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NewsWorks Tonight, May 3, 2018

The jury hands down a guilty verdict in the Wilmington Trust fraud case. Students at Swarthmore College in Delaware County believe their ...

Air Date: May 3, 2018

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Rapper Meek Mill talks criminal justice reform with Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf during a press conference at the National Constitution Center.
Criminal Justice
Pennsylvania

Meek Mill joins Pa. officials in calling for changes to criminal justice system

The rapper joined Gov. Tom Wolf at the National Constitution Center to push for changes in everything from probation and parole policies to cash bail.

8 years ago

This Google Earth view is looking west. The large complex on the beach is the Wildwoods Convention Center. (Google Earth)
Down the Shore
New Jersey

Wildwood to offer parking on the beach

The struggle that beachgoers endure to find a parking spot will become less of an issue in one Jersey Shore community this summer.

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. (Marie Cusick/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Energy
Environment
Pennsylvania

PUC safety officials recommend restart of Mariner East 1 after inspection

Safety inspectors are recommending that Sunoco’s Mariner East 1 pipeline be restarted.

8 years ago

Shani Akilah and Abdul-Aliy Muhammad with the Black and Brown Workers Cooperative at Rittenhouse Square Park. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity

After Philly Starbucks arrest, what does it mean to be black in a ‘white space’?

The arrests of two black men at a Philly Starbucks exposed a central business district that struggles to make everyone feel welcome.

8 years ago

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The Philadelphia Police and Fire Honor Guard fire a rifle salute in honor of fallen officers and firefighters.
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Philadelphia
Policing

Philly honors fallen police officers, firefighters

The Philadelphia Police and Fire Departments honored those who died in the line of duty with a service Wednesday

8 years ago

(Sophie Reid/for The Pulse)
Philadelphia
Transportation

Amtrak service between Philly, Washington slowly resuming after freight train derailment

Two cars from an 88-car train dumped loads of stone onto the tracks when they derailed late Wednesday. No injuries have been reported.

8 years ago

Bensalem director of public safety Fred Harran addressed a packed room at a township council meeting on Monday night.
Immigration
Pennsylvania

Bensalem mayor, public safety director send mixed signals on partnering with ICE

Under 287(g) agreements, ICE authorizes local police to do some of the work its agents usually do, such as verifying the immigration status of people they arrest.

8 years ago

The offices of Cambridge Analytica (CA) in central London, after it was announced that Britain's information commissioner Elizabeth Denham is pursuing a warrant to search Cambridge Analytica's computer servers, Tuesday March 20, 2018. (Kirsty O'Connor/PA via AP)
NPR
International
Politics
Technology

Cambridge Analytica is shutting down after Facebook data controversy

Cambridge Analytica's U.K.-based parent firm, said the company had begun the process of filing for bankruptcy.

8 years ago

Slaughter Beach is a sleepy little southern Delaware town situated along the Delaware Bay in Sussex County. (Charlie O'Neill/WHYY)
Delaware

PETA urges name change for Delaware’s Slaughter Beach

What’s in a name? The Shakespearean question is once again being raised, this time in the small Delaware town called Slaughter Beach.

8 years ago

In 2014, New Jersey lawmakers and advocates call for statewide policy on paid sick leave. (Phil Gregory/WHYY)
Business
Law
New Jersey

Bill requiring employers to offer paid sick time now law in New Jersey

The legislation has been in the works for years.

8 years ago

In this Wednesday April 18, 2018 photo, Rashon Nelson, left, and Donte Robinson, right, sit on their attorney's sofa as they pose for a portrait following an interview with The Associated Press in Philadelphia. Their arrests at a local Starbucks quickly became a viral video and galvanized people around the country who saw the incident as modern-day racism. In the week since, Nelson and Robinson have met with Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson and are pushing for lasting changes to ensure that what happened to them doesn't happen to future patrons. (Jacqueline Larma/AP Photo)

Black men arrested at Starbucks settle with the company

Two black men arrested for sitting at a Philadelphia Starbucks without ordering anything settled with the city for a symbolic $1 each Wednesday.

8 years ago

NewsWorks Tonight
Elections
Housing
Philadelphia

NewsWorks Tonight, May 1, 2018

A Philadelphia court hosts a courtroom to help the city clear out a backlog of bench warrants.  A Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia s ...

Air Date: May 1, 2018

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Wallace Peebles, a formerly incarcerated criminal justice activist, came to the Philadelphia Safe Return event to “make sure no one gets arrested” before endorsing the event on his Instagram page. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Criminal Justice
Philadelphia

Promised ‘Safe Return,’ Philly residents flock to church to resolve bench warrants

Philadelphia Safe Return is underway at Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church in Cheltenham where it's hosting four courtrooms to help process the city’s backlog of bench warrants.

8 years ago

Listen 1:56
Denise McCarthy told a Department of Environmental Protection hearing that the Mariner East pipelines would endanger her grand nephew, Jack, whose picture she held up as she spoke. DEP held the public meeting to hear comment on Sunoco’s proposed permit modifications in West Whiteland Township, Chester County. (Jon Hurdle/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Energy
Environment
Pennsylvania

Residents urge DEP to deny Mariner East pipeline construction changes; unions argue for approval

Nearly all of the 33 speakers at the two-hour hearing argued that the natural gas liquids pipeline represents a risk to public safety.

8 years ago

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