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Two years of COVID-19: Remembering more than 1,800 lives lost in Delco
Sunday, March 6 marked two years since Pennsylvania’s first case of COVID-19 was reported in Delco.
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Philly officer to be fired and could face charges after shooting, killing 12-year-old
A Philadelphia cop who shot and killed a 12-year-old that allegedly shot at police will lose his job. Philadelphia’s police commissioner calls the shooting a tragedy.
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Philly schools will drop mask mandate on Wednesday
Masks will now be optional for students and staff, except those in pre-K Head Start programs.
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New legislation would reauthorize funding strategy for Delaware River Basin
U.S. Sen. Tom Carper wants to reauthorize the Delaware River Basin Conservation Act, and provide more funding for groups working to improve the watershed.
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Proud Boys leader charged with conspiracy in Capitol riot
Henry “Enrique” Tarrio wasn’t there when the riot erupted on Jan. 6, 2021. That's because police had arrested Tarrio in Washington two days before the riot.
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Plan to end Pennsylvania’s state-run liquor store monopoly gets some opposition in Philadelphia
An effort to eliminate Pennsylvania’s state-run liquor monopoly through a constitutional amendment is already running into opposition.
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‘Some kind of terrible dream’ for Ukrainian women refugees
The number of refugees reached 2 million on Tuesday, according to the United Nations, the fastest exodus Europe has seen since World War II.
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Food ‘rescue’ groups feeding the hungry in N.J. as pandemic ebbs
Even as more people return to work, many are struggling with debts built up when they were unable to work or did not collect a regular paycheck.
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Living with COVID: Jobs have been recovered in N.J., but certainly not all
While business closures have ended, the unemployment problem has not. The latest data shows N.J. with an adjusted unemployment rate of 5.1%, the 11th highest in the U.S.
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U.S. banning Russian oil imports as Biden warns of ‘costs’
The move follows pleas by Ukrainian President Volodmyr Zelenskyy to U.S. and Western officials to cut off the imports, which had been a glaring omission of massive sanctions.
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Effort to relieve encircled Ukrainian port put in jeopardy
The Russian onslaught has trapped people inside cities that are running low on food, water and medicine amid the biggest ground war in Europe since World War II.
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After more than a century of trying, Congress passes an anti-lynching bill
Passage of the legislation to make lynching a federal crime is a major milestone after more than 200 attempts to pass such legislation failed over the course of a century.
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Philly DA hopes to bring more bilingual mentors into program for troubled youth
Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner says giving kids a second chance will go a long way to cutting crime. The program desperately needs mentors who speak other languages.
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Besides water, how else am I exposed to PFAS?
Clothing, carpeting, even microwave popcorn bags may have been manufactured using some members of this toxic class of chemicals.
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Listen 2:17Trial starts for Delaware man, others accused of trying to kidnap Michigan governor
Barry Croft of Bear, Delaware joins a group of defendants going on trial today for their role in a plot to kidnap and kill Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer.
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