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A living reef being built along the Barnegat Bay shoreline
Community
NJ Spotlight

‘Biggest of its kind’: Living shoreline project to save Barnegat Bay beachfront

It’s hoped that steel cages, rocks, shells and 70 million juvenile oysters will finally turn the tide on the massive erosion threatening beaches and beachfront houses.

5 years ago

Philadelphia City Commissioner Al Schmidt wears a mask while sitting at a table
Politics & Policy

Philly’s only Republican city commissioner leaving to take over good government group

In 2020, Schmidt attracted vitriol from his own party when he defended Philly’s election process against baseless fraud allegations.

5 years ago

A woman receives an AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccination
Health

Omicron brings COVID-19 vaccine inequity ‘home to roost’

The more COVID-19 spreads among unvaccinated populations, the more possibilities it has to mutate and potentially become more dangerous, prolonging the pandemic for everyone.

5 years ago

Pro-Trump insurrectionists storm the Capitol
Courts & Law

Appeals court to weigh Trump arguments to withhold Jan. 6 records

Judge Tanya Chutkan rejected Trump’s claims that he could exert executive privilege overriding Biden, noting “Presidents are not kings, and Plaintiff is not president."

5 years ago

Stanislav Jaracz experiments with plastic extraction
Courts & Law

How a lawsuit against TerraCycle shows the limits of recycling trash in the U.S.

Critics say the way we recycle doesn’t work with plastic waste, which the U.S. produces more of than any other country, sending most of it to landfills.

5 years ago

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PECO truck in the foreground, PECO worker in the background
Money

PECO rates are rising as the temperature dips. A cold winter is expected

Philadelphia area residents will see jumps in their heating and electric bills. The Public Utility Commission warns against "sticker shock."

5 years ago

A father and his children pose for pictures after getting backpacks with school supplies at a visit with a local Delaware health care provider. (Courtesy of Jewish Family Services of Delaware)
Community

Two dozen refugees from Afghanistan and elsewhere settling in Delaware, more on the way

Refugees arriving in Delaware from Afghanistan and elsewhere are getting a new start in the First State.

5 years ago

FILE - Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt speaks during a news conference in St. Louis on Aug. 6, 2020. A federal judge has blocked President Joe Biden's administration from enforcing a coronavirus vaccine mandate on health care workers in 10 states. The preliminary injunction issued Monday, Nov. 29, 2021, applies to a coalition of suing states. They are Alaska, Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)
Health

Biden vaccine rule for health workers blocked in 10 states

The preliminary injunction applies to a coalition of suing states that includes Alaska, Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, South Dakota.

5 years ago

The State Dining Room of the White House is decorated for the holiday season during a press preview of the White House holiday decorations, Monday, Nov. 29, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Community

White House holiday decor honors COVID-19 frontline workers

Holiday decorations unveiled Monday for Joe and Jill Biden’s first White House Christmas honor frontline workers who persevered during the COVID-19 pandemic.

5 years ago

Trisha Gallagher is pictured. (Photo courtesy of Trisha Gallagher)
Community

Happy Flower Day Project founder inspires acts of kindness this giving season

Trisha Gallagher, author of “150 Ways to Sprinkle Kindness in Your Community,” has given away 65,000 bouquets of flowers.

5 years ago

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Bill Cosby
Courts & Law

Bill Cosby prosecutors take case to U.S. high court

Prosecutors asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review the decision that overturned Bill Cosby’s conviction.

5 years ago

Philadelphia district 7 Councilmember Maria Quiñones Sánchez called for reforms at a press conference and petition signing in reaction to Philadelphia Councilmember Bobby Henon and Local 98 manager John Dougherty were convicted on corruption charges, at the City Hall Courtyard on November 29, 2021. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Politics & Policy

Philly Council to consider limiting outside employment after Bobby Henon’s bribery conviction

Philadelphia City Councilmember Maria Quiñones-Sánchez plans to introduce legislation that would limit outside employment options for city lawmakers.

5 years ago

A woman stands near signs at University Hospital's COVID-19 vaccine clinic at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School in Newark
Health

N.J. coronavirus update: Bracing for omicron, but still dealing with delta

Health officials said the Garden State’s public and commercial labs are sequencing around 1,200 specimens a week, on the lookout for changes to the coronavirus.

5 years ago

A view from below of the Camden Federal Courthouse
Courts & Law

Jury begins deliberations in hate crime trial for former South Jersey police chief

A mostly white jury will decide whether Bordentown’s former police chief Frank Nucera slammed the head of a handcuffed teenager into a door jamb because he was Black.

5 years ago

This Nov. 26, 2021 photo shows
Community

Oh! Christmas tree? Cardboard display is the talk of a N.J. town

Many in the artsy seaside city love the piece. Others say it looks like a pile of Amazon shipping boxes or a giant cat-scratching post.

5 years ago

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