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Millions of hungry Americans turn to food banks for 1st time
As a year marked by coronavirus nears an end, millions of Americans are depending on food banks to stave off hunger.
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N.J. officials: 74 percent not cooperating with contact tracers amid COVID spike
Health officials continue to struggle to convince residents to cooperate with contact tracers, who attempt to track how the virus is spreading among people.
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New focus for ‘Delaware Day’ holiday tells history of enslaved people
Instead of celebrating Delaware’s five founding fathers who signed the Constitution, this year’s focus shifts to four enslaved Black Delawareans and an abolitionist.
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Community garden fosters African farming traditions in Southwest Philadelphia
The urban agriculture project Sankofa builds community by giving neighbors the tools and knowledge to grow their own food.
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Listen 2:11Counter-snipers, checkpoints, armored limo to create ‘giant bubble’ around Biden in Delaware
When Joe Biden visits his Greenville or Rehoboth Beach homes during his presidency, he’ll travel in what one writer has called the “rolling, armored White House.”
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Listen 3:05Watching for signs of child abuse and neglect, but from a distance
With many schools and even doctor’s appointments virtual again, teachers and others must try new strategies to assess how safe a home situation might be.
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Listen 1:45Health officials warn Americans not to let their guard down
“The vaccine’s critical,” Dr. Deborah Birx said. “But it’s not going to save us from this current surge. Only we can save us from this current surge.”
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Eagles show signs of life with Hurts, but fall 30-16 to Packers
Hurts was 5 of 12 for 109 yards with an interception to go along with his touchdown pass. Wentz was 6 of 15 for 79 yards.
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‘We’re open’: Sisterly Love Citywide Food Fair promotes women-run businesses
Every weekend through Dec. 20, restaurants and gift vendors are hosting pop-ups throughout Philly to help women-run businesses amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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Eagles players showcase Philly nonprofits with ‘My Cause My Cleats’ campaign
Eagles players will be sporting fresh cleats during Sunday's matchup against Green Bay. And several will be showcasing Philly-area nonprofits.
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Philly department of prisons issues shelter-in-place amid COVID-19 spike
People who are detained in the city-run correctional facilities will remain in their cells unless it’s to shower, make phone calls or have virtual meetings with attorneys.
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With virus surge comes a push to be tested, Black Doctors Consortium finds
At a clinic in Parkside, lines were long. The group’s founder says 300 to 500 people in four hours has been the trend since a week before Thanksgiving.
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Gene-editing treatment shows promise for sickle cell disease
Doctors hope the one-time treatment, which involves permanently altering DNA in blood cells with a tool called CRISPR, may treat and possibly cure sickle cell disease.
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Trump presses Georgia governor to help subvert election
According to a tweet from the Georgia governor, Trump also asked him to order an audit of signatures on absentee ballot envelopes from the presidential race in his state.
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Patients of Jersey Shore lab should get re-tested for COVID, FBI says after raid
The FBI urged patients who recently got a coronavirus test at a Ventnor, NJ lab to be re-tested.
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