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Tensions over COVID-19 school safety plans boil over in Bucks County
Central Bucks parents and pediatricians clashed Tuesday night over the school district’s plan not to require students, teachers, and staff to wear masks this fall.
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3 tech giants report combined profits of more than $50B
Three tech companies — Apple, Microsoft and Google owner Alphabet — reported combined profits of more than $50 billion in the April-June quarter.
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Angela McIver was one of Mayor Jim Kenney’s picks to sit on Philadelphia’s Board of Education after the state-run School Reform Commission dissolved four years ago.
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Man convicted of killing N.J. woman who mistook his car for Uber
A South Carolina man was convicted Tuesday of the 2019 abduction and murder of a 21-year-old college student from Robbinsville, New Jersey.
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Man pleads guilty to 4 Asian spa killings, sentenced to life
Robert Aaron Long, 22, still faces the death penalty in the four other deaths, which are being prosecuted in a different county.
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‘This is how I’m going to die’: Police officers testify on Jan. 6 insurrection
The four officers gave emotional, occasionally angry, accounts of the attack, in which they were beaten and verbally abused as the mob of Trump’ supporters overwhelmed them.
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Delco DA Stollsteimer announces criminal charges in Brookhaven fuel spill
District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer says a Lee Transport Systems employee making a delivery allegedly caused an environmental “catastrophe.”
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Burlington County hosting pop-up COVID vaccine clinics for students
With little more than a month before school begins, Burlington County is partnering with school districts to get students fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
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Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium to offer free physical exams, COVID-19 shots, tests
Student athletes can receive free physical examinations, and other Philadelphia residents can get the COVID-19 shot or be tested for the virus.
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‘I’ve been convinced it is necessary’: Getting the shot in parts of Wilmington with low vax rates
Wilmington residents waiting in line for free lunch were encouraged to get inoculated. It’s part of a public health effort to reach the vaccine-hesitant.
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Listen 2:14CDC reverses course on indoor masks in some parts of U.S.
Citing new information about the ability of the delta variant to spread among vaccinated people, the CDC also recommended indoor masks for all teachers, staff, and students.
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Pa. DEP to require landfills to test for radioactivity from fracking waste
Leachate is tested for dozens of potential pollutants. But until now, landfills haven't had to test it for radium, a radioactive material common in oil and gas waste.
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A police killing in Philadelphia could change Pa. use-of-force cases forever
Philadelphia’s district attorney wants the state’s highest court to alter the instructions jurors hear before rendering verdicts in cases where police use deadly force.
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Remembering 9/11: Where were you?
Help us mark the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks and tell us: Where were you?
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N.J. health care system mandates COVID-19 vaccine for all staff
RWJBarnabas Health said Monday that it is extending its COVID-19 vaccine mandate to all staff including all employees, new employees and medical staff.
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