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In this Oct. 28, 2018, file photo a Pittsburgh Police officer walks past the Tree of Life Synagogue and a memorial of flowers and stars in Pittsburgh in remembrance of those killed and injured when a shooter opened fire during services Saturday at the synagogue. (Gene J. Puskar/AP Photo, File)
Philly Parenting
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia

To my non-Jewish friends, after the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting

It’s been two and half weeks since 11 people were killed and 7 more were injured while they were praying during Shabbat morning services at a synagogue in the Squirrel Hill

8 years ago

Messages are shown on a bulletin board at The Neighborhood Church in Chico, Calif., on Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018. Numerous postings fill the message board as evacuees, family and friends search for people missing from the northern California wildfire. (Gillian Flaccus/AP)
Environment
Public Safety

Wildfire death toll rises as search for missing continues

Authorities on Tuesday reported six more fatalities from the Northern California blaze, bringing the total number of dead so far to 48.

8 years ago

A man is helped onto a stretcher by emergency personnel after a car crashed into a Social Security office, Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018 in Egg Harbor, N.J. Police say the driver was attempting to park when the car crashed into the building, entering a lobby where many people were waiting. It wasn't immediately clear how serious the injuries were. (Craig Matthews/The Press of Atlantic City via AP)
New Jersey
Public Safety

Car crashes into N.J. Social Security office; at least 16 hurt

Authorities say the crash appears to be an accident. Its exact cause remains under investigation.

8 years ago

Philadelphia is planning to redevelop the Maplewood Mall in Germantown. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Business

$3.3M Maplewood Mall remake to break ground in 2019

Philadelphia’s Department of Commerce is putting the finishing touches on a request for proposal for a $3.3 million remake of Maplewood Mall.

8 years ago

A sign still stands at a McDonald's restaurant burned in the Camp Fire, Monday, Nov. 12, 2018, in the northern California town of Paradise. (John Locher/AP)
Environment
Public Safety

Holding out slim hope as crews search for more fire dead

"I'm staying hopeful," she said. "Until the final word comes, you keep fighting against it."

8 years ago

The soldiers of the 28th Infantry Division Headquarters stand at attention at a farewell ceremony on January 13, 2018. (Rachel McDevitt/WITF)
International
Military
Pennsylvania

Pa. soldiers returning from Middle East deployment

Pennsylvania National Guard soldiers deployed to the Middle East may be home in time for Thanksgiving.

8 years ago

Homeless and hungry people line up for a meal near Logan Circle across from the Family Court building on Vine Street. (Emma Lee/WHYY file)
Philadelphia
Social Justice
Broke In Philly

Double-digit jump in hunger for Philly, the country’s poorest big city

New research shows hunger has gotten worse in Philadelphia over the last six years, even as it’s gotten better nationwide. Between 2012 ...

8 years ago

Minnesota Timberwolves guard Jimmy Butler (23) battles for position against Sacramento Kings guard Buddy Hield (24) during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Sacramento, Calif., Friday, Nov. 9, 2018. (Steve Yeater/AP Photo)
Philadelphia
Sports

It’s done: Jimmy Butler trade to Philadelphia completed

Butler and Justin Patton were traded to Philadelphia for Robert Covington, Dario Saric and Jerryd Bayless, along with a 2022 second-round draft pick.

8 years ago

Veteran Patrick Watson places a wreath at the base of a new Mural Arts Philadelphia piece titled
The Philadelphia Experiment
Military

Let’s give veterans what they deserve

As we celebrate yet another Veteran’s Day, I’m left to consider all the scandals that have beset America’s veterans in recent years ...

8 years ago

Women's Entrepreneurship Day conference organizer Elisa Bloom speaks to attendees in Philadelphia Monday. (Tom MacDonald/WHYY)
Business
Philadelphia

Veterans celebrated at women’s entrepreneurship conference in Philly

Conference in Philadelphia focusing on women entrepreneurs honors four veterans making their own way in business.

8 years ago

Cardinal Daniel DiNardo of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston, president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, prepares to lead the USCCB's annual fall meeting, Monday, Nov. 12, 2018, in Baltimore. (Patrick Semansky/AP Photo)
National
Public Safety
Religion

Bishops will delay votes on steps to combat sex abuse crisis

U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops announced it will delay for at least several months any votes on proposed new steps to address the clergy sex abuse crisis.

8 years ago

(Howell Police Department image)
Down the Shore
New Jersey
Transportation

Police: Driver ‘did everything right’ after deer crashes through windshield

A 36-year-old New Jersey woman escaped serious injury when a deer crashed through her windshield Monday morning, authorities say.

8 years ago

An American flag blows in the wind surrounded by the color of autumn leaves at Antietam National Cemetery in Sharpsburg, Md., Thursday, November 8, 2018. November 11, 2018 is Veterans Day and marks 100 years since the end of World War I.  (Colleen McGrath/The Herald-Mail via AP)
Radio Times
Behavioral Health
Military

Veterans roundtable

Guests: Mike Felker, Anna Stormer, Patrick Dugan Veterans Day was Sunday so we thought we’d talk with a couple ...

Air Date: November 12, 2018 10:00 am

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Doctors have been tweeting about their experiences treating victims of gun violence after the NRA mocked a position paper by the American College of Physicians. Above, the NRA logo in 2017 at an outdoor sports trade show in Harrisburg, Penn. (Dominick Reuter/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
National
Public Safety

After NRA mocks doctors, physicians reply: ‘This is our lane’

8 years ago

Police investigate a drive-by shooting in Germantown on Oct. 3, 2018. Five young men aged 19 to 23 were shot. One died.
Kids
Philadelphia
Public Safety

As gunfire continues killing Philly teens, city musters new approaches to violence

So far this year, nearly 30 minors have been fatally shot in Philadelphia. Last year, 22 teens were shot and killed.

8 years ago

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