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SEPTA hiring 60 security guards for Market Frankford Line
The unarmed guards will assist SEPTA police officers as the transit agency works to improve safety amid a citywide violence epidemic.
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Comcast will invest $1B over the next decade in attempt to close digital divide
Comcast will invest $1B over the next decade in an attempt to close the digital divide. Just last summer, the company was criticized for not doing more to help students.
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In line with the CDC, most students can be within three feet of each other, as long as masks are worn and handwashing is frequent.
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US Senate confirms Rachel Levine, first openly transgender federal official, to key post
Dr. Rachel Levine had been serving as Pennsylvania’s top health official since 2017, and emerged as the public face of the state’s response to the coronavirus pandemic.
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The search for the gravesite at John Dickinson Plantation in Delaware started after documents were found describing an area where as many as 400 enslaved people were buried.
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Six months in, Zoom still plagues Bucks quarry hearings, and prompts fairness concerns
A Clean Air Council attorney maintains the lawyer for developer H&K Group is coaching the quarry project manager through his witness testimony.
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Biden taps VP Harris to lead response to border challenges
In delegating the matter to Harris, Biden is seeking to replicate a dynamic that played out when he served as President Barack Obama's vice president.
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The effort includes a website where employees and businesses can turn to for reopening information, as well as a marketing campaign and live events.
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DEP finds PFAS in one-third of Pa. public water systems; none exceeded EPA limit
Officials plan to finish testing by the end of March and say they will propose regulations this year that would set health limits for some of the chemicals.
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‘We shouldn’t have to get less’: Kensington residents protest Somerset Station closure
Residents gathered to protest the temporary closure of Somerset Station — a lifeline to jobs, appointments, and school for those who have continued to use it mid-pandemic.
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As thousands of unemployment claims expire, Pa. residents refile, wait on federal benefits
The expiration of state benefits for many and the new federal stimulus law is creating fresh confusion and potential gaps in benefits for people desperate for help.
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A ‘new lease on life’ for restaurants: Philly-area restaurateurs praise relief efforts
Philadelphia and Delaware restaurant owners said new financial relief will help them adapt to the changing world of the restaurant industry.
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Listen 4:20Krasner’s stance on misconduct in Mumia’s case may not cost him re-election, but it will stain his reputation as a criminal justice reformer.
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‘They are here to stay and they’re fighting’: Lancaster Avenue is pulling together to survive
Small businesses on Lancaster Avenue northwest of University City are supporting one another as they work to move past the struggles of 2020.
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Listen 1:19La Gua Gua 47: A salsa song compuesta por una latina poderosa, Alba Martínez
La Gua Gua 47— the 47 Bus —honors the summer day in 1985 when Martínez rode SEPTA to the heartbeat of Philadelphia’s caribeña community.
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