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Minnesota cop will be charged in shooting of Black motorist
Brooklyn Center police officer Kim Potter and Police Chief Tim Gannon resigned Tuesday, two days after Potter shot 20-year-old Daunte Wright.
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Delaware SEED scholarship expansion could help hundreds more students
Legislation to expand SEED scholarship availability could help more Delaware students earn degrees at community colleges.
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J&J ‘pause’ is also halting efforts to vaccinate homebound New Jerseyans
The federal recommendation to pause use of the J&J vaccine came as efforts were ramping up to inoculate N.J.’s more than 11,000 homebound people.
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Listen 4:12Penn Museum to repatriate skulls of Black Americans and slaves from Cuba
The Morton Collection of more than 1,000 skulls was assembled by a racist 19th-century scientist. Penn Museum will give them back.
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Listen 2:07‘Cops are still killing us’: 150 protesters in Philly demand justice for Daunte Wright
Protesters in Philadelphia demanded justice for Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old from Brooklyn Center, Minnesota who police there killed Sunday night.
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Reginald Streater was picked by Mayor Jim Kenney to sit on Philadelphia’s Board of Education, one of three new board members to join in December.
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Autopsy report pending for Pa. prisoner who died 2 days after receiving J&J vaccine
SCI Phoenix in Montco stopped administering the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine on Friday — the same day a 45-year-old incarcerated man died.
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70 fully vaccinated Delawareans have contracted COVID-19, and one death
Delaware’s public health director stressed a small percentage of post-shot infections should be expected because the vaccine isn’t 100% effective.
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Society Hill hotel tower that sparked backlash moves ahead
The final iteration of the hotel project would replace a large single-family dwelling from the 1990s near 3rd and Walnut streets.
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More security cameras, gun buybacks, and job trainings: Council unveils anti-violence agenda
City Council rolled out its Violence Prevention and Opportunity Agenda days before Mayor Jim Kenney is slated to propose the city’s next budget.
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Delco makes police a resource for those seeking addiction treatment
Delaware County is the 8th in the state to join a program launched in Western Pa. by AG Shapiro in 2018. It’s the first county to do so in the Philly suburbs.
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U.S. agency says women can get abortion pill via telemedicine
U.S. health officials say women seeking an abortion pill will not be required to visit a doctor’s office or clinic during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Defense begins case against ex-cop in George Floyd’s death
The prosecution rested its case Tuesday after 11 days of testimony and a mountain of video evidence.
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Cop, police chief resign 2 days after Black motorist’s death
Brooklyn Center Police Chief Tim Gannon described Sunday's shooting death of 20-year-old Daunte Wright as “an accidental discharge.”
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After 159 years, the UPenn Glee Club goes co-ed
The all-male singing group is considered an unofficial ambassador of the Ivy League school, even as it excluded women’s voices.
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