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Nor’easter to bring weekend snow to Delaware Valley
A Blizzard Warning has been issued for areas along the coast, while a Winter Storm Warning will be in effect for much of the Delaware Valley.
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The pandemic nightmare of being a working parent of young children will not relent
Parents continue to feel the precariousness of careers and routines dependent on reliable child care during an ever-ongoing pandemic.
4 years ago
‘This Bitter Earth,’ a Black Lives Matter love story, to debut in Philly
The play, produced by Philly’s InterAct Theatre, follows an interracial gay couple amid the protest movement, raising important questions about allyship.
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Listen 1:34COVID closures, UPenn’s deal with Lea dominate first Philly school board meeting of 2022
The district will enter into a memorandum of agreement with Penn, which will direct about $800,000 per year to the K-8 school in West Philadelphia.
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Robinson goal lifts USMNT over El Salvador 1-0 in World Cup qualifier
The U.S. has two more chilly matchups in the next week and can move to the verge of a berth with victories at Canada and against Honduras at St. Paul, Minnesota.
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Sixers’ Joel Embiid earns 5th straight NBA All-Star starter spot
Embiid holds the longest streak by a 76ers player since Allen Iverson was chosen seven straight times.
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Report: Former buyer asks judge to stop Jennersville and Brandywine hospital closures
Canyon Atlantic Partners LLC is asking a Chester County judge to put a pause on Tower Health’s closure of Brandywine and Jennersville hospitals.
4 years ago
Philadelphia releases findings after reviewing over 2,000 shootings in the city
The report examining more than 2,000 shootings confirmed what Philadelphians already know: that the city’s gun violence epidemic overwhelmingly affects Black residents.
4 years ago
Report: N.J. COVID relief fund for excluded workers didn’t go far enough
While a report from New Jersey Policy Perspective said the state did not set aside enough aid, the state argues the program did not see as much demand as expected.
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Philadelphia biomedical research firm granted $250K for workforce training
Officials said the funds will help address the critical need to boost a skilled labor force in Philadelphia as the life sciences industry grows.
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Philadelphia man cleared after 37 years in prison, sues city
Willie Stokes' lawyers say that prosecutors at the time never disclosed they had charged his chief accuser with perjury after the trial.
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Philly Councilmember David Oh introduces bill to repeal city’s sugary beverage tax
If City Council passes the bill and it becomes law, the Philadelphia Beverage Tax would disappear on July 1, the first day of the city’s next fiscal year.
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COVID-19 vaccine mandate kicks in for health care workers in Pa., N.J., Del.
The mandate is first taking effect first in jurisdictions that didn’t challenge the requirement in court.
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Book about Holocaust banned in Tennessee school district
A Tennessee school district has voted to ban a Pulitzer Prize winning graphic novel about the Holocaust due to “inappropriate language" and an illustration of a nude woman.
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Environmental justice groups sue over incinerator pollution
The groups are asking a court to order the agency to update its standards for large incinerators, saying the EPA was supposed to do so at least 10 years ago.
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