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Crime tape is seen at the scene of a fatal shooting in LOVE Park.
Courts & Law
6abc

Christmas Village security guard charged for fatally shooting man in LOVE Park: Police

According to police, the suspect was working security when he became involved in a disturbance with the 29-year-old victim.

4 years ago

Offshore wind farm
Community
NJ Spotlight

Offshore wind farm builder tries to calm worries

Some residents fear turbines will damage tourism, but Ørsted says they will be barely visible.

4 years ago

The exterior of the PSERS building
Courts & Law
Spotlight PA

A massive probe of Pa.’s largest pension fund is nearly done, but taxpayers may never know the results

Some PSERS staff believe the probe’s findings could be damaging to their reputations. Their lawyers are pushing for the report to be kept private or contain rebuttals.

4 years ago

Then Philadelphia Health Commissioner Dr. Tom Farley speaks with members of the media
Health

Disgraced former Philly Health Commissioner Dr. Tom Farley hired by D.C. Health Dept.

Dr. Thomas Farley was asked to resign for ordering remains of MOVE bombing victims to be destroyed. He's now been hired by D.C.'s Health Department.

4 years ago

The Pennsylvania state Capitol
Politics & Policy

Pa. Senate backs bill to allow guns to be carried without permit

Democrats warned the result of such legislation becoming law would be more death and more violence amid already-spiking gun violence and the spread of illegal guns.

4 years ago

Research associate Jess Anton prepares samples with automated sample preparation equipment. (Zoë Read/WHYY)
Science

How a lab works to seek and destroy the harmful chemicals known as PFAS

With about 4,700 different PFAS, these "forever chemicals" are a formidable issue to tackle. The Center for PFAS Solutions can test for 40 of them.

4 years ago

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Delaware Gov. John Carney helps plant a tree at Lt. Joseph L. Szczerba Memorial Park
Urban Planning

Delaware’s ambitious goal to plant 1 tree for every resident

In most states, planting a tree for every resident would be a monumental task, but in Delaware the new tree-planting mission might be more doable.

4 years ago

President Joe Biden arrives on stage
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Biden’s child tax credit is cutting poverty in Philly, but many with deepest needs aren’t getting the cash

Amid some success stories, a Keystone Crossroads investigation finds that a large percentage of those most in need in Philadelphia don’t seem to be getting the cash.

4 years ago

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File photo: President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a rally in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021. A federal judge is questioning Donald Trump's efforts to withhold documents from Congress related to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. Judge Tanya Chutkan was skeptical Thursday, Nov. 4, of attorneys for the former president who asked her to block the handover of documents to a House committee
Courts & Law

Judge refuses Trump request to block Jan. 6 records

U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan says President Joe Biden is “best positioned” to determine whether to waive executive privilege on documents sought by the House.

4 years ago

Kayleigh McEnany and White House senior adviser Stephen Miller walk across the South Lawn
Politics & Policy

House Jan. 6 panel subpoenas 10 former White House aides

The subpoenas issued Tuesday include demands for documents and testimony from senior adviser Stephen Miller and press secretary Kayleigh McEnany.

4 years ago

Outdoor dining at Booker’s restaurant in West Philadelphia
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Dining tables over parking spaces: Streeteries move toward permanence in some Philly neighborhoods

Philadelphia’s pandemic-inspired experiment with expanded outdoor dining is poised to end with streeteries made permanently legal in certain parts of the city.

4 years ago

Black smoke is visible above a junkyard fire
Community
6abc

Massive junkyard fire still producing smoke over Center City, Southwest Philly

Smoke from the two-alarm blaze could be seen all over the city, and even across the Delaware River in New Jersey.

4 years ago

John
PlanPhilly
Courts & Law

Juror in Henon-Dougherty corruption trial tests positive for COVID

The interruption comes in the sixth week of the trial, following the conclusion of closing arguments by prosecution and defense attorneys on Monday.

4 years ago

Bernard Lee. (Courtesy of Cozen O' Connor)
Community
The Philadelphia Tribune

Bernard Lee, notable real estate lawyer, dies at 71

Real estate lawyer Bernard Lee died on Sunday, Nov. 7, 2021, after suffering a cardiac incident last week at a Philadelphia 76ers game. He was 71.

4 years ago

The correctional complex on State Road in Philadelphia.
Community

Philadelphia prisons to resume limited in-person visits

Philadelphia’s prison system is offering in-person visits for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic, though with restrictions.

4 years ago

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