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Serenity Court provides shelter and medical support to homeless men who have been discharged from the hospital but are too sick to go to a shelter.
NewsWorks Tonight
Health

Medical respite for homeless now open in North Philly

Serenity has a total of 20 beds for homeless men and women.

7 years ago

Listen 2:18
Fans find shade under an umbrella before the start of the Philadelphia Phillies versus the Washington Nationals baseball game, Sunday, July 1, 2018, in Philadelphia. (Laurence Kesterson/AP Photo)
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

The Phillies are back, but are their fans?

A year after finishing in last place, the Phillies enter the All-Star break in first. But they're only drawing 825 more fans per game than last season.

7 years ago

Listen 1:52
Vaughn prison in Smyrna, Delaware. (Zoë Read/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Politics & Policy

Delaware prisons make strides, but staffing remains significant problem

Prison officials say they’ve made measureable progress implementing recommendations outlined in an independent review following a prison riot in 2017.

7 years ago

Listen 5:41
Summer visitors flock to the Passyunk Avenue car show in July.
NewsWorks Tonight
Arts & Entertainment

How Philly’s neighborhoods use street festivals to compete for summer dollars

Businesses in Philadelphia try to divert locals from going down the shore, to spend a little more time in the city.

7 years ago

Listen 4:17
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Dave Davies: Off Mic
Politics & Policy

Money race for Congress: Can suburban Republicans compete?

A look at June 30 campaign finance reports for local Congressional candidates.

7 years ago

Listen 4:01
In June, Muslim kids were asked to leave the Foster Brown Pool in Wilmington because of  what they were wearing. Now, the city has paid $50,000 to settle a discrimination claim. (Image via Google Maps)
Community

Wilmington mayor apologizes, arranges meeting with Muslim group asked to leave pool

Mike Purzycki issued an apology and is meeting with members of the Muslim community after a teacher and her young Muslim students were asked to leave a public pool.

7 years ago

Listen 2:02
Fighters from the United Liberation Movement of Liberia (ULIMO) shoot their way through downtown Monrovia, LIberia Tuesday, April 16, 1996. (AP Photo/Jean-Marc Bouju)
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

Philadelphia is a flashpoint for Liberian human rights advocates

The recent federal convictions of suspected Liberian war criminals in Philadelphia is fueling the demand for a war crimes court in Liberia.

7 years ago

Listen 3:50
President Donald Trump shakes hands with Judge Brett Kavanaugh his Supreme Court nominee, in the East Room of the White House, Monday, July 9, 2018, in Washington.  (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
NewsWorks Tonight
Politics & Policy

Where local lawmakers stand on fight over SCOTUS pick

The lines are drawn in the fight over President Trump’s nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court and the conflict is adding drama to Congressional races in our region this fall.

7 years ago

Listen 5:35
Pianist Lance Wiseman plays
NewsWorks Tonight
Arts & Entertainment

Local pianist to romance the butterfly at Insectarium

The butterfly pavilion at the Insectarium in Northeast Philadelphia will host a concert of bug music.

7 years ago

Listen 5:48
A six-meter high cartoon baby blimp of U.S. President Donald Trump is flown as a protest against his visit, in Parliament Square in London, England, Friday, July 13, 2018. Trump is making his first trip to Britain as president after a tense summit with NATO leaders in Brussels and on the heels of ruptures in British Prime Minister Theresa May's government because of the crisis over Britain's exit from the European Union. (Matt Dunham/AP Photo)
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

As Trump ruffles feathers at NATO, Americans still believe in the cost and cause of foreign relations

NewsWorks Tonight host Dave Heller sits down for his weekly conversation with Gallup’s Frank Newport to talk about trends in U.S. opinion.

7 years ago

Listen 6:11
Chunks of pork roll mixed with French toast are prepped to be added into ice cream at Windy Brow Farms in northwestern New Jersey. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
Community

Pork roll ice cream takes New Jersey favorite around the world

What do you get when you combine an ice cream entrepreneur trained in Delaware with a classic New Jersey breakfast meat? A viral hit that's getting global attention.

7 years ago

Listen 4:28
Joey Arrigo, as the character Waz, performs on a lighting fixture in
Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

The thrill and exhaustion of watching Cirque du Soleil’s ‘Volta’

Some of the show's performances are so extreme (and look so dangerous), you wonder how anyone ever learned to do this stuff.

7 years ago

Listen 3:29
Steam pours from vents on Sansom Street near the site of a water main break that flooded Center City streets. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Why does it take so long to upgrade Philly’s water infrastructure? Here’s an explanation

The July 3 rupture raised a lot of questions for Philadelphians. Chief among them: Is the city’s water infrastructure too old or too shoddy to prevent such events?

7 years ago

Rowhouses at 34th and Spring Garden streets for sale or rent
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

As Drexel transforms University City, communities nearby prepare for gentrification

When Schuylkill Yards was first announced – Brandywine Realty Trust’s proposal to turn 14 acres of largely empty, Drexel University-o ...

7 years ago

Listen 5:23
NewsWorks Tonight
Education

At a ‘grit’ gathering, talking to teachers about character development

At her fourth annual Educator Summit, Penn professor and "grit" expert Angela Duckworth brings teachers from all over the globe. WHYY spoke to some about the theory.

7 years ago

Listen 1:57
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