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Lawn mower, Vishnu statue, cheese grater among N.J. beach trash in 2017

More than 112,000 volunteers have removed over six million pieces of litter over more than three decades. 

8 years ago

Tony Beltram of HACE separates the syringes from the rest of the trash. Hundreds of used syringes were found during the clean up of the block-long stretch grass between Gurney Street and the Conrail tracks.

Ground breaks for Philly greenway along former Conrail heroin hotspot

The community is trying to keep the area clear after Philadelphia and Conrail worked to clean up tons of debris and remove an encampment for heroin users last summer.

8 years ago

A recent Belmar sunrise by @belmaratsunrise as tagged #JSHN on Instagram.
Down the Shore

Winter roars back to life Sunday after summery Saturday

It's a tale of two seasons this weekend at the Jersey Shore.

8 years ago

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NewsWorks Tonight, April 13, 2018

Bill Cosby’s main accuser takes the stand in his sexual assault retrial. Data shows Philadelphia’s ICE field office is ...

Air Date: April 13, 2018

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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg drinks water while testifying before a House Energy and Commerce hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington,Wednesday about the use of Facebook data to target American voters in the 2016 election and data privacy. (Andrew Harnik/AP Photo)
NewsWorks Tonight
National

Most Americans concerned about privacy, personal information being sold

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

8 years ago

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Kate McClure with Johnny Bobbitt Jr. (McClure's GoFundMe page)
Addiction
Philadelphia

Homeless Samaritan still struggling with addiction

He says he used 'a small amount' of the donated money to buy drugs, but now he's in rehab and has been clean for three weeks.

8 years ago

Poland's President Andrzej Duda, (center right), and Israel's President Reuven Rivlin, (center left), walk in the March of the Living, a yearly Holocaust remembrance march between the former Nazi German death camps of Auschwitz and Birkenau, in Oswiecim, Poland, on Thursday, April 12, 2018. (Czarek Sokolowski/AP Photo)
History
International
Religion

Israeli, Polish presidents join Holocaust remembrance march

The presidents of Israel and Poland joined thousands of others Thursday for a Holocaust remembrance event at the former Nazi death camps of Auschwitz and Birkenau.

8 years ago

NewsWorks Tonight

NewsWorks Tonight April 12, 2018

Jennie Sweet-Cushman, Assistant Director of the Pennsylvania Center for Women and Politics, joins us to discuss the surge in female candi ...

Air Date: April 12, 2018

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Pope Francis (Andrew Medichini/AP)
NPR
International
Religion

Pope apologizes for ‘serious mistakes’ in handling of Chile’s sex abuse scandal

Francis blamed a lack of "truthful and balanced information."

8 years ago

A protested eviction in Germantown, July 2012
PlanPhilly
Changing Communities
Economic Development

Philly landlords evict more people than owners in other large cities

Philly ranks fourth among big cities for the raw number of court filings seeking to evict residents from their homes.

8 years ago

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Trainee Quan King looks in on the open gym at Cobbs Creek Rec Center.
PlanPhilly
Architecture & Design
Kids
Philadelphia

When it comes to redesigning a rec center, the real experts are the kids on the courts

On his first day of work at Cobbs Creek Recreation Center, Quan King stepped through a metal doorway that led to a barren foyer.

8 years ago

Philadelphia 76ers' Markelle Fultz gets doused by water after the team's NBA basketball game against the Milwaukee Bucks, Wednesday, April 11, 2018, in Philadelphia. The 76ers won 130-95.
NewsWorks Tonight
Philadelphia
Sports

How trusting ‘The Process’ helped the Sixers snap their playoff drought

Fans are processing the spectacular rise of a team that not so long ago was stuck in the cellar.

8 years ago

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Cows from a dairy farm in Central Pennsylvania. (Dani Fresh for WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Changing Communities
Economy

Pa. distributors rescue some dairy farms while others face uncertain future

Two Pennsylvania distributors provided new markets for some dairy farms facing closure, but many other farms still struggle with staying in business.

8 years ago

Mayor Mike Purzycki toured a free eye care event in Wilmington. 
(Zoe Read/WHYY)
Delaware

Wilmington residents receive free eye care

'You see the look on peoples’ faces after they put their glasses on ... it’s something too many of us take for granted,' said Wilmington Mayor Mike Purzycki.

8 years ago

Nate, the Harris family’s grandson, rides in pastures of the Cowtown Rodeo in Pilesgrove Township, N.J. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
New Jersey
Public Spaces

No homes on this South Jersey range: 350 Cowtown acres preserved as grassland

This is the first time the U.S. Department of Agriculture has preserved grasslands in New Jersey.

8 years ago

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