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Jennifer Bryant looks over the debris from her family business destroyed by Hurricane Harvey Saturday, smashing homes and businesses and lashing the shore with wind and rain so intense that drivers were forced off the road because they could not see in front of them. (David J. Phillip/AP Photo)
Environment
Income Inequality
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The Conversation

Hurricane season not only brings destruction and death but rising inequality too

Hurricane Lane, which is bearing down on Hawaii, is a reminder of the devastation hurricane season can bring.

7 years ago

Colleagues, friends, and family of Linda Rios remember her at a candlelight vigil at City Hall courtyard Thursday afternoon. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)

Hundreds mourn Philly City Hall staffer, victim of domestic violence

Many in the crowd wore purple to show their support for efforts to end domestic violence.

7 years ago

A car is stuck partially submerged in floodwaters from Hurricane Lane rainfall on the Big Island on Wednesday in Hilo, Hawaii.
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Floods hit Big Island as other parts of Hawaii brace for hurricane

The National Weather Service said "extreme flooding" was happening on Hawaii's Big Island

7 years ago

Sara Lomax-Reese, president and CEO of WURD Radio, presides over Founder's Day, which celebrates the legacy of her father, Philadelphia physician and entrepreneur Walter P. Lomax, Jr., who founded the radio station. She stands among posters created for WURD's Transmit/Transform multimedia project aimed at stopping violence.
Media
Philadelphia

WURD celebrates legacy of founder Dr. Walter P. Lomax Jr.

Before founding one of the few independent black-owned talk radio stations in 2003, Lomax was a revered businessman in Philadelphia.

7 years ago

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NewsWorks Tonight
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Philadelphia

NewsWorks Tonight, August 23, 2018

Elevated levels of toxic chemicals show up in some Montgomery County groundwater. The Philadelphia Inquirer’s Ana Orso discusses th ...

Air Date: August 23, 2018

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Mosquito (James Gathany/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention via AP)
Delaware
Outdoors

Second West Nile virus case in Delaware prompts mosquito warning

Delaware health officials have confirmed the state’s second case of the mosquito-borne West Nile virus. They're urging residents to be cautious.

7 years ago

Freedom Theater, from the corner of Broad and Master Street (Google maps)
PlanPhilly
PlanPhilly

Freedom Theater’s venerable home struggles to rebound from a very wet season

This sprawling 1850s-mansion in North Philadelphia has served as a vibrant hub for African-American artists, but the building is struggling in the face of extreme weather.

7 years ago

A red star denotes the location of the August 23, 2011 earthquake, and the dots represent the locations where people reported feeling the tremor to the United States Geological Survey. (Image: USGS)
Down the Shore
New Jersey

7 years ago: 5.8 magnitude earthquake rattled the Jersey Shore

Seven years ago today, the Jersey Shore was rattled by an earthquake that experts say about one-third of the United States population also felt. 

7 years ago

Canadian geese on the upper Delaware River. (Kimberly Paynter / WHYY)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Environment
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Pennsylvania

Delaware River campaigners assail reservoir releases amid summer deluge

7 years ago

Louis J. Gambaccini died on Aug 19. (Insert, Hillsborough Funeral Home; background, SEPTA)
PlanPhilly
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Transportation
PlanPhilly

Transportation community mourns Louis J. Gambaccini, a SEPTA legend and founder of NJ Transit

In a career that spanned more than 50 years, Gambaccini shaped transportation networks across some of the nation's densest metropolitan regions

7 years ago

Iraqi artist Yaroub Al-Obaidi gives a tour of the Penn Museum's new Middle East Galleries. He'll also be reading this weekend at an event that brings together Iraqis and veterans of the Iraq War. (Jen Kinney)
Things To Do
August 23-30, 2018

What war divided, rivers unite as Iraqis and Iraq vets share writing on friendship, plus other events this week

This weekend, Iraqis and veterans of the Iraq War will share their writing about rivers and friendship at Burholme Park, followed by a picnic and a kite-making workshop.

7 years ago

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NewsWorks Tonight
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NewsWorks Tonight, August 22, 2018

A Pennsylvania college town launches a program to help residents fight the rising costs of housing, caused by student demand. Eighteen pu ...

Air Date: August 22, 2018

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Incoming freshmen at the University of Scranton walk past McCormick Hall, one of three campus buildings that will soon be renamed in response to the recent report on Pennsylvania priest abuse.
(Rachel Wisniewski)
NPR
Higher Education
Law
Religion

Names of accused Bishops to be removed from University of Scranton buildings

Officials at the University of Scranton and King’s College will rename buildings once honoring now-disgraced bishops, and revoke honorary degrees.

7 years ago

The vast majority of survivors of sexual assaults and harassment never report what happened to them. But now
NPR
Law
Public Safety
Technology

How smartphone apps could change the way sexual assault is reported

Those who've used the app so far, say it's far less traumatizing than reporting face-to-face.

7 years ago

In this March 18, 2014 file photo, voters cast their ballots. (M. Spencer Green/AP Photo, File)
Elections
Politics
Technology

DNC says it thwarted hacking attempt on its voter database

No information was compromised and added that it's unclear which third party had attempted the hack, officials say.

7 years ago

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