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Riders take a lap through Philadelphia during the 2012 professional cycling race. (Bas Slabbers/for WHYY, file)
International
Philadelphia
Sports

Is it the end of the road for the Manayunk bike race?

For the second straight year, there will be no professional cycling race in Philadelphia.

8 years ago

Unionville historical marker displays names of 18 Black Civil War veterans who founded the town. (Andrea Gibbs/WHYY)
First
Delaware
Race & Ethnicity

Historic Eastern Shore community exemplifies perseverance

The lasting legacy of 18 men who endured the hardships of the middle passage, slavery, and the Civil War to create a future that offered more opportunities than their past.

8 years ago

In this Sept. 11, 2015 file photo, Oregon National Guardsman Alek Skarlatos, (left), U.S. Airman Spencer Stone, (center), and Anthony Sadler attend a parade held in their honor in Sacramento, Calif. The wait is almost over to see Roseburg, Ore., hero Skarlatos on the big screen in
Military
Movies
Pennsylvania

Pa. writer penned Clint Eastwood’s ‘The 15:17 to Paris’

In the spring of 2015, Dorothy Blyskal had quit her corporate job and was writing Facebook posts begging for an entry-level position in show business.

8 years ago

White Helmet Khaled Omar Harrah was killed during an airstrike in 2016. He's part of a group of volunteer rescue workers featured in the documentary Last Men in Aleppo (available on Netflix). (Courtesy of Grasshopper Film)
NPR
International
Movies
Politics

Director of Oscar-nominated Aleppo doc wants his film to serve as witness

The documentary Last Men In Aleppo, by Syrian filmmaker Feras Fayyad, takes viewers inside the city.

8 years ago

Nikolas Cruz appears in court for a status hearing in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. (Mike Stocker/AP)
NPR
Mental Health
National
Policing

Logs of 911 calls reveal the troubled history of Florida school shooter

On Thursday, Sheriff Scott Israel announced that two deputies are on restrictive duty pending an investigation into whether they followed policy in responding to 911 calls.

8 years ago

 Workers excavate a coffin from a construction site in the Old City neighborhood Thursday in Philadelphia. Crews working on an apartment building in Philadelphia's historic district got a shock last month when their backhoes started hitting coffins and unearthing fully intact human remains. The site was supposed to be a former burial ground from 1707, and all remains were supposedly exhumed in the 1800s and moved to a different cemetery. (Matt Slocum/AP Photo)
History
Philadelphia

New map unearths dozens of forgotten burial grounds across Philly

Like many old cities, Philadelphia is built on countless cemeteries and burial grounds. Its history is peppered with stories of graves disturbed and of cemeteries all but lost

8 years ago

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Down the Shore
New Jersey

Rain arrives later Saturday at the Shore

A grey weekend is ahead at the Jersey Shore, forecasters say. Saturday will feature low clouds and a chance of showers during the ...

8 years ago

A stream that starts on this Pennsylvania farm,  eventually becomes drinking water for 100,000 Delaware residents. (Gary Lindstrom/WHYY)
Delaware
Environment

Farm to faucet, enlisting Pa. farmers to keep Delaware’s water clean

A coordinated effort is working to keep Delaware’s water clean starting at the source across the border in Pennsylvania.

8 years ago

Listen 4:54
(Laura Benshoff/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Immigration
Pennsylvania
Policing

Un-sanctuary: Some Pa. police departments pull closer to ICE

It’s normal for police departments to cooperate with U.S. law enforcement, but ICE has repeatedly attempted to enlist local police in carrying out immigration arrests.

8 years ago

Listen 5:25
Central York District parent Linda Veras-Lopez, (center), leans her head on her 14-year-old son Tyler Shields' shoulder during a press conference outside the Springettsbury Township Police Department Thursday. Veras-Lopez said she plans to attend every press conference because she wants updates on the police investigation into threats made to the school district earlier this week. (Chris Dunn/York Daily Record)
WITF
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K-12
Pennsylvania
Public Safety

In wake of Florida shooting, Pa. schools and police are on high alert

In York County, Central York School District has been closed for two days as police seek to learn who posted threatening messages online.

8 years ago

Crowds are shown in front of the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, August 28, 1963.
Speak Easy
History
Income Inequality
Race & Ethnicity

The myth of post-racial America

Civil disobedience is our obligation, not our right. If we do not stand up, ignorance wins. As long as we feel inequality, we cannot say that we live in a post-racial society.

8 years ago

First
Delaware

First for February 23, 2018

Farm to Faucet The lower Delaware town of Blades is a little closer to getting their drinking water back to accept ...

Air Date: February 23, 2018

People wave U.S. flags during a 2017 naturalization ceremony at the Los Angeles Convention Center. (Jae C. Hong/AP)
NPR
Immigration

America no longer a ‘nation of immigrants,’ US Citizenship and Immigration Services says

USCIS officials say the new mission statement reflects the focus on "fairness, lawfulness, efficiency, as well as protecting American workers and safeguarding the homeland."

8 years ago

Journalist and storyteller 
Sofiya Ballin (Courtesy of George Alexander)
NewsWorks Tonight
History
Race & Ethnicity

How ‘Black History Untold’ empowered its creator

Journalist and storyteller Sofiya Ballin says her identity series “Black History Untold” is more than a black history project.

8 years ago

Listen 5:51
NewsWorks Tonight
History
Immigration
K-12

NewsWorks Tonight, February 22, 2018

While so-called sanctuary cities get a lot of media attention for refusing to work with immigration officials, some Pennsylvania towns ar ...

Air Date: February 22, 2018

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