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Archives: Segments

Workers pass bags of concrete in a human chain from a park road to a zip line platform further down the hill in El Yunque National Forest. T
The Pulse
Science

Fixing a forest for Puerto Rico’s recovery

Tourists once flocked to El Yunque National Forest. After landslides of hurricane damage in 2017, work crews are sweating to reopen it.

9 years ago

Listen 6:04
Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner announces that the city’s prosecutors will no longer seek cash bail for nonviolent defendants while they await trial.(Bobby Allyn/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Courts & Law

New DA telling Philly prosecutors not to seek bail for defendants in low-level crimes

The policy shift is expected to affect defendants in thousands of cases, easing systemic bias against the poor and people of color.

9 years ago

Listen 2:18
Allentown Mayor Ed Pawlowski walks from the federal courthouse in Philadelphia after a pretrial hearing, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2017.
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

Indicted Allentown Mayor Pawlowski takes stand to ‘bare his soul’

Now serving his fourth term, Pawlowski is charged with 54 counts of corruption, including bribery, conspiracy, fraud, extortion, and lying to the FBI. He's pleaded not guilty.

9 years ago

Listen 4:28
Chris Taylor, president of the Clay Studio, and Vice President Jennifer Martin, are moving their studio out of Old City to a larger site on North American Street.
NewsWorks Tonight
Arts & Entertainment

‘Bursting at the seams,’ Clay Studio plans move from Old City to Kensington

A longtime arts anchor in Philadelphia's Old City neighborhood, the Clay Studio prepares to relocate.

9 years ago

Listen 1:40
A person wearing an ankle monitor. (Rich Pedroncelli/AP Photo, file)
Courts & Law

Federal appeals court hears challenge to New Jersey bail overhaul

Attorney claims his client has a constitutional right to be offered money bail instead of home detention.

9 years ago

An aerial view of the site of an early morning train crash Sunday, Feb. 4, 2018 between an Amtrak train, bottom right, and a CSX freight train, top left, in Cayce, SC. The Amtrak passenger train slammed into a freight train in the early morning darkness Sunday, killing at least two Amtrak crew members and injuring more than 110 people, authorities said.  (Jeff Blake/AP Photo)
NewsWorks Tonight
Politics & Policy

Philly area lawmakers oppose Trump plan to cut Amtrak funding

The budget plan proposes cutting in half the federal subsidy for Amtrak, including slicing grants to the Northeast Corridor by $128 million.

9 years ago

Listen 5:00
Sen. Pat Toomey (center) tours New Hudson Facades in Linwood, Pennsylvania, promoting the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
Politics & Policy

Toomey visits DelCo factory to tout GOP tax overhaul

The event was part victory lap — and part pep rally — and it coincides with rising approval ratings for the new tax policy.

9 years ago

Listen 1:54
Amanda Fury listens to a resident's comment during a presentation on neighborhood conditions at a recent meeting of Somerset Neighbors for Better Living.
Health

Kensington residents: Stronger commitment to neighborhood must accompany any safe-injection site

Residents have a long list of grievances about conditions including used syringes and human feces littering streets, as well as sidewalks blocked by makeshift tents.

9 years ago

Listen 5:10
This image released by Disney shows Danai Gurira in a scene from Marvel Studios'
The Philadelphia Experiment
Arts & Entertainment

Why ‘Black Panther’ matters

The film, with its visually stunning portrayal of Africa and its people, is filled to bursting with truth about the black experience.

9 years ago

Listen 3:36
Gerald Shields (right), author of
NewsWorks Tonight
Arts & Entertainment

Front row to American history, on a Kensington barstool

A new book about a Kensington veterans club is a small peephole onto the national stage.

9 years ago

Listen 5:35
Pennsylvania's new ongressional map as drawn by the Pa. Supreme Court after it found the previous version an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander.
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

In boost for Democrats, Pa. Supreme Court dramatically overhauls state’s congressional map [updated]

Analysts think the court-drawn map will give Democrats a shot at winning at least half of Pennsylvania’s 18 districts.

9 years ago

John DeBella
Community

Longtime radio host John DeBella sued for sexual harassment

Jennifer Neill, John DeBella's former on-air sidekick, claims the radio host routinely made lewd comments and groped her. Bosses did nothing to curtail it, she says.

9 years ago

Robert Brown, a cancer patient, meets with Dr. Van De Beek at the Keystone Shops. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Science

Southeast Pennsylvania’s first medical marijuana dispensary opens

Chief medical officer of new Pennsylvania dispensary is hoping doctors will begin recommending medical marijuana for patients instead of more addictive opioids.

9 years ago

Listen 1:55
The Rev. Eugene Bettinger celebrates Mass at the Chapel on the Mall on Ash Wednesday last year in Paramus. New Jersey has the second-highest concentration of Catholics in the country.  (Seth Wenig/AP Photo)
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

New Jersey 2nd in U.S. for Catholic and Jewish identification, Gallup poll finds

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

9 years ago

Listen 6:13
R.J., 10, gets his nails clipped at the Delaware Humane Association’s free clinic at the Henrietta Johnson Medical Center in Wilmington. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

New Wilmington clinic aims to connect pets, owners with health care

The free clinic, in its fourth month, is packed into a side room of Henrietta Johnson Medical Center on New Castle Road.

9 years ago

Listen 3:00
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