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Sergeant Brian Patrick McKnerney, of the New Jersey State Police, receives a COVID-19 vaccination at the Morris County, vaccination site, in Rockaway, NJ, Friday, Jan. 8, 2021. (Sarah Blesener/The New York Times via AP, Pool)
Health

N.J. opens vaccine eligibility to residents 65 and older, people with chronic conditions

Starting Thursday, New Jersey residents aged 65 and older, as well as residents aged 16 to 64 with chronic medical conditions, will be eligible for a vaccine.

6 years ago

Stacy Woodland is the CEO of the Tri-County Area YWCA in Pottstown. She says that cultural competency is the key for building vaccine trust. (Zoom)
Health

‘It’s critical to have cultural competency’: Suburban health care experts tackle vaccine mistrust

The Montgomery County Immunization Coalition and the TriCounty Health Council brought together a panel of community leaders to talk about the issue.

6 years ago

Upper Dublin High School in Montgomery County. (Emily Cohen for WHYY)
Health

Pa. coronavirus update: Montco rolls out weekly testing for teachers, at-risk students

Regional Congregate Care Assistance Teams will replace the old program with $12 million in funding that will run through the end of February.

6 years ago

In this June 2, 2017, file photo, former Penn State President Graham Spanier departs after his sentencing hearing at the Dauphin County Courthouse in Harrisburg, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
Courts & Law

Prosecutors ask judge to order former Penn State president Graham Spanier to report to jail

The attorney general's office wrote in a Monday letter to Judge John Boccabella that no legal impediment prevents him from enforcing the minimum jail sentence of two months.

6 years ago

(Cris Barrish/WHYY)
Education

‘Too much too fast’: Teachers union objects to Delaware schools’ hybrid return

Even as the coronavirus pandemic continues to rage across Delaware, Gov. John Carney says schools have proven to be safe spaces for students and teachers.

6 years ago

Outside the former West Philadelphia High School. (Nathaniel Hamilton for WHYY)
Education
Chalkbeat Philadelphia

Philadelphia board wants to confront equity issues and old assumptions, its president says

Rethinking everything about how the board does business, including long-held practices, is the impetus for the board’s new “goals and guardrails” initiative.

6 years ago

Pro-Trump insurrectionists storm the Capitol, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington.
Politics & Policy

House votes to impeach Trump for ‘incitement of insurrection’ — Pa. delegation split

All nine Democrats voted to impeach the president on a charge of “incitement of insurrection,” and all nine Republicans voted against Trump’s removal.

6 years ago

New Jersey Rep. Mikie Sherrill
Politics & Policy
NBC10

N.J. Rep. Mikie Sherrill: Lawmakers held ‘reconnaissance’ tours day before pro-Trump rioters attacked

Rep. Mikie Sherrill said she intends to take action against members of congress who she saw taking groups through the Capitol on Jan. 5.

6 years ago

The Capitol Dome looms behind the Peace Monument statue on a rainy Election Day in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018.  (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Community

Airbnb to block, cancel reservations in D.C next week

Airbnb says it will be blocking and canceling reservations in the Washington, D.C. area during the week of the presidential inauguration.

6 years ago

Dr. Matthew Beshara holds up a piece of pottery
Health

Penn surgeon-turned-patient on surviving a stroke while hospitalized with COVID-19

"Morning Edition" host Jennifer Lynn speaks with Penn surgeon Dr. Matthew Beshara, who suffered a stroke while he was hospitalized with COVID-19.

6 years ago

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Ken Towns receives a first dose of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine from UC Davis Health
Health

US COVID-19 deaths hit another one-day high at over 4,300

The nation’s overall death toll from COVID-19 has eclipsed 380,000, closing in fast on the number of Americans killed in World War II, or about 407,000.

6 years ago

The Pennsylvania state Capitol in winter
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

House GOP advances plan to elect Pa. judges by region; opponents say it would ‘gerrymander the court’

Republicans who back the measure say the idea would give voters in rural Pennsylvania a greater voice to elect judges.

6 years ago

Pro-Trump rioters try to break through a police barrier
Politics & Policy

FBI says it warned about prospect of violence ahead of Capitol riot

A Jan. 5 report from an FBI’s field office forecast, in detail, the chances that extremists could commit “war” in Washington the following day.

6 years ago

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., leads the final vote of the impeachment of President Donald Trump, for his role in inciting an angry mob to storm the Congress
Politics & Policy

Trump impeached after Capitol riot in historic second charge

Trump faces a single charge, “incitement of insurrection," after telling a mob of loyalists to, as he put it, “fight like hell” against election results.

6 years ago

Kirtrina Baxter at work at her community farm in North Philadelphia. (Provided)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Philly growers spoke out. The result is an ‘anti-racist lens’ for city’s first agricultural plan

During 2020’s racial reckoning, Black gardeners and white urban designers working on a city plan realized they needed to confront harmful racial dynamics.

6 years ago

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