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Charles Howard is shown in Houston Hall at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia
Speak Easy
History
Race & Ethnicity

Continuing King’s fight, with love in the age of hate

This year, we as a nation should not celebrate King Day. It’s not that Dr. King does not deserve this national holiday. It is America that does not deserve to celebrate him.

8 years ago

George Pastrana has been named president and CEO of Dogfish Head craft brewery based in Milton, Delaware.
Delaware Business Now
Business
Delaware

Dogfish Head announces new president

Dogfish Head Craft Brewery in Milton, Delaware has named George Pastrana as the new president and chief operating office of the company following a year-long search.

8 years ago

Christine Riddick, mother of Eric Riddick, (left) his wife Dana Baker-Riddick, (center) and Black Lives Matter activist Asa Khalif protest outside the Philadelphia district attorney’s office in an attempt to deliver information they say will prove the innocence of Eric Riddick, who’s been incarcerated for 26 years. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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Black Lives Matter, family press Philly DA to release inmate they say is innocent

Eric Riddicks' mother says he wasn't the killer in a 1991 homicide. She delivered the paperwork she says proves his innocence to new top prosecutor, Larry Krasner.

8 years ago

NewsWorks Tonight

NewsWorks Tonight, January 9, 2018

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie recalls his favorite moments in office as he gives his final State of the State address. Philadelphia& ...

Air Date: January 9, 2018

Listen 20:40
Long Beach Island slushy ocean on Tuesday. (Photo courtesy of Chris Huch)
Down the Shore
New Jersey

Surfer experiences slushy waves on Long Beach Island

"Slurpee shorebreak."

8 years ago

The late Recy Taylor shown in her home in Winter Haven, Fl., in 2010 (Phelan M. Ebenhack/AP)
The Philadelphia Tribune
Race & Ethnicity

Recy Taylor’s courage after 1944 rape bolsters others

Taylor was a 24-year-old married mother with a three-year-old daughter in 1944.

8 years ago

Luke Dunn talks to a homeless man and takes down his contact to make sure he gets entered into the homeless database, and promises to return for a referral for an I.D.
Homelessness

During brutal cold, Philly outreach prevents fatalities among homeless

After two weeks in deep freeze, Philadelphia ends its Code Blue declaration and extra push to get homeless into shelters.

8 years ago

NewsWorks Tonight

NewsWorks Tonight, January 8, 2018

The New Jersey prison system lifts a ban on a book about racial disparity in the justice system after complaints. Philadelphia’s pr ...

Air Date: January 8, 2018

Listen 21:08
The investigation continues at the scene of a row house fire on North Colorado Street that killed a firefighter and a 61-year-old resident.
Philadelphia
Public Safety

Days before transfer, firefighter perishes in North Philly blaze

Philadelphia Fire Lt. Matthew LeTourneau died after he was pinned under debris in a burning row house that collapsed. Federal authorities will help Philly investigate.

8 years ago

Photo courtesy of Robert Siliato Photography.
Down the Shore
New Jersey

Man, dogs lose home after boat becomes trapped by ice

A boat that was once home to a man and his three dogs is trapped on ice in the Sandy Hook Bay.

8 years ago

Traffic passes Trump Tower, Monday, Nov. 21, 2016, in New York.
Public Safety

Smoke dwindles on roof of Trump Tower in NYC

The Fire Department of New York says it's at the scene of a fire at Trump Tower in Manhattan. It was called around 7 a.m. Monday for a report of a fire on the top floor.

8 years ago

Ice skaters take advantage of a rare frozen pond to play some hockey  at Fenimore Woods in Radnor Township, Delaware County. (Shai Ben-Yaacov/WHYY)
Pennsylvania
Sports

‘It’s cool’: Cold snap delights Delco pond hockey players

As recent winter temperatures have been a bit erratic, local pond hockey lovers never quite know when they’re going to get the right conditions to get out on the ice.

8 years ago

Public domain image.
Down the Shore
New Jersey

Ice glaze possible on Shore roads during Monday evening rush hour

The Monday evening rush hour at the Jersey Shore might be icy, forecaster say.

8 years ago

Mormons and evangelical Christians shared strong support for President Trump in 2016, but theological differences still cause tension between the groups. (Rick Bowmer/AP)
NPR
Religion

Evangelicals and Mormons are political allies, but theological rivals

Despite different teachings, Mormons and evangelical Christians think alike when it comes to their expectations of Washington.

8 years ago

In this April 1972 photo made available by NASA, John Young salutes the U.S. flag at the Descartes landing site on the moon during the first Apollo 16 extravehicular activity. NASA says the astronaut, who walked on the moon and later commanded the first space shuttle flight, died on Friday, Jan. 5, 2018. He was 87. (Charles M. Duke Jr./NASA via AP)
Space

NASA: Legendary astronaut, moonwalker John Young has died

Young died Friday night at home in Houston following complications from pneumonia.

8 years ago

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