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The company has agreed to create a nonprofit to distribute at least $100,000 a year for community initiatives.
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Listen 1:20Yes, voter fraud happens. But it’s rare and election offices have safeguards to catch it
Voter fraud does happen occasionally. And when it does, we tend to hear a lot about it.
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More than $4.5 billion in new student debt relief will help thousands of teachers, firefighters, nurses and other public service workers.
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Listen 1:28Kamala Harris is heading to the Pennsylvania suburbs and other critical battleground states Monday to court Republican voters who are uneasy about Donald Trump.
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Election conspiracy theories fueled a push to hand-count votes, but doing so is risky and slow
Research shows that hand-counting ballots is more prone to error, delays results and costs more.
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Where are the voters who could decide the presidential election?
In a closely contested presidential election, as many expect 2024 to be, the results in a few counties in the key battleground states are likely to decide the outcome.
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The race is so close. Here’s what happens if there’s a 269-269 Electoral College tie
It’s very unlikely — but theoretically possible — that the presidential election ends with an Electoral College tie.
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Gov. Shapiro calls Musk’s $1M offer to Pennsylvania voters ‘deeply concerning’
Trump supporter Elon Musk says the daily prize money is meant to “support the Constitution,” but an election law expert calls it “clearly illegal.”
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‘Stunning security failures’ led to assassination attempt at Trump rally in Pa., House report finds
The shooting at former President Donald Trump’s Pennsylvania rally in July was “preventable and should not have happened," according to a bipartisan House panel.
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‘Like a new planet’: Inside the monumental effort in Wilmington to ‘Resurrect Riverside’
The 10-year reclamation project in a once-thriving corridor of northern Delaware is chronicled in a new documentary from WHYY News.
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Listen 6:12A digital archive of Philly artists with disabilities finds physical form at the Painted Bride
Created by a collective of artists and activists, the Undue Burden archive catalogs the creative lives of disabled, neurodivergent and chronically ill Philadelphians.
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Listen 1:23Once a teacher at the Carlisle Indian Industrial boarding school, she left to expose the abuses there and fought for American Indian voting rights in the early 1900s.
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Listen 1:04Election 2024: A breakdown of ballot questions in Philadelphia’s suburbs
Voters in six boroughs and townships in Philadelphia’s collar counties will vote on ballot questions this November.
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Listen 2:58The billionaire X owner promised Saturday to give away $1 million a day until Nov. 5 for people signing the petition. Some election experts say it's a violation of the law.
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Philadelphia medical students see street medicine as vital to care for more unhoused people
As the number of people experiencing homelessness rises in Philadelphia, health providers say street medicine can better deliver care to more people.
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