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 Pa. Capitol Building, Harrisburg. (Kevin McCorry/WHYY)
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Allegations against Delco lawmaker raise Pa. Capitol security questions

House Republicans, Governor Tom Wolf, and a number of other lawmakers say Miccarelli should resign. House GOP leaders are urging police to investigate.

8 years ago

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Delaware

First for March 2, 2018

Infertility awareness Delaware could soon join neighboring states in helping men and women diagnosed with a diseas ...

Air Date: March 2, 2018

Large crane operations were suspended in Philadelphia for the day because of high winds. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Environment
Philadelphia
Public Safety

Nor’easter slams region, knocking down trees and snarling travel

Philly officials suspend crane work, ask public to prep for high winds.

8 years ago

One of three billboards trying to entice Cleveland Cavaliers' LeBron James to come to Philadelphia are shown near a highway, Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2018, in Cleveland.  (Tony Dejak/AP Photo)
Philadelphia
Sports

Silly or Philly?: LeBron swats talk of Philadelphia visit

Sixers TV game analyst Alaa Abdelnaby said he was told that James, who has three kids, looked at private schools in Philadelphia last month.

8 years ago

NewsWorks Tonight

NewsWorks Tonight March 1, 2018

Mayor Kenney proposes tax hike. Local lawmakers react to Trump support of enhanced background checks. And overregulation of abortion clinics persists.

Air Date: March 1, 2018

Listen 20:46
Cumberland County College in Vineland, New Jersey (https://goo.gl/maps/9wisT8sURnA2)
New Jersey
Public Safety

10-year-old boy behind South Jersey school shooting threat; situation at Cumberland Community College resolved

The school shooting threat was linked back to a 10-year-old student. And just after 11 a.m., Cumberland County College in Vineland, New Jersey, lifted its lockdown.

8 years ago

(Getty Images/Universal Images Group)
NPR

What does it mean to be a ‘nation of immigrants’?

This week we explore how one family is handling the stress of decisions and policies like these while facing a mix of immigration-related challenges.

8 years ago

Tidal flooding in Stone Harbor in Feb. 2016 as photographed by Zeke Orzech (‏@Zeke_O via Twitter).
Down the Shore
New Jersey

Major tidal flooding possible on Saturday

The Jersey Shore should brace for the potential of major tidal flooding on Saturday.

8 years ago

 Persons walk in and out of a Walmart store, Friday, Aug. 26, 2016, in Dallas. (Tony Gutierrez/AP Photo)
Business
Public Safety

Walmart sets age of 21 to buy firearms, ammunition

Walmart said its decision came after the company reviewed its firearm sales policy in light of the mass shooting in Parkland, Florida.

8 years ago

Cherry Hill Mayor Chuck Cahn joins the more than 200 in attendance at the Cherry Hill school board meeting Tuesday night, where a long list of speakers sounded off about school security and administrative gaffes at Cherry Hill East High School. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
K-12
New Jersey
Public Safety

Following student protests, Cherry Hill mayor favors armed security in schools

But Mayor Chuck Cahn says he does not support arming teachers.

8 years ago

Listen 5:27
NewsWorks Tonight
History
K-12
Politics

NewsWorks Tonight, February 28, 2018

U.S. Senator Pat Toomey announces a bipartisan plan to promote new gun control measures. Congressional candidates in Pennsylvania struggl ...

Air Date: February 28, 2018

Listen 22:14
Activists call for more support for Puerto Ricans displaced by Hurricane Maria during a rally at Thomas Paine Plaza. They are joined by Carlos Torres (left), Muriel Rivera and her son, Yeriel, 6, (center left), and Melanie Garcia and her three children (center right), who all face eviction.
PlanPhilly
Philadelphia
Public Safety
Social Justice

A new group promises long-term support for Puerto Rican hurricane evacuees

This is a first step towards creating the long-term recovery strategy that city officials and community advocates have struggled to create in the five months since the storm.

8 years ago

A smoke column from a forest fire in Manchester in February 2017. Smoke from yesterday's forest fire in Manchester. (Image: JSHN contributor Mike Logger)
Down the Shore
New Jersey

Controlled burning generating smoke columns Wednesday

Smoke will be visible today in the Jersey Shore region as firefighters conduct numerous prescribed burns.

8 years ago

Former Democratic Sen. Fred Harris of Oklahoma, seen in August 2017, holds a copy of The Kerner Report, as he discusses its 50th anniversary. Harris is the last surviving member of the Kerner Commission.
(Russell Contreras/AP)
NPR
Race & Ethnicity

Report updates landmark 1968 racism study, finds more poverty and segregation

A new study that builds on the Kerner Report's work was released this week.

8 years ago

(From left) Penn students Ramon Garcia-Gomez, Helen Fetaw, and Nathaniel Gertzman, tour the 7th Ward. They read about W. E. B. Du Bois and his research in Philadelphia as part of their African American History class. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
History
Music
Philadelphia

Touring Philly’s black history along South Street from Du Bois home to Standard Theater

Some University of Pennsylvania students studying African-American history are zooming in on the era when South Street was the heart of Philadelphia's black community.

8 years ago

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