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Crews use doughnuts to lure black bear spotted roaming through Drexel Hill, Delaware County

Police urge everyone in the area to keep their distance if they happen to see the animal.

4 years ago

A general view of The Trump International Hotel
Courts & Law

D.C. reaches $750K settlement in Trump inaugural lawsuit

As part of the agreement, the defendants will pay the District of Columbia a total of $750,000, which will be used to benefit three nonprofit organizations.

4 years ago

File photo: Phoenix Mercury center Brittney Griner pauses on the court during the second half of a WNBA basketball game against the Seattle Storm Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
Courts & Law

U.S. officials: Brittney Griner considered wrongfully detained

Griner was detained at an airport in February after Russian authorities said a search of her bag revealed vape cartridges containing traces of cannabis oil.

4 years ago

President Biden speaks in front of an American flag
Politics & Policy

Biden blasts ‘radical’ Roe draft, warns other rights at risk

The court confirmed the authenticity of the leaked draft and Chief Justice John Roberts said he had ordered an investigation into what he called an “egregious breach of trust.

4 years ago

An example of a REAL ID.
Politics & Policy
WESA

Pennsylvanians have 1 year before federal REAL ID requirement begins

Pennsylvanians may still travel domestically after May 3, 2023, but they will need to pack another form of identification, such as a valid U.S. passport or military ID.

4 years ago

Local civilians line up to get humanitarian aid distributed in the United Humanitarian Center in Mariupol
Community

Ukrainian fighters: Russian forces storming Mariupol plant

The assault began almost two weeks after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his military not to storm the plant to finish off the defenders but to seal it off.

4 years ago

The exterior of the Supreme Court
Politics & Policy
6abc

‘A truly dark day’: Murphy, Wolf react to Supreme Court draft opinion on Roe v. Wade

Kitty Kolbert, a public-interest attorney who was part of the team that argued Planned Parenthood v. Casey, spokes to the ramifications of the draft opinion.

4 years ago

NJ Transit’s 551 bus travels on Market Street in Philadelphia.
Urban Planning

NJ Transit buses will return to Philly in June

After being pulled from the Greyhound terminal in April, agency officials said five NJ Transit buses will once again cross the Delaware River.

4 years ago

hot blaring sun
Weather

Philly’s sweltering heat to get real-world measurement this summer

Federal agencies mapping the nation’s heat island effects will help Philadelphia measure just how hot it really is this summer.

4 years ago

Protesters hold signs in support of Roe v. Wade outside the U.S. Supreme Court
Courts & Law

Report: Draft opinion suggests Supreme Court will overturn Roe

A decision to overrule Roe would lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states and could have huge ramifications for this year's elections.

4 years ago

People fish on the shore of the Chesapeake Bay, with a bridge visible in the background.
Politics & Policy

Pa. among states to receive millions in federal funding to restore the Chesapeake Bay

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced $40 million to help restore the Chesapeake Bay. The funding comes from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

4 years ago

File photo: Christian Smalls, president of the Amazon Labor Union, speaks at a rally outside an Amazon facility on Staten Island in New York, Sunday, April 24, 2022. Amazon and the nascent group that successfully organized the company’s first-ever U.S. union are headed for a rematch Monday, May 2, 2022, when a federal labor board will tally votes cast by warehouse workers in yet another election on Staten Island.
Community

Amazon workers in NYC reject union in a reversal of fortune

Amazon warehouse workers overwhelmingly rejected a union bid on Monday, dealing a blow to organizers who last month pulled off the first successful U.S. Amazon unionization.

4 years ago

The historical marker that honors Dr. John Fryer at 13th and Locust Streets in Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

Doctor who challenged LGBTQ psychiatric diagnosis 50 years ago honored in Philadelphia

Dr. John Fryer who testified at ‘Dr. Henry Anonymous’ before the APA is recognized for removing the stigma of being gay on the 50th anniversary of his testimony.

4 years ago

Business members and officials gather outside New Olympia House Restaurant to celebrate small biz week.
Community

Small biz week comes with a call for relief from Philly’s COVID regulations

The owners of small businesses are hoping the city will not go back to the masking regulations that cut their sales — especially for establishments selling food.

4 years ago

EPA chief Michael Regan (left) talks with U.S. Sen. Tom Carper and an unidentified woman at The Warehouse for teens in Wilmington. Behind them is the center's electric bus.
Community

New ‘American standard’: EPA chief Regan touts zero emission school buses at Wilmington teen center

Clean energy and electric vehicles took center stage in Wilmington on Monday when the head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency visited a teen center.

4 years ago

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