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File photo: (From left) former NFL player Ken Jenkins and his wife Amy Lewis, along with former NFL player Clarence Vaughn III and his wife Brooke Vaughn, meet before delivering tens of thousands of petitions demanding equal treatment for everyone involved in the settlement of concussion claims against the NFL, to the federal courthouse in Philadelphia, Friday, May 14, 2021.  (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Courts & Law

Judge approves fix to end ‘race-norming’ in NFL concussion deal

A federal judge in Philadelphia has approved new rules that seek to eliminate racial bias in the testing and payout of NFL concussion claims.

4 years ago

State leaders join Ukrainian ministers and U.S. Sec. of Transportation Pete Buttigieg raising the flag of Ukraine in Freedom Plaza in downtown Wilmington. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
Community

‘We are all Ukrainian.’ Delaware leaders express solidarity with Ukrainian community

Wilmington-area Ukrainian religious leaders offer prayers for peace during Delaware rally in solidarity with Ukrainians combating Russian invasion.

4 years ago

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday, Feb.11, 2022, in Washington
Courts & Law

U.S. Supreme Court reimposes Boston Marathon bomber’s death sentence

The court agreed with the Biden administration’s arguments that a federal appeals court was wrong to throw out the sentence of death a jury imposed.

4 years ago

Rescue workers and volunteers gather at the site of a bomb explosio
Community

At least 45 people are killed in bombing of Shiite mosque in Pakistan

Peshawar Police Chief Muhammed Ejaz Khan said the violence started when two armed attackers opened fire on police outside the mosque in Peshawar’s old city.

4 years ago

Philadelphia Insectarium & Butterfly Pavilion CEO John Cambridge holds a pregnant flat rock scorpion. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Documentary promises inside look at 2018 heist at Philly’s Insectarium

Back in 2018, thieves took around 7,000 spiders, roaches, and other animals. It seemed clear who did it, but the story is not so clear-cut.

4 years ago

Listen 2:10
The Lightbox Film Center. (Courtesy of Lightbox Film Center)
Arts & Entertainment

Philly’s Lightbox Film Center starts restoration work to give films a ‘second life’

After 43 years of presenting foreign and avant-garde film, the Lightbox Film Center launches a film restoration program to repair and revive old films.

4 years ago

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy
Health

‘This is more of a political signal’: New Jersey’s last COVID briefing is set

Gov. Murphy’s 257th and final update on the state’s response to the virus marks the end of a two-year staple, not the end of the pandemic.

4 years ago

The Shutterbug photography students celebrated their work being published in Motivos Magazine in February at John B. Stetson Charter. Their photos lined the bookshelves of the library. (Photo by Jesús Rincón)
PlanPhilly
Community

Self-portraits over selfies: This North Philly photo program empowers students to tell their own stories

North Philly teens offer snapshots of life and art through the Shutterbugs photography program. Now, their photos are published in Motivos Magazine.

4 years ago

Listen 1:58
Part of a Russian missile shot down by Ukrainian air defense
Politics & Policy

Fire out at key Ukraine nuclear plant, no radiation released

The head of the United Nations’ atomic agency said that a Russian “projectile” hit a training center at the Zaporizhzhia plant.

4 years ago

The Philadelphia skyline is pictured at night
PlanPhilly
Politics & Policy

Philly Council bill seeks to give city workers affordable housing preference

Thousands of homes will be built under Philadelphia’s Neighborhood Preservation Initiative. A Council bill proposes purchase preference for municipal workers.

4 years ago

Brandon Bostian, the Amtrak engineer involved in a 2015 derailment in Philadelphia that killed eight people and injured more than 200, walks from the criminal justice center in Philadelphia, Thursday, March 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Courts & Law

‘Human’ error or ‘knowing’ recklessness? Jury to decide Amtrak engineer’s fate

In closing statements, prosecutors argued that Bostian “knew where he was” but accelerated his train anyway, while the defense urged understanding for a mistake.

4 years ago

The Delaware County chapter of the Coalition to Abolish Death by Incarceration held a rally outside the Delaware County Courthouse to demand District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer be more accountable to his Black constituency or step down, on March 3, 2022. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Courts & Law

‘Hit the road, Jack’: Protesters call for accountability from Delco DA Stollsteimer

The Delaware County Coalition to Abolish Death by Incarceration rallied to demand that the district attorney address his failures, or step down.

4 years ago

 Philadelphia Police Department headquarters at 7th and Race streets (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY, file)
Courts & Law

Philadelphia detective accused of beating confession out of an innocent man who was convicted of murder

Officer James Pitts is accused of forcing a confession out of a man who couldn’t have been involved in the crime.

4 years ago

A closeup of Philadelphia City Hall.
Politics & Policy

City Council approves emergency paid leave bill for Philly employers

Philly lawmakers approved a measure that would require city employers to provide paid sick leave to workers during a public health emergency.

4 years ago

A classrooms inside the new Camden High School
Education

No decision in N.J. school desegregation case

It’s likely that presiding Judge Robert Lougy may provide a written opinion at a later date, given the magnitude of the case.

4 years ago

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