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Courts & Law

Philly to fire police officer who drunkenly drove into Northeast home

Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw has suspended the 27-year-old officer with the intent to dismiss him after 30 days.

5 years ago

Philadelphia City Hall
Health

A ‘hidden curriculum’ with unwritten rules: How fair is Philly’s RFP process?

When the deputy health commissioner resigned for helping Philly Fighting COVID with its application, some saw the city playing favorites again.

5 years ago

Nicholas Drago gets a COVID-19 vaccination
Health

Montco hopes single-use appointment links, passwords will stop COVID vaccine ‘line-jumpers’

“This is not ethical or moral and it needs to stop,” said Montgomery County Commissioner Val Arkoosh during a virtual briefing on Wednesday.

5 years ago

Delaware Gov. John Carney holds a signed copy of legislation mandating an increase in the amount of energy Delaware gets from renewable sources. (State of Delaware screenshot)
Politics & Policy

Delaware to boost renewable energy requirements by 2035

Forty percent of Delaware’s energy will come from renewable sources under new legislation signed by Gov. John Carney Wednesday afternoon.

5 years ago

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Community

The Urgency of Now: A Spoken Word Experience

WHYY convened Black poets from Camden, Pennsauken, and Willingboro to explore the urgency of now.

5 years ago

Dr. Ala Stanford sits at a table during a vaccine clinic
Health

Black Doctors Consortium wants vaccine line-jumpers to wait their turn

Dr. Ala Stanford says people who don’t yet qualify are showing up at her group’s vaccine clinics, forcing her to be a moral compass.

5 years ago

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Health

Philly restaurants can raise indoor dining to half-capacity if they pass an air test

Restaurants will have to ensure that they meet the required standard of air changes per hour in order to raise indoor dining limits.

5 years ago

People wait in line at a COVID-19 vaccination site at the Pennsylvania Convention Center
Health

‘Your Turn’: Pa. rolls out tool to alert residents of COVID-19 vaccine eligibility

The tool will help Pennsylvanians understand where they fall in the prioritization effort, and will alert them when it is their turn to schedule a COVID vaccine appointment.

5 years ago

Passengers wait to board the Market-Frankford line at City Hall
Urban Planning

NYU study: SEPTA subway stations are less polluted than NYC stations

Conducted before the COVID-19 pandemic threatened the lungs of transit workers and commuters, the study looked at stations in four major American cities.

5 years ago

A video screengrab shows Vice President Mike Pence being evacuated as rioters breach the Capitol
Politics & Policy

Police beg for help, senators flee in Trump trial video

Trump is charged with inciting the Jan. 6 insurrection after encouraging a crowd to “fight like hell” over his defeated election.

5 years ago

Jimi Lewis, the senior skating instructor at Laura Sims Skate House, holds a flyer from 1986 that he created. (Taylor Allen/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Community

West Philly is home to the first U.S. ice skating rink built by and for a Black community — and this week it turned 36

Laura Sims Skate House was the first U.S. ice skating rink created for an African American community by an African American architect.

5 years ago

Dyresha Harris
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Center for Architecture gives awards for urban design psychiatry, ideas for PES site renewal

The Center for Architecture and Design in Philadelphia honors Mindy Fullilove, while pondering how to remediate the PES refinery site.

5 years ago

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Education

Jill Biden pushes free access to community college, training

A longtime community college professor and advocate, the first lady said people struggling to get by during the coronavirus economic slump need access to these schools.

5 years ago

In this image from video, Bruce Castor, an attorney for former President Donald Trump, speaks during the second impeachment trial of Trump in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021. (Senate Television via AP)
Courts & Law

After rambling speech, Pa. lawyer Bruce Castor panned for Trump impeachment performance

Castor acknowledged that President Biden lawfully won the 2020 election — something his client, Trump, has never admitted.

5 years ago

Dancers from the Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape tribe join hands with spectators at the 2019 Indigenous Peoples’ Day celebration at Penn Treaty Park in Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

Indigenous Peoples’ Day to replace Columbus Day in Philly

The city of Philadelphia will no longer observe Columbus Day — and that has organizers of the city’s annual parade up in arms.

5 years ago

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