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Darius Brown is sworn in as a Delaware State senator at Legislative Hall in Dover in January 2019. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Courts & Law

Delaware state senator acquitted of assault charges, still faces ethics inquiry

A Wilmington jury found Delaware State Sen. Darius Brown not guilty of assaulting a woman last year. Senate leaders still plan their own investigation.

4 years ago

A few inches of snow coat the ground in Philadelphia
Education

Philly schools to go virtual Friday as winter storm nears region

School District of Philadelphia students will still be expected to log on for a full day of virtual learning on Friday.

4 years ago

Closeup of Hepatitis A under a microscope
Health

Hepatitis A outbreak linked to Montgomery County restaurant, death under investigation

There have been eight laboratory-confirmed hepatitis A virus infections associated with an Italian restaurant in Montgomery County.

4 years ago

A passer-by looks over the barricade on the street of Wednesday's deadly fire
Community

Investigators look at Christmas tree as cause of deadly Fairmount fire

The tragedy marked the city's deadliest single fire in at least a century, with eight children among those who lost their lives.

4 years ago

Cold weather expected Thursday evening into Friday. (6abc)
Weather
6abc

Accumulating Snow Thursday Night into Friday Morning

Meteorologist Adam Joseph says clouds increase today ahead of our next storm that will bring slippery travel by Friday morning.

4 years ago

Trump supporters participate in a rally ahead of a violent insurrection at the Capitol building
Politics & Policy

‘Hatred in the eyes’: How racist rage animated Jan. 6 riots

For people of color, the attack was more than a violent challenge to a free and fair election — it was an eerily familiar display of white supremacist violence.

4 years ago

President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the one-year anniversary of the January 6th insurrection in Statuary Hall
Politics & Policy

Biden warns of U.S. peril from Trump’s ‘dagger’ at democracy

Biden used the anniversary of the attack Thursday to warn that America’s system of government remains under urgent threat.

4 years ago

File photo: In this May 8, 2004 file photo, David Bowie performs at Chastain Park Amphitheatre in Atlanta.
Things To Do
Arts & Entertainment

For the love of Bowie, dining at a discount, ‘Pretty Woman’ onstage, and a tribute to Philly soul in this week’s ‘Things to Do’

Jan. 6 - Jan. 9: Weekend options in the Delaware Valley

4 years ago

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Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Del., center, works with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., right, at the House votes on the creation of a select committee to investigate the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection, in the House chamber at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, June 30, 2021.  (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Politics & Policy

‘We can’t forget,’ says Del. congresswoman who prayed through last year’s attack on Capitol

Delaware’s lone member of the U.S. House says she’s still processing being trapped in the balcony as the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection occurred.

4 years ago

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A young student attends virtual school from his home
Keystone Crossroads
Education

‘It’s a math problem’: Philly educators scramble amid omicron wave

For the first time this school year, Philadelphia faces the prospect of a widespread shift back to virtual learning. How many schools and for how long? No one quite knows.

4 years ago

Listen 4:37
The Pennsylvania Capitol building in Harrisburg is shown from afar, with the road stretching towards it.
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Lower taxes, school choice, local control: GOP field for Pa. governor makes its pitch

The event delved into such topics as school choice, energy production, election conspiracies, and how to make homemade backyard biodiesel.

4 years ago

Pennridge School District (Google maps)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Don’t discuss the Jan. 6 insurrection with students, a Bucks school district tells teachers

A Bucks County school district has instructed teachers not to “wade into” discussions with students about the insurrection “due to the current polarization.”

4 years ago

Brianna Ocampo, 8, receives her second dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine from Lurie Children's hospital registered nurse Yorman Gomez at Northwest Community Church in Chicago, Saturday, Dec. 11, 2021. Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital's mobile vaccine clinic visited Belmont Cragin to help ensure adults and kids can be fully-vaccinated for the holiday season. 
The clinic was not be providing Dose 1 of the vaccine, and only provided youth and adult Dose 2, Dose 3 and booster vaccines. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Health

U.S. urges COVID boosters starting at age 12 to fight omicron

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has agreed, recommending that younger teens — and those 16 and 17 — should get a Pfizer booster five months after their last sho

4 years ago

More than $100,000 will be used to engage people in clean water stewardship through freshwater mussel education, and to fund its 2022 Pennsylvania Coast Day event. (courtesy of the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary)
Community

Projects to improve the ecosystem along the Delaware and river access in Chester receive $575K from DEP

The grant funds will help pay for 12 education, design, and engineering efforts to protect and restore the 3-county Delaware Estuary Coastal Zone.

4 years ago

Koren Norwood, a Camden County health educator, assists Steve Shirk, of Audobon, with the COVID test packet, which includes a QR code to get to the website. Shirk was one of dozens to arrive to a new drive-in COVID testing site in Camden on Jan. 5, 2022. (P. Kenneth Burns/WHYY)
Health

Camden County opens new drive-in COVID test site amid demand

Amid a surge in cases and hospitalizations, Camden County opens a new site to help address demand for COVID testing.

4 years ago

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