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Education

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

A sign on the doors of Brandywine Hospital indicates it is closing
Health

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

Pennsylvania Democrats are proposing a historic bump in school spending. (Johnny Perez-Gonzalez/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

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

File photo: DA Larry Krasner speaking in Fairmount during his weekly violence briefing on January 31, 2022. (Tom MacDonald / WHYY)
Courts & Law

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

FILE - Travis McMichael is shown during the sentencing of he and his father Greg McMichael and neighbor, William
Courts & Law

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

A vial of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine is displayed on a counter at a pharmacy in Portland, Ore., Monday, Dec. 27, 2021. U.S. regulators have granted full approval to Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine after reviewing additional data on its safety and effectiveness. The decision Monday, Jan. 31, 2022 by the Food and Drug Administration comes after many tens of millions of Americans have already received the shot under its original emergency authorization. Full approval means FDA has completed the same rigorous, time-consuming review for Moderna’s shot as dozens of other long-established vaccines. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)
Health

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

Homes on North 50th Street in West Philadelphia.
PlanPhilly
Politics & Policy

‘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

Nancy Rose, right, cooks for her mother in the kitchen
Health

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

A direction sign in Cranbury
Community

‘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

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A health worker grabs at-home COVID-19 test kits
Health
Health Desk Help Desk

How 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

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Philadelphia's Center City skyline
Money

Philly 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

Horseshoe crabs are pictured on a beach
Science

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

The exterior of Brandywine Hospital
Health

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

Waves crash behind a man as he uses a cell phone to capture images on a snow-covered beach, Saturday, Jan. 29, 2022.(AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Weather

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

People cross Congress Street, Saturday, Jan. 29, 2022, in Boston. Forecasters watched closely for new snowfall records, especially in Boston, where the heaviest snow was expected late Saturday. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
Weather

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.

4 years ago

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