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The Pennsylvania state Capitol
Politics & Policy

Official: GOP Pennsylvania House member dies

Rep Mike Reese, first elected to the state House in 2008, served as the House GOP caucus secretary in the 2019-20 session.

6 years ago

Police officers direct traffic around a fallen tree brought down by heavy rains and wind, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020, in West New York, N.J. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Weather

Watch out LA: Feds calculate riskiest, safest places in US

Eastern cities such as New York and Philadelphia rank far higher on the risk for tornadoes than tornado alley stalwarts Oklahoma and Kansas.

6 years ago

Graffiti reading,
Politics & Policy

McConnell, Pelosi homes vandalized after $2,000 relief fails

Spray paint on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's door in Kentucky on Saturday read, “WERES MY MONEY.” “MITCH KILLS THE POOR" was scrawled over a window.

6 years ago

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, greets a crowd before he speaks at a campaign rally for Sen. Kelly Loeffler, R-Ga., on Saturday, Jan. 2, 2021, in Cumming, Ga. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
Politics & Policy

Cruz leads 11 GOP senators challenging Biden win over Trump

Trump’s refusal to accept his election defeat and the effort to subvert the will of the voters has become a defining moment for Republicans and is tearing the party apart.

6 years ago

President-elect Joe Biden speaks at a drive-in rally for Georgia Democratic candidates for U.S. Senate Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff, Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Politics & Policy

In Georgia, Biden’s presidency meets early defining moment

Georgia will decide which party controls the Senate and how far Biden can reach legislatively on issues like the pandemic, health care, taxation, energy and the environment.

6 years ago

On Dec. 23, Janiayh Williams shows off a check for $400 she's just received from Pastor Tim Merrill in front of the Asbury Community Church in Woodlynne, NJ. Merrill is at left; in the middle is Eternity Easterling, who was also given a check for the census work the teens did in Camden in the summer and for which they were not fully paid. (April Saul for WHYY)
Community

Payment for summer census work comes as a holiday gift for 5 Camden teens

When a fund ran out, five teenagers were paid less than others promoting census awareness in Camden. A church gave each of them $400 before Christmas.

6 years ago

Renaissance band Piffaro perform their 17th-century English masque concert in the Episcopal Cathedral in West Philadelphia
Arts & Entertainment

Musicians of Piffaro bring back the masque…with masks

The renaissance band is staging a COVID-safe version of the elaborate 17th-century performance from a West Philly cathedral.

6 years ago

Jewelers Row in the 700 block of Sansom Street as a demolition crew makes way for a new condo tower on Jan. 22, 2020. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Demolition in Philly dropped by half in 2020 — Is that a good thing?

The finding cheers preservationists but forecasts a possible slowdown in development in the city heading in 2021.

6 years ago

Police stand by the Clothespin Sculpture near City Hall, where a dirt bike rider was fatally shot on Nov. 16, 2020.
Community

Philly closes out a violent 2020 with nearly 500 homicides

The particularly violent year gave way to more killings in the early hours of New Year’s Day, with three more murders after midnight.

6 years ago

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer addresses the state during a speech Thursday in Lansing, Mich. Thirteen members of two militia groups face criminal charges after allegedly plotting to kidnap Whitmer.
Courts & Law

Delaware man in plot to kidnap governor seeks release

Federal prosecutors say in court filings that Barry Croft Jr. is a “violent extremist” and that releasing him would be "unreasonable."

6 years ago

Trucks and cars move through a Pennsylvania Turnpike toll plaza in Carlisle, Pa
Money

Pennsylvania Turnpike toll increases go into effect Sunday

Pennsylvania Turnpike officials are reminding drivers that toll increases go into effect this weekend along with a hefty surcharge on non-EZ-Pass users.

6 years ago

Burlington County, N.J.
Politics & Policy

No more ‘freeholders’: N.J. drops term with racist origin as of Jan. 1

New Jersey was the last state in the nation to use the term, which dates back to a time before the Revolutionary War.

6 years ago

Mackenzie Warren prepping for her day of playing video games on Nintendo Switch and hanging out with her cat.
Community

‘Lay on the bed, eat food, play with the dogs’: A very chill COVID New Year’s in Philly

Most Philly residents were ready to say so long to 2020. If anything, the year has taught them making plans can be a fool’s errand.

6 years ago

A sign warns patrons to wear a mask in the Ironbound section of Newark
Health

N.J. gets more than 1,000 workplace COVID-19 safety complaints after Murphy order

Gov. Phil Murphy signed an executive order in November imposing new coronavirus rules on public and private employers.

6 years ago

Protesters march on South 11th Street wearing sweatshirts that say
Community

Rogue, maskless Mummers kick off 2021 with ‘protest’ through South Philly

For the first time in decades, the new year dawned in Philadelphia without a formal Mummers Parade. Instead, there was a festive “protest.”

6 years ago

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