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Cars are parked on the sidewalk on Fletcher Street in Philadelphia’s East Kensington neighborhood.
PlanPhilly
Courts & Law

City in settlement talks with disabled Philadelphians in suit over dangerous sidewalks

The class-action suit claims Philly’s broken curb cuts and dilapidated sidewalks violate the ADA. We may know by the end of March if a deal can be struck.

4 years ago

File photo: The logo for Halliburton appears above a trading post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, April 23, 2018. U.S. oil field services companies Halliburton Co. and Schlumberger are suspending their operations in Russia as the Houston, Texas-based businesses react to U.S. sanctions over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Politics & Policy

Baker Hughes joins Halliburton and Schlumberger in pausing Russian operations

As the war continues, companies that remain are under increasing pressure to leave.

4 years ago

Kim Davis, the county clerk for Rowan County in Kentucky, works with the county election board on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018, in Morehead, Ky. (AP Photo/John Flavell)
Courts & Law

Judge: Same-sex marriage license denials by former Kentucky clerk violated rights

District Judge David Bunning in Ashland issued the ruling Friday in two longstanding lawsuits involving Kim Davis, the former clerk of Rowan County.

4 years ago

John ''The Professor'' Clayton, an NFL football writer and reporter for ESPN, stands on the sideline during an NFL football game between the Seattle Seahawks and the San Francisco 49ers, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2016, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
Arts & Entertainment

Longtime NFL journalist John Clayton dies at age 67

Nicknamed “The Professor,” Clayton spent more than two decades covering the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Seattle Seahawks.

4 years ago

In this frame grab from video provided by Roscosmos, Russian cosmonauts Sergey Korsakov, Oleg Artemyev and Denis Matveyev are seen during a welcome ceremony after arriving at the International Space Station, Friday, March 18, 2022, the first new faces in space since the start of Russia’s war in Ukraine. The crew emerged from the Soyuz capsule wearing yellow flight suits with blue stripes, the colors of the Ukrainian flag
Politics & Policy

3 cosmonauts arrive at space station in yellow and blue

A trio of Russian cosmonauts have arrived at the International Space Station wearing yellow and blue flight suits similar to the colors of the Ukrainian flag.

4 years ago

People gather in a vantage point that overlooks the city of Lviv, western Ukraine, Saturday, March 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
Politics & Policy

Russians push deeper into Mariupol as locals plead for help

Volodymyr Zelenskyy appealed to Russian President Vladimir Putin to meet with him, as fighting raged in several parts of Ukraine.

4 years ago

The exterior of Delaware County Memorial Hospital
Health
6abc

ICU and surgical units to be shut down at Delaware County Memorial Hospital

A Delaware County Memorial nurse called the announcement by Crozer Health a frightening development.

4 years ago

File photo: A U.S. Marine Corps Osprey aircraft taxies behind an Osprey carrying members of the White House press corps at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., on April 24, 2021. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Politics & Policy

4 US Marines die in NATO drill when Osprey crashes in Norway

The cause was under investigation, but Norwegian police reported bad weather in the area.

4 years ago

The wooded 213-acre site at Sproul Road and Reed Road in Marple Township that was home to the Don Guanella School. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Urban Planning

Delco forges a process to turn massive Don Guanella property into ‘second to none’ park

The goal is to use public input to transform the 213 acres once owned by the Archdiocese of Philadelphia into the county’s largest public park.

4 years ago

 Statehouse rotunda in Trenton, N.J. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
Politics & Policy

N.J. committee approves a measure that would require civics education for college students

Sen. Troy Singleton said the proposal would increase understanding of how American democracy works.

4 years ago

Shelly Smith braids hair for Bridget Dunmore at her salon, Braid Heaven Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020 in Kansas City, Kan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Politics & Policy

House passes bill to prohibit discrimination based on hair

The Crown Act bill would make it explicit that such discrimination is a violation of federal civil rights law. The bill now goes to the Senate, where its fate is uncertain.

4 years ago

File photo: Phoenix Mercury center Brittney Griner (42) shoots over Indiana Fever forward Teaira McCowan (15) in the first half of a WNBA basketball game in Indianapolis, Monday, Sept. 6, 2021
Courts & Law

U.S. demands Russia allow access to detained Brittney Griner

Griner is accused of bringing vape cartridges into Russia containing an oil derived from cannabis.

4 years ago

Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro speaks with members of the media during a news conference, in Philadelphia, Tuesday, March 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Politics & Policy

Shapiro rolls out first tax relief plan of the Pa. governor’s race

Shapiro’s plan comes out as high gas prices have made cutting gas taxes a hot topic. Shapiro says households could get a $250 payment for each passenger vehicle.

4 years ago

In this image provided by the White House, President Joe Biden meets virtually from the Situation Room at the White House with China’s Xi Jinping, Friday, March 18, 2022, in Washington
Politics & Policy

In video call, Biden presses China’s Xi on Russia support

The U.S. is looking to deter Beijing from providing military or economic assistance for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

4 years ago

Former Philadelphia Poet Laureate Trapeta Mayson leads a poetry workshop at the Open Door Clubhouse in Kensington
Arts & Entertainment

‘We feel fiercely’: Kensington finds its poetic voice

After a neon mural of poetry by Kensington residents was completed, the Kensington Healing Verse project continues to guide people into creative writing.

4 years ago

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