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With incumbent’s concession, Dems have flipped a Pa. Commonwealth Court seat
Dumas will become the sole person of color on the 10-member court. That makes her just the second out of 31 judges on all three Pennsylvania appellate courts.
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Vaccines making Thanksgiving easier, but COVID hot spots remain
More than 500,000 Americans have died of COVID-19 since last Thanksgiving, for an overall death toll of over 770,000.
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Philly police dispatchers indicted for collecting pandemic unemployment, prosecutors say
Federal prosecutors say the employees fraudulently collected Pandemic Unemployment Assistance, while also collecting their city paychecks.
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Montgomery County declares Code Blue ahead of bitter cold temperatures
The Code Blue will be in effect from 8 p.m. Tuesday through 8 a.m. Wednesday, when either the temperature or wind chill is expected to be below 20 degrees Fahrenheit.
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U.S. to release 50 million barrels of oil to ease energy costs
The move is aimed at global energy markets, but also at U.S. voters who are coping with higher inflation and rising prices ahead of Thanksgiving and winter holiday travel.
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New Jersey towns join push to block ‘bomb trains’
Critics say that transport of the fuel in tank cars — dubbed “bomb trains” — through densely populated areas exposes populations to a risk of catastrophic explosions.
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N.J. man in GoFundMe scam pleads guilty to federal charge
Mark D'Amico, his ex-girlfriend Katelyn McClure, and Johnny Bobbitt Jr. had made up a story that led to hundreds of thousands of dollars in donations, prosecutors say.
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From the pump to potatoes: Inflation hits home for the holidays
Going into the holidays, some families have been able to hedge against higher consumer costs. But, for others, the economic anxiety is real.
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Listen 3:14Closing Philly’s digital divide will take influencers — the offline, neighborhood kind
One in six Philadelphians remains unconnected even after years of public and private sector efforts. More effort is needed on the ground in the city’s neighborhoods.
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Eastwick residents want Biden’s infrastructure plan to fund Philly’s first climate migration
The infrastructure bill signed into law creates aid opportunities for communities like Eastwick harmed by flooding.
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Coroner says prisoner at SCI Camp Hill died by suicide
A prisoners' rights advocate notes, this is the fourth prisoner death in Pa. in the past eight days.
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After Wisconsin tragedy, Philly police are confident in their Thanksgiving Parade safety plan
After police say a man intentionally plowed through a crowd of holiday parade marchers in Wisconsin, Philly law enforcement say Thursday’s Thanksgiving event will be safe.
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Rev. Sharpton pushes for Delaware police accountability bill in Dover rally
Efforts to make police misconduct records more available to the public in Delaware got a boost from civil rights leader Rev. Al Sharpton Monday afternoon.
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‘Extremely disturbing’: Philly approaches 500 people murdered in 2021
Philadelphia’s District Attorney said he is worried police do not have enough resources to solve and investigate a historic number of murders.
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N.J. coronavirus update: State pushes boosters, especially in under-vaccinated areas
State Police will be helping to set up clinics in Burlington and Somerset counties in the coming weeks. A Gloucester County site has been operating since September.
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