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A utility crew member works the lines against a cotton candy sky
Community
NJ Spotlight

Hundreds of thousands of N.J. utility customers facing shut-offs

With few signs the moratorium will be extended before it is set to expire June 30, though, state officials and lawmakers are looking at how to ease the financial pain.

5 years ago

A closeup of President Donald Trump standing outside
Courts & Law

New grand jury seated for next stage of Trump investigation

The development signals that the Manhattan district attorney’s office was moving toward seeking charges as a result of its two-year investigation.

5 years ago

Gavel
Courts & Law

ACLU-PA and Montco reach settlement regarding attorney-client prison visits

Just days after the organization sued the county in federal court, claiming its attorneys’ visits were being blocked, an agreement was reached.

5 years ago

Dyymond Whipper-Young, an art teacher at Independence Charter School created a world-record-breaking drawing for the Franklin Institute's Creativitiy Exhibition. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Philly kids to color world’s largest drawing, made by a local artist

The Franklin Institute brings back Dyymond Whipper-Young’s record-breaking sketch so her students can color it in.

5 years ago

Outreach worker Kenneth Harris engages with a client outside Somerset Station. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Community

SEPTA is testing a new way to help people struggling with addiction on the system

SEPTA is trying a new approach to keeping its stations clean and safe, while helping people suffering from addiction who take shelter in the transit system.

5 years ago

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The Philadelphia Labor for Black Lives Coalition held a vigil for George Floyd on the one-year anniversary of his death at City Hall on May 25, 2021. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

Organized labor pushes for racial justice on anniversary of George Floyd’s murder

The hourlong vigil in front of City Hall focused on solutions to systemic racism.

5 years ago

In this Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2020 file photo, Pennsylvania state Sen. Doug Mastriano, R-Franklin, attends a hearing of the Pennsylvania State Senate Majority Policy Committee in Gettysburg, Pa. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Politics & Policy

New video appears to show State Sen. Mastriano closer to Capitol riot than he said

Internet sleuths have unearthed video from the Jan. 6 riot that appears at odds with Mastriano’s statements about his whereabouts in Washington that day.

5 years ago

Investigators work the scene of a mass shooting at a Fairfield Township home
Courts & Law

Third victim dies, second suspect arrested in South Jersey mass shooting

A 19-year-old woman died from injuries sustained from Saturday’s mass shooting in Fairfield Township. A second suspect has been arrested.

5 years ago

ChristianaCare's Dr. Marshala Lee gets her COVID-19 vaccine in December 2020. (Div. of Public Health screenshot)
Money

Cash and low-digit license plates among Delaware vaccine incentives

Gift cards, a full-ride college scholarship and even low digit license plate tags are among items being offered as prizes to encourage more Delawareans to get vaccinated.

5 years ago

DJ Diamond Kuts will be featured in a virtual battle of the DJs presented by the Philadelphia Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. and the Philadelphia Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc. (The Philadelphia Tribune)
Community
The Philadelphia Tribune

Philly Kappas and Deltas are having a battle of the DJs for a good cause

Two of the largest sororities and fraternities are collaborating to uplift spirits and raise awareness for Sickle Cell Anemia.

5 years ago

The Franklin Institute
Health

Pa. coronavirus update: In final COVID briefing, Philly officials track progress, urge vigilance

Today, after more than a year of often grim weekly briefings, the Philadelphia Department of Public Health quietly held its final virtual COVID-19 update.

5 years ago

Police officers patrol Market Street in Wilmington
Politics & Policy

Changes to Delaware’s ‘use-of-force’ law part of criminal justice reform push

A trio of bills introduced on the anniversary of George Floyd’s murder are designed to make it easier to hold Delaware police accountable.

5 years ago

Police Reimagined: The Future of Public Safety
Community Conversations
Community

Police Reimagined: One Year Later

One year after George Floyd’s murder and the ensuing uprisings, we revisit the conversation around reforming and defunding the police. ...

5 years ago

FILE - In this Wednesday, July 4, 2012 file photo, Dave Bailey, right, gulps water from a bottle while hanging inside of a tent on the sidewalk with his sons Daquan Bailey, 14, left, and Davandre Bailey, 17, while beating the heat on Fourth of July in Paterson, N.J. According to a study published Tuesday, May 25, 2021 in Nature Communications, during the summer of 2017 in nearly all large urban areas, people of color are exposed to more extreme urban heat than white people. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)
Weather

People of color more exposed to heat islands, study finds

In nearly every major city in the U.S., people of color are exposed to more extreme urban heat than white people, a new study found.

5 years ago

A customer walks out of a U.S. Post Office branch and under a banner advertising a job opening
Politics & Policy

Pennsylvania to resume work-search rule for jobless benefits

The requirements had been waived by Wolf under his emergency disaster authority invoked during the COVID-19 pandemic.

5 years ago

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