when she was a sophomore in college. Universities have seen an increase in decades-old sexual misconduct complaints amid the MeToo movement. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo)
Higher Education
Public Safety
Social Justice

#MeToo inspires wave of old misconduct reports to colleges

Reports from deep in the past have also raised big questions about how to investigate such cases.

7 years ago

A large contingent of immigrants from Mexico and other Spansih-speaking countries participate in a May Day march in Philadelphia focused on President Donald Trump's immigration policies. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Immigration
National
Politics

Proposed U.S. change on evaluating green card, visa applications could impact Philly kids

The proposal calls for looking at use of food stamps, federal medical assistance and housing assistance when weighing an immigration application.

7 years ago

Record-breaking  tennis player, philanthropist Serena Williams appears on stage during Pennsylvania Conference for Women 2018 at Pennsylvania Convention Center on October 12, 2018 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  (Marla Aufmuth/Getty Images )
Gender

Serena Williams headlines Pennsylvania Conference for Women in Philly

Tennis great calls attention to the risk of pregnancy-related deaths for black women.

7 years ago

This July 16, 2013 file photo shows a sign at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif.  (Ben Margot/AP Photo, File)
Media
Technology

Facebook: Hackers accessed personal data from 29M accounts

The company said it has fixed the bugs and logged out affected users to reset those digital keys.

7 years ago

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