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Chicago Bears kicker Cody Parkey (1) kicks and misses a field goal during the second half of an NFL wild-card playoff football game against the Philadelphia Eagles Sunday, Jan. 6, 2019, in Chicago. The Eagles won 16-15.
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Philadelphia
Sports

‘No, señor!’ Another Eagles win, another viral moment for Spanish-language broadcaster

The Eagles’ Spanish-language broadcaster, captivated the internet with his call of the big playoff win. Here's the story behind his famous catchphrase.

7 years ago

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A controversial entry in this year's Hummers Parade in Middletown, Del. depicts migrant children in cages at the U.S.-Mexico border. (John Mussoni/WHYY)
Delaware

Delaware’s mock Mummers Parade draws ire over float depicting migrant children in cages

Protestors plan to rally over this year's Hummers Parade outside the Middletown, Del. council meeting Monday night.

7 years ago

Lobby at 30th Street Station. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Philadelphia
Transportation

Congressman Boyle: Amtrak open to long-term plan for new split-flap sign at 30th Street Station

Congressman Boyle said Amtrak officials are open to replacing the old split-flap sign with a new one as part of a major renovation of 30th Street Station.

7 years ago

Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Nick Foles (9) passes during the first half of an NFL wild-card playoff football game against the Chicago Bears Sunday, Jan. 6, 2019, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Philadelphia
Sports

Foles gives Eagles lift they need just in time to beat Bears

The Philadelphia Eagles were desperately seeking a lift with little time left to save their season. Nick Foles came through for the defending Super Bowl champions. And he did

7 years ago

More than two-dozen members of the local Sudanese community showed their support for protestors in Khartoum on Saturday with a demonstration at Philadelphia City Hall to raise awareness and encourage people to write their U.S. representatives. (Darryl C. Murphy/WHYY)
International

Philly area Sudanese community protests in solidarity with demonstrators in Khartoum

“Our people right now are starving, are dying on the street, are dying in the hospital because there is no medicine,” said Ahmed Ali of Upper Darby.

7 years ago

Displaced Syrians gather inside a tent in the al-Hol camp in northeastern Syria on Dec. 8. People fled towns where the U.S.-led coalition is fighting the last remnants of ISIS. (Delil Souleiman/AFP/Getty Images)
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Immigration
International
Social Justice

‘We were eating grass’: Syrians flee as fight pushes on against last ISIS remnants

The al-Hol refugee camp, in northeastern Syria near the border with Iraq, is overwhelmed with new arrivals.

7 years ago

Bartholomew I signs the Tomos of Autocephaly, marking the formal independence of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church at the Patriarchal Church of St. George, in Istanbul.
(Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
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International
Religion

Ukrainian Orthodox Church officially gains independence from Russian church

Russian and Ukrainian Orthodox Christians have belonged to a unified church for centuries. Moscow argues it has had legal authority over Ukrainian churches since 1686.

7 years ago

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Environment
New Jersey

N.J. awards grants to Shore municipalities for recycling enhancement

New Jersey has awarded grants to Shore municipalities to enhance and promote recycling efforts.

7 years ago

Nora Brooks a furloughed customer service representative for the Internal Revenue Service poses for a photograph at her home in Philadelphia, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Government Accountability
National
Politics

Unpaid bills, leftovers, downtime: Workers cope in shutdown

As the government's partial shutdown pushed toward a third week, hundreds of thousands of federal workers are feeling the financial pinch.

7 years ago

Millions of women joined hands along a highway in Kerala to form a
NPR
Gender
International
Social Justice

Millions of women in India join hands to form a 385-mile wall of protest

Even as women of all ages lined up on one side of the highway, many of their menfolk — husbands, friends and relatives — lined up on the other side to show their support.

7 years ago

A report released on Wednesday concluded that a series of security breaches and law enforcement failures allowed an active shooter to kill 17 students and faculty. (Wilfredo Lee/AP)
NPR
National
Public Safety

Parkland shooting report calls for arming teachers, chronicles blunders

A blistering report released Wednesday looking into the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School last year, exposes a litany of security breaches and chaotic protocol

7 years ago

The 2019 Pennsylvania Farm Show butter sculpture was unveiled Jan. 3, 2019. Its title is
Food & Drink
Pennsylvania

Pa. Farm Show's half-ton butter sculpture embraces the 'power' of agriculture

The state's dairy industry hopes you find power in the more than 1,000-pound butter sculpture at this year's Pennsylvania Farm Show.

7 years ago

Cars drive past windmills on the grounds of a sewage treatment plant in Atlantic City, N.J. on Monday Jan. 4, 2016. (Wayne Parry/AP Photo)
Energy
New Jersey
Politics
NJ Spotlight

Offshore-wind developers, N.J. officials won’t reveal key details of proposals

Three developers are vying to build offshore-wind farms aimed at achieving the Murphy administration’s goal of building 1,100 megawatts of capacity off the Jersey coast.

7 years ago

The GFS forecast model animation for next Tuesday, indicating warmer than normal temperatures in the New Jersey region.
Down the Shore
Environment
New Jersey

Forecaster: Warmer than normal temps ahead; no snowstorms in sight at Shore

The year began with unseasonably warm weather, and there's not prolonged cold air or a snowstorm in sight at the Jersey Shore for at least the first half of January.

7 years ago

Singer Prince is shown in concert in 1985.  (AP Photo)
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January 3 - 10, 2019

My Top 5, tributes to beloved musicians get the New Year started

The writer looks back at the highlights of her year, plus some upcoming picks.

7 years ago

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