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PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Philly to test new tech in bid to stop delivery drivers from parking illegally

The delivery vans blocking Philly streets may soon find themselves under the management of a new tech tool.

5 years ago

A pharmacist prepares a syringe of the Pfizer vaccine for COVID-19
Health
Health Desk Help Desk

I’m vaccinated but got COVID-19 anyway. Now what?

With omicron on everyone’s minds, people are concerned about breakthrough infections. How do you proceed if you think you’ve had one?

5 years ago

Listen 4:59
The Nanticoke Indian tribe in southern Delaware has been leasing land for its annual  powwow. (Courtesy of Nanticoke Indian tribe)
Community

Joining forces to restore ancestral lands to Nanticoke and Lenape tribes

More than 40 acres of land is being returned to the Nanticoke and Lenape tribes in partnership with a pair of nonprofits.

5 years ago

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Trenton state Capitol building. (WHYY file photo)
Politics & Policy

Advocates urge action on bill to establish Asian American and Pacific Islander curriculum in N.J. schools

The N.J. state Senate passed a bill to establish Asian American and Pacific Islander curriculum in schools. Some advocates worry it may linger in the Assembly.

5 years ago

Philadelphia resident Tyler Reddick is using her passion for art to help others. (6abc)
Community
6abc

Philadelphia student aims to help young entrepreneurs through new studio hub

Tyler Reddick says she wants her studio to be a place where anyone can use it for their own opportunities to grow.

5 years ago

Philadelphia Commerce Director Michael Rashid joined other city leaders to announce plans and resources available in advance of the verdict in the murder trial of Derek Chauvin. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Philadelphia commerce director resigns following reports of antisemitic comments, verbal abuse

Former staffers alleged Rashid had made antisemitic remarks and verbally abused women staffers. Mayor Kenney accepted his resignation on Sunday.

5 years ago

FILE - In this Monday, Nov. 2, 2020, file photo, Stacey Abrams speaks to Biden supporters as they wait for former President Barack Obama to arrive and speak at a campaign rally for Biden at Turner Field in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)
Politics & Policy

2nd Stacey Abrams governor bid sees new tests, intrigues

Stacey Abrams' 2022 Democratic campaign for Georgia governor is likely to be different than her narrow 2018 loss.

5 years ago

FILE - Former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole, right, speaks after being presented with the McGovern-Dole Leadership Award by Vice President Joe Biden, to honor his leadership in the fight against hunger, during the 12th Annual George McGovern Leadership Award Ceremony hosted by World Food Program USA, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013. Bob Dole, who overcame disabling war wounds to become a sharp-tongued Senate leader from Kansas, a Republican presidential candidate and then a symbol and celebrant of his dwindling generation of World War II veterans, has died. He was 98. His wife, Elizabeth Dole, posted the announcement Sunday, Dec. 5, 2021, on Twitter.  (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)
Politics & Policy

Senate leader, presidential candidate Bob Dole dies at 98

Elizabeth Dole has tweeted that her husband, Republican political icon Bob Dole, has died at age 98.

5 years ago

Philadelphia Union's Andre Blake watches as the show by Nashville SC's Hany Mukhtar goes in for a goal during the first half of an MLS playoff soccer match, Sunday, Nov. 28, 2021, in Chester, Pa. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola)
Health

Union without 11 players for MLS East final against NYCFC

The Philadelphia Union will be without 11 players on Sunday when the team plays NYCFC in the MLS Eastern Conference finals because of COVID-19 health and safety protocols.

5 years ago

Homes are pictured in Chester, Pa.
Community

No internet? Delaware County wants to hear from you about broadband access

Though FCC maps say otherwise, county officials think Delco has huge gaps in internet coverage, specifically in lower-income areas in the southeast.

5 years ago

A person DJs at a launch party
Arts & Entertainment

Talking smack and playing cards: World Series of Spades debuts in Philly

Comedian Clint Coley’s streaming tournament of playing cards and talking smack starts its 2nd season with a watch party in Fishtown.

5 years ago

Activity tables are spaced apart at a Philadelphia charter school
Community

Philly Parks & Rec to offer students free meals during winter break

Philadelphia’s Department of Parks & Recreation will offer free “school’s out” meals to students in need while class is out of session.

5 years ago

A person takes COVID-19 test at mobile testing site near Grand Central Terminal on Friday, Dec. 3, 2021, in New York. The omicron variant of COVID-19, which had been undetected in the U.S. before the middle of this week, had been discovered in at least five states by the end of Thursday, showing yet again how mutations of the virus can circumnavigate the globe with speed and ease
Health

More omicron detected as hospitals strain under virus surge

New York has announced three more cases of the omicron variant of the coronavirus, bringing to eight the number of state cases linked to the new variant.

5 years ago

Gladwyne firefighters offer the whole service during their Christmas tree sale, including some light touch-ups to even out the bottom of trees before they find their way to new homes
Community

What does it take to be a volunteer firefighter? Selling Christmas trees, for one

Gladwyne Fire Company in Lower Merion and McKinley Fire Company in Abington raise funds in a suburban holiday tradition.

5 years ago

Students working in a classroom
Education
The Philadelphia Tribune

Black parents say movement to ban critical race theory is ruining their children’s education

Some Black parents believe teaching the history of anti-Black racism would help children understand the harm behind it and where it originated.

5 years ago

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