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Philly school board narrows list of candidates for next superintendent
Twenty one percent of qualified candidates have leadership experience in the School District of Philadelphia.
4 years ago
Down two hospitals in one month, new efforts to restore services in Chesco
Brandywine and Jennersville hospitals are now both closed. A new task force aims to keep services going, while another group wants the courts to intervene.
4 years ago
Pa. Democrats set budget priorities with ‘historic’ education spending proposal
The plan comes about a week before Gov. Tom Wolf unveils the final budget proposal of his two-term tenure.
4 years ago
Philly DA: Murders are down compared to this time last year
Philadelphia’s District Attorney says homicides are down for the first time this year, and a new initiative is looking to help younger offenders take a path away from crime.
4 years ago
Judge rejects plea deal for man who killed Ahmaud Arbery
Arbery’s parents had denounced the proposed deal for Travis McMichael, and the judge proceeded with plans to summon potential jurors next week.
4 years ago
U.S. gives full approval to Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine
Full approval means FDA has completed the same rigorous, time-consuming review for Moderna’s shot as dozens of other long-established vaccines.
4 years ago
‘This is momentous’: Philly to guarantee lawyers for some renters facing eviction
Under a new right-to-counsel program, hundreds of Philadelphia renters will soon be guaranteed free legal representation if their landlord files for eviction.
4 years ago
Omicron amps up concerns about long COVID and its causes
Omicron's race across the globe has amped up concerns about long COVID, which some estimates suggest affects a third of COVID-19 survivors.
4 years ago
‘This is the edge, baby!’: What really separates Central and South Jersey
Does Central Jersey just exist in (some of) our hearts? Or is there an official border demarcating the regions? WHYY News investigated, and here’s what we learned.
4 years ago
Listen 4:34How do free at-home COVID tests help if you’re blind and can’t see the results?
The Biden administration is providing free at-home swab tests for COVID-19. But they come with significant barriers for the blind community.
4 years ago
Listen 4:07Philly to pilot a guaranteed income experiment, giving cash to some needy residents
As early as March, Philadelphia will start giving up to 60 people $500 a month, for at least 12 months.
4 years ago
Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission advances move to harvest female horseshoe crabs
The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission has approved a new model for analyzing wildlife that would guide quotas beyond just male crabs.
4 years ago
Closing Brandywine Hospital, creating a Chester County ‘health care desert’
The county will lose yet another emergency room, the second in a month, and its only inpatient behavioral health facility on Monday.
4 years ago
As Jersey Shore digs out from the blizzard, taking stock of ‘the power of the ocean’
Warming oceans are leading to more low-pressure systems like Saturday’s nor’easter, which brought over a foot of snow and blizzard conditions to the Jersey Shore.
4 years ago
After the blizzard, the big chill as East Coast digs out
Dangerous wind chills fell to below zero in many locations across the region Sunday after the storm dumped snow from Virginia to Maine.
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