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Ocean City, New Jersey
Down the Shore
Community

High risk of N.J. rip currents as onshore flow increases

Anyone entering the ocean Tuesday and Wednesday could face potentially life-threatening conditions, forecasters warn.

6 years ago

Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna watch during the U.S. national championships swimming meet
Health

Autopsy: Pilot in Kobe Bryant crash had no alcohol, drugs

The report made it clear: Bryant and the passengers almost certainly were dead in an instant due to blunt trauma.

6 years ago

Philadelphia City Hall
Politics & Policy
Billy Penn

Kenney ‘not going to sacrifice’ lives, he says in response to ‘Open Up Philly’ rally set for Friday

Circulating fliers call on “patriots” to descend on City Hall.

6 years ago

Amazon fulfillment center
Health
Spotlight PA

Warehouse workers say their safety concerns are being ignored. Here’s their cautionary tale for reopening.

“Reopen?” said one Amazon fulfillment center employee. “We never closed. Plain truth: No one cares about us.”

6 years ago

Hundreds of workers tested positive for COVID-19 at a Smithfield Foods hog-processing plant in Sioux Falls, S.D. (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters)
NPR
Politics & Policy

‘It’s the Wild West’: U.S. workplace safety rules missing in the pandemic

Some businesses and employee advocates say they're not getting much help from the federal government to ensure workers' safety from the coronavirus pandemic.

6 years ago

Rev. Melvin Floyd
Community

Rev. Melvin Floyd, iconic anti-violence activist, preacher, filmmaker, dies at 85

The preacher who gave up life as a police officer to curb gang violence is best known for driving around in a van with a coffin on its roof.

6 years ago

(NBC10 Philadelphia)
Courts & Law

Philly DA charges parents for role in shooting death of 4-year-old

The Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office has filed charges against the parents of a 4-year-old girl in connection with her shooting death.

6 years ago

U.S. Coast Guard Mid-Atlantic released these surveillance images of a missing man who rowed a boat into the Toms River on Tuesday. (Courtesy of U.S. Coast Guard Mid-Atlantic)
Down the Shore
Community

Coast Guard suspends search for Ocean County man last spotted in rowboat

The Coast Guard has suspended its search for a man who went missing after taking his rowboat into a southern New Jersey waterway before strong storms swept through the area.

6 years ago

A pedestrian crosses Roosevelt Boulevard at Rising Sun Avenue.
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Pedestrian deaths on the rise in Philadelphia

2020 is shaping up to be a dangerous year for people walking near moving traffic with city crash data showing a startling 88% spike in pedestrian deaths.

6 years ago

The scene outside a partial building collapse in Strawberry Mansion on Monday INSTAGRAM / @NOGUNZONE
Community
Billy Penn

Storm destroys Philly warehouse wall, splattering bricks across the street

The Strawberry Mansion building had been sitting vacant for a while.

6 years ago

Prison union leaders have long expressed concern about the commonwealth's rising parolee population and shrinking inmate one. (Gerald Herbert/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

New Pa. program could release hundreds from state prisons during pandemic

After weeking of lobbying from advocacy groups and failed legislation, Gov. Tom Wolf issued the order to help stop the spread of COVID-19 behind bars.

6 years ago

(Google Maps)
Down the Shore
Community

Jersey Shore town temporarily bans on-street parking to limit non-essential travel

A Monmouth County coastal municipality has prohibited on-street parking in an effort "to limit non-essential travel into town," the mayor announced. 

6 years ago

Wearing a surgical mask, Melissa Hall checks out of a Wegmans supermarket, Friday, March 13, 2020 in King of Prussia, Pa. (Michael Rubinkam/AP Photo)
Health

Should we order in tonight? Questions about food safety in the time of coronavirus

Many of us worry: Do we need to sanitize groceries, stop ordering takeout? Probably not, as grocery stores and restaurants increase safety efforts.

6 years ago

(Bongkarn Thanyakij/Pexels)
Health
Spotlight PA

Calls to Pa.’s child-abuse hotline fell sharply during first weeks of the coronavirus. Here’s why that’s bad news.

“Right now, we have a lot of invisible kids that are at great risk,” said Scott Hollander, executive director of KidsVoice, a Pittsburgh-based nonprofit.

6 years ago

(Courtesy of Marnie Johnson)
Community

Coronavirus: What keeps me inspired during my time at home.

Marnie Johnson loves to look out her kitchen window. And it’s what she sees in her yard that keeps her productive and inspired.

6 years ago

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