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From left, EU's Economy Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni, Eurogroup President Paschal Donohoe, World Bank President David Malpass, Italy's Finance Minister Daniele Franco, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire, Canada's Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Chancellor Rishi Sunak, Managing Director of the IMF Kristalina Georgieva, Germany's Finance Minister Olaf Scholz, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, Secretary-General of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Mathias Cormann, Japan's Finance Minister Taro Aso pose for a family photo as finance ministers from across the G7 nations meet at Lancaster House in London, Saturday, June 5, 2021 ahead of the G7 leaders' summit. (Henry Nicholls/Pool Photo via AP)
Politics & Policy

G-7 nations sign key pact to make tech giants pay fair taxes

The world’s richest countries signed a landmark agreement Saturday.

5 years ago

Philadelphia Fairmount Park's Belmont Plateau (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community

Philly hosts summer job fair Saturday aimed at millennials and Gen Z

The goal of the event is to link residents ages 12 to 39 with job opportunities, education resources, and community services.

5 years ago

A Philadelphia parking garage at 8th and Chestnut streets. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Politics & Policy

Philly progressives, urbanists blast $130 million cut to city parking tax

Statements and a petition opposed a bill that would slash the tax rate to 17%, noting there was no guarantee lot workers would benefit, as promised.

5 years ago

Onlookers watch as almost 1,500 quilt panels bearing the names of New York area residents who have died of AIDS are unfolded on the Great Lawn
Health

40 year later: Philly nonprofits help residents living with HIV/AIDS

Saturday marks the first of two awareness days in June that honor people who live with HIV/AIDS, four decades after the first cases of AIDS were reported by the CDC.

5 years ago

Jeff Leatham’s “Habitat” at the 2021 Flower Show
Community

The first outdoor Philadelphia Flower Show kicks off Saturday at FDR Park

The Philadelphia Flower Show is the oldest and largest indoor show in the world, dating back to 1829. Due to COVID, this is its first year outside.

5 years ago

Claire DeMatteis is leaving her post as Delaware corrections commissioner. Monroe B. Hudson Jr. has been nominated to succeed her. (State of Delaware)
Politics & Policy

Delaware’s first female prisons chief leaving to oversee spending of $2 billion in COVID-19 stimulus money

Claire DeMatteis is moving to a new job after guiding the Department of Correction through a tumultuous four-plus years, since a prison riot left a guard dead.

5 years ago

Philadelphia skyline
Arts & Entertainment

A weeklong, pandemic-recovery celebration of Philly arts and culture is set for July

Seven days of events for all ages will span a range of different artistic mediums and cultures, beginning July 5.

5 years ago

A Philadelphia Police Department cruiser is seen traveling down a Philly street.
Courts & Law

Police experimenting with less ‘stop and frisk’ policing in Northwest Philadelphia

A federal judge has ordered the PPD to test what happens when officers change how they handle quality of life offenses like littering, panhandling, and carrying open liquor co

5 years ago

Interim Camden Mayor Vic Carstarphen, at right, who is running in the June 8 primary, shares a podium with US Rep. Donald Norcross, brother of South Jersey political power broker George Norcross, at a June 2 event to announce a $35 million grant to rebuild Ablett Village, a dilapidated Camden housing project. (Photo by April Saul for WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Gov. Murphy officially endorses interim Camden Mayor Carstarphen in Tuesday’s primary

Carstarphen is favored by South Jersey Democratic power brokers, such as insurance executive George Norcross.

5 years ago

(Thibault Camus/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Facebook suspends Trump accounts for 2 years

Facebook also plans to end a contentious policy championed by CEO Mark Zuckerberg that automatically exempted politicians from certain moderation rules on its site.

5 years ago

Rallygoers carry signs that say
Health

New Jersey is formally ending its COVID-19 health emergency; indoor gathering limits lifted

Gov. Murphy signed a bill Friday drawing down over 100 executive orders enacted since March 2020. Bans on evictions, utility shut-offs remain.

5 years ago

Community Conversations
Community

Neighbors and Newsrooms Summit: Building collaborations that better inform and engage South Jersey

WHYY’s Neighbors and Newsrooms Summit was made possible by the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation.

5 years ago

A building in Old City partially collapsed Friday morning. (6ABC)
Community

Heavy rains trigger partial building collapse in Old City

The collapse sent bricks and other debris crashing down onto a parked car and caved in a nearby manhole.

5 years ago

The former PES refinery site in South Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Science

PES refinery demolition to take four years, new owner Hilco says

A public information session sought by the community laid out the details, and clarified who is responsible for cleanup of the contamination.

5 years ago

FILE - In this Tuesday, March 9, 2021 file photo, Solutions Oriented Addiction Response organizer Brooke Parker holds an HIV testing kit in Charleston, W.Va. The nonprofit group operates health fairs for residents, including syringe exchanges and HIV testing. Some researchers believe COVID-19 has derailed the fight against HIV, siphoning away health workers and other resources and setting back a U.S. campaign to decimate the AIDS epidemic by 2030. (AP Photo/John Raby)
Science

Experts see strides on AIDS, but COVID-19 halted progress

Saturday marks the 40th anniversary of the first report that brought AIDS to the attention of the public.

5 years ago

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