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Philadelphia Flyers hire Rick Tocchet as coach, turning to alum to end their playoff drought
Tocchet spent 2 1/2 seasons in Vancouver and won the Jack Adams Award as NHL coach of the year in 2024 for guiding the Canucks to a 50-win season.
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Pa. recreational marijuana bill goes up in smoke after being rejected by state Senate committee
Democrat Lisa Boscola, of the Lehigh Valley, joined 6 Republicans in voting 'no' on the measure, which passed the state house last week.
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Legislation banning petroleum additive in school meals headed to Delaware Gov. Matt Meyer
Studies have suggested that Red 40 can cause neurobehavioral problems in some children. But some experts say more research is needed.
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Listen 1:00Chester receiver asks Pa. court to halt stormwater authority board salaries and remove members
Chester receiver Michael Doweary requested permission from the Commonwealth Court to block salaries of Chester stormwater board members.
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Teen escapes after allegedly being held captive for years and sexually abused in South Jersey home
The victim, now 18, said Brenda Spencer, 38, and Branndon Mosley, 41, had been abusing her since around 2018 in their Gloucester Township home. The couple was arrested Sunday.
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What’s in Trump’s big bill? Trillions in tax cuts, changes to Medicaid and more
Republicans are moving to advance a bill of tax breaks, spending cuts and beefed-up border security funding. They have labeled the legislation “THE ONE, BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL."
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NJ Transit engineers could walk off the job Friday, leaving some 350,000 commuters in the lurch
Wages and working conditions have been the main sticking points of the negotiations between the agency and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen.
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The Federal Aviation Administration is working on a short-term fix to the problems at New Jersey’s largest airport that includes technical repairs and cutting flights.
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EPA announces rollback for some Biden-era limits on so-called forever chemicals in drinking water
Limits on three PFAS types will be scrapped by the Environmental Protection Agency. Limits on PFOA and PFOS will be kept, though with an extension to the deadline to comply.
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Pennsylvania House drops voter ID, passes sweeping election reforms
Republicans supported voter ID in committee, but not enough to muster a floor vote.
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Republicans are looking to overturn the Democrats’ majority on the state Supreme Court in an unusually aggressive campaign.
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Listen 1:19Hundreds of bird species are packed into the Garden State. At New Jersey Audubon's annual event, birders race against time to catalog as many as possible.
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Listen 2:27Justin Barbera, Jon Bramnick, Jack Ciattarelli, Mario Kranjac and Bill Spadea are vying for their party’s nomination.
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Philly hopes to slow down traffic on Lincoln Drive by adding speed slots
The city’s Streets Department has started installing the vertical deflection devices as part of a pilot project designed to make the state road safer.
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Listen 1:19The bombing on May 13, 1985 claimed the lives of 11 people, including five children, and decimated an entire block in Cobbs Creek.
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