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Health

Pennsylvania lifts capacity restrictions for businesses, retail shops

Starting Monday, restaurants and businesses no longer have capacity limits or physical distancing requirements.

5 years ago

Assistant Director of Transportation Ken Divers, who leads the vulnerable population task force at SEPTA, walks on the platform at Somerset Station. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

SEPTA launches pilot plan to reduce deadly falls and jumps onto tracks

The authority plans to install galvanized steel barriers along the length of the platforms at Somerset Station on the Market-Frankford Line to pilot the idea.

5 years ago

Rowhouses at 34th and Spring Garden streets for sale or rent
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

How to retain affordable housing in Philly? New study recommends subsidizing ‘small landlords’

Naturally occurring affordable housing is at risk of disappearing in Philadelphia, according to an Urban Land Institute report. A solution? Cash for landlords.

5 years ago

A member of the Philadelphia Fire Department administers the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine to a person at a vaccination site setup
Health
Health Desk Help Desk

How do COVID-19 vaccines affect people who are immunocompromised?

If you have certain conditions, or are taking certain medications, parts of your immune system may function less effectively. Here’s what we know.

5 years ago

Joel Spivak sits next to a WWI memorial
Community

Mysterious neighborhood war memorial reconnects WWI vet’s family

Powelton Village has been honoring its unknown WWI soldier for years. His descendants have now been found and will join the ceremony this year.

5 years ago

Police take photos at the scene of a shooting outside a banquet hall, with evidence markers seen on the ground
Community

Police: 2 dead, 20+ injured in Florida banquet hall shooting

The banquet hall had been rented out for a concert. Police say three people got out of an SUV and opened fire into a crowd outside with assault rifles and handguns.

5 years ago

President Joe Biden speaks at a Memorial Day event
Community

‘Toughest day of the year’: Biden remembers son Beau, speaks at Memorial Day ceremony in Delaware

President Joe Biden has attended the annual observance at the Delaware Memorial Bridge for decades. He returned Sunday for his first as commander-in-chief.

5 years ago

A building is seen beyond railroad tracks
Money
Spotlight PA

Internal PSERS documents show how Pa’s biggest pension fund got key financial calculation wrong

A federal probe is examining the $64 billion fund's exaggerated investment returns and real estate spending.

5 years ago

Cheltenham High School
Education

Cheltenham students, alumni work to change policy on police in district schools

A group called Police-Free CSD is working with the school board to recraft the memorandum of understanding with the local police department.

5 years ago

The location of the sawmill at Peter Wentz Farmstead
Community

Historic Montgomery County farmstead recognized as an Underground Railroad site

The Worcester Township property will join more than 680 other places in the National Park Service’s Network to Freedom database.

5 years ago

Phragmites (Courtesy of the Schuylkill Center)
Arts & Entertainment

Iraq veterans and Iraqi immigrants build a traditional house of reeds in Philadelphia

Veterans and immigrants build a traditional Iraqi house of reeds in a nature preserve in Roxborough.

5 years ago

A digital model of what The Block. (Nerd Street Gamers)
Arts & Entertainment

Philly gamers, rejoice: Parks & Rec to include esports in future programming

Philadelphia Parks & Recreation Dept. partners with Nerd Street Gaming to include esports in programming, with the goal of increasing access to high-end tech.

5 years ago

In this Thursday, May 27, 2021 file photo, Darius Kirk looks at a mural depicting the Tulsa Race Massacre in the historic Greenwood neighborhood ahead of centennial commemorations of the massacre in Tulsa, Okla. (AP Photo/John Locher)
Community

How Tulsa massacre spent most of last century unremembered

Even this year, with the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa massacre recognized, it’s still an unfamiliar history to many — something historians say has broader repercussions.

5 years ago

Students protest over diversity concerns at Julia R. Masterman Laboratory and Demonstration School. Members of the city’s Board of Education expressed frustration Thursday over Masterman’s admissions policies disproportionately affecting Black and Latino students. (Provided)
Education
Chalkbeat Philadelphia

Philadelphia board and superintendent vow to combat racist practices in schools

Black and Latino students are far less likely to qualify for admission to the district’s most selective schools and far more likely to be suspended.

5 years ago

In this Nov. 29, 2016, file photo, then-U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta, R-Pa., gets on an elevator after arriving for a meeting with President-elect Donald Trump at Trump Tower in New York. (Evan Vucci/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Trump looms large in Pennsylvania’s GOP primaries in 2022

GOP candidates with strong ties to Donald Trump are running and considered strong contenders for the party's nominations in both Pennsylvania's gubernatorial and Senate races.

5 years ago

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