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File photo: Jayde Newton helps to set up cardboard gravestones with the names of victims of opioid abuse outside the courthouse where the Purdue Pharma bankruptcy is taking place in White Plains, N.Y., on Aug. 9, 2021. A judge said he is extending legal protections for members of the Sackler family, Wednesday, March 2, 2022, who own OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma by another three weeks to buy time to work out a new settlement to thousands of lawsuits over the opioid crisis
Courts & Law

Purdue Pharma, U.S. states agree to new opioid settlement

The deal reached Thursday would require members of the Sackler family who own the drugmaker to pay as much as $6 billion in cash.

4 years ago

Former Louisville Police officer Brett Hankison discusses the muzzle flashes that he saw coming from the apartment as is questioned by the prosecution, Wednesday, March 2, 2022, in Louisville, Ky
Courts & Law

Ex-officer cleared in shooting during Breonna Taylor raid

The jury on Thursday found Brett Hankison not guilty of three counts of wanton endangerment for firing shots that ripped into a neighboring apartment.

4 years ago

U.S. forward Catarina Macario holds up the SheBelieves Cup MVP trophy after the team's 5-0 victory over Iceland in a soccer match Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2022, in Frisco, Texas
Arts & Entertainment

U.S. women’s national team to host Uzbekistan in Chester and Ohio in April

The games come as teams continue to deal with international COVID-19 restrictions, which make scheduling with opponents difficult.

4 years ago

Homes in Jersey City, NJ in March, 2016.
Politics & Policy

N.J. property tax relief program could expand to nearly 2 million residents — including renters

Under the governor’s proposal, the state would see the number of New Jerseyans eligible for property tax rebates more than triple.

4 years ago

The correctional complex on State Road in Philadelphia.
Courts & Law

In-person visits to resume at Philadelphia prisons

As mask mandates and vaccine requirements are lifted due to falling COVID numbers, in-person visitation will start again March 7.

4 years ago

Tatiano Poladko and her father sit at a table eating with Tatiana's three children
Community

Fleeing Russian bombs, tanks, destruction: Delawarean in Ukraine recounts family’s ongoing odyssey to stay safe

Tatiana Poladko and her family of six live near Kyiv. Since the bombing began, they have been on the move, by car and train.

4 years ago

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A woman is overwhelmed by emotion in the backyard of a house damaged by a Russian airstrike
Community

Russians besiege crucial Ukrainian energy hub and seacoast

Ukrainian leaders, meanwhile, are calling on citizens to rise up and wage guerrilla war against the invaders.

4 years ago

Hundreds of people rallied on Sunday, Feb. 27 at Independence Mall to show solidarity with Ukraine. (Tennyson Donyéa/WHYY)
Community

Philly restaurant fundraiser to help children in Ukraine

For every dollar spent at Craft Hall Thursday night, $2 will be donated to Voice of Children, a foundation founded to help children in Ukraine.

4 years ago

Courts & Law

Will the U.S. Supreme Court wade into the battle over Pa.’s congressional map?

At issue is a fundamental question: Who has the power to determine how elections are run?

4 years ago

Maria Mirkovic works with some of her third graders in her classroom
Courts & Law

Oral arguments in N.J. school desegregation trial set to begin

Plaintiffs will argue that the state has not done enough to properly integrate public schools.

4 years ago

Cheyney University established itself early on as a training ground for Black teachers who would later teach in Philadelphia
Education
Chalkbeat Philadelphia

America’s oldest HBCU aims to be driving force again in producing teachers

Once heralded as a training ground for educators, Cheyney University is taking steps to increase racial diversity in the teacher workforce.

4 years ago

Pro-Ukrainian people hold up placards and wave Ukrainian flags as they shout slogans during a protest against Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday, March 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
Politics & Policy

Refugee count tops 1 million; Russians besiege Ukraine ports

The U.N. refugee agency says 1 million people have fled Ukraine since Russia's attack began, making it the swiftest exodus of refugees this century.

4 years ago

People stand outside of a building with a banner that reads,
Health

Pa. grants Delaware County’s first health department final approval

The state Department of Health issued the certificate this week, allowing Delco to start official notifications to all 49 municipalities.

4 years ago

Philadelphia police shot and killed a 12-year-old on Tuesday night, March 1, 2022. (6abc)
Courts & Law

12-year-old shot and killed by Philly police, investigators say they don’t have ‘definitive determination’ of what happened

Police shot and killed a 12-year-old boy in South Philadelphia on Tuesday night after their unmarked police vehicle was struck by gunfire.

4 years ago

Chelsea soccer club owner Roman Abramovich, right, attends the UEFA Women's Champions League final soccer match between Chelsea FC and FC Barcelona in Gothenburg, Sweden, Sunday, May 16, 2021
Politics & Policy

Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich confirms he will sell Premier League club Chelsea

As Russia’s war on Ukraine entered a seventh day, pressure was growing on the British government to include Abramovich among the wealthy Russians to be targeted in sanctions.

4 years ago

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