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‘Like it never existed’: Despite relentless COVID-19 surge, social life near normal in Delaware
Cases and hospitalizations are at a seven-month high in Delaware, but that’s not keeping down crowds at festivals, sports contests, and other events.
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Listen 1:55FBI data: Pa. hate crimes hit 14-year high in 2020
The uptick echoes national numbers, which are the highest in more than a decade.
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Philadelphia settles with mother police dragged from car and assaulted in front of toddler
Last year, Rickia Young was driving past protests against police violence, when police assaulted and detained her. The city settled for $2 million.
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COVID-19 cases climbing, wiping out months of progress
The cases — driven by the delta variant combined with resistance among some Americans to getting vaccinated — are concentrated mostly in the South.
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Rite Aid moving headquarters to Philadelphia
Rite Aid is moving its headquarters to Philadelphia in what it calls a site “designed specifically for in-person collaboration and company gatherings, rather than office space
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Cheyney University launches life sciences and technology hub
The news comes as the enrollment for students majoring in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) has been growing at the nation’s first HBCU.
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Returning to school amid a delta surge: Willingboro teens speak out
WHYY and BoroTV present The Delta Variant and Back to School, a short docu-film featuring Willingboro teenagers and their thoughts on vaccines, masks, and virtual learning.
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Free rides take $104M toll on Pennsylvania Turnpike finances
Turnpike records show the millions of drivers who don’t 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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Wolf administration ordered to reveal details of cannabis use as drug addiction treatment
The Office of Open Records ruled in favor of Spotlight PA and ordered the health department to disclose how many patients are certified for cannabis use.
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The pandemic labor market through the eyes of Philly’s immigrant restaurant workers
The lack of safety net in the undocumented immigrant community pushed many towards other jobs. But vacancies in restaurants also gave them newfound leverage.
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Listen 3:22Burlington County NAACP surveying resident experiences with local police
The three NAACP chapters in Burlington County are documenting residents' experience with local police, and asking how they feel about possible alternatives.
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Open government group applauds Delaware redistricting hearings
Delaware’s redistricting process will launch later this month with online hearings that were called for by Common Cause of Delaware in August.
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Pa. AG and Philly police tout arrests, gun and cash seizures in West Philly
The atorney general said 65 people were charged, and $82,000 along with 41 weapons, seized in West Philadelphia over the past six months.
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Worker killed in accident at Three Mile Island
A worker at the deactivated Three Mile Island nuclear plant in Dauphin County died in an accident at the plant last week, officials said.
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Wolf creates new redistricting oversight panel ahead of fraught map-drawing process
The panel will review how redistricting works in other states and develop standards for determining integrity and fairness.
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