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A SEPTA worker walks through the 69th Street SEPTA repair shop
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

SEPTA faces delays and workarounds as supply chain issues disrupt repair projects

The transit agency is getting creative with recycling and reusing parts from retired vehicles to deal with supply chain shortages.

4 years ago

The Covanta incinerator, a waste-to-energy facility that burns trash from Delaware County, Philadelphia, New York City, in Chester, Pa. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Urban Planning

Covanta renews incinerator contract with Chester. City’s receiver says it missed out on $10M

An 2017 agreement means the cash-strapped city will get less per ton of trash brought in by a big customer — the county Solid Waste Authority.

4 years ago

A City of Chicago Department of Streets and Sanitation salt truck waits for a load in a city salt dome in anticipation of a winter storm Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022, in Chicago. A major winter storm is expected to affect a huge swath of the United States beginning Tuesday, with heavy snow starting in the Rockies and freezing rain as far south as Texas before it drops snow and ice on the Midwest
Weather

Flights canceled as wide swath of U.S. braces for winter storm

A major winter storm was expected to begin with heavy snow starting in the Rockies and freezing rain as far south as Texas before it drops snow and ice on the Midwest.

4 years ago

The Pennsylvania Capitol building in Harrisburg is shown from afar, with the road stretching towards it.
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Millions pouring into Pa. governor and U.S. Senate races, with Fetterman and Oz ahead

The most that has ever been spent on a Pa. gubernatorial race was $82 million in 2014, and the most spent on a U.S. Senate race was $164 million in 2016.

4 years ago

File photo: Miami Dolphins head coach Brian Flores, center, talks to down judge David Oliver (24) during the first half of an NFL football game against the New Orleans Saints Monday, Dec. 27, 2021, in New Orleans. Fired Miami Dolphins Coach Brian Flores sued the NFL and three of its teams Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022 saying racist hiring practices by the league have left it racially segregated and managed like a plantation
Courts & Law

Fired Miami Dolphins coach Brian Flores sues NFL, alleging racist hiring

The lawsuit was filed in Manhattan federal court. Lawyers sought class-action status for the legal filing.

4 years ago

File photo: Nurse Lydia Holly prepares a child's COVID-19 vaccine dose, on Nov. 3, 2021, at Children's National Hospital in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
Health

Pfizer asks FDA to allow COVID-19 vaccine for kids under 5

The move could open the way for the very youngest Americans to start receiving shots by early March.

4 years ago

Pennsylvania State Rep. Mike Driscoll. (Pennsylvania House)
Politics & Policy

Philadelphia Democrats select state lawmaker to replace convicted Councilmember Bobby Henon

Mike Driscoll has been picked by ward leaders to be the Democratic candidate in a special election, virtually ensuring he will replace Bobby Henon on City Council.

4 years ago

File photo: Delaware Governor, John Carney credits his mask mandate for the recent downturn in new coronavirus cases. (Jason Minto/State of Delaware)
Health

Mask mandate has ‘really made a difference’ in vanquishing Delaware’s omicron surge, Carney says

The weekly average of new daily cases has plummeted by 74% since Delaware’s indoor mask mandate went into effect. Hospitalizations are down by half.

4 years ago

After almost 50 years under Philadelphia Parking Authority control, the airport parking concession could soon be run by a private company. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Philadelphia airport parking could be privatized within a year

After almost 50 years under Philadelphia Parking Authority control, the airport parking concession could soon be run by a private company.

4 years ago

This June 17, 2019, file photo shows 5-mg pills of Oxycodone. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)
Health

Native American tribes reach $590M settlement over opioids

A federal court filing made Tuesday in Cleveland lays out the details of the settlements with drugmaker Johnson & Johnson and distribution companies.

4 years ago

FILE - In this Thursday, June 11, 2009 file photo, the logo of the World Health Organization is seen at the WHO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. An independent panel appointed by the World Health Organization to review the U.N. health agency’s coordination of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic said on Thursday, Sept. 3, 2020 it would have full access to any internal U.N. agency documents, materials and emails necessary as the group begins their probe. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus, file)
Health

WHO: In 10 weeks, omicron surge causes COVID cases to soar

90 million cases of coronavirus have been reported since the omicron variant was first identified 10 weeks ago — amounting to more than in all of 2020.

4 years ago

Sima Manifar prepares a children's dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine
Health

U.S. urges Pfizer to apply for under-5 COVID vaccine: AP source

The FDA is pushing the company to submit its application based on the two-dose data for potential approval in February.

4 years ago

Bill Cosby arrives for his sentencing hearing
Courts & Law

Cosby asks Supreme Court not to revive sexual assault case

The 84-year-old has been free since June, when a Pennsylvania appeals court overturned his conviction and released him from prison after nearly three years.

4 years ago

A critical care nurse administers an anti-viral medication to a COVID-positive patien
Health

Pennsylvania adding long-term care beds to ease COVID crunch

The temporary sites, one of which will be located in Philadelphia, will allow hospitals to more rapidly discharge patients in need of long-term care.

4 years ago

Left: Untitled
Kara Walker, 'Untitled 1', 
1995; Right: Wilmer Wilson IV. 'Pres' (2017). (Courtesy of The Lumpkin-Boccuzzi Family Collection)
Arts & Entertainment

‘Artists need to be seen’: A private collection of works by young Black artists goes public

The Lumpkin-Boccuzzi Family Collection is on a mission to amplify the stories and works of young Black artists.

4 years ago

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