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Bob Saget poses for a photo at a press event
Arts & Entertainment

Bob Saget, Philly native and beloved TV dad of ‘Full House,’ dead at 65

The comedian, best known for his role as Danny Tanner on "Full House," graduated from Abington High School and Temple University.

4 years ago

A BinaxNOW rapid COVID-19 test made by Abbott Laboratories rests on a table in the room where student-athletes at Pacific Lutheran are tested three times a week, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021, in Tacoma, Wash.
Health

How should we be using at-home rapid tests for omicron?

Recent research indicates these nasal swab tests may be less sensitive to the coronavirus’ omicron variant in the earliest days of infection.

4 years ago

Chester City Hall. (Google maps)
Politics & Policy

‘Bankruptcy has to be on the table’: Receiver says police pension spiking threatens to sink Chester

The city’s fiscal emergency is worsening because of a failed pension plan. Receiver Michael Doweary is looking at all options, including bankruptcy.

4 years ago

An aerial view of the New Jersey State Assembly in Trenton
Politics & Policy

Incoming N.J. Senate leadership team the most diverse in state history

When the 219th state Legislature is sworn in at noon on Tuesday, the overall body and its Democratic leadership will include more people of color.

4 years ago

At-home COVID-19 tests kits sit on a table before being handed out at a distribution site, Thursday, Dec. 30, 2021, in Youngstown, Ohio. (AP Photo/David Dermer)
Health
Health Desk Help Desk

I tested positive for COVID on a home test. How do I report it?

The quality of the test depends on the person using it, experts say. Yet some counties find the information useful for seeing the bigger picture.

4 years ago

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''Journey to Freedom,'' by Wesley Wofford. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Sculpture of Harriet Tubman coming to City Hall

Wesley Wofford’s “Journey to Freedom” will be temporarily installed outside City Hall during the city’s 10-week celebration of Tubman’s bicentennial.

4 years ago

The exterior of Philadelphia School District headquarters
Health
Chalkbeat Philadelphia

91 Philadelphia schools will be remote this week amid COVID surge

The Philadelphia school district has struggled to keep schools open and staffed during a record-high surge of COVID cases.

4 years ago

Multiple campaign signs and posters, including some supporting President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, adorn the front window of the Montgomery County Democratic Committee’s Norristown office. (NBC10)
Politics & Policy

Man accused of shooting into party headquarters in Montco enters pleas

A suburban Philadelphia man accused of firing three shots into a local Democratic Party office on Inauguration Day has pleaded guilty to related federal charges.

4 years ago

Sycamore Ridge Apartments, where the crime happened. (Google Maps)
Community
6abc

Police investigating fatal home invasion in Camden County

Upon arrival, they found 62-year-old Darlene Randall with a gunshot wound.

4 years ago

FILE - President Joe Biden departs after speaking about the October jobs report from the State Dining Room of the White House, Nov. 5, 2021, in Washington. As President Joe Biden wraps up his first year in the White House, he has held fewer news conferences than any of  his five immediate predecessors at the same point in their presidencies, and has taken part in fewer media interviews than any of his recent predecessors. That's according to new research from Towson University professor emerita Martha Joynt Kumar. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
Politics & Policy

Biden shied away from news conferences, interviews in Year 1

President Joe Biden has held fewer news conferences than any of his five immediate predecessors at the same point in their presidencies.

4 years ago

Customers observe social distancing as they wait to be allowed to shop at a Trader Joe's supermarket in Omaha, Neb., Thursday, May 7, 2020. Store workers across the country are suddenly being asked to enforce the rules that govern shopping during the coronavirus pandemic.(AP Photo/Nati Harnik)
Health

Stay home or work sick? Omicron poses a conundrum

Millions of workers whose jobs don’t provide paid sick days are having to choose between their health and their paycheck as omicron rages across the nation.

4 years ago

New Jersey residents will need a Real ID to board domestic flights beginning in 2023. (NJ Spotlight)
Community

If you don’t get a Real ID when you renew your license in N.J., it could take months

The state of New Jersey is limiting appointments for converting a standard license to Real ID, so people who want one should convert at renewal time.

4 years ago

''Young Americans,'' a photography exhibit at InLiquid gallery at the crane Arts Building, presents new work from Ada Trillo along with work from students of Photography without Borders (PWB), a group of Latinx teens whom Trillo mentored in 2020-2021. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Teenage photographers taught to speak their minds in ‘Young Americans’

Teenage photographers were mentored by immigration photojournalist Ada Trillo to express their own lives through pictures.

4 years ago

This photo from the Attorney General's report shows the Officer Roberto Ieradi's body camera footage of his fourth and fatal shot of Lymond Moses. (State of Delaware)
Courts & Law

Should police shoot at suspects in moving cars? Delaware attorney general wants it restricted

A new debate over the police practice of shooting at moving vehicles stems from last year’s fatal shooting of Lymond Moses by New Castle County police.

4 years ago

Children sled on a slope in Williamson Park in Morrisville. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community

‘It would change the soul of Morrisville’: A Bucks County community fights to keep its park

Some residents are suing the borough in Orphans Court, saying a plan to develop the park as apartments and business 40 violates state law.

4 years ago

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