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Children playing in the water play area at Philadelphia's Please Touch Museum
Arts & Entertainment

Please Touch Museum returning after yearlong hiatus

Like children’s museums everywhere, the Please Touch Museum faces unique challenges to staying sanitized during a pandemic.

5 years ago

Maesa Story, a worker at Montana Advanced Caregivers, packs a joint with marijuana at the Billings, Mont. medical marijuana dispensary on Nov. 11, 2020. Recreational marijuana initiatives passed in four states this year, from liberal New Jersey to conservative Montana and South Dakota. The results prove how broadly accepted marijuana has become throughout the country and across party lines. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown)
Courts & Law

Parents must be told of cannabis offense under new state law

Murphy, a Democrat, signed the legislation a day after the Democrat-led Legislature passed what lawmakers called a “cleanup” bill to correct last month’s law.

5 years ago

Philadelphians march in solidarity against violence directed at Asian Americans
Community

Video shows assault on Asian American worker outside Philadelphia shop

A viral video depicting an Asian American shop worker in Philadelphia being assaulted is sparking outrage.

5 years ago

Aug. 15, 2016, a wind turbine, front, being assembled off Block Island, Rhode Island. (Michael Dwyer/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy
NJ Spotlight

Two big steps made in push for NJ offshore-wind industry

The developments mark big steps by N.J. in advancing its oft-stated goal to become the hub of the supply chain to service multiple offshore-wind farms on the East Coast.

5 years ago

In this Sept. 16, 2019, file photo, a Dominion Voting Systems voting machine is seen in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
Courts & Law

Dominion Voting sues Fox for $1.6B over 2020 election claims

The lawsuit is part of a growing body of legal action filed by the voting company and other targets of misleading, false and bizarre claims spread by President Donald Trump.

5 years ago

Mary Jenkins, left, received the COVID-19 vaccine in Paterson, N.J., Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Health

N.J. to open vaccine eligibility to include people 55 and older

The expansion to millions of residents and those who work in New Jersey means millions more people will be able to get the vaccine.

5 years ago

(Charles Fox/Philadelphia Inquirer)
Courts & Law
Spotlight PA

How being sick could result in even stiffer penalties for spitting on Pa. police

The bill, which is moving through the Pennsylvania legislature, specifically names HIV and hepatitis B, even though those viruses can’t be transmitted through saliva.

5 years ago

The Delaware River at the Ben Franklin Bridge
Money
NJ Spotlight

Cutting nitrogen flows into Delaware River would boost economy, report says

A bigger fishery and improved water quality would draw more recreational and commercial fishing, bringing economic benefits including higher real estate values near the river.

5 years ago

The 52nd Street commercial corridor in West Philadelphia
Keystone Crossroads
Money

COVID pushed Black unemployment higher in Pa. than anywhere in the nation, report says

Nearly one in five Black Pennsylvanians was unemployed as 2020 ended, according to a report by the Economic Policy Institute, a left-leaning D.C. think tank.

5 years ago

Amy Berkowitz during an online Passover Seder in 2020. (Courtesy of Amy Berkowitz)
Community

Local congregations more prepared for second pandemic Passover than first

“There's a lot in the Passover Seder that has to do with rebirth and starting again. It kind of feels that this year will feel much more like that.”

5 years ago

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A magistrate ruled that William Murphy, who is blind, was
Courts & Law

Unlawfully evicted, blind Wilmington man sues landlord, court system

Justice of the Peace constables carried out the eviction of William Murphy and his daughters, even though the court order was for a previous tenant.

5 years ago

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Adrian Bondy, a leader of the Build Like You Live Here neighborhood organization, speaks to protesters during a rally at 2400 East Huntingdon Street. A seven-story building is planned for that address in a neighborhood of two- and three-story rowhouses. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Neighbors protest Olde Richmond developer with checkered past

Developer Gagandeep Lakhmna faces loud opposition from people who live near his latest project in Philadelphia's Olde Richmond neighborhood.

5 years ago

Philadelphians gathered on 10th street in Chinatown for a solidarity rally and march against violence directed at Asian Americans on March 25, 2021. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

‘I do not feel safe’: Over 300 rally in Chinatown against anti-Asian violence, harassment

The rally and march were held to honor the 8 victims of last week’s shooting in the Atlanta area and support the city’s own Asian American and Pacific Islander communities.

5 years ago

Chad Lassiter, the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission executive director, testifies at a public hearing in Bucks County about the Neshaminy School District mascot in January 2019. (Kimberly Paynter)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

‘We can no longer make excuses’: Pa. Democrats gather feedback on racism in schools

Meeting organizers documented racist incidents and hoped to find concrete solutions on how schools can become more racially just spaces.

5 years ago

Marijuana buds are seen in a prescription bottle
Courts & Law

N.J. lawmakers pass bill to notify parents of child’s first marijuana, alcohol offense

The so-called clean-up bill is yet another tweak to the state’s new laws legalizing recreational marijuana.

5 years ago

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