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District Attorney Larry Krasner explains how fewer prosecutions mean a smaller prison population,  allowing the House of Corrections to be shut down by 2020. (Tom MacDonald, WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Politics & Policy

Philadelphia to shutter century-old jail by 2020

Efforts to cut city's prison population are paying off, Philadelphia officials say.

8 years ago

Listen 2:25
 A shared lane for bus and bike is shown on Chestnut Street. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Is Philly better off with safer streets or faster moving traffic? At City Hall, it depends on who you ask

“What's the game plan for our vehicular traffic?”

“I’d like to reframe a bit,” Carroll began to respond.

8 years ago

Listen 1:59
Police Commissioner Richard Ross says the officers who arrested two African-American men inside a Center City Starbucks last week did
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

As fallout over Starbucks arrests continues, Philly police chief stands by cops

Arresting officers 'may have gone according to policy, they may have followed the law, but they didn't have to do this,' says legal expert.

8 years ago

Listen 3:38
Southwest Airlines flight made an emergency landing in Philadelphia.
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

One dead after Southwest jet blows an engine, is forced to land at Philly

One passenger is dead after a Southwest Airlines flight made an emergency landing in Philadelphia Tuesday morning.

8 years ago

Listen 1:31
People gather outside a Starbucks on 18th and Spruce streets in Philadelphia to protest Thursday's controversial arrests of two black men at the store. (Bastiaan Slabbers/for WHYY)
Politics & Policy

NAACP says Starbucks incident part of a national trend of discrimination

The NAACP is calling the arrest of two black men in a Starbucks "disgraceful."

8 years ago

Listen 3:55
Starbucks chief executive officer Kevin Johnson and chief operating officer Rosalind Brewer emerge from a meeting with Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney that they said was
PlanPhilly
Money

By admitting fault in arrest of two black men at Rittenhouse Starbucks, company may spare itself long-term damage to brand

In the wake the fiasco, Starbucks has scrambled to respond

8 years ago

Montgomery County Commission Chair Valerie Arkoosh posted a video to Facebook urging him to get out of the Democratic congressional primary race.  (Screen capture from FB)
Dave Davies: Off Mic
Politics & Policy

Arkoosh to Hoeffel: Hang it up

Montgomery County Commission Chair whacks Congressional candidate Joe Hoeffel in a Facebook video.

8 years ago

Listen 2:00
Protesters chant
Courts & Law

Philly DA seeks new trial for Meek Mill, raising chance he could be freed

Prosecutors said the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office wants to grant the rapper a new trial on drug and gun charges filed against him in 2007.

8 years ago

Listen 1:52
Oyster Creek was New Jersey's first nuclear generation station, opened in 1967. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Money

With nuke plant shutting down, N.J. community inherits 1.7M pounds of waste

After U.S. plan to dispose of spent fuel rods fails, Lacey Township wants compensation for holding the radioactive waste from the Oyster Creek plant.

8 years ago

Listen 5:32
University of Delaware researchers are using this miniature city to test autonomous vehicles. (University of Delaware photo)
First
Community

Delaware preps for driverless cars

While the technology of self-driving cars get most of the attention, lots of tech is being added to Delaware's road infrastructure to prepare for cars of tomorrow.

8 years ago

Listen 5:35
Jose De La Cruz Ramirez, a gardener in Upper Bucks County, was criminally prosecuted before being deported to Mexico. (Courtesy of Linda Ammerman)
Courts & Law

From border-crosser to felon

The Trump administration encouraged prosecutors to seek felony charges against those who re-enter the U.S. after being deported.

8 years ago

Pennsylvania businessman Paul Mango (left) and state Sen. Scott Wagner, R-York, are engaged in an increasingly nasty campaign for the GOP nod to take on Gov. Tom Wolf in November. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Dave Davies: Off Mic
Politics & Policy

Attacks in Pennsylvania governor’s race getting personal

Campaigning for GOP nomination, Scott Wagner and Paul Mango are trading intensely personal shots in their ad war.

8 years ago

Listen 3:57
Route I-81 near Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania (Jose F. Moreno/Philadelphia Inquirer)
Courts & Law

For cops who want to help ICE crack down on illegal immigration, Pennsylvania is a free-for-all

Without guidelines or oversight, some officers are using traffic stops to question Hispanics and turn over undocumented immigrants to ICE.

8 years ago

Listen 5:35
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg drinks water while testifying before a House Energy and Commerce hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington,Wednesday about the use of Facebook data to target American voters in the 2016 election and data privacy. (Andrew Harnik/AP Photo)
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

Most Americans concerned about privacy, personal information being sold

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

8 years ago

Listen 4:15
Tyler Riddick wrote
NewsWorks Tonight
Arts & Entertainment

Teens take on big subjects during Philly’s Mouthful Monologue Festival

Philadelphia Young Playwrights shows what on teenagers' minds during the festival.

8 years ago

Listen 2:03
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