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File photo: A woman plays a slot machine at the Golden Nugget casino in Atlantic City N.J. in this July  2, 2020 file photo. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry, FILE)
Money

Atlantic City casinos ‘bullish’ on growth for the rest of the year

There is a hope that revenue for Atlantic City casinos continue upward towards pre-pandemic levels by spring.

4 years ago

Mitch Engleka, 28, manufacturing engineer (right) and Nick Ball, a manufacturing technician (left), inspect a mold that creates latches to secure the spare tire on a Dodge Durango at Southco in Concordville, Pa.(Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

Business is booming for Delaware Valley manufacturers. Why aren’t people applying for the thousands of open jobs?

As demand for business returns to pre-pandemic levels, Delaware Valley manufacturers struggle to hire, while stigmas about the industry persist.

4 years ago

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Heather, who lives in Montgomery County, differed with her ex-husband when deciding whether to vaccinate their two children against COVID-19. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Health

She wanted to vaccinate their kids. He didn’t. A judge had to decide

In Pennsylvania, a growing number of divorced parents are taking their COVID vaccine disputes to court.

4 years ago

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Pam Blauman-Schmitz, who was a union rep at Starbucks in the mid-1980's, poses for a photo in front of a Starbucks coffee shop Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022, in Seattle.
Community

Labor foe Schultz returns as Starbucks union effort grows

Six U.S. Starbucks stores have voted to unionize since December, and at least 140 more have filed for union elections.

4 years ago

In the background, several people exit a polling station. In the foreground are two signs that read,
Politics & Policy

Advocacy groups push for passage of same-day voter registration law in N.J.

Organizers and supporters of a same-day voter registration bill said the measure would boost voter turnout, especially among young voters and communities of color.

4 years ago

A close-up of a form that reads,
Politics & Policy

Time to retool census? Some think so after many were underrepresented

Results released last week showed Black, Hispanic and American Indian residents were undercounted in greater rates in 2020 than a decade ago.

4 years ago

At the train station in Lviv, Ukraine, a mother embraces her son who escaped the besieged city of Mariupol.
Community

Amid new bombings, Ukraine now seen as a war of attrition

Ukrainian authorities say Russia’s military bombed an art school sheltering some 400 people in the besieged port city of Mariupol.

4 years ago

Flourtown Shopping Center on Bethlehem Pike. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community

‘Not another bank’: Flourtown residents want different businesses. Maybe a diner

Take a five-minute drive along Bethlehem Pike, and you’ll see six banks. A seventh is coming and an eighth proposed. Why not anything else?

4 years ago

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Science

How the way we eliminate toxic PFAS from water also takes an environmental toll

Granular activated carbon is most effective at absorbing PFAS, but it contributes to the carbon footprint — a conundrum scientists want to solve.

4 years ago

Cars are parked on the sidewalk on Fletcher Street in Philadelphia’s East Kensington neighborhood.
PlanPhilly
Courts & Law

City in settlement talks with disabled Philadelphians in suit over dangerous sidewalks

The class-action suit claims Philly’s broken curb cuts and dilapidated sidewalks violate the ADA. We may know by the end of March if a deal can be struck.

4 years ago

File photo: The logo for Halliburton appears above a trading post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, April 23, 2018. U.S. oil field services companies Halliburton Co. and Schlumberger are suspending their operations in Russia as the Houston, Texas-based businesses react to U.S. sanctions over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Politics & Policy

Baker Hughes joins Halliburton and Schlumberger in pausing Russian operations

As the war continues, companies that remain are under increasing pressure to leave.

4 years ago

Kim Davis, the county clerk for Rowan County in Kentucky, works with the county election board on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018, in Morehead, Ky. (AP Photo/John Flavell)
Courts & Law

Judge: Same-sex marriage license denials by former Kentucky clerk violated rights

District Judge David Bunning in Ashland issued the ruling Friday in two longstanding lawsuits involving Kim Davis, the former clerk of Rowan County.

4 years ago

John ''The Professor'' Clayton, an NFL football writer and reporter for ESPN, stands on the sideline during an NFL football game between the Seattle Seahawks and the San Francisco 49ers, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2016, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
Arts & Entertainment

Longtime NFL journalist John Clayton dies at age 67

Nicknamed “The Professor,” Clayton spent more than two decades covering the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Seattle Seahawks.

4 years ago

In this frame grab from video provided by Roscosmos, Russian cosmonauts Sergey Korsakov, Oleg Artemyev and Denis Matveyev are seen during a welcome ceremony after arriving at the International Space Station, Friday, March 18, 2022, the first new faces in space since the start of Russia’s war in Ukraine. The crew emerged from the Soyuz capsule wearing yellow flight suits with blue stripes, the colors of the Ukrainian flag
Politics & Policy

3 cosmonauts arrive at space station in yellow and blue

A trio of Russian cosmonauts have arrived at the International Space Station wearing yellow and blue flight suits similar to the colors of the Ukrainian flag.

4 years ago

People gather in a vantage point that overlooks the city of Lviv, western Ukraine, Saturday, March 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
Politics & Policy

Russians push deeper into Mariupol as locals plead for help

Volodymyr Zelenskyy appealed to Russian President Vladimir Putin to meet with him, as fighting raged in several parts of Ukraine.

4 years ago

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