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History
Race & Ethnicity
Social Justice

This is why King’s life, legacy, and hope still matter

Martin Luther King Jr. was instrumental in moving us forward, but much work remains to be done. I am hopeful for the future, because I believe there is more good than bad.

9 years ago

Richard
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Music
Philadelphia

Services set for journalist ‘Sonny’ Driver, who spurred Philly to rename road for MLK

Driver founded the Scoop U.S.A. newspaper for the African-American community, and promoted jazz in Philadelphia. He died last month at 91.

9 years ago

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University of Pennsylvania student Blaze Bernstein, 19, was killed last week in his California home town. Police Friday arrested a suspect in the slaying. (Orange County Sheriff's Department via AP)

Body of missing Penn student found in California park

Authorities had been searching for 19-year-old Blaze Bernstein for days.

9 years ago

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.

9 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.

9 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)
Philadelphia
Policing
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Social Justice

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.

9 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

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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."

9 years ago

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

9 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.

9 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

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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.

9 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.

9 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.

9 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.

9 years ago

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