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Budding clothing line provides lifeline for African refugee starting over in Lancaster
A small but growing clothing line from Lancaster, Pennsylvania is an unusual example of an African refugee being able to put to work skills he used back home.
8 years ago
Listen 5:59A woman has been named as NYSE president. It only took 226 years
Stacey Cunningham started her career at the exchange as a summer intern in 1994. She's now the chief operating officer.
8 years ago
Effort to clear out some Philly homeless encampments drawing to a close
This time next week, Philadelphia police will officially shut down half of the homeless encampments in Kensington, ground zero of the city’s opioid epidemic.
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Philly introduces affordable route to rooftop solar
Solarize Philly, the city group-buying program rolled out in April, promises an additional 20 percent savings on monthly energy bills for those who participate.
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ACLU of Pa. pushing for release of gay immigrant who faces danger in Mexico
ICE agents arrested Jose “Ivan” Nuñez Martinez in January as he and his husband, Paul Frame, a U.S. citizen, were taking steps to apply for his green card.
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Listen 2:06Orlando Police testing Amazon’s real-time facial recognition
There are no laws explicitly barring law enforcement from using real-time facial recognition, and the constitutionality has not been tested by higher courts.
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Grieving mother caught in a snare of addiction and loss.
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Past due: Plan to stop water shut-offs sputters as rate hike looms
Salima Ellis tries hard to pay her water bill in full every month, but often it's difficult to find the $80 or so she needs to keep the H20 flowing and her account up to date.
8 years ago
Navigation buoys once again mark historically treacherous N.J. inlet
Just before the unofficial beginning to the Jersey Shore summer season, the U.S. Coast Guard has installed eight buoys in the newly dredged Little Egg Inlet.
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Blood Bank of Delmarva seeks 30,000 donors this summer
Blood Bank of Delmarva hopes to double the amount of donors during its 16th annual summer blood drive, which kicked off Monday.
8 years ago
Not everyone is sold on Starbucks’ new loitering policy
Starbucks changed its policy to explicitly say people don't need to buy something to use the bathroom or sit. It's not winning much support.
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NewsWorks Tonight May 21, 2018
Local congressmen try to press the DACA issue to the house floor. Local organizations react to the desecration of an Israeli flag on th ...
Air Date: May 21, 2018
Listen 21:20No Super Bowl needed: Grease pole tradition continues at Philly’s 9th Street Market
The grease pole tradition continued on Sunday in South Philadelphia, but this time in a sanctioned competition at the annual 9th Street Italian Market Festival.
8 years ago
Delaware sports betting will create a lot of winners
Following the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that will allow sports betting nationwide, editorial cartoonist Rob Tornoe has questions about who will benefit and who won't.
8 years ago
LGBT community cheers pope’s ‘God made you like this’ remark
Pope Francis' reported comments have been embraced by the LGBT community as another sign of Francis' desire to make gay people feel welcomed and loved in the Catholic Church.
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