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In this Oct. 8, 2019, file photo, protesters gather outside the Supreme Court in Washington. Legislation that would create new protections for LGBTQ Americans is stalling out in the U.S. Senate. Democrats were hopeful they could pass the Equality Act this year since they control Congress and the White House. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Prospects dim for passage of LGBTQ rights bill in Senate

Republicans are unyielding in their opposition to the legislation, spurred on by conservative groups who are pushing anti-transgender laws nationwide.

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In this Sept. 8, 2008 file photo traffic on I-95 passes oil storage tanks owned by the Colonial Pipeline Company in Linden, N.J. A major pipeline that transports fuels along the East Coast says it had to stop operations because it was the victim of a cyberattack. Colonial Pipeline said in a statement late Friday that it “took certain systems offline to contain the threat, which has temporarily halted all pipeline operations, and affected some of our IT systems.” (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Politics & Policy

Major US pipeline halts operations after ransomware attack

The company transports gasoline, diesel, jet fuel and home heating oil from refineries primarily located on the Gulf Coast through pipelines running from Texas to New Jersey.

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Health

States scale back vaccine orders as interest in shots wanes

From South Carolina to Washington, states are requesting the Biden administration send them only a fraction of what's been allocated to them.

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The exterior of Edna Mahan Correctional Facility in New Jersey.

Courts & Law

NJ paying $1.3M to consultant to advise on women’s prison

N.J. taxpayers are on the hook for about $1.3 million dollars in fees to a criminal justice consultant to help the Department of Corrections amid a criminal investigation.

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Students wearing masks on Penn State's University Park campus. (Min Xian/WPSU)

Education

New scholarship program to help foster children get through college

When kids leave foster care they have to make a decision: A job, or college? A new scholarship program tries to tip the scales toward education.

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The Renfrew Center for Eating Disorders’ Philadelphia Spring Lane location

Health

Eating disorders, and demand for treatment, rise with the pandemic

Since COVID-19 took hold, mental health experts say, more adolescents and young adults have sought help to combat their eating disorders.

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Asia Pratt holds her son Azi, while protesting conditions for people who are incarcerated at the Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility in Northeast Philadelphia on May 7, 2021. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)

Community

‘They’re human beings and should be treated right’: Families protest conditions in Philly prison

Activists and family members protested for the third week in a row outside Philadelphia jails to draw attention to what they describe as deteriorating prison conditions.

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Community

New Philly fund offers residents a chance to send $15K to neighborhood groups

Philadelphia’s newest COVID-19 recovery fund aims to send grants to neighborhood-based organizations through a community-driven process.

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President Joe Biden speaks about the April jobs report in the East Room of the White House, Friday, May 7, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Money

Weak jobs report could spur, slow Biden’s huge money package

The employment report failed to show that the economy was accelerating forward, so much as it appeared to be stutter-stepping along as the unemployment rate ticked up to 6.1%.

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