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Oyster Creek was New Jersey's first nuclear generation station, opened in 1967. It shut down in September 2018. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Down the Shore
Energy
Environment
New Jersey

Oyster Creek, nation’s oldest nuclear power plant, shuts down Monday

The nation's oldest nuclear power point is shutting down permanently Monday.

7 years ago

Vox photo editor Kainaz Amaria thinks it's time the photojournalism world reckons with what she sees as an industry-wide culture of sexual harassment with roots in a glaring gender imbalance. (Nick Oza/Courtesy of Kainaz Amaria)
NPR
Media
National

Photojournalists are demanding a #MeToo reckoning

Amaria argues that her male-dominated field creates a "toxic culture" that silences women in the profession and has kept a full reckoning from taking place.

7 years ago

Reading Terminal Market in Philadelphia is celebrating its 125th anniversary. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)

Reading Terminal Market celebrates 125 years as melting pot of tastes, cultures

This year, as the iconic Reading Terminal Market turns 125 years old, it’s a great time to celebrate the Market’s role in the life of ...

7 years ago

The late philanthropist H.F. 'Gerry' Lenfest, center, who died in August. The Lenfest Institute and the Knight Foundation are teaming up to give $20 million to strengthen local journalism in Philadelphia and other cities across the country. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Philadelphia

Knight Foundation, Lenfest Institute announce new $20M fund for local journalism

The nonprofits announced Sunday evening that they are each putting $10 million towards a 5-year effort to strengthen local news for the digital age starting in 2019.

7 years ago

Firefighters battle a fire in flood ravaged Bound Brook, New Jersey during Tropical Storm Floyd in Sept. 1999.
Down the Shore
Environment
New Jersey

19 years ago today, Tropical Storm Floyd dumped excessive rainfall, spurring record flooding in N.J.

The Jersey Shore was spared significant impacts — courtesy of heavy rain focused inland, non-damaging winds, and minor coastal flooding.

7 years ago

Rabbi Linda Holtzman, center, led a Tashlich ceremony in front of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office on Chestnut Street in Philadelphia. (Darryl C. Murphy for WHYY)
Immigration
Philadelphia
Social Justice

In Philly, ‘Abolish ICE’ protests meet the Jewish high holidays

In Philadelphia, demonstrators gathered Sunday to use a Jewish tradition to protest ICE’s enforcement of immigration policy and urge the agency to repent.

7 years ago

Google image.
Down the Shore
New Jersey

Police: Wave may have broken neck of man that died in rough surf

Authorities say a man died in an apparent drowning while swimming in rough water off a beach at the New Jersey shore.

7 years ago

A man wades through flooded streets during a No. 10 Hurricane Signal raised for Typhoon Mangkhut in Hong Kong on Sunday. (Anthony Kwan/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
NPR
Environment

Typhoon Mangkhut makes landfall in China after dozens killed in Philippines

7 years ago

Philadelphia area catholics attended a mass Friday evening at the Basillica of Saints Peter and Paul for a night of prayer and reflection following the recent revelations of wide spread sexual abuse by priests across the state. (Brad Larrison for WHYY)
Philadelphia
Religion

Praying for victims of sex abuse and church accountability, Philly Catholics hold vigil

Catholics from throughout the Philadelphia Archdiocese prayed Friday night for reparation and accountability.

7 years ago

Members of a swift water rescue team check a flooded street caused by the tropical storm Florence in New Bern, N.C., on Saturday. Rescuers have pulled more than 200 people from their homes to safer ground as of Saturday morning in New Bern. (Chris Seward/AP)
NPR
Environment
National
Public Safety

At least 8 dead as tropical storm Florence moves west through the Carolinas

The main threat — flooding — is coming into focus.

7 years ago

High winds and water surround buildings as Hurricane Florence hits Front Street in downtown Swansboro N.C., Friday, Sept. 14, 2018. (AP Photo/Tom Copeland)

Hurricane Florence drenches the Carolinas

Blowing ashore with howling 90 mph (155 kph) winds, Hurricane Florence splintered buildings, trapped hundreds of people and swamped entir ...

7 years ago

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Philadelphia

NewsWorks Tonight, September 14, 2018

One of Camden’s newest employers finds itself in hot water. Philadelphia’s Historical Commission hears hours of testimony on ...

Air Date: September 14, 2018

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A woman reacts after a large tree fell on a house in Wilmington, N.C., as Hurricane Florence hit the area Friday. One man was taken out of the home in critical condition. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
NPR
Environment
National
Public Safety

Hurricane Florence, ‘an uninvited brute,’ brings floods, causes at least 4 deaths

As of 2 p.m. ET, Florence's sustained winds dropped to 75 mph.

7 years ago

NPR

Hurricane Florence starts to hit the Carolina coast with high winds and rushing seas

7 years ago

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Philadelphia

NewsWorks Tonight, September 13, 2018

Philadelphia mayor Jim Kenney and the council come to compromise on a 15-month-long battle over funding affordable housing. A local hospi ...

Air Date: September 13, 2018

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