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Policing

10 boat occupants jump to safety after fire ignites

No one was injured when a boat caught fire in the Shrewsbury River Sunday afternoon, forcing the occupants to jump into the water, author ...

8 years ago

 Mary Griffin has lived in the same home in Philadelphia's Brewerytown for almost 40 years. This summer she had to pack up and move because her landlord sold the house she rented. (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Housing
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In Philadelphia’s rapidly changing Brewerytown, a neighborhood’s gain is one resident’s loss

Brewerytown has changed. Its close proximity to the park, public transportation, and Center City has made it one of Philadelphia’s ...

8 years ago

 A makeshift memorial of flowers and a photo of victim, Heather Heyer, sits in Charlottesville, Va., Sunday, Aug. 13, 2017. Heyer died when a car rammed into a group of people who were protesting the presence of white supremacists who had gathered in the city for a rally. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
The Philadelphia Experiment
Race & Ethnicity
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Heather Heyer’s death in Charlottesville must not be in vain

Hate came to Charlottesville, Virginia this past weekend, and it refused to be ignored. Hate screamed racial e ...

8 years ago

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Delaware

The end of Delaware’s Punkin Chunkin tradition?

Organizers say a lack of funding could soon squash an annual pumpkin-flinging event in southern Delaware. Punkin Chunkin official ...

8 years ago

 The Gambrinus statue as it appeared for nearly 100 years on the Diamond State Brewery building in Wilmington. (photo courtesy Restore the King/John Medkeff)
Delaware

Wilmington’s first brewfest raises funds for historic beer statue

Beer fans at Saturday’s inaugural Wilmington beer festival will help pay for the restoration of an 11-foot statue that once stood a ...

8 years ago

Michael Becker with WHYY's Dave Heller. (WHYY photo)
NewsWorks Tonight
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Bucks County author Michael Becker talks about his memoir ‘A Walk with Purpose’

He joined NewsWorks Tonight’s Dave Heller to discuss life with a terminal illness and the activities that keep him going. & ...

8 years ago

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Home & Family
New Jersey

Essay: Rumor hinders healing for Camden fire survivors

In a place like Camden where the worst is expected, rumors are like preemptive strikes — cushioning potential blows in advance, and giv ...

8 years ago

(Billy Penn illustration)
NewsWorks Tonight
Philadelphia
Social Justice

No telling how many catcallers dog women on Philly streets

It’s tough to pin down just how much catcalling happens in Philadelphia and elsewhere, but ...

8 years ago

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 Thousands gathered on the Ben Franklin Parkway the morning of Saturday, January 21, for the Women's March in Philadelphia. (Brad Larrison for NewsWorks)
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Women’s March organization doesn’t like to be questioned, not even by a progressive woman

In ...

8 years ago

Speak Easy
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New Jersey
Public Safety

In Camden, a search for hope by candlelight

I go to way too many candlelight vigils. They are the sunset rituals where loved ones gather following a violent death, often held ...

8 years ago

From left: John Tooher, Al Mazzone, and Dan Lievens are the men behind Horn and Hardart Coffee (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
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Horn and Hardart is back! At least the coffee is

Horn and Hardart was so popular in the mid-20th century that it was frequented by celebrities like Cary Grant and Marilyn Monroe, and fea ...

8 years ago

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Down the Shore
New Jersey
Public Safety

Beach lifeguard disciplined for using cellphone while on duty

A lifeguard at a Jersey Shore beach has been disciplined after a beachgoer took a photo of him using his cellphone while on duty. ...

8 years ago

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Radio Times
Home & Family

Evicted in Philly

Guests: Rasheedah Phillips and Coren Wise Imagine you’re living in a home with no heat. You’ve asked your l ...

Air Date: July 26, 2017

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 President Donald Trump speaks at the 2017 National Scout Jamboree in Glen Jean, W.Va., Monday, July 24, 2017. (Carolyn Kaster/AP Photo)

President Trump’s Boy Scouts speech irks some local scouts

Thomas Gajewski Jr. spent 16 years in the Boy Scouts, starting as a Tiger Scout before eventually becoming an assistant scout master at a ...

8 years ago

Kristin Buenaventura, of West Philadelphia, smiles as her pet-bird Pepino sits on her shoulder at the annual Clark Park Festival in West Philadelphia, On Saturday July 7th, 2017. (Bastiaan Slabbers for NewsWorks)
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Intimate, eclectic crowd turn out for annual festival in Clark Park [photos]

The trees lining the wide grass bowl provide plenty of shade for fans of one of the acts taking center stage at the Clark Park Festival, ...

8 years ago

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