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A kidpreneur from Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, showcases his love of design and passion for his community with his trendy clothing brand that he hopes will inspire youth all over the world on “Shark Tank”
Community

15-year-old Philly entrepreneur appears on Shark Tank

Trey Brown was just 12 years old when he used his birthday money to start “SPERGO,” a colorful, sporty apparel company.

4 years ago

Bagged up trash sit outside Philly homes
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Trash pickup delays hit some Philly neighborhoods harder than others, analysis shows

A new report from the Philadelphia Controller's Office reveals which areas of the city have experienced the most consistent delays in trash pickup.

4 years ago

Masterman teachers protest outside school.
Keystone Crossroads
Education

City Council advances bill to toughen asbestos and mold standards in Philly schools

The city health commissioner says third-party inspections are necessary because public trust has eroded with the district’s handling of school building problems.

4 years ago

A person drops off a mail-in ballot at an election ballot return box in Willow Grove, Pa., Monday, Oct. 25, 2021.
Politics & Policy

For Pa.’s statewide candidates, 2021 lessons are in the eye of the beholder

Takeaways often had more to do with candidates’ existing campaign strategies, rather than sober analysis of electoral trends.

4 years ago

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., arrives to lead Democrats in advancing President Joe Biden’s $1.85 trillion-and-growing domestic policy package, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Nov. 5, 2021. The hard-fought social policy and climate-change legislation will still have to clear the 50-50-Senate, where revisions are likely and Biden has no votes to spare
Politics & Policy

House Dems delay huge social bill, plan infrastructure vote

The Democrats' long struggle to balance demands from progressives and moderates once again dogged that pillar of President Joe Biden’s domestic agenda.

4 years ago

Community members and grassroots organizations were invited to participate in the Community Violence Prevention Summit at Esperanza Health Center in North Philadelphia on November 5, 2021. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

‘This is a Pennsylvania problem’: Bipartisan calls for statewide action on gun violence

Pa. Senator Sharif Street and Philadelphia Sheriff Rochelle Bilal brought together state and local leaders to discuss gun violence prevention.

4 years ago

At other schools across the country, administrators have started to view school libraries as luxuries that can be cut from school budgets.(AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Librarians help students navigate an age of misinformation – but schools are cutting their numbers

School librarians hear the question all the time: Why do we need school libraries and school librarians when students have the internet?

4 years ago

Bernadette Witt, left, and JoAnn Bartlett, right, process and double-check mail ballots
Politics & Policy

No fraud behind late-night votes in N.J. county

Social media users began incorrectly claiming that real-time election results from news organizations showed proof of election fraud in the state’s most populous county.

4 years ago

Gov. Wolf, Lawmakers Discuss Violence Intervention and Prevention Grant Opportunity for PA Communities.
Politics & Policy

Wolf describes having wife drop off ballot as honest mistake

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf says his mail-in ballot was dropped off by his wife before Tuesday’s election despite a state law requirement that voters deliver them in person.

4 years ago

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell gives the closing keynote at the World Congress of Information Technology in Austin, Texas on Friday, May 5, 2006.(AP Photo/Jack Plunkett)
Politics & Policy

Son and colleagues to eulogize soldier-diplomat Colin Powell

Colin L. Powell, the widely praised soldier-diplomat who died of complications from COVID-19 last month, is being remembered at a funeral service Friday in Washington.

4 years ago

Influencer Dana Chanel. (Instagram/6abc)
Courts & Law
6abc

South Jersey social media influencer, Philly-based companies sued for misleading customers

Dana Chanel co-owns and operates one company with her sister and the other with her father.

4 years ago

Senate President Pro Tempore Jake Corman stands at a podium
Politics & Policy

Big Pa. GOP governor’s field could grow with Corman announcement

Corman's entry into the race would swell an already big field of Republicans running for governor, double-digits deep and growing as the party searches for a nominee.

4 years ago

Republican gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli greets a supporter
Politics & Policy

Ciattarelli, not conceding, says result will be legal, fair

Ciattarelli, a former Assembly member, said he will wait for the state’s 21 counties to complete counting thousands of mail-in and other ballots.

4 years ago

Beth Springer looks into a patient's room in a COVID-19 ward
Health

Pfizer says its new COVID-19 pill cut hospital, death risk by 90%

Currently all COVID-19 treatments used in the U.S. require an IV or injection. Competitor Merck’s COVID-19 pill is already under review at the Food and Drug Administration.

4 years ago

A package of unused syringes and needles is found next to a vacant building in northeast Albuquerque, New Mexico, where crews attempted to clear the lot of used needles and other heroin paraphernalia on Friday, Aug. 9, 2019. Bernalillo County officials have launched a digital mapping tool to track the places where heroin needles and syringes are found in New Mexico's largest city
Health

How Philadelphia’s rising HIV rate reflects opioid trends

In 2019, 83 Philadelphians were newly diagnosed with HIV through injection drug use — compared to just 33 in 2016. The figures for 2020 are due soon.

4 years ago

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