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Advice for holiday toy safety: Avoid slime and ‘put a freaking helmet on’

Pennsylvania Auditor General Eugene DePasquale also warns parents to be wary of 'smart' toys that collect and store data.

8 years ago

A heroin encampment in a vacant lot on Kensington Avenue was cleared out by the city in May. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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After the sweep

It's been about six months since Philadelphia first tried to break up encampments of homeless drug users. So what happens to the people who are forced to leave?

Air Date: November 21, 2018

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Two Jewish police officers are suing the Philadelphia Police Department, headquartered at Seventh and Race streets, what they say is systemic anti-Semitic harassment. (WHYY file photo)
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2 Philly cops sue department, claiming spate of anti-Semitic harassment

A police spokesman and a representative of the city of Philadelphia both declined to comment on the pending litigation.

8 years ago

A member of the staff walks through Luke, one of the restaurants still owned by John Besh, on St. Charles Avenue in New Orleans. (Emily Kask for NPR)
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Work after #MeToo: A restaurant company tries to change its culture

8 years ago

(Malaka Gharib)
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International
Race & Ethnicity

Turkey and tamales: People of color share their multicultural Thanksgivings

8 years ago

Police gather at the scene of a fatal shooting in the center row home in Philadelphia, Monday, Nov. 19, 2018. Police say two men and two women have been found shot and killed in a basement in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
The Philadelphia Experiment
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Time to start lifting each other

We have to stop killing each other. 

8 years ago

A deer carcass on the side of Interstate 95 in Pa. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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Why is this deer still here? And other things on I-95

Whose job is it clean up public roads in Philadelphia?

8 years ago

Chicago Police officers walk outside Mercy Hospital on the city's South Side where authorities say four people, including the gunman, have died in a shooting Monday. (AP Photo/Amanda Seitz)

Cop, 2 hospital workers killed in Chicago shooting; gunman also slain

A gunman opened fire Monday at a Chicago hospital, killing a police officer and two hospital employees after a domestic dispute exploded ...

8 years ago

This barren lot in Wilmington will become a green space for area residents to play and grow vegetables. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
Delaware

‘Vacant to vibrant’ program remakes Wilmington one block at a time

An ongoing effort to battle blight in Wilmington will transform a long vacant lot into a community garden and green space. Right n ...

8 years ago

A warm covered pug dog strolls on a street (Martin Meissner/AP Photo)
Down the Shore
New Jersey

Arctic air to descend into N.J. for Thanksgiving

The New Jersey region will be so cold on Thanksgiving that records could be broken, forecasters say.

8 years ago

Newark Archbishop Cardinal Joseph Tobin speaks during a prayer service for New Jersey Gov.-elect Phil Murphy at the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart, Friday, Jan. 12, 2018, in Newark, N.J. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Cardinal: New Jersey will release names of accused priests

New Jersey's highest-ranking cleric says the Catholic church will release the names early next year of priests credibly accused of abusing children.

8 years ago

Inmate firefighters battle a California wildfire in July. Qualified inmates can volunteer to be trained in firefighting; in exchange, they are paid $2 a day and an extra $1 per hour when fighting fires. The inmate firefighters also receive sentence reductions.
(Noah Berger/AFP/Getty Images)
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Criminal Justice
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Serving time, and fighting California wildfires for $2 a day

For $2 per day — and another $1 an hour when battling fires — qualified inmates can volunteer to help authorities combat fires.

8 years ago

A migrant child sits outside a tent, taking shelter at the Jesus Martinez stadium in Mexico City, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018. Humanitarian aid converged around the stadium in Mexico City where thousands of Central American migrants winding their way toward the United States were resting Tuesday after an arduous trek that has taken them through three countries in three weeks. (Marco Ugarte/AP Photo)
Immigration
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Quaker relief worker recounts helping migrants in caravan get through Mexico

A member of the Philadelphia-based American Friends Service Committee recounts her experiences doing relief work with the caravan of migrants passing through Mexico.

8 years ago

Contemporary reprints of original Green Books from 1940 (front) and 1954.
(Karen Grigsby Bates)
NPR
Race & Ethnicity

The Green Book: Celebrating ‘The Bible of Black Travel’

These word-of-mouth suggestions for safe passage through a sometimes-hostile America were, "sort of a 20th Century version of the Underground Railroad.

8 years ago

Jonas Crenshaw, Jr. conducts the Mother Bethel A.M.E. Mass Choir outside the church, as participants of the 2018 Philadelphia Marathon run up Sixth Street, along their route. (Natalie Piserchio for WHYY)
Philadelphia
Religion
Sports

Historic congregation takes Philly Marathon runners to church

This year, as the runners approached the fifth mile of the race, members of the Mother Bethel A.M.E. choir sang uptempo hymns from the steps of the church.

8 years ago

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