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The Schuylkill Expressway near Girard Avenue. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Philadelphia

Crash involving 15 cars closes stretch of Schuylkill Expressway

A major highway in Pennsylvania has reopened following a crash involving more than a dozen cars.

7 years ago

Philadelphia Basketball Hall of Fame held an induction for its 2017 class Tuesday Dec. 27 at the HERO Community Center, located at 17th and Tioga streets (Abdul Sulayman/Tribune Chief Photographer)
The Philadelphia Tribune
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Black Basketball Hall of Fame enshrines Philly legends

Lurline Jones and Kenneth Hamilton know a thing or two about developing a winner.

7 years ago

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NewsWorks Tonight, December 29, 2017

The Mummers are having a difficult time hanging on to their non-traditional marching groups. A look at the stories that came out of a 201 ...

Air Date: December 29, 2017

Listen 20:45
Bradshaw's Beach. Pt. Pleasant Beach, NJ. 3/5/2015 (Peggy Birdsall Cadigan‎ via Jersey Shore Hurricane News)
Down the Shore
New Jersey

Light snow ahead for Saturday at the Jersey Shore

Snow will begin to overspread the region during the morning hours.

7 years ago

A mother holds her son in her apartment, Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017, in Indianapolis. The baby was born in 2016, and it took a month for doctors to wean him off the heroin his mother exposed him to. He is in foster care now and his mother is fighting to get him back. (Darron Cummings/AP Photo)
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Kids
Philadelphia

Opioid epidemic helped fuel spike in kids living in foster care, study says

Nearly a quarter of the children living in foster care nationally were removed from their homes because of parental drug use. The rate is worse in Pennsylvania.

7 years ago

Lee Saunders is the national president of AFSCME. (AFSCME)
The Philadelphia Tribune
Race & Ethnicity

Lee Saunders to give address at MLK event

Lee Saunders is the president of AFSCME, AFL-CIO, which represents 1.6 million members. African American to serve as AFSCME’s president.

7 years ago

Basketball teams from California to Florida, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Washington, D.C. and New York along with Delaware players came together for the Annual Slam Dunk To The Beach held at Cape Henlopen High School in Lewes on December 27-29.  (Chuck Snyder/for WHYY)
Delaware
Sports

Holiday week tournament draws nationally ranked teams to Delaware

Since the rebirth of the Slam Dunk to the Beach tournament in 2014, some of the best basketball teams in the country have helped add more than $3 million to the local economy.

7 years ago

A man displays his concealed handgun in this 2013 file photo. (AP Photo/Al Behrman, File)
Delaware

New limits on guns in Delaware state parks

Visitors to state parks in Delaware will once again be allowed to carry guns- with some exceptions- under interim regulations issued by the state this week.

7 years ago

Howell Township Police Department image.
Down the Shore

Dog chasing geese ends up trapped in frozen pond

Officials say the 9-year-old golden retriever named Duke was running after geese near a pond when he fell through ice and could not get back onto solid surface on Thursday.

7 years ago

The frozen Barnegat Bay in January 2017. (Image: Harvey Cedars Beach Patrol)
Down the Shore
New Jersey

Stay off the partially frozen Barnegat Bay, emergency officials warn

Portions of the Barnegat Bay have frozen over with the recent chill, and that’s worrisome for officials.

7 years ago

Duncan, the 14-year-old Nigerian dwarf goat, wears his
Environment
Pennsylvania

Goat coats, flicks for giraffes help Philly area zoo animals cope with the cold snap

While the cold snap in the Philadelphia region is sending humans searching for warmth, some animals at local zoos are happy chilling outdoors. Others, not so much.

7 years ago

NewsWorks Tonight

NewsWorks Tonight, December 27, 2017

The School Reform Commission is officially set to dissolve in July 2018. Michelle Legaspi Sanchez, Executive Director of the Chester Cou ...

Air Date: December 27, 2017

Listen 23:15
WHYY/file
Down the Shore
New Jersey

Ventnor cancels polar bear plunge due to frigid forecast

The forecast calls for a high temperature of 18 degrees.

7 years ago

Bess Neiblum, Emory Chiappa and Michelle Legaspi Sanchez of the Chester County Fund for Women & Girls speak with Dave Heller at WHYY studios
NewsWorks Tonight
Gender
Pennsylvania

Chesco foundation empowers girls to do grant-making

The Girls Advisory Board brings high-schoolers from across the county together to give out grants to projects that better the lives of women and girls in their communities.

7 years ago

Listen 6:06
 Sen. Chris Coons and Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester talk to firefighters at Delaware State Fire School in Dover. (photo courtesy DSFS)
Delaware

Delaware joining in first-responders’ mobile network

The state joined with the First Responder Network Authority to build a wireless broadband network to improve communications for first responders statewide.

7 years ago

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