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Jack Hurley celebrating his 20th birthday with his sisters Clare (left) and Nora (right) (Courtesy of Jack Hurley)
Health

How a new technology is helping people with congenital heart defects

About 40,000 babies are born with heart defects annually. The FDA approved a procedure less invasive than the surgery many get during their lives.

5 years ago

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A resident of St. Anne Home sits bathed in sunlight streaming through a stained glass window during morning Mass attended by nuns and residents of the nursing facility in Greensburg, Pa., on Thursday, March 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)
Health

‘How many of us will be left?’ Catholic nuns face loss, pain

These were women who held the hands of the dying and who raised the unwanted, who pushed chalk to slate to teach science and grammar and, through their own example, faith.

5 years ago

Exterior of the Supreme Court
Courts & Law

Group to study more justices, term limits for Supreme Court

In launching the review, Biden fulfilled a campaign promise made amid pressure from activists and Democrats to realign the Supreme Court.

5 years ago

The exterior of SEPTA's HQ building
PlanPhilly
Courts & Law

Lawsuit: Black SEPTA employee alleges racial bias kept him from promotion

The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania alleges racism played a role in an employee losing out on a promotion.

5 years ago

Sunoco construction site behind the Meadowbrook Manor development in West Whiteland Township. Muddy water continues to flow and pollute the West Valley Creek, a stocked trout stream. (Susan Phillips / WHYY)
Science

Neighbors and anglers cry foul over Sunoco’s pollution of Chester County trout stream

Muddy water from pipeline construction flows at a rapid rate into West Valley Creek in Exton. DEP says no permit violations have occurred.

5 years ago

Gov. Murphy receiving his COVID-19 vaccine on Friday, April 9, 2021. (Gov. office)
Health

Murphy, first lady receive first vaccine shots at South Jersey mega site

Gov. Phil Murphy joined the more than three million people who have gotten at least one of their COVID-19 vaccine shots in the Garden State.

5 years ago

Philadelphia School District headquarters
Education
The Philadelphia Tribune

School District of Philadelphia launches COVID-19 dashboard

The dashboard has information on the number of tests performed, positive cases in schools, as well as cases confirmed off-site that have been reported to the district.

5 years ago

Graffiti on a boarded-up home under construction at 52nd and Delancey streets warn of unrest if the killer of George Floyd is not convicted
PlanPhilly
Courts & Law

Chauvin trial: Philly police seek help from community as they prep for possible ‘unrest’

Philly police want city residents to help prepare them for community responses to the Chauvin verdict after their botched responses last year’s unrest.

5 years ago

A worker organizes vaccine doses during a recent event at Rose Hill Community Center near New Castle. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
Health

Fewer than half of eligible Delawareans have been vaccinated or signed up for shots

Gov. Carney has said he is concerned that roughly 20% of the eligible population won’t get inoculated. WHYY found the figure is currently above 50%.

5 years ago

Members of the National Guard administer COVID-19 vaccines at the Esperanza Community Vaccination Center in North Philadelphia on April 9, 2021. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Health

Philadelphia’s 2nd FEMA vaccination site opening Saturday

The clinic is located in Hunting Park, in one of the city’s most undervaccinated ZIP codes. The plan is to vaccinate 3,000 people a day.

5 years ago

DMX performs during the BET Hip Hop Awards in Atlanta on Oct. 1, 2011. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
Community

Rapper-actor DMX, known for gruff delivery, dead at 50

The Grammy-nominated performer died after suffering “catastrophic cardiac arrest,” according to the hospital in White Plains, New York, where he died.

5 years ago

A person videotapes across the street from the Hennepin County Government Center, Thursday, April 8, 2021, in Minneapolis where testimony continues in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)
Courts & Law

Chief medical examiner takes the stand in George Floyd case

On Thursday, medical experts testified at Chauvin’s murder trial, emphatically rejecting the defense theory that Floyd's drug use and underlying health problems killed him.

5 years ago

In this Oct. 27, 2019, file photo President Donald Trump, right, accompanied by Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., left, arrive for Game 5 of the World Series baseball game between the Houston Astros and the Washington Nationals at Nationals Park in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Politics & Policy

‘New strategy’: Politicians in crisis refuse calls to resign

Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz joins a growing list of politicians from both parties — almost exclusively men — who are defying the traditional response to controversy.

5 years ago

(Fred Adams for Spotlight PA)
Health
Spotlight PA

Pa. lawmaker wants to compel Wolf administration to release details of wasted COVID-19 vaccine doses

The Department of Health denied a public records request, citing a decades-old law that it has frequently used to shield the public from scrutinizing its pandemic response.

5 years ago

Queen Elizabeth II with Prince Philip arrive by horse drawn carriage
Community

Prince Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth II, dies aged 99

“It is with deep sorrow that Her Majesty The Queen has announced the death of her beloved husband, His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh,” the palace said.

5 years ago

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