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Tiffany Husak receives a COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination clinic
Health

Gov. Wolf vows all vaccine-eligible Pa. residents will get appointment for jab by end of March

The state’s vaccination supply is increasing to help meet Wolf’s goal. State officials are also helping counties set up clinics and mass-vaccination sites.

5 years ago

People protest over the ''fight for 15''
Money
Spotlight PA

5 things to know about the minimum wage debate in Pa.

While Republican support for raising the minimum wage was already low, the pandemic makes it even less likely to change.

5 years ago

Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Pa., looks on in the House Chamber after they reconvened for arguments over the objection of certifying Arizona’s Electoral College votes in November’s election, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021
Politics & Policy

Majority of voters say Pa. congressmen should not have voted against certifying state’s election results

"If some of these folks have statewide aspirations, that is at least potentially an issue that could come back to be a liability in a statewide race."

5 years ago

In this image taken from video, defense attorney Eric Nelson, left, and defendant, former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, right, listen to Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill during pretrial motions, prior to continuing jury selection in the trial of Chauvin, Thursday, March 11, 2021, at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis, Minn. (Court TV/Pool via Pool)
Courts & Law

Minneapolis to pay $27M to settle Floyd family lawsuit

At least three weeks have been set aside to complete a jury of 12 plus two alternates for Derek Chauvin's trial. Potential jurors' identities are being protected.

5 years ago

A 24-year-old man, 30-year-old man, 19-year-old man and 16-year-old boy were all on the 1400 block of North 76th Street when a gunman opened fire on March 11, 2021. (NBC10)
Courts & Law
NBC10

3 dead, including teens, 6 hurt in 3 separate shootings in Philadelphia

No arrests have been made and weapons have not been recovered in either shooting.

5 years ago

Visitors in the Eastern State Penitentiary courtyard wearing face masks.
Community

Eastern State Penitentiary reopens following monthslong closure

Eastern State Penitentiary and other cultural institutions were forced to close under a citywide mandate amid Philly’s rising COVID-19 cases.

5 years ago

Adam Weiner (right) and Will Donnelly of Low Cut Connie . (Emad Hasan0
Arts & Entertainment

Philly musicians scream, sweat, strip to rock out in a lockdown

“When there is an audience, I am involved with the audience and I thrive off their participation. But it's the music that ultimately injects that electricity into me,”

5 years ago

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Joseph Ortiz, a contact tracer with New York City's Health + Hospitals battling the coronavirus pandemic, uses his tablet to gather information as he heads to a potential patient's home Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020, in New York. The city has hired more than 3,000 tracers and the city says it's now meeting its goal of reaching about 90% of all newly diagnosed people and completing interviews with 75%. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Health

How well are contact tracing apps working to alert us to COVID in Pa., Del., and N.J.?

Now that people have been using the apps for a while, states are measuring how useful they actually have been, and what could make them better.

5 years ago

Listen 1:27
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks at a vaccination site on Monday, March 8, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, Pool)
Politics & Policy

Resignation demands grow as police get Cuomo groping report

The top Democrat in the state Assembly, Speaker Carl Heastie, on Thursday backed a plan for its judiciary committee to launch an impeachment investigation.

5 years ago

Delaware Blue Coats lost the G-League championship game in Orlando, Florida 97-78 on March 11, 2021. (Blue Coats/Twitter)
Community

Delaware Blue Coats fall in G-League championship, but high hopes for future in Wilmington

It wasn’t the ending the Blue Coats hoped for, but the team hopes making it to the championship will help draw more fans to home games in Wilmington.

5 years ago

Senior man wearing a medical mask during COVID-19 coronavirus playing backgammon in a nursing home
Health

Despite new nursing home guidance from the Biden administration, states aren’t making changes yet

A new memo advises people that they can make indoor visits to long-term care facilities, even if they’re not vaccinated. Pa., N.J., and Del. are reviewing it.

5 years ago

Cyclists and joggers use Martin Luther King Drive on March 11, 2021, which has been closed to traffic since the start of the pandemic. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Community

Drawn by sun and an open street, Philly welcomes spring on MLK Drive

As the skies brighten and the air warms, MLK Drive welcomes cyclists, runners, and walkers back to a car-free place to move.

5 years ago

Pa. Gov. Tom Wolf speaks during a press conference in Lancaster on March 10, 2021. (Gov. Tom Wolf/Flickr)
Keystone Crossroads
Money

Wolf pessimistic about his stimulus spending hopes for Pa.

Gov. Tom Wolf is already resigned to the GOP-controlled legislature blocking his plan for $7 billion in federal stimulus money.

5 years ago

Jessica Ramos at her home in West Philadelphia.
PlanPhilly
Politics & Policy

Philly Council moves to hold hearings on home appraisal race gap

Councilmember Cherelle Parker introduced a resolution for hearings on the race gap in home appraisals. Nine out of 10 Philadelphia appraisers are white.

5 years ago

Maurice Gordon and his mother, Racquel Barrett. (Provided)
Courts & Law

Suit: Race a factor in death of Black man killed by N.J. state trooper

The suit names the state of New Jersey, Attorney General Gurbir Grewal, State Police Superintendent Col. Pat Callahan, and the trooper who shot Gordon as defendants.

5 years ago

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