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A SEPTA rider passes through the turnstile at the 8th and Market station. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community

SEPTA teams up with businesses to offer six months of free rides for workers

SEPTA hopes to re-invigorate ridership while also offering a perk for businesses in the region whose employees are already into using mass transit.

4 years ago

Troopers Martin Mack and Branden Sisca
Courts & Law

Woman charged with murder, DUI in crash that killed 2 Pa. troopers, man on I-95 in South Philly

The state troopers have been identified as 33-year-old Martin F. Mack III and 29-year-old Branden T. Sisca.

4 years ago

File photo: Container ships are docked at the Port of New York and New Jersey in Elizabeth, N.J., on May 20, 2021. A turf war over who polices the New York region's busy port complex is coming to a head as the state of New Jersey is preparing to withdraw from a bi-state commission formed to fight corruption
Courts & Law

N.J. files brief to block an injunction over the fate of the Waterfront Commission

New Jersey intended to replace the commission with the New Jersey State Police next week. Now those plans are up in the air.

4 years ago

Terrance Newton cuts the hair of Warner student Elijah Jackson in March 2020, days before the pandemic shut down schools and his school barbershop. (Saquan Stimpson for WHYY)
Education

‘Heartbreaking loss’: Beloved Wilmington principal who cut kids’ hair killed in motorcycle wreck

Terrance Newton bonded with kids with his clippers, scissors, and compassionate words. Gov. Carney calls the principal’s death a “heartbreaking loss.”

4 years ago

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White House press secretary Jen Psaki speaks during a press briefing at the White House, Friday, March 18, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Politics & Policy

White House press secretary Jen Psaki positive for COVID-19

Psaki tweeted that she took a test in preparation for Wednesday’s trip and it came back positive.

4 years ago

Habitat for Humanity staffers celebrated on March 22nd, after receiving the news of Mackenzie Scott's $5 million donation. (Habitat for Humanity Philadelphia)
Community

Habitat for Humanity Philadelphia receives a $5 million ‘unrestricted’ donation from Mackenzie Scott

A $5 million donation to Habitat for Humanity Philadelphia will serve as a catalyst in the agency’s efforts to disrupt the cycle of poverty through affordable housing.

4 years ago

The interior of the New Jersey Senate chambers
Courts & Law

N.J. lawmakers push to make sexual extortion a crime

If enacted, the bill would make sexual extortion a third-degree crime with a penalty of five years in prison and a $15,000 fine.

4 years ago

Ruins of a water pool are seen after the Russian shelling of a shopping center in Kyiv
Community

Ukraine thwarts Russian advances; fight rages for Mariupol

The invasion has driven more than 10 million people from their homes, almost a quarter of Ukraine's population, according to the United Nations.

4 years ago

Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson testifies during her Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing
Courts & Law

Jackson pushes back on GOP critics, defends record

Barring unexpected developments, Democrats hope to wrap up Jackson’s confirmation before Easter, though Breyer is not leaving the court until after the current session ends.

4 years ago

The exterior of a home needing repair
Politics & Policy

GOP legislators are backing Philly Dems’ housing bill. Why? Blight is a statewide issue

Several key Republicans are getting behind legislation sponsored by Philly Democrats to use surplus state funds for home repairs.

4 years ago

Azmat Husain stands at a COVID-19 testing site
Health

How one Philly testing site is navigating the loss of federal COVID funding

Congress’s decision to exclude funding for coronavirus testing, vaccine and treatment in its government spending bill goes into effect Tuesday.

4 years ago

Street work at 6th and Bainbridge streets
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Pa. legislative committee evaluates changing cap that shortchanges victims of costly water main breaks

Pennsylvania law currently puts a $500,000 limit on total damage claims per break, leaving residents, businesses, and PECO scrambling for their shares.

4 years ago

Ukrainian playwright Natal'ya Vorozhbit poses in a black shirt, in front of a brick wall.
Arts & Entertainment

Wilma Theater presents a contemporary Ukrainian play about war

The Philly theater will present Natal'ya Vorozhbit’s “Bad Roads” (2017) about the invasion of Crimea as part of a global effort to present contemporary Ukrainian plays.

4 years ago

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference in Washington on March 3. Companies can borrow money from the Fed under its new lending programs, but the central bank's effort to help the economy has had lopsided results.
Money

Powell says Fed will hike further and faster if necessary

Powell's message was more hawkish than his comments were after last week's Fed meeting.

4 years ago

President Joe Biden waves to the pilots on Marine One as he arrives at the White House in Washington, Sunday, March 20, 2022, after spending the weekend in Rehoboth Beach, Del.
Politics & Policy

In visit, Biden will thank Polish leader for refugee efforts

Poland is hosting thousands of American troops and is taking in more people fleeing the war in Ukraine — more than 2 million — than any other nation.

4 years ago

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