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Britney Spears can hire own lawyer in conservatorship case

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Brenda Penny on Wednesday approved Spears hiring former federal prosecutor Mathew Rosengart to represent her.

5 years ago

Health

As delta variant spreads in U.S., Pennsylvania COVID-19 vaccinations stall

More than half of Pennsylvanians are not immunized.

5 years ago

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Sarah Dickmann, a medical technician with the 187th Air Refueling Wing in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, takes part in a 2018 Innovative Readiness Training Mission in Monroeville, Alabama. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Airman Cameron Lewis)

Health

Delaware Nat. Guard to deliver free health care in Dover

Residents in the Dover area can get no-cost medical, dental, and eye care next month as part of the Delaware Army National Guard’s Innovative Readiness Training.

5 years ago

Volunteers with New Kensington CDC clean up in Kensington on June 1, 2020. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)

Community

Philly awards 20 grants to Kensington groups battling opioid crisis

City officials sent a total of $200,000 to 20 community groups dedicated to improving the quality of life in the epicenter of Philadelphia's opioid crisis.

5 years ago

The exterior of the Regina Rose Apartments

Community

‘Work is finished,’ says owner of unsafe apartment building. No, it’s not, says Cheltenham Twp. fire marshal

Tenants at Regina Rose Apartments were displaced in late June. Differing views of progress on repairs depend on who you ask.

5 years ago

Courts & Law

N.J. parents sue Gov. Murphy over mask mandate

A federal lawsuit claims forcing children to wear masks in schools is unconstitutional, and impedes learning.

5 years ago

Chester County election workers sort, inspect, flatten and scan mail in ballots at the West Chester University gym.

Politics & Policy

Pa. county won’t offer up voting machines to Mastriano ‘election audit’

The commissioners' chairman, Roger Bunn, said the county had audited the 2020 presidential election, according to requirements in state law, and had found no problems with it.

5 years ago

Mayor Jim Kenney addresses the media alongside a group of other state and local leaders

Community

‘Mad or nah?’: Kenney remains unwilling to declare gun violence a citywide emergency

Tamara Russell, aka P.O.C., hit the streets of Philadelphia to hear how residents feel about Mayor Jim Kenney’s hesitancy to declare gun violence a citywide emergency.

5 years ago

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The entrance to Essex Place condominium complex

Courts & Law

Judge says Mount Laurel man in racist video poses high risk to neighbors, will remain detained until trial

An N.J. Superior Court judge ordered that Edward Cagney Mathews remain in custody until his trial on harassment and bias crime charges.

5 years ago

Sharon Rivera adjusts flowers and other items left at the grave of her daughter, Victoria

Community

U.S. overdose deaths hit record 93,000 in pandemic last year — a 29 percent jump

Overdose deaths in 2020 are just one facet of what was overall the deadliest year in U.S. history, with about 378,000 deaths attributed to COVID-19.

5 years ago

Three of Deepwater Wind's five turbines stand in the water off Block Island

Science

NJ Spotlight

Wind advocates say offshore turbines will help N.J. avoid climate ‘catastrophe’

State, county, and local officials rebuff critics who say offshore wind turbines would ‘industrialize’ the Jersey Shore.

5 years ago

Community

Broad Street Run returns to Philly this October

The 2021 Blue Cross Broad Street Run, the 41st iteration of the race, will take place on Sunday, Oct. 10 after a pandemic-induced hiatus.

5 years ago

The exterior of The Pennsylvania Capitol

Politics & Policy

Spotlight PA

‘Human error,’ lack of oversight led to multimillion-dollar unemployment mistake, Wolf admin discloses

After a Spotlight PA investigation, the Dept. of Labor and Industry admitted that it had erroneously charged hundreds of thousands of people an inflated interest rate.

5 years ago