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Public Safety

Members of the white supremacist group Patriot Front march on Constitution Avenue
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Community

1 in 5 Patriot Front applicants say they have ties to the military

The group, which is a rebrand of a group that attended the "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, Va., has created an image of Americana bolstered by racism.

4 years ago

Cars sit abandoned on the flooded Major Deegan Expressway
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Weather

An unexpected item is blocking cities’ climate change prep: Obsolete rainfall records

Cities are experiencing heavier storms and flooding as the climate warms. But with outdated rainfall records, many are building infrastructure for the climate of the past.

4 years ago

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Billy Penn

‘Watch Out Philly’ posts warnings about potentially harmful people around the city, helping victims spread the word

Sorry harassers, there’s a new sheriff in town.

4 years ago

A massive hole at South 56th and Springfield Avenue
Community

Massive water main break leads to flooding, evacuations in Kingsessing

"It's one of the largest mains that the City of Philadelphia has," a fire official said.

4 years ago

police car lights flashing
Community

Six people injured after NJ Transit bus hits tree off Atlantic City Expressway

Ten people, including the driver, were aboard the Route 551 bus when the vehicle left the roadway and struck the tree, authorities said.

4 years ago

The intersection at Washington Avenue
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Urban Planning

City, facing criticism, says Washington Ave. pivot was a ‘matter of equity’

City officials sparked outrage when they reversed course on a planned “road diet” for one of the city’s most dangerous thoroughfares.

4 years ago

A crime scene investigator works on the scene of a mass shooting
Community

Philly launches new victim advocate office amid ongoing violence crisis

Family members of city crime victims shared they are grateful to see the creation of a new office dedicated to their support.

4 years ago

In this Dec. 23, 2021, photo provided by the U.S. Navy, Rear Adm. John Korka, Commander, Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC), and Chief of Civil Engineers, leads Navy and civilian water quality recovery experts through the tunnels of the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility, near Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The Navy is scrambling to contain what one lawmaker has called a “crisis of astronomical proportions” after jet fuel leaked from an 80-year-old Hawaii tank farm, seeped into a drinking water well and polluted the water streaming out of faucets in Pearl Harbor military housing
Community

U.S. military faces crisis in Hawaii after jet fuel leak poisons water

The Navy is scrambling to contain a major crisis in Hawaii after jet fuel leaked from an 80-year-old Hawaii tank farm.

4 years ago

Boats are covered with ice and snow at White Rock Lake, Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Brandon Wade)
Weather

Northeast grapples with icy roads as storm moves north

The storm disrupted flights at major hubs in the U.S. on Friday, and ice threatened to wreak havoc on road travel and electric service.

4 years ago

Lütfullah Kuçar is seen inside his home
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Community

Uyghur kids recall physical and mental torment at Chinese boarding schools in Xinjiang

Two Uyghur children recount abusive experiences in boarding school in Xinjiang, where they also lost their mother tongues.

4 years ago

Norman chases his owner in the snow at Palumbo Recreation Center in South Philadelphia on Jan. 28, 2022. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Weather
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Winter weather advisory for the region Friday

Meteorologist Cecily Tynan says Friday will bring accumulating ice for some to a flash freeze by the evening.

4 years ago

The setting sun is shrouded in smoke from a fire that burned and stretched across Ellis, Russell, Osborne and Rooks counties Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021, near Natoma, Kansas.
(AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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Community

Calls to volunteer fire departments are at a high but they have few first responders

Some volunteer departments were already stretched dangerously thin, and then along came the pandemic.

4 years ago

Philadelphia police at the scene of a shooting near Olney Transportation Center on Feb. 17, 2021. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Homicides, shootings begin trending down in Philly

Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw stressed that even though the numbers are down, people are still dying and families are losing loved ones on a daily basis.

4 years ago

A City of Chicago Department of Streets and Sanitation salt truck waits for a load in a city salt dome in anticipation of a winter storm Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022, in Chicago. A major winter storm is expected to affect a huge swath of the United States beginning Tuesday, with heavy snow starting in the Rockies and freezing rain as far south as Texas before it drops snow and ice on the Midwest
Weather

Flights canceled as wide swath of U.S. braces for winter storm

A major winter storm was expected to begin with heavy snow starting in the Rockies and freezing rain as far south as Texas before it drops snow and ice on the Midwest.

4 years ago

Pro-Trump insurrectionists climb the west wall of the the U.S. Capitol
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Community

1 in 4 Americans say violence against the government is sometimes OK

In a new survey, both liberals and conservatives agreed violent protests are sometimes justifiable. Republicans were twice as likely as Democrats to say violence is justified.

4 years ago

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