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7-year-old boy dies in fall from moving subway car

Police say a 7-year-old boy who was selling candy on a Philadelphia train with his brother fell between two moving subway cars and died. ...

7 years ago

A kayaker died Tuesday in Brandywine Creek near the North Market Street Bridge, just outside downtown Wilmington. (Google Maps)
Delaware
Outdoors
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Police identify 54-year kayaker who died in Brandywine

Update: September 24, 2018  The kayaker who drowned has been identified by police as 54-year-old James Battan. ...

7 years ago

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New Jersey
Transportation

End of an era: Garden State Parkway coin booth phase-out begins

Crews this week will begin removing automatic coin machines from Garden State Parkway mainline barrier toll plazas, officials say.

7 years ago

Michel, joined on the couch by longtime pet Blade and service dog Lizzy, says at least three male service members assaulted or molested her between 1990 and 2005. (Claire Harbage/NPR)
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Behavioral Health

Veterans struggling after sexual assault increasingly turn to service dogs

Service dog providers are seeing an influx of applications from veterans who have experienced sexual trauma while in the military.

7 years ago

People visit a makeshift memorial for victims of the mass shooting in Las Vegas in October 2017. Fifty-eight crosses were planted in front of the sign to commemorate each of the people killed in the attack. (John Locher/AP)
NPR
Public Safety

One year after the Las Vegas shooting, 2 survivors remember

A year on the city is still healing.

7 years ago

A stock image of a Portuguese Man-O-War. (Shutterstock photo)
Down the Shore
Biology
Environment
New Jersey
Outdoors

Another Portuguese man-of-war influx on Shore beaches likely due to Hurricane Florence

Hurricane Florence, responsible for an historic deluge over the Carolinas and spurring catastrophic flooding, is likely to blame for another Portuguese man-of-war influx.

7 years ago

A Philadelphia refinery (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Energy
Environment
Philadelphia

PGW seeks approval for $60 million liquefied natural gas plant in Southwest Philadelphia

The $60 million project could produce 120,000 gallons of liquified natural gas a day.

7 years ago

Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh during the second day of his Supreme Court confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
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Kids
National
Public Safety

How to talk to young people about the Kavanaugh story

In the age of #MeToo, experts say parents are the primary educators about consent, and the current debate offers a teachable moment.

7 years ago

FILE - In this April 1991 file photo, architect Robert Venturi poses in his office in the Manayunk section of Philadelphia, with a model of a new hall for the Philadelphia Orchestra in background. Venturi, who turned austere modern design on its ear, ushering in postmodern complexity with the dictum
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Architecture & Design
Philadelphia
PlanPhilly

Remembering Robert Venturi, Philadelphia architect who gave ‘more’

Robert Venturi, one of the most influential design minds of the 20th century, passed away on Tuesday, September 18 at the age of 93, after battling Alzheimer’s disease.

7 years ago

Image courtesy of Sahl's farm.
Down the Shore
New Jersey
Outdoors

Shore area farm carves out ‘Philly Special’ corn maze to honor Eagles

A southern New Jersey family farm is showing its devotion for Philadelphia through its corn maze. ...

7 years ago

Lydia Adorno and her children Brian and Diane at their new apartment in North Philadelphia. They evacuated Puerto Rico after hurricane Maria. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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Philadelphia
Public Safety
PlanPhilly

One year after Hurricane Maria, Philly a model for recovery

In the wake of Hurricane Maria, Lydia Adorno and her family came from Manatí, a municipality in the northern coast of Puerto Rico. They now have a row home in NW Philly.

7 years ago

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Officials say a single shooter killed and wounded multiple people at a Rite Aid distribution center in Maryland. The suspect is in critical condition at a local hospital. (Jose Luis Magana/AP)
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Public Safety

Multiple people killed and wounded in Maryland shooting

No shots were fired by law enforcement officers on the scene, the sheriff said.

7 years ago

Sen. Orrin Hatch, photographed during a Senate hearing on music licensing reform on July 12, 2005. Hatch — a songwriter with both a platinum and gold record for his efforts — had his name added to the title of the Music Modernization Act, which passed the Senate unanimously on Sep. 18, 2018. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
NPR
Business
Law
Music

A music industry peace treaty passes unanimously through Congress

The Orrin G. Hatch Music Modernization Act was passed unanimously.

7 years ago

A World Food Programme convoy carries humanitarian aid to Aleppo, Syria. Getting food into conflict zones is a major hurdle — and a topic of discussion at the WFP's Innovation Accelerator. (Cem Genco/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
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Food & Drink
International
Politics

Have a cool idea to help end world hunger? Pitch it to the U.N.

Let's figure out how to end hunger forever. And do it fast.

7 years ago

Eunice LaFate quizzes Andrew Cercena about the new golf cart taxi service he's starting for  Buccini/Pollin Group. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
Delaware
Economic Development

Developer tees up golf cart taxi service in downtown Wilmington

There's a new way to get around as the Delaware city's central business district moves out of the rough

7 years ago

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