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Rowan U. to hold town hall after viral video shows police drawing guns at students

The encounter raised questions about police use of force and racial bias in law enforcement, because the driver of the car was black.

7 years ago

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey testifies before the Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on 'Foreign Influence Operations and Their Use of Social Media Platforms' on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2018, in Washington. (Jose Luis Magana/AP)
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Most Twitter accounts linked to 2016 disinformation are still active, report finds

Disinformation networks publish more than a million tweets a day, the authors found.

7 years ago

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers image.
Down the Shore
Environment
Infrastructure
New Jersey

Feds consider floodwalls, gates to protect N.J. back bay areas

Could there be some light at the end of the long tunnel for New Jersey's pervasive back bay flooding problem?

7 years ago

The R. P. Resor was torpedoed on Feb 28, 1942 off the coast of northern New Jersey, with a full load of crude oil. (Photo courtesy of Joseph Bilby)
History
Military
New Jersey

The history of submarine warfare off the Jersey coast

Imagine yourself on a beach in Sea Isle City in the winter of 1942. It’s night, and a cold, steady breeze off the A ...

7 years ago

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Things To Do
Community Events
October 4 - 11, 2018

Dragon boats, cranberries, and creepy creatures signal fall has arrived

As autumn gets underway, check out a fall festival, see a folk legend perform, or watch dragon boats cruise down the Schuylkill.

7 years ago

Lead architect Lluka Lakuriqi, left, Tajar Domi, center and Bujar Gjoka of the Albanian American Association are seen outside of the historic Lower Dublin Academy in Northeast Philadelphia. (Brad Larrison for WHYY)
PlanPhilly
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Philadelphia
PlanPhilly

A NE Philly school designed by a friend of Ben Franklin to be reborn as Albanian cultural center

It was a schoolhouse where Revolutionary-era leaders offered a "polite education" to young men in the then-new city of Philadelphia

7 years ago

A man walks in North Philadelphia on Friday (Abdul Sulayman/The Philadelphia Tribune)
Income Inequality
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity
The Philadelphia Tribune

Dip in black poverty draws skepticism

A drop in the poverty rate for Black Philadelphians reported in recent census estimates has been met with skepticism.

7 years ago

Philadelphia
Sex & Relationships

Philly’s Women Against Abuse event focuses on dating violence among teens

Launching its iPledge campaign, Women Against Abuse begins observance of Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

7 years ago

Listen 1:17
Lovett Memorial Library, in Mt Airy on Oct 1, 2018. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
PlanPhilly
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Philadelphia
Public Spaces
PlanPhilly

In neighborhoods and online, library loyalists organize to reverse cuts

The organizers are calling for the city to supercharge its annual contribution to the library budget by more than 36 percent

7 years ago

Police are investigating after the statue of a Viking  was toppled from its base along Philadelphia's Boathouse Row. (Tom MacDonald/WHYY)
Philadelphia

Almost century-old statue toppled along Philly’s Boathouse Row

Vandalizing the statue of a Viking explorer took some effort, says city's public art director.

7 years ago

A blue button jellyfish. (By Adityamadhav83 [CC BY-SA 3.0  (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], from Wikimedia Commons)
Down the Shore
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New Jersey
Outdoors

‘Blue button’ jellyfish make rare Shore appearance

Hurricane Florence may be long gone but the storm's presence is still being felt at the Jersey Shore. 

7 years ago

Aniyia Williams is founder and CEO of TINSEL. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity
Technology

New Philly conference aims to draw communities of color to the city’s tech sector

Philadelphia's first Project NorthStar conference will run Oct. 3 to Oct. 5.

7 years ago

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Former WHYY President Rick Breitenfeld (Dufor Photographers/WHYY file)
Philadelphia

Frederick Breitenfeld, former WHYY president, dies at 87

Frederick 'Rick' Breitenfeld Jr., public media pioneer and former president of WHYY, died Friday in Warminster, Pennsylvania, at the age of 87.

7 years ago

Faithful Friends Animal Society's Shannon O'Neill holds rescue kitten Hawkeye as Delaware Gov. John Carney talks about legislation designed to reduce the feral cat population. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
Delaware

New Delaware law aims to reduce feral cat population

The law encourages spaying, neutering and vaccinating feral cats by removing penalties for their caretakers.

7 years ago

Sandra Horsey at the reservoir (Neal Santos for PlanPhilly)
PlanPhilly
PlanPhilly

Hidden habitat reclaimed as Discovery Center opens in Fairmount Park

Next in our series about Philly's changing public spaces, Ashley Hahn explores the Discovery Center, a new environmental education center in East Fairmount Park.

7 years ago

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