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President-elect Joe Biden speaks Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020, at The Queen theater
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Pennsylvania casts 20 electoral college votes for Biden

Pennsylvania’s 20 electors have cast their votes for Joe Biden. This was expected — though some Republicans still want to circumvent the result.

5 years ago

Sandra Lindsay, left, a nurse at Long Island Jewish Medical Center, is inoculated with the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine by Dr. Michelle Chester
Health

Pa. coronavirus update: Vaccine distribution is ‘going-to-war level of complexity’

Pa. and N.J. Governors Wolf and Murphy said that more aid is crucial not only for the economies of their states, but to be able to distribute the COVID vaccine effectively.

5 years ago

The interior of a prison
Community
Spotlight PA

Pa. corrections dept. tells officer with COVID-19 symptoms to return to work early

A corrections officer was told to come back to work while still showing symptoms. Was it the right thing to do?

5 years ago

Dry ice is poured into a box containing the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine as it is prepared to be shipped at the Pfizer Global Supply Kalamazoo manufacturing plant
Health

‘Relieved’: US health workers start getting COVID-19 vaccine

Hospitals are rolling out the first small shipments Monday, as boxes of precious frozen vials arrive at locations around the country.

5 years ago

Families stand in line at Philadelphia School District headquarters to pick up Chromebooks ahead of the start of the school year in September 2020. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Health

PHLConnectED is offering free internet to more Philadelphia students and their households

The effort widens to households in public benefit programs with income qualifications, and students designated as English learners and special ed students.

5 years ago

The Sheraton along Interstate 95 south of Wilmington has been sold to serve people experiencing homeless. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
Health

Wilmington Code Purple shelter shifts to winter-long hotel stay

Instead of a temporary shelter only opened on super cold nights, Friendship House plans to move those experiencing homelessness into a former hotel all winter long.

5 years ago

Octavia Howell, formerly of the Philadelphia City Planning Commission, records residents' input on the Lower Northwest District Plan. (Matthew Grady/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Philadelphia aims to bring Black and brown advisers into next city master plan

The Kenney administration hopes a new committee can help center Black and brown voices in the city’s next comprehensive planning process.

5 years ago

Mike Pearson participated in the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine trial hoping to boost its confidence among Black Philadelphians. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Health

Listening, not trying to convince: How Black Philadelphians are approaching vaccine hesitancy in their communities

Black people have been disproportionately affected by COVID-19. Many of them are the most distrustful of a vaccine.

5 years ago

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Volunteers load bags of milk for children into cars at the West Grove United Methodist Church. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community

How a Chester County writing program became a social safety net during the pandemic

Nonprofits say thousands have been food insecure for years in Pa.’s richest county. The pandemic has transformed an after-school writing program into a food bank.

5 years ago

Galway's Pub at dusk in Delaware County
Community

Delco bars serve customers during Eagles game despite Pa.’s indoor dining ban

At least four taverns in the Philly suburbs had customers enjoying drinks inside on Sunday, a reporter found, in violation of Gov. Wolf’s new COVID mitigation measures.

5 years ago

A photo of Rev. Robert Brennan, right, is displayed during a news conference in Philadelphia.
Courts & Law

DOJ probe of Catholic church abuse goes quiet 2 years later

As U.S. Attorney William McSwain's tenure likely nears its end with Biden set to take office next month, there’s no sign that any sweeping church indictment is afoot.

5 years ago

Philadelphia Eagles' Jalen Hurts, left, scrambles past New Orleans Saints' Demario Davis
Community

In first NFL start, Jalen Hurts helps Eagles beat Saints 24-21

Hurts ran for 106 yards and threw for 167 and one touchdown, Miles Sanders had 115 yards rushing and a pair of scores and Philadelphia beat the New Orleans Saints 24-21.

5 years ago

Dusk settles over the White House
Politics & Policy

In reversal, Trump says he’s nixing plan for early vaccine at White House

Trump made the announcement hours after his administration confirmed that senior U.S. officials, including White House aides who work in close proximity to Trump and Pence.

5 years ago

A New Jersey Transit train rides across a portal bridge
Politics & Policy

Plan to replace 110-year-old N.J. bridge submitted to Congress

The new — and higher — Portal North bridge is a key component of the broader Gateway Project, which includes modernizing rail infrastructure between Newark and Penn Station.

5 years ago

Boxes containing the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine are prepared to be shipped at the Pfizer Global Supply Kalamazoo manufacturing plant
Health

First batch of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine could reach Delaware ‘within the next few days’

Delaware could receive more than 8,700 doses of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine and begin distribution to residents “within the next few days,” per health officials.

5 years ago

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