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Water moves past a car swept into the riverbank and smashed by a fallen tree is shown just off Main Street in flood-ravaged Ellicott City, Md., Monday, May 28, 2018. Sunday's destructive flooding left the former mill town heartbroken as it had bounded back from another destructive storm less than two years ago. (AP Photo/David McFadden)
Infrastructure
National
Public Safety

Rescuers seeking 1 man still missing in Maryland flooding

ELLICOTT CITY, Md. (AP) — One man remained missing after flash flooding tore down historic Main Street in Ellicott City, Maryland, and ...

7 years ago

Philadelphia Phillies' Nick Williams hits a RBI single off Toronto Blue Jays' J.A. Happ to score Aaron Altherr during the sixth inning of a baseball game, Sunday, May 27, 2018, in Philadelphia. The Blue Jays won 5-3.

Fans seem less than enthusiastic about sports betting rules

When it comes to sports betting, the reaction is mixed amongst Phillies fans.

7 years ago

Johanna Humphrey, (left), ended up with 24 boxes of crayons she didn't need. She gave them to teacher Laura Smith, (right), through the Buy Nothing Project. It encourages people to share without money changing hands.
(Jeff Brady/NPR)
NPR
Economy
Innovation
Technology

Facebook project wants you to ‘buy nothing’ and ask for what you need

While Facebook makes money by selling stuff through advertising, it's also spawned hundreds of groups where the goal is to give things away.

7 years ago

Inside the N.J. state Captiol building in Trenton, which is undergoing renovations. (Phil Gregory/WHYY)
Architecture & Design
New Jersey

N.J. state Capitol renovations on track for 2022 completion

Renovation and restoration work is expected to begin early next year.

7 years ago

By Captadam at English Wikipedia, CC BY 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=12769845
Down the Shore
Delaware
Economy
New Jersey

Rising fuel costs spur surcharge for cars on Cape May-Lewes Ferry

Rising fuel costs will be passed along to those who ferry cars between New Jersey and Delaware next month.

7 years ago

In this July 15, 2009 file photo, Apollo 12 astronaut Alan Bean walks through the largest exhibition of his artwork to date, inspired by his experience walking on the moon, to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first Apollo moon landing, in Washington. Bean, the Apollo and Skylab astronaut, fourth human to walk on the moon and an accomplished artist, has died.  (Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo, File)
History
Space

Astronaut and moonwalker Alan Bean dies at 86

Bean was the lunar module pilot on Apollo 12, which made the second moon landing in 1969.

7 years ago

A couple in Portland, Ore., discovered that their Amazon Echo had recorded their conversation and sent it to one of their contacts. (Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)
NPR
Home & Family
Technology

Amazon Echo recorded and sent couple’s conversation — all without their knowledge

Have an Echo and want to know what it has been recording? Here's how to find out.

7 years ago

A Carlisle Historical Society exhibit depicts the
History
Military

Army plans to exhume remains of four Carlisle Indian School students

The Carlisle Indian School tried to assimilate Native American children into mainstream American culture, but hundreds died from harsh conditions in the early 1900s.

7 years ago

NewsWorks Tonight

NewsWorks Tonight, May 25, 2018

As Philadelphia updates its water pipes, motorists and residents are left frustrated. Virginia McGrath, energy auditor for Pittsburgh ...

Air Date: May 25, 2018

Listen 21:41
Ernestine Cuellar raises her hands in prayer during a rally on Boston Common in 2016. (Elise Amendola/AP Photo)
National

Pray for us? Americans see nation lacking in morality

NewsWorks Tonight host Dave Heller sits down for his weekly conversation with Gallup’s Frank Newport to talk about trends in U.S. opinion.

7 years ago

Listen 5:37
Latyra Blake, of The People's Paper Coop, an initiative of The Village's, helps community members make special paper with plant seeds embedded. Once the paper dries it can be buried to grow the plants.  (Darryl C. Murphy for WHYY)
Home & Family
Philadelphia
Public Health

Memorializing losses — violent and otherwise — at WURD event in North Philly

Though addressing violence and its resulting trauma was at the heart of the project, some people remembered loved who passed away without violence.

7 years ago

Two people were injured in a shooting at a suburban Indianapolis middle school. The suspect is in custody. (WRTV)
National
Public Safety

Student says science teacher tackled Indiana school shooter

A male student opened fire at a suburban Indianapolis middle school Friday morning, wounding another student and a teacher before being taken into custody, authorities said.

7 years ago

Alisha Risser owns and runs a dairy farm in Lebanon county. Having been in the business for 17 years, Risser said consistently low milk prices in recent years have been really hard for farmers.
Keystone Crossroads
Changing Communities
Economy
Pennsylvania

Pa. dairy farmers struggling to find greener pastures in tough milk market

Along stretches of farmland on South Lincoln Avenue in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, you will notice yard signs with bright orange letters that read, “SAVE OUR LOCAL DAIRY FARMS.”

7 years ago

Listen 4:56
Abolition Hall in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania. (Google Maps)
Architecture & Design
History
Pennsylvania

Former Underground Railroad stop in Montco at center of preservation fight

The property is part of the Plymouth Meeting Historic District, established almost 50 years ago, and the buildings are on the National Register of Historic Places.

7 years ago

South Seaside Park
Down the Shore
Environment
New Jersey
Outdoors

N.J. beaches in ‘good shape’ despite numerous nor’easters

Jon Miller of Stevens says the four March storms individually weren't serious. But together, they qualified as the fifth most significant storm over the last 34 years.

7 years ago

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