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Robert Hill surveys the damage within his living room on Wednesday at Tyndall Air Force Base after Hurricane Michael hit the base last week. Support personnel from Tyndall and other bases were on location to support Airmen returning to their homes to assess damage and collect personal belongings. (Kelly Walker/U.S. Air Force)
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National

‘It will be years’ before life at Tyndall Air Force base returns to normal

The eye of the Category 4 storm cut straight through the base on Wednesday, October 10, causing catastrophic destruction.

8 years ago

Members of Dutch Burton's family join city leaders in unveiling a historic marker commemorating Burton's fight against discrimination. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
Delaware
History

Wilmington civil rights leader recognized for Supreme Court fight

Wilmington city leaders celebrate local civil rights leader William "Dutch" Burton with a historical marker at the former site of a cafe that refused to serve him in 1958.

8 years ago

New Jersey officials are seeking to dredge nine navigation channels in the Barnegat Bay. (Courtesy of U.S. Army Corps)
Down the Shore
Environment
New Jersey
Transportation

Bay channel dredging is latest in N.J.’s safe navigation initiative

Crews will soon begin dredging channels in Ocean County to ensure safe navigation, the latest in a series of projects that began in 2014, state officials announced. 

8 years ago

T.I. performs on stage at ONE Musicfest on Sunday, Sept. 9, 2018, in Atlanta. (Photo by Paul R. Giunta/Invision/AP)
The Philadelphia Experiment
Music
Politics

Of caring and Trump

Sooner or later, someone was going to respond to Donald Trump’s uncouth behavior with the same level of rudeness that the president has often exhibited.

8 years ago

The mascot
Community Events
Philadelphia

Activists to celebrate 4 years of marijuana decriminalization in Philadelphia

October 20, 2018 marks four years since Philadelphia decriminalized small amounts of marijuana.

8 years ago

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A man works at his desk in the war room, where Facebook monitors election related content on the platform, in Menlo Park, Calif., Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2018. (Jeff Chiu/AP Photo)
Elections
Media
Technology

Facebook’s election ‘war room’ takes aim at fake information

The war room is currently focused on Brazil's next round of elections and upcoming U.S. midterms.

8 years ago

Mariner East 2 pipeline construction crews work in the backyards of homes on Lisa Drive in West Whiteland Township, Chester County, on May 2. Sinkholes that opened in the area prompted the state's Public Utility Commission to order that an existing pipeline nearby, the Mariner East 1, be shut down until it could be determined that the sinkholes didn't threaten its safety. PUC on May 3 approved a re-start of Mariner East 1. (Marie Cusick/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Energy
Environment
Pennsylvania
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Sunoco: Mariner East 2 delayed to 2020, so company will join three pipes as substitute

Company did not immediately say when natural gas liquids would begin moving through the lines.

8 years ago

An emergency evacuation pamphlet shows the 10-mile radius around Oyster Creek Generating Station. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Down the Shore
Energy
New Jersey

Feds allow emergency planning reduction in area near Oyster Creek nuclear plant

The federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission has granted the operator of Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station in New Jersey permission to amend the plant's emergency plan.

8 years ago

U.S. Coast Guard image.
Down the Shore
New Jersey

Boaters spend night stranded after low tide grounds skiff in bay

The U.S. Coast Guard came to the rescue of three stranded boaters Wednesday after low tide grounded their skiff and forced them to spend ...

8 years ago

Image: Timothy Tiebout, the Philadelphia Museum of Art
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October 18-25, 2018

Fantastic fashions, wizards and witches, a Fleetwood Mac tribute, and more events this week

Celebrate autumn indoors or out with one of this week's picks.

8 years ago

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Trash collected by volunteers with the Clean Ocean Action environmental group in April 2012. (Wayne Parry/AP Photo
Down the Shore
Environment
New Jersey

Thousands to scour N.J. waterways during massive trash sweep

Clean Ocean Action, a regional coalition that fights for clean water off the New Jersey and New York coastlines, will host its 33rd annual Fall Beach Sweep this Saturday.

8 years ago

A view of New York City from the Empire State Building on Tuesday. The city just had its first weekend without a single shooting in at least 25 years. (Theo Wargo/Getty Images)
NPR
Public Safety

New York City had its first weekend without a shooting in 25 years

In the city's five boroughs, no shootings were reported from Friday to Sunday.

8 years ago

First Lady Melania Trump pictured in this file photo at the Sigonella Naval Air Station, in Sigonella, Italy, Saturday, May 27, 2017. (Luca Bruno/AP Photo)
Public Safety

En route to Philly, smoke forces Melania Trump’s plane back to military base

The flight was in the air about 10 minutes when smoke filled the cabin.

8 years ago

Prince Gallitzin State Park Manager Jessica Lavelua (left) and Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn demonstrate an electric vehicle charging station.
Environment
Pennsylvania
Public Spaces

Electric car drivers can get an extra charge out of visiting Pa. parks, forests

Washington Crossing Historic Park in Bucks County now has the car-charging pedestals. Several other area parks will be outfitted with the devices by the end of 2019.

8 years ago

Cardinal Donald Wuerl speaks in front of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. in 2015. Wuerl resigned on Friday after accusations of covering up sexual abuse.
NPR
Religion

Washington Catholic archdiocese names 31 priests ‘credibly accused’ of sexual abuse

The list documents cases dating back as far '48 and as recently as '96. 18 priests were arrested and 17 of them are now dead. None of those still living are currently active.

8 years ago

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