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Health

Philly’s indoor dining vaccine mandate now fully in effect

A two-week grace period has ended, meaning almost anyone eating indoors in Philadelphia needs to be vaccinated against COVID-19.

4 years ago

Academy Scientists Matt Tursi (left), Danny Morrill (center), and Colin Rohrback (right) conduct an electrofishing survey in a headwater stream of the Delaware River
Politics & Policy

Recovering America’s Wildlife Act: Conservationists’ hope for species at risk

Bipartisan Senate legislation proposes $1.3B annually for tailored projects that work to sustain the health of fish, wildlife, and their habitats.

4 years ago

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A deer peers through the woods, Monday, Nov. 23, 2020, in Pennsylvania. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Health

Pennsylvania testing deer in Bucks County for PFAS

The testing comes after the Pennsylvania Game Commission discovered high levels of PFAS in fish living in the Neshaminy Creek basin.

4 years ago

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Community

Philly civil rights advocates reflect on the continued ‘struggle’ for voting rights in America

WHYY and NewCORE marked MLK Day with a discussion of King’s 1957 "Give Us the Ballot" speech as the struggle for voting rights continues today.

4 years ago

Craig Prichard, 65, of Des Moines, Iowa, who voted for Donald Trump in 2016, but says he voted for Joe Biden in 2020 believing Trump had failed to the confront the coronavirus pandemic, talks on Jan. 10, 2022. The retired factory worker says he is
Politics & Policy

How’s he doing? Americans weigh in on Biden’s performance

President Joe Biden took office at a particularly polarized time in American history, so it's not surprising that citizens are divided on his performance at the one-year mark.

4 years ago

In a long exposure photo, lights from a snowplow illuminate sleet at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington, Sunday, Jan. 16, 2022. Ceremonies scheduled for the site on Monday, to mark the Martin Luther King Jr. national holiday, have been canceled because of the weather. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Politics & Policy

On MLK Day, Biden says Americans must commit to King’s work

Biden's remarks Monday were among many by politicians acknowledging unmet needs for racial equality on Martin Luther King Day.

4 years ago

Rich Davis (left) and Shani George (right) administer COVID-19 tests
Community

Philly kicks off 27th annual MLK Day of Service

While most of the events were virtual, people still gathered for the country’s largest MLK Day of Service event at Girard College in Philly for COVID tests and vaccinations.

4 years ago

Tire tracks are seen cut into an area near a river in Wharton State Forest
Politics & Policy

Pinelands lovers: N.J. not saving forests from vehicle damage

Parts of numerous state forests contained within the 1.1 million-acre Pinelands district are marred by tire tracks, huge potholes, and trampled trees.

4 years ago

Two people comfort one another at a funeral service
Community

‘The family of Philadelphia’ came out to mourn 12 family members killed in Fairmount fire

Three sisters — Rosalee McDonald, Virginia Thomas, and Quinsha White — and nine of their children died in the blaze.

4 years ago

Gov. Tom Wolf speaks from a podium
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

Pa. GOP answered Wolf’s pandemic vetoes with constitution changes. The strategy is here to stay

Wolf’s veto tally grew extensively during the pandemic and will likely expand during his final 13 months in office, as Republicans continue to largely bypass his agenda.

4 years ago

Renata Merrill at her solo art exhibit at Camden Fireworks in Camden, NJ. (Tennyson Donyéa)
Community

This Camden woman began losing her sight. Quilting gave her a new vision

In her first solo exhibit at a community art gallery in Camden, Renata Merrill shares the quilts that helped bring her "back to health."

4 years ago

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden pack produce while volunteering at Philabundance
Politics & Policy

Bidens pack carrots, apples into boxes during Philabundance stop

Before heading to the warehouse floor where conveyor belts carried cardboard boxes full of donated food, Biden said the child tax credit needed to be renewed.

4 years ago

Snow plows circle City Hall
Weather
6abc

Showers, Wind Advisory follow winter storm in Philly region

As the storm departs on Monday, there will be some leftover rain and snow showers, along with high winds.

4 years ago

A photo of Julian Bond and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. casting their ballots to fill Bond's vacant seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in Atlanta, Ga., on Feb. 23, 1966.  (AP Photo)
PlanPhilly
Politics & Policy

Equal access and equal voices: The eternal relevance of MLK’s ‘Give Us the Ballot’ speech

Equal voices and equal access continue to be more of a war to be waged than rights to be mutually shared, writes Rev. David Brown.

4 years ago

Customers and employees were all wearing their masks at the Dollar Tree on Kirkwood Highway when WHYY visited. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
Health

Many see Delaware’s latest mask mandate as a way ‘to get out of this hole’

The governor had been reluctant to put the indoor mask rule in place again, but few were seen flouting it at New Castle County businesses.

4 years ago

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