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Courts & Law

Delaware AG renews push to ban assault-style weapons, high-capacity magazines

After a big jump in gun violence in Wilmington in 2020, Del. Attorney General Kathy Jennings says “common sense” gun policies will make the state safer.

5 years ago

The interior of the execution chamber in the U.S. Penitentiary in Terre Haute, Ind.
Politics & Policy

Executioners sanitized accounts of deaths in federal cases

An AP review of court filings shows executioners who put 13 inmates to death during the Trump presidency offered sanitized, incomplete versions of the executions to judges.

5 years ago

A nurse administers the COVID-19 vaccine to a health worker.
Health

Vaccine rollout mistake could affect first, second doses for more than 100,000 Pennsylvanians

Some providers administered first doses of Moderna vaccine that was meant to be dedicated to people receiving their second dose, the state said Wednesday.

5 years ago

The interior of Walter Rand Transportation Center in Camden
Politics & Policy

Camden’s Walter Rand Transportation Center to get major overhaul

The multi-year $250 million project includes better connecting PATCO with NJ Transit’s River Line light rail service.

5 years ago

Pennsylvania State Troopers are pictured in Philadelphia
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

Pennsylvania State Police will escape legislative scrutiny in 2021 budget process

The decision comes after a year dominated by policy brutality protests, and amid concerns about illegal vehicle searches and alleged racial profiling of Latinos by troopers.

5 years ago

A pair of animatronic T-Rexes
Community

24 animatronic dinosaurs to take over Philly Zoo in new exhibit

Guests will embark on a prehistoric journey to when dinosaurs roamed the Earth in the zoo’s forthcoming exhibit.

5 years ago

An empty classroom in Philadelphia.
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Philly schools delay reopening amid stalled dispute with teachers union

The decision comes amid a dispute with the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers, which opposes returning to buildings until all inoculated against COVID-19.

5 years ago

Residents play in the snow at Clark Park
Weather
NBC10

Winter isn’t done yet: Snow returns to Philly region Thursday

Temps have cooled off Wednesday morning, setting us up for a winter storm expected to bring snow starting Thursday.

5 years ago

The former Trump Plaza casino is imploded
Community

Former Trump Plaza Casino in Atlantic City goes out with a bang

The former Trump Plaza casino was imploded after falling into such disrepair that chunks of the building began peeling off and crashing to the ground.

5 years ago

Camae Ayewa and Rasheedah Phillips
Arts & Entertainment

Black Quantum Futurism receives the Knight Foundation’s new art and technology fellowship

The Knight Foundation has launched a $50,000 art and technology fellowship. Its first class includes a Philly duo making science fiction a reality.

5 years ago

At the César Andreu Iglesias Community Garden in Kensington, the words “Not for sale” are painted on the street as a message to developers and the city. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Urban Planning

Philadelphia Land Bank is finally selling its vacant lots. Now the question is who will benefit

Philadelphia Land Bank officials say a reformed system is producing better results yet critics see a process that advantages developers over residents.

5 years ago

Jesus Angel Juarez Pantoja is one of 18 medically vulnerable immigrants in Pennsylvania who is at risk of being re-arrested during the coronavirus pandemic. (Courtesy of Jesus Angel Juarez Pantoja)
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

Medically vulnerable immigrants in Pa. face possible re-detention, advocates say

Eighteen medically vulnerable immigrants could be re-arrested and sent to Pennsylvania jails while the coronavirus pandemic continues to rage, their attorneys say.

5 years ago

water main break causes flooding in North Philly
Community
NBC10

Crews rescue 11 people during massive water main break in North Philly

Crews rescued 11 people after a massive water main break flooded roads and vehicles in North Philadelphia early Tuesday evening.

5 years ago

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney speaks at a press conference
Education
Chalkbeat Philadelphia

Mayor says Philly teachers shouldn’t be disciplined if they don’t show up for proposed reopening

It appeared to conflict with Superintendent Hite’s statement this month that “disciplinary action will be taken” against teachers who don’t return to work in school buildings.

5 years ago

Montgomery County Commissioner Joe Gale. (Zoom)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Montco’s Joe Gale announces bid for governor, denounces Pa. Republicans as ‘lousy’

Gale, an ardent supporter of former President Donald Trump, has become a controversial figure in southeastern Pennsylvania politics.

5 years ago

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