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Politics & Policy

Growing international trade in Delaware means fighting COVID-19 globally, state leaders say

Members of Delaware’s congressional delegation and other state leaders say stopping the pandemic is key to growing global trade in the First State.

4 years ago

Vice President Kamala Harris listens as President Joe Biden speaks during an event to mark the start of monthly Child Tax Credit relief payments, in the South Court Auditorium on the White House complex, Thursday, July 15, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

From day care to avoiding debt: Child tax credits quietly underwrite family expenses

The monthly cash has helped parents cover basics such as child care costs and plan for the future. Will the program be extended in D.C.?

4 years ago

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COVID-19 booster shot is prepared
Health

Does PFAS exposure affect COVID-19 illness and vaccine effectiveness? Researchers want to know

Studies at Rutgers and elsewhere are looking at possible links. The chemicals can cause serious health problems, including immune system effects.

4 years ago

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NCAA headquarters in Indianapolis, Thursday, March 12, 2020. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
Community

NCAA president says efforts to reform not motivated by fear

The NCAA's move to restructure college sports is not being driven by fear, but rather a desire to seize an opportunity to tackle issues that have been building for decades.

4 years ago

Mark Richards, Kyle Rittenhouse's lead attorney, gives his closing argument during Rittenhouse's trial at the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wis., on Monday, Nov. 15, 2021. Rittenhouse, an aspiring police officer, shot two people to death and wounded a third during a night of anti-racism protests in Kenosha in 2020. (Sean Krajacic/The Kenosha News via AP, Pool)
Courts & Law

A look at key points in Kyle Rittenhouse closing arguments

Attorneys in Kyle Rittenhouse's murder trial sparred for the last time Monday during closing arguments.

4 years ago

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy speaks to supporters
Health

New Jersey officials encourage residents to ‘get a booster’

Echoing Dr. Anthony Fauci, Persichilli said boosters are “not a bonus,” but an essential part in fighting the pandemic.

4 years ago

Supporters of IBEW leader John Dougherty crowd the lobby of the federal courthouse in Philadelphia after guilty verdicts were returned against Dougherty and City Council member Bobby Henon. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Courts & Law

‘Philadelphia cannot simply shrug’: A call for change greets news of Henon’s guilty verdict

The verdict comes more than 6 years after the FBI began wiretapping phones belonging to Henon and Dougherty, and five years after the federal investigation exploded into view.

4 years ago

Mariner East 2 construction site in Delaware County, Sunday March 22, 2020. (Courtesy of Eric Friedman)
Courts & Law

Middletown Township appeals ruling on Mariner East pipeline records

The township says the records contain sensitive and confidential information obtained from Energy Transfer during its investigation of sinkholes near the pipeline.

4 years ago

President Joe Biden embraces Vice President Kamala Harris as he speaks before signing the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill into law during a ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Monday, Nov. 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Politics & Policy

Biden signs $1T infrastructure bill with bipartisan audience

President Joe Biden has signed his $1 trillion infrastructure deal into law on the White House lawn, with a smattering of Republican lawmakers on hand.

4 years ago

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, center, sits with Ahmaud Arbery's mother, Wanda Cooper-Jones, center right, during the trial of Greg McMichael and his son, Travis McMichael, and a neighbor, William
Courts & Law

Tensions flare in Arbery death trial as Jesse Jackson visits

Rev. Sharpton led a prayer and spoke out against injustice during the noon break in the trial of three men charged with murder in Ahmaud Abery's shooting death.

4 years ago

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Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

‘75 kindergartners, one toilet’: Witness testimony begins in landmark Pa. school funding trial

Plaintiffs argue the state has so badly underfunded public schools and failed to close spending gaps among districts that it violates its own constitution.

4 years ago

Trucks line up to enter a Port of Oakland shipping terminal on Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021, in Oakland, Calif. I(AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Money

Key reason for supply shortages: Americans keep spending

It could take well into next year or even 2023 before the U.S. and global supply chains return to some semblance of normal.

4 years ago

A closeup of Bobby Henon
PlanPhilly
Courts & Law

John Dougherty and Bobby Henon convicted of conspiracy in federal corruption trial

A jury found City Councilmember Bobby Henon and union boss John “Johnny Doc” Dougherty guilty on most counts in the federal corruption case against them.

4 years ago

A WalMart truck passes over the Susquehanna River on Interstate 81 in Harrisburg, Pa., Tuesday May 9, 2006. (Carolyn Kaster / AP Photo)
Politics & Policy
WITF

Pa.’s share of the $1.2 trillion infrastructure deal won’t arrive for a while

Some obstacles remain before much of that money starts flowing to projects in the Keystone State.

4 years ago

Kyle Rittenhouse peers at the screen as attorneys for both sides argue about a video during Rittenhouse's trial at the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wis., on Friday, Nov. 12, 2021. Rittenhouse is accused of killing two people and wounding a third during a protest over police brutality in Kenosha, last year. (Mark Hertzberg /Pool Photo via AP)
Courts & Law

Judge dismisses weapons charge at Rittenhouse murder trial

The judge at Kyle Rittenhouse’s murder trial has dismissed a count of possession of a dangerous weapon by a person under 18.

4 years ago

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