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A person wearing a face mask as a precaution against the coronavirus walks during a winter storm near the Robert Indiana sculpture
Community

Tell us: How are you showing your love this Valentine’s Day?

The pandemic is forcing lovers, friends, and all-around fans of Valentine’s Day to get a little creative this year. 

5 years ago

Pennsylvania Secretary Kathy Boockvar, wearing a face mask, addresses the media from behind a podium
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

What the exit of Pa.’s top election official means for the future of voting

Sec. Kathy Boockvar’s resignation has emboldened her fiercest GOP critics, even though it was not related to her handling of the closely watched vote in a battleground state.

5 years ago

President Joe Biden signs an executive order in the State Dining Room of the White House. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Biden’s executive orders to examine policies affecting thousand of Pennsylvania immigrants

Local immigrants and activists have greeted Biden’s more measured approach with a mixture of hope and cynicism.

5 years ago

A SEPTA worker walks through the 69th Street SEPTA repair shop
PlanPhilly
Money

Who gets paid more than $200,000 at a part-time job? Some former SEPTA managers

The positions are just a sliver of SEPTA’s 9,400-strong workforce, but the handful of part-timers collectively cost the agency about $1 million a year.

5 years ago

¡Stop! by Rey Sierra (Photography Without Borders)
PlanPhilly
Community
Eyes on the Street

La vida en lockdown: North Philly teens capture pandemic moments in photos

Philadelphia teens working with Photography Without Borders captured the range of emotions of life in lockdown.

5 years ago

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney (center) and sculptor Branly Cadet unveil a statue of Octavius Valentine Catto at City Hall in Philadelphia, Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2017. A century before the fight to end Jim Crow segregation laws, Octavius Valentine Catto was leading a civil rights movement in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Things To Do
Community
February 4 - 10, 2021

Celebrating Black History Month, Lunar New Year, and the Disco Biscuits live in this week’s ‘Things to Do’

There are plenty of virtual offerings available to kick-off the start of Black History Month, which takes on special resonance this year.

5 years ago

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A sign protesting the proposed PennEast Pipeline route in Carbon County, Pa. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Courts & Law
StateImpact Pennsylvania

U.S. Supreme Court to hear PennEast pipeline eminent domain case

The 116-mile line would ship Marcellus Shale gas from Northeast Pennsylvania across the Delaware River to New Jersey.

5 years ago

Dr. Athony Fauci spoke with Fresh Air's Terry Gross as a recipient of WHYY's Lifelong Learning Award. (Jennifer Lynn/WHYY)
Health

Dr. Fauci talks death threats, gay bathhouses, and Ronald Reagan with Fresh Air’s Terry Gross

In a WHYY event honoring him, the infectious disease expert detailed lessons from the HIV epidemic he’s applied to the coronavirus crisis.

5 years ago

U.S. Attorney William McSwain
Politics & Policy

Former U.S. Attorney McSwain tests waters for higher office at meetings with GOP leaders

Several sources said McSwain has met with Republican county committee members across the state in preparation for a bid for U.S. Senate or governor.

5 years ago

Crystal Clark, principal of Wyncote Elementary School, speaks during Montgomery County's Black History Month virtual panel. (Zoom screenshot)
Community

Education ‘as a beacon of hope’: Montco kicks off Black History Month conversations

In the first of four virtual panels on “The Black Family: Representation, Identity, and Diversity,” a panel of educators talked about the power of learning.

5 years ago

Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf answers questions from the press. (Governor Wolf/flickr)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Wolf budget gives huge boost to schools in Philly, Allentown, Reading and other cities

The biggest winners in terms of per-pupil funding would be York City, Allentown, Reading, Pottstown, Scranton, and Norristown.

5 years ago

The Wells Fargo Center
Community
NBC10

Wells Fargo Center takes notable step toward welcoming back fans

The Philadelphia Flyers and Philadelphia 76ers have been playing in front of a mostly empty Wells Fargo Center so far this season.

5 years ago

Then-Vice President Joe Biden and USAID administrator Raj Shah are seated together at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
Politics & Policy

Biden expected to lead National Prayer Breakfast with much different tone

As just the second Catholic to serve in the White House, Pres. Biden is expected to acknowledge the way faith has helped him, and other Americans, deal with loss.

5 years ago

Registered nurse Pat DeHorsey vaccinates Cornelia Lavong at a county run clinic
Health

Montco officials bemoan vaccine supply, ‘line-jumpers’ as Pa. urges patience

Montgomery County officials on Wednesday asked for the public’s patience as it continues to administer COVID-19 vaccines to residents who are eligible under Phase 1A.

5 years ago

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney and Health Commissioner Dr. Thomas Farley tour the new vaccination clinic
Health

City begins giving vaccine boosters to the 6,900 people who got first doses through Philly Fighting COVID

After Philadelphia’s Health Department broke ties with PFC, it had to quickly set up a mass clinic to finish inoculations. That effort began Wednesday.

5 years ago

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