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Why COVID-19 hot spots are still happening — and how to prevent them
Seemingly anomalous COVID hot spots crop up, often where vaccination rates are high overall. Is there something localities can do to avoid it?
4 years ago
Listen 3:29Philly nonprofit, N.J. masjid collect much-needed items for Afghan evacuees at Fort Dix
Thousands of Afghan evacuees are still living at Fort Dix in New Jersey. Philly nonprofit AOPxSOLA has teamed up with Imam Ali Masjid in Pennsauken to bring donated items.
4 years ago
Thousands of military families struggle with food insecurity
It’s a hidden crisis that's existed for years inside one of the most well-funded institutions on the planet and has only worsened during the coronavirus pandemic.
4 years ago
Lower Merion mourns loss of beloved high school principal
One person left a note that said "Character Counts," on his window.
4 years ago
What’s at stake in the fight over the Chester Water Authority
Aqua PA. made a $410M offer, money the city of Chester needs. But CWA’s customers throughout Delaware and Chester counties fear rates will soar.
4 years ago
101 people have died because of traffic violence in Philadelphia. It doesn’t have to be this way
Every delay in Vision Zero projects in Philly means more potential injury and death on our streets. With more funding and action, we can have safer streets.
4 years ago
Philadelphia failed to meet diverse-contracting goal in 2020
The city’s Office of Economic Opportunity reports it fell short of the 35% goal last year. Officials blamed the pandemic, among other challenges.
4 years ago
Building a pipeline to replenish the supply of primary care doctors in N.J.
A shortage of primary care physicians is projected in New Jersey. A new program offers scholarships to low-income students to pursue those careers.
4 years ago
Officials: Lower Merion High School principal killed in car crash
Officials say Sean Hughes was driving his son Nolan to a soccer game when the incident occurred.
4 years ago
Biden bill would give local news outlets ‘shot in the arm’
President Joe Biden’s $1.85 trillion social spending bill includes a provision that, if it becomes law, would mark the first time the f ...
4 years ago
Nations compromise on coal to strike UN climate agreement
Government negotiators from nearly 200 countries have adopted a new deal on climate action after a last-minute intervention by India to water down the language.
4 years ago
Damp Jersey Shore town ponders a fix for ‘sunny day’ floods
An elite but often-underwater beach town at the Jersey Shore is looking for its own solutions to back bay flooding.
4 years ago
After a junkyard fire, Philly sent an emergency alert. Less than 2% of affected residents got it
Southwest Philadelphia residents say warnings about health hazards from a junkyard fire needed to come sooner and more directly.
4 years ago
Delco challenges tax-exempt properties, says school districts are shortchanged millions
Each of the properties of concern are owned by municipalities but are said to have for-profit businesses operating on the premises.
4 years ago
Hershey’s Christian Pulisic sparks U.S. over Mexico 2-0 in World Cup qualifying
After falling to the Mexicans 2-1 in 2015 at Columbus, Ohio, the U.S. reverted to the traditional “Dos a Cero” scoreline that marked the four previous home qualifying.
4 years ago

![Heminghaus.donation pack_002 A donation pack up for incoming Afghan refugees run by AOPxSOLA and members of Imam Ali Masjid Mosque at Imam Ali Masjid Mosque in Pennsauken, NJ on 11/14/21.
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