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CDC leader adds people with risky jobs to COVID booster list
The CDC advisers said boosters should be offered to people 65 and older, nursing home residents and those ages 50 to 64 who have risky underlying health problems.
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Jersey Shore’s fishing industry wonders: Can it coexist with planned massive wind farms?
The wind farms would occupy some of the most fertile fishing grounds in the nation, prompting a growing battle between fisheries and wind power.
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Listen 7:34N.J. officials encourage use of monoclonal antibodies as hospitalizations rise
N.J. officials said they won’t follow the lead of Florida and Texas, which established state-run clinics, but they encourage patients to consider the treatment.
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Listen 1:55400,000 immigrants in Pa., N.J., and Del. up for citizenship imperiled by setback in Congress
Despite steep odds, advocates are seizing the moment with urgency — fearing a window is closing to normalize the status of millions of immigrants.
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Listen 2:20How unfulfilled promises of ‘21st-century policing’ are haunting Delco
Many in Delaware County are asking tough questions after a Chester use-of-force incident and a child’s death due to suspected Sharon Hill police fire.
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Listen 1:43Philly school board approves more nurses, pledges improvement on transportation, trash and COVID
The Philadelphia Board of Education approved funding for contract nurses and transportation vendors to help solve some of the district’s challenges.
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Philadelphia-area universities ask for vaccination or testing compliance
117 Penn State University students were recently temporarily suspended for missing COVID-19 tests.
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Pennsylvania prosecutor sues to block GOP election subpoena
The lawsuit from state Attorney General Josh Shapiro, a Democrat, is the second thus far targeting a subpoena approved last week by the Republican-controlled Senate committee.
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‘People called us heroes’: Pa. nurses sound the alarm on unsafe working conditions
Nurses say the pandemic has fueled a vicious cycle: short-staffing leads to unsafe conditions, which leads to many people leaving the profession.
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Wolf urges community groups to apply for anti-violence grants
The state of Pennsylvania has $30 million to spend on anti-violence programs, and this time around community groups are targeted for the money.
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Tracking downpours, localized flash flooding, gusty thunderstorm
There is a flash flood watch for Philadelphia, Trenton, Wilmington, and all of southeastern Pennsylvania through tonight.
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Pa. won’t hit climate goals without increasing efforts now, report says
The Wolf Administration says a new plan can help the commonwealth reach its greenhouse gas reduction goals by 2050 and help avoid the worst effects of climate change.
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PennEast shelves plan to build pipeline on public lands in New Jersey
The company’s decision not to pursue eminent-domain claims on 42 parcels of publicly owned land was announced in an agreement with the Attorney General’s office.
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Camden City School District families can get $1K to skip school bus, drive kids
"We know this has been an incredibly difficult way to start our school year," the district says.
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Pa. Turnpike’s $104M in unpaid tolls draws senators’ scrutiny
An internal report indicated that motorists who do not use E-ZPass have a nearly 1 in 2 chance of riding without paying under the “toll-by-plate” license plate camera system.
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