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File photo: In this March 13, 2019, photo, a student re-images a laptop in a school computer lab (Carolyn Thompson/AP Photo)
Community

Work to close Delaware’s ‘digital divide’ now underway

More than 11,000 homes and businesses that until now have not had wired, high-speed service will get access to a minimum of 100 megabits per second download speeds.

4 years ago

Students at Cherry Hill High School East staged a sit-in Monday morning in support of teacher Timothy Locke.
Education

N.J. lawmakers propose to start school later for teens

Several students and parents are on board with the proposal to start school later.

4 years ago

A banner of West Chester University
Education

West Chester University police officers trained on social media surveillance using a controversial group’s course

The course, offered by the controversial group Street Cop Training, teaches police how to mine social media for personal info and create dummy accounts.

4 years ago

Listen 4:31
U.S. forward Catarina Macario holds up the SheBelieves Cup MVP trophy after the team's 5-0 victory over Iceland in a soccer match Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2022, in Frisco, Texas
Arts & Entertainment

Young USWNT squad called up for Uzbekistan friendlies in Ohio and Chester

Coach Vlatko Andonovski left veterans including Alex Morgan, Megan Rapinoe, Christen Press and Tobin Heath off the squad as he continues to evaluate players.

4 years ago

‘No more Zoom’: Chester County families rally against virtual school
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Chester County judge tosses 5 members of West Chester school board over masks

The board members voted in August to mandate masks after Pa.’s state of emergency ended. A parent filed for their removal. The district didn’t respond.

4 years ago

Children are running toward the open doorway of a school surrounded by white, yellow, and blue balloons.
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Andrew Jackson Elementary no more: South Philly school celebrates new namesake, education trailblazer Fanny Jackson Coppin

The K-8 school was renamed for a formerly enslaved woman who became a Philadelphia teacher and principal.

4 years ago

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

Pushback on lead investigator’s claims in Kenyatta Johnson bribery trial

Defense attorneys challenge an FBI agent’s interpretation of invoices the Council member’s wife submitted for what the feds believe was cover for a bribe.

4 years ago

Numbers are shown on a stock market board.
Politics & Policy

City Council members call for wealth tax in Philadelphia

City Councilmembers Kendra Brooks and Jamie Gauthier, Senator Elizabeth Warren, and local union leaders joined a virtual gathering on Tuesday in support of the bill.

4 years ago

President Joe Biden
Politics & Policy

Biden signs bill making lynching a federal hate crime

The Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act is named after the Black teenager whose killing in Mississippi in the summer of 1955 became a galvanizing moment in the civil rights era.

4 years ago

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New narcotics charge for ex-Wilmington cop out on bail in sex solicitation case

Brandon Cooper was out on $75,000 bail when undercover city officers witnessed an alleged drug deal and found him with oxycodone and a police baton.

4 years ago

The State Capitol in Harrisburg is shown, with a blue sky in the background.
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

The public could gain easy access to info about how Pa. lawmakers spend taxpayer money on perks

The bill would require legislators and staff in both the state House and Senate to post their expenses online on a quarterly basis.

4 years ago

Dr. Anna O. Marley stands in front of a painting hung on a wall at PAFA.
Arts & Entertainment

From the vaults to the walls at PAFA, women artists are front and center

The exhibition sheds light on the sacrifices and achievements by women artists throughout history to the present day.

4 years ago

Listen 5:50
Protestors in Chinatown march against violence directed at Asian Americans (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders: A Philadelphia Story
Community

Timeline: A history of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in Philadelphia

In May 2020, PBS broadcast a groundbreaking five-p ...

4 years ago

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

Pa. Republican lawmakers push bill targeting transgender girl athletes

A Republican proposal to prevent transgender girls from competing in girls’ school sports is advancing in the Pennsylvania Legislature.

4 years ago

Close-up of a nurse about to vaccinate someone.
Health

FDA OKs another Pfizer, Moderna COVID booster for 50 and up

U.S. regulators are allowing people 50 and older to get another booster dose of the Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine.

4 years ago

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