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A Port Authority bus that was on a bridge when it collapsed Friday Jan. 28, 2002, is visible in Pittsburgh’s East End. When the bridge collapsed, rescuers rappeled nearly 150 feet while others formed a human chain to help rescue multiple people from the dangling bus. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
Politics & Policy

Human chain formed to help after Pittsburgh bridge collapse

The collapse early Friday came hours before President Joe Biden was to visit the city to press for his $1 trillion infrastructure bill, which includes bridge maintenance.

4 years ago

Willow, the Biden family's new pet cat, wanders around the White House on Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2022 in Washington. President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden have added Willow, a 2-year-old, green-eyed, gray and white feline from Pennsylvania, to their pet family.  The Washington Monument can be seen in the distance. (Erin Scott/The White House via AP)
Community

Here, kitty: Bidens welcome cat named Willow to White House

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden have finally added the long-promised cat to their pet family.

4 years ago

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Politics & Policy

Should Delaware allow terminally ill patients to be prescribed medication to end their life?

State Rep. Baumbach has been trying to get his bill passed since 2015. The Medical Society of Delaware has dropped its opposition, but plenty of foes remain.

4 years ago

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Plows clear the roads in Moorestown, N.J.
Weather
6abc

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.

4 years ago

Salma Khan with her son Zayd, 22 months old, husband Bilal, and daughter Aziza, 3, at their home in West Philadelphia on Jan. 27, 2022. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Community

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

David Bazemore rehearses a scene from ''This Bitter Earth.''
Arts & Entertainment

‘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.

4 years ago

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File photo: Philadelphia Superintendent William Hite. (Nathaniel Hamilton for WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

COVID 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.

4 years ago

United States’ Antonee Robinson (5) celebrates his goal with Weston McKennie (8) and Chris Richards (15) during the second half of a FIFA World Cup qualifying soccer match against El Salvador, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, in Columbus, Ohio
Arts & Entertainment

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.

4 years ago

Philadelphia 76ers' Joel Embiid looks on during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the New Orleans Pelicans, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022, in Philadelphia. The 76ers won 117-107. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola)
Arts & Entertainment

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.

4 years ago

A sign outside Brandywine Hospital
Health

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

A chalk circle marks the place where a bullet casing landed during a fatal shooting in LOVE Park Tuesday night
Courts & Law

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

A view of a street with houses lining each side.
Politics & Policy

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.

4 years ago

The Wistar Institute will use the grant funds for its apprenticeship programs. (6abc)
Science

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.

4 years ago

Willie Stokes, center, walks from a state prison in Chester, Pa., on Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022 after his 1984 murder conviction was overturned because of perjured witness testimony. Stokes was serving a life sentence and spent decades in prison before learning the witness who testified against him at a 1984 court hearing soon pleaded guilty to perjury over the testimony.
Courts & Law

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.

4 years ago

A sweetened beverage tax sign is seen below a row of Coca Cola bottles
PlanPhilly
Politics & Policy

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.

4 years ago

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