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Philadelphia City Councilmember Kenyatta Johnson. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Courts & Law

‘I never provided false testimony’: Prosecutors spar with witness during Johnson bribery trial

Eve Lewis provided testimony on Tuesday that was different from what she told a grand jury in 2019.

4 years ago

In this Oct. 28, 2000 file photo, Bobby Rydell attends a dinner given by the National Italian American Federation at the Washington Hilton in Washington. (AP Photo/Linda Spillers)
Community
6abc

Bobby Rydell, singer and Philly native known for ‘Wildwood Days’ dies at 79

The 1950s teen idol was known for his hits 'Wildwood Days,' 'Volare,' 'Swinging School,' among many others.

4 years ago

Ivanka Trump, daughter and adviser to President Donald Trump, waves to supporters during a campaign event at the Iowa State Fairgrounds, Monday, Nov. 2, 2020, in Des Moines, Iowa
Politics & Policy

Ivanka Trump testifies before House Jan. 6 panel

Bennie Thompson said that she had been answering investigators’ questions on a video teleconference since the morning and was not “chatty” but had been helpful to the probe.

4 years ago

The hygiene truck, brightly colored, sits outside City Hall.
Health

Hygiene van expands its mission to offer telehealth services in Philadelphia

The hygiene van run by Broad Street Ministry, launched last September, now offers telehealth services for those in need.

4 years ago

A sock filled with wood chips along the creek at the Cobbs Creek Golf Course is said to help prevent erosion.
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Nonprofit renovating Cobbs Creek Golf Course could get $3 million boost with city funds

The lease with the foundation renovating the course doesn’t require the city to help with any money. But officials want to contribute $3 million over two years.

4 years ago

Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson glances at members of the media during her meeting with Sen Mark Warner, D-Va., on Capitol Hill, Monday, April 4, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
The Philadelphia Experiment
Courts & Law

Confirming Ketanji Brown Jackson is confirming the value of Black womanhood

Columnist Solomon Jones sees the Black women who nurtured him in the experience of Judge Jackson’s fight for confirmation.

4 years ago

A protester holds up a sign that says ''Cancel Student Debt''
Politics & Policy

White House to extend student loan pause through August

Student loan payments were scheduled to resume May 1 after being halted since early in the pandemic.

4 years ago

President Joe Biden speaks to the press on April 4, 2022.
Politics & Policy

U.S. official: U.S., allies to ban new investments in Russia

The U.S. and its European allies will impose stiff new sanctions, a U.S. official says, in retaliation for Russia’s “war crimes” in Ukraine.

4 years ago

Close-up of Elon Musk speaking at the SATELLITE Conference and Exhibition March 9, 2020 in Washington.
Money

Elon Musk joins Twitter board after amassing massive stake

Elon Musk is joining Twitter’s board of directors, one day after it was disclosed that the Tesla CEO took a 9% stake in the social media platform.

4 years ago

An illustration of a prisoner on a hospital bed in their cell
Courts & Law
Spotlight PA

Pennsylvania’s broken ‘compassionate release’ law, by the numbers

Pennsylvania’s narrow criteria for “compassionate release” has resulted in only 31 people successfully making use of the program in 13 years.

4 years ago

Penelope Scott holds a collection of family photos including one of her son, De'vazia Turner, one of the victims killed in a mass shooting, during an interview with The Associate Press in Elk Grove, Calif., Monday, April 4, 2022. Multiple people were killed and injured in the shooting a day earlier.
Community

2nd man arrested on gun charges in Sacramento mass shooting

A second suspect has been arrested in connection to the mass shooting in Sacramento that killed six people in California’s capital.

4 years ago

In this image from video provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks from Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, April 4, 2022.
Community

Zelenskyy at the UN accuses Russian military of war crimes

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has told the U.N. Security Council that the Russian military must be brought to justice immediately for war crimes.

4 years ago

The Pennsylvania state Capitol
Politics & Policy

Pa. lawmakers fail to override key element of Wolf’s climate plan

Democratic lawmakers say the measure is desperately needed to act against the threat of climate change, and that it will speed up Pa.'s transition to a clean-energy future.

4 years ago

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell
Politics & Policy

GOP blocks Senate COVID bill, demands votes on immigration

Republicans said they'd withhold support for the measure unless Dems agreed to vote on an amendment preventing Biden from lifting Trump-era curbs on migrants entering the U.S.

4 years ago

SEPTA turnstiles (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
Eyes on the Street

Why not make SEPTA free — for everyone?

Ditching the high cost of a botched fare system gets us part of the way there, plus re-prioritizing $9.2 billion in anticipated federal funds.

4 years ago

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