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Camden’s 2021 crime numbers are flat, but still decreased
Camden continues a trend of low crime numbers, though the numbers for 2021 are flat when compared to the previous year.
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Why a Philly business decided to sit out the sports betting boom
Sports Reference LLC could have parlayed its millions of users into millions of dollars from sportsbooks. The company’s president explains why it didn’t.
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Listen 5:59Catherine Hicks marks six months at the helm of Philadelphia’s NAACP chapter
Hicks, who is also publisher of Philadelphia Sunday Sun, reflected on that time and what’s ahead for the chapter with WHYY’s Cherri Gregg.
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Listen 7:00Deadly Fairmount blaze moved President Biden to call Philly fire union leader
Biden called the head of Philadelphia’s fire union Monday night to discuss the devastating rowhouse fire and future funding for the city’s Fire Department.
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Justice Department charges Oath Keepers head with Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy
Stewart Rhodes has been arrested and charged with seditious conspiracy in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
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Supreme Court halts Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for U.S. businesses
At the same time, the court is allowing the administration to proceed with a vaccine mandate for most health care workers in the U.S.
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Ground is broken on $100M indoor water park in Atlantic City
Philadelphia developer Bart Blatstein has broken ground on a $100 million indoor water park on the Atlantic City Boardwalk
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M. Elizabeth Magill will succeed Amy Gutmann, Penn’s longest-serving president. Magill will join Penn from UVA, where she serves as a provost.
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A fourth Delaware man is charged in Jan. 6 Capitol riot
More than a year after the attack on the U.S. Capitol, a Millsboro man has been charged with trespass and disorderly conduct inside it on Jan. 6, 2021.
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The heat stays on: Earth hits 6th warmest year on record
Global temperatures, averaged over a 10-year period to take out natural variability, are nearly 2 degrees (1.1 degrees Celsius) warmer than 140 years ago, their data shows.
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Philly hits a ‘crossroads’ of environmental justice at ex-PES oil refinery
Hilco, the shuttered refinery’s new owner, is seeking permits to continue to store and sell petroleum — and surrounding communities feel betrayed.
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COVID-19 pill rollout stymied by shortages as omicron rages
The problem is that production is not yet at full strength and that the pill considered to be far superior, Pfizer's, takes six to eight months to manufacture.
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Ex-hedge fund CEO enters topsy-turvy Senate GOP primary race in Pa.
The Republican primary field is in upheaval with the exit of the Trump-endorsed candidate, Sean Parnell, creating a vacuum still being filled by new candidates.
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Biden to double free COVID tests, deploy federal ‘surge’ team to N.J.
The teams will support Henry Ford Hospital, University Hospital in Newark, the University of New Mexico hospital, Coney Island Hospital, and Rhode Island Hospital.
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Woman killed, 2 homes collapse after fire in West Deptford
Police said the victim's family members who made it out of the home — a 57-year-old man, a 26-year-old man, a 31-year-old woman, and a 1-month-old boy — were treated by EMS.
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