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Tourists visit Stamford Bridge stadium home of Chelsea football club in London,  Thursday, March 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
Arts & Entertainment

Pulisic scores as Chelsea beats Burnley 4-0 putting aside off-field turmoil

Kai Havertz had two of the goals along with one each from Reece James and Christian Pulisic as Chelsea put aside the off-field turbulence sparked by its Russian owner.

4 years ago

White House press secretary Jen Psaki speaks during a press briefing at the White House, Friday, March 4, 2022
Health

White House: Congress must act soon to replenish COVID funds

Nearly a year after passage of the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan, the administration says the federal government has nearly depleted funding dedicated to COVID-19.

4 years ago

People cross on an improvised path under a bridge that was destroyed by a Russian airstrike, while fleeing the town of Irpin, Ukraine, Saturday, March 5, 2022. What looked like a breakthrough cease-fire to evacuate residents from two cities in Ukraine quickly fell apart Saturday as Ukrainian officials said shelling had halted the work to remove civilians hours after Russia announced the deal.
Politics & Policy

Putin says Ukraine’s future in doubt as cease-fires collapse

Ukrainian officials said Russian artillery fire and airstrikes had prevented residents from leaving before the agreed-to evacuations got underway on Saturday.

4 years ago

An aerial view of Kensington
Community

Philly awards 2nd round of grants to Kensington community groups tackling opioid crisis

The Kensington Community Resilience Fund directs $200,000 to organizations focused on improving the quality of life in neighborhoods hard-hit by the opioid epidemic.

4 years ago

Homes are seen on South 24th between Reed and Wharton streets
Community

South Philly street ceremonially renamed for Point Breeze icon Dorothy Allen

The late Point Breeze leader founded a community center and fought against child hunger.

4 years ago

File photo: Australia's Shane Warne clenches his fist as he holds the Cricket World Cup Trophy on the team balcony at Lords after Australia defeated Pakistan by 8 wickets in the final of the Cricket World Cup, in London Sunday, June 20, 1999. Shane Warne, one of the greatest cricket players in history, has died. He was 52. (AP Photo/Rui Vieira, File)
Community

Shane Warne, one of cricket’s iconic players, dies at 52

Warne was considered to be the greatest bowler in cricket history and helped Australia win the World Cup in 1999.

4 years ago

File photo: Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks at the National Press Club in Washington, Nov. 30, 2021. Pence will urge Republicans to move on from the 2020 election. And he will say
Politics & Policy

Pence hits Trump: No room in GOP ‘for apologists for Putin’

Former Vice President Mike Pence has been working to differentiate himself from Trump as he lays the groundwork for a possible 2024 presidential run.

4 years ago

Drexel's Alina Bushma, of Ukraine is seen after winning her squash match against Princeton's Andrea Toth of Canada in Philadelphia, Friday, March 4, 2022
Community

Drexel squash star Alina Bushma plays on for family in Ukraine

Alina Bushma is playing for Drexel in this weekend's Collegiate Squash Championships. Her parents and two grandparents have remained in Kyiv since the Russian invasion.

4 years ago

A sign invites visitors to sit in the cars at the Philadelphia Auto Show. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Philly Auto Show returns after COVID hiatus, flooded with electric cars

The Philly Car Show returns after a COVID hiatus to give drivers a taste of the power of new electric models.

4 years ago

N.J. Gov. Phil Murphy leads the final briefing on the state's response to the pandemic on March 4, 2022 in Trenton, N.J. (P. Kenneth Burns/WHYY)
Health

N.J. Gov. Murphy will lift public health emergency Monday

At his final COVID briefing, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy says the public health emergency will be lifted on Monday, the same day as the end of the school mask mandate.

4 years ago

U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg touted electric transit buses during his first visit to former political rival Joe Biden's home state. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Former Biden rival Buttigieg touts electric vehicles in visit to president’s home state

The transportation secretary says the president’s mammoth infrastructure package will benefit Delaware and the rest of America with cleaner air.

4 years ago

The concourse of SEPTA’s 15th Street Station
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

$96 million federal grant should keep SEPTA rolling through 2024

The $96 million grant, courtesy of President Biden’s American Rescue Plan, will help plug holes in SEPTA’s operating budget amid reduced ridership.

4 years ago

File photo: Brandon Bostian, the former Amtrak engineer involved in a 2015 derailment in Philadelphia that killed eight people and injured more than 200.  (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Courts & Law

Amtrak engineer Brandon Bostian found not guilty in 2015 deadly train derailment

The jury has found former Amtrak engineer Brandon Bostian not guilty on all charges resulting from his role in a deadly 2015 train derailment.

4 years ago

File photo: (From left) former NFL player Ken Jenkins and his wife Amy Lewis, along with former NFL player Clarence Vaughn III and his wife Brooke Vaughn, meet before delivering tens of thousands of petitions demanding equal treatment for everyone involved in the settlement of concussion claims against the NFL, to the federal courthouse in Philadelphia, Friday, May 14, 2021.  (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Courts & Law

Judge approves fix to end ‘race-norming’ in NFL concussion deal

A federal judge in Philadelphia has approved new rules that seek to eliminate racial bias in the testing and payout of NFL concussion claims.

4 years ago

State leaders join Ukrainian ministers and U.S. Sec. of Transportation Pete Buttigieg raising the flag of Ukraine in Freedom Plaza in downtown Wilmington. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
Community

‘We are all Ukrainian.’ Delaware leaders express solidarity with Ukrainian community

Wilmington-area Ukrainian religious leaders offer prayers for peace during Delaware rally in solidarity with Ukrainians combating Russian invasion.

4 years ago

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