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Federal funds offer $50 million expansion of Delaware workforce training programs
Money from the American Rescue Plan will help students and adults in Delaware learn new skills to improve their employment opportunities.
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Jefferson Hospital shooting suspect charged with murder, other crimes
Police say Stacey Hayes walked into Jefferson Hospital wearing blue scrubs and shot coworker Anrae James.
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Philadelphia Fire Department receives some key federal grants to help save lives
Philadelphia has received two federal grants designed to help fight fires and keep firefighters safe.
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How is the ‘Great Resignation’ affecting your day-to-day life?
Help us better understand the ways the pandemic has hampered the services that you count on and let us know.
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Pa. Senate cuts short voting bill hearing after Wolf aide’s snub
The bill would address ballot tabulation deadlines, the use of ballot drop boxes, and clearing dead voters from the rolls.
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Philly’s ‘scrappy’ politics key to defense in Johnny Doc, Henon corruption trial
Federal prosecutors allege Bobby Henon and Johnny Dougherty broke the law. Their lawyers say they were just fighting the good fight.
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2,700-year-old toilet found in Jerusalem was a rare luxury
The Israeli Antiquities Authority said the smooth, carved limestone toilet was found in a rectangular cabin that was part of a sprawling mansion.
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J&J seeks FDA clearance for COVID-19 vaccine booster doses
J&J said it filed a request with the FDA to authorize boosters for people 18 and older who previously received the company's one-shot vaccine.
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Oxygen in Delaware River falls as water temperature rises
Although the water is a lot cleaner than it was then, activists say the cleanup is unfinished, as shown by the oxygen numbers for the past three summers.
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Mariner East Pipeline builder Energy Transfer faces criminal charges for pollution
A 69-page grand jury report details sinkholes, drilling mud spills, and drinking water contamination at 22 sites in 11 counties across Pa.
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Delaware offers toll violators amnesty in effort to recoup millions in lost revenue
Toll violators owe Delaware nearly $150 million in missed toll payments and fines from over the past six-and-a-half years.
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A voter guide to Pennsylvania’s 2021 judicial elections
Voters will elect a slew of judges to Pennsylvania’s three statewide appellate courts — judges who will shape important policy in the state for at least a decade.
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‘Medicine is an unstable field’: Jefferson shooting reveals precarity of hospital work
Under immense pressure and staffing shortages, the shooting of a nursing assistant by one of his colleagues at Jefferson Hospital is the latest burden for health care workers.
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Ship’s anchor among possible causes of California oil spill
A major oil spill off the coast of Southern California fouled popular beaches and killed wildlife while crews scrambled Sunday, to contain the crude before it spread further.
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N.J. coronavirus update: South Jersey now leads the state in the number of infections
South Jersey has seen an increase in COVID infections; double what the positivity rate was one year ago.
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