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Facing 2nd hospital closure in as many months, Chester County EMS Council puts forth solutions
The county’s EMS Council has released a ‘white paper’ that raises new pressing issues affecting the state of emergency medical care.
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Martin Luther King Jr. and Harriet Tubman are celebrated, and dinosaurs roam again in weekend event highlights in and around Philadelphia.
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Listen 4:59The (arcane, unlikely) doomsday redistricting law looming over Pennsylvania’s map impasse
It’s a vision of election overload that would undercut Pennsylvania’s proportional, local representation in Washington, D.C.
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Philly has few affordable homes for multigenerational families. There are no plans to change that
Philadelphia Housing Authority has some five- and six-bedroom apartments to its name, but they are “exceedingly rare,” CEO Kelvin Jeremiah said.
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Call to action planned for Fanta Bility outside Delaware County Courthouse
Social justice groups UDTJ and Delco Resists plan a rally to coincide with a hearing for one of two teens whose shots did not kill the 8-year-old.
4 years ago
Huge offshore wind energy lease sale announced for New Jersey and New York
Six parcels encompass almost a half-million acres of ocean off the Jersey and New York coasts, to generate enough wind energy to power 2 million homes.
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Ronnie Spector, ’60s icon who sang ‘Be My Baby,’ dies at 78
Spector died Wednesday after a brief battle with cancer, her family said.
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‘Mad or nah?’: Philly residents react to the scarcity of rapid at-home COVID tests
P.O.C., a partner in WHYY’s News and Information Community Exchange, hit the streets of Philadelphia to see how residents are faring amid the COVID testing crisis.
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Listen 5:23NAACP, pastors want end of punishment for Delaware senator acquitted of assault
Some Wilmington pastors and the state NAACP say state Sen. Darius Brown should have his senate leadership positions restored after being acquitted of assault.
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A group of Germantown residents filed a complaint against City Councilmember Cindy Bass, alleging the lawmaker abused her power during a community meeting.
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‘Why lie to me?’: U.S. Senate race rivals attack carpetbaggery
A wide-open race for the swing-state seat has attracted wealthy and well-connected transplants, and homers Jeff Bartos and George Bochetto are seizing on it.
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NTSB investigating medical helicopter crash in Drexel Hill
Investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board will look at the physical condition of the helicopter itself and the flight conditions.
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Kids’ low COVID-19 vaccination rates called a ‘gut punch’
Vaccinations among the elementary school set surged after the shots were introduced in the fall, but the numbers have crept up slowly since then.
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People too often have no choice but to live in overcrowded and unsafe households to avoid homelessness. I know because it happened to me.
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Assessing the ways Chester’s Partnership for Safe Neighborhoods program has succeeded
Local, county, and state officials touted the results since the Nov. 2020 launch, including fewer incidents of gun violence.
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