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A World Food Programme convoy carries humanitarian aid to Aleppo, Syria. Getting food into conflict zones is a major hurdle — and a topic of discussion at the WFP's Innovation Accelerator. (Cem Genco/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
NPR
Food & Drink
International
Politics

Have a cool idea to help end world hunger? Pitch it to the U.N.

Let's figure out how to end hunger forever. And do it fast.

8 years ago

Eunice LaFate quizzes Andrew Cercena about the new golf cart taxi service he's starting for  Buccini/Pollin Group. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
Delaware
Economic Development

Developer tees up golf cart taxi service in downtown Wilmington

There's a new way to get around as the Delaware city's central business district moves out of the rough

8 years ago

Listen 1:55
Fountain Restaurant's Chef William DiStefano (Nathaniel Hamilton for WHYY)
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Community Events
September 20-27, 2018

It’s officially fall: Philly fall Restaurant Weeks, New Jersey’s Apple Festival, and more events this week

The many Restaurant Weeks in the area this fall allow you to have a culinary adventure on the cheap.

8 years ago

Listen 4:51
A naturalization ceremony takes place at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service in Philadelphia. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY, file)
Business
Immigration
Philadelphia

Philly and Newark, N.J., rank among best places for immigrants to live

A new study looked at measures such as hiring bilingual staff, doing outreach in immigrant communities, and encouraging participation in the economy and civic life.

8 years ago

Listen 1:05
A former Sesame Street writer stepped into a longtime debate, saying he considered Bert and Ernie to be a gay couple.
(Revierfoto/picture alliance via Getty Images)
NPR
Sex & Relationships
TV

Former writer saw Bert and Ernie as ‘loving couple’; Sesame Workshop disagrees

The back-and-forth is just the latest in a years-long dispute.

8 years ago

State police will now be required to make more visits to schools. (AP Photo)
Keystone Crossroads
Pennsylvania
Policing
Public Safety

Pa. state police upping presence in certain schools

New rules will require more frequent visits to schools in areas that don't have their own police departments, and so they rely on state police for coverage.

8 years ago

The logo for Facebook appears on screens at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York. (Richard Drew/AP)
Technology
ProPublica

Facebook is letting job advertisers target only men

A review found that 15 employers in the past year, including Uber, have advertised jobs on Facebook exclusively to one sex, with many of the ads playing to stereotypes.

8 years ago

Anthony Torres poses for a photograph at his brother's home in Atco, N.J., after revealing he was the man caught in a viral video shaving on a train. (Matt Rourke/AP)
NPR
Homelessness
Transportation

Man mocked for shaving on train says he was leaving homeless shelter

A fellow rider recorded him and posted the video to Twitter.

8 years ago

A flooded farm stands next to the Lumber River on Monday in this aerial photograph taken after Hurricane Florence hit Lumberton, N.C. (Charles Mostoller/Bloomberg /Bloomberg via Getty Images)
NPR
Environment
Food & Drink
National

Florence engulfs hog farms and chicken houses, thrashing North Carolina agriculture

Farmers across the southeastern part of North Carolina are just starting to report details about the hit they've taken from Hurricane Florence.

8 years ago

Port of Wilmington
Delaware
Economic Development
International

UAE-based Gulftainer signs 50-year lease for Port of Wilmington

As part of the deal, Gulftainer will upgrade facilities and expand the Port of Wilmington, potentially creating hundreds of jobs along the way.

8 years ago

Listen 1:15
There is a push to get a crosswalk or some other safety improvement to the entrance of The Woodlands, which sits across Woodland Avenue from the 40th Street SEPTA trolley portal. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Philadelphia
Public Safety
Public Spaces
PlanPhilly

Petition wants to make visiting the dead at Woodlands Cemetery safer for the living

More than 1,000 people have signed a petition calling for street safety improvements along Woodland Avenue.

8 years ago

Derrick Eberhart, whose brother was murdered, sits  on his front porch in Nicetown (Philadelphia Tribune/John Mitchell)
Income Inequality
Policing
Social Justice
Broke in Philly

Breaking poverty: Crime, poverty often linked

Three of the poorest ZIP codes in the city are responsible for almost a third of the city’s homicides since January 2013.

8 years ago

A Senate committee has advanced a measure to give New Jersey towns double credits toward their obligation to ensure adequate housing if they buy foreclosed residential properties, then convert them into affordable housing. (David J. Phillip/AP Photo)
Housing
New Jersey

N.J. trying again on plan to recycle foreclosed homes into affordable housing

Activists say the plan would be a step forward in the state’s slow recovery from the foreclosure crisis.

8 years ago

Former Vice President Joe Biden and his family join state leaders at the Delaware Welcome Center on I-95 near Newark Monday morning. The welcome center was renamed in the family's honor. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
Delaware

Biden name will welcome millions of travelers to Delaware

Delaware continues to honor favorite son Joe Biden. The Delaware welcome center on I-95 is the latest facility to be renamed in honor of the former vice president.

8 years ago

Listen 1:09
African-American leaders are calling for an end to violence in the city. Mel Wells, who runs the same group One Day at a Time, said generations of men are being killed. (Tom MacDonald/WHYY)
Criminal Justice
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity

African-American leaders call for cease-fire on Philadelphia streets

Group organizers push for stronger community ties to help bring an end to the rampant gunfire that claims victims almost daily.

8 years ago

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