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Judy Kozulak has her hair cut and styled
Community

How the pandemic has shrunk our worlds

We’re more cautious about people and places after the last 24 months. And for better or worse, some changes we’ve made seem likely to stick.

4 years ago

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File photo: People pay tribute as they attend a peace walk honoring the life of police shooting victim 13-year-old Adam Toledo, Sunday, April 18, 2021, in Chicago's Little Village neighborhood. (AP Photo/Shafkat Anowar)
Courts & Law

No charges against 2 Chicago officers in fatal shootings

Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx said there was insufficient evidence to charge the officers in the deaths.

4 years ago

File photo: Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo warms up ahead of an English Premier League soccer match at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London on Oct. 30, 2021. A bid by the New York Times to obtain a Las Vegas police file compiled about Cristiano Ronaldo after a Nevada woman claimed in 2018 that the international soccer star raped her in 2009 could be moved from federal to state court
Courts & Law

U.S. judge: Public might get look at Cristiano Ronaldo police report

A U.S. magistrate judge issued a recommendation Friday that said denying the New York Times access to what police collected could be seen as government censorship.

4 years ago

A close-up of President Joe Biden.
Politics & Policy

White House: Biden will travel to Europe for Ukraine talks

Biden will meet with NATO and European leaders in Brussels on March 24.

4 years ago

A police officer drives in Philadelphia
Courts & Law

Pennsylvania faces ‘historic shortage of police.’ AG Shapiro, Commissioner Outlaw call on Harrisburg for help

Pennsylvania as a whole currently has 1,229 vacant police positions across the state.

4 years ago

Sunlight shines on the U.S. Capitol dome on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Feb. 21, 2022.
Politics & Policy

Senate approves bill to make daylight saving time permanent

The bill still needs to pass the House and win the signature of President Joe Biden to become law.

4 years ago

COVID-19 vaccine syringes
Health

AP source: Pfizer seeking OK for 4th COVID dose for seniors

Drugmaker Pfizer is expected to request authorization this week for an additional COVID-19 booster dose for seniors, according to a person familiar with the matter.

4 years ago

HIV cell under electron microscope
Health

COVID vaccine’s mRNA technology also works for an HIV vaccine, study shows

Penn researcher Drew Weissman spent decades developing mRNA technology. He says it helps target the rapidly mutating human immunodeficiency virus.

4 years ago

Reusable bags in a grocery aisle
Politics & Policy

Enforcement of Philadelphia’s plastic bag ban set to begin April 1

The city will issue fines to stores for single-use plastic bags starting next month. A two-week awareness campaign is underway.

4 years ago

Siren light on roof of police car at street.
Courts & Law

Wilmington cop indicted for alleged nude, lewd texts with teen in foster care

Patrolman Brandon Cooper is now off the force and faces up to 26 years in prison if convicted on all charges, which include official misconduct and lewdness.

4 years ago

A site under construction at the Navy Yard
Urban Planning

Diversity a key factor in new research facility under construction at Philly’s Navy Yard

The project at 1201 Normandy Place aims to increase wealth in Black communities through its development.

4 years ago

A firefighter walks outside a destroyed apartment building after a bombing in a residential area in Kyiv
Politics & Policy

Russia steps up bombardment of Kyiv, civilians flee Mariupol

A series of strikes hit a residential neighborhood in a western district of the capital and ignited a huge fire and a frantic rescue effort.

4 years ago

The interior of a New Jersey prison
Courts & Law

N.J. adopts sweeping new policies on special education in state prisons, following settlement

Students who were deprived of special education services while incarcerated are eligible to receive up to $8,000 per year in “compensatory education” benefits.

4 years ago

A black freight train, operated by Norfolk Souther, speeds by on a track, as seen from the former train station in Phoenixville, PA.
Urban Planning

Montgomery, Chester, and Berks counties consider a new passenger rail authority

The aim: Tap into infrastructure funds and try to restore a line connecting Reading, Phoenixville, Pottstown, Norristown, and Philly.

4 years ago

Gas prices are shown on a Sheetz billboard, with prices listed as $4.19 a gallon.
Politics & Policy

Yes, prices at the pump are high. Republican primary candidates in Pa. have noticed too

They’re blaming the party in power: Biden and down-ballot Democrats. It’s a political strategy that can sting, as the 1970s energy crises showed.

4 years ago

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