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State Sen. Doug Mastriano
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

GOP leadership silent after Pa. senator tests positive for COVID-19 following maskless election event

Coronavirus cases and hospitalizations are surging, making mitigation efforts like wearing masks and not gathering in small spaces more important than ever.

5 years ago

Ballots are counted at the Allegheny County Election Division warehouse on the Northside of Pittsburgh, Friday, Nov. 6, 2020. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
Politics & Policy

US Supreme Court asked to block Biden win in Pennsylvania

They maintain that Pennsylvania’s expansive vote-by-mail law is unconstitutional because it required a constitutional amendment to authorize its provisions.

5 years ago

Gov. Carney was subdued Tuesday during his virtual briefing, urging Delawareans to
Health

Gov. Carney urges Delawareans to ‘stamp out’ coronavirus wildfire, warns of further ‘mitigation’ measures

The daily case count reported Tuesday was the highest of the pandemic and hospitalizations have risen more than 150 percent in the last month.

5 years ago

In this June 29, 2020, customers waited in line to enter a store at Garden State Plaza in Paramus, New Jersey. (Seth Wenig/AP Photo)
Money
NJ Spotlight

Pummeled by pandemic, NJ businesses foresee difficult 2021

Taxes and over-regulation, issues that have come up often in previous polls conducted by the association, also remain concerns for the survey’s respondents.

5 years ago

Camden County Freeholder Jon Young (center) and other volunteers and county employees carry boxes of fresh fruit and milk to a waiting car at Antioch Baptist Church.  (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community

South Jersey food bank hopes Giving Tuesday will bolster their resources

The southern branch of the Community Food Bank of New Jersey hopes to receive enough donations to get beyond the holidays as COVID-19 cases surge.

5 years ago

In this Oct. 15, 2020, file photo U.S. Attorney General William Barr speaks during a roundtable discussion on Operation Legend in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
Politics & Policy

Barr: No evidence of fraud that’d change election outcome

His comments come despite President Donald Trump's repeated claims that the election was stolen, and his refusal to concede his loss to President-Elect Joe Biden.

5 years ago

Jane Clements-Smith, executive director of Feeding PA, helps load trucks at Philabundance’s South Philly location. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community
NBC10

Philabundance says cyber thieves took nearly $1M in a scam this year

The local nonprofit Philabundance provides food to people in need. It lost nearly $1 million this year when a scammer pretended to be a construction company.

5 years ago

Bill Cosby arrives for his sentencing hearing
Courts & Law

Cosby’s appeal to Pa. Supreme Court hinges on inclusion of testimony from other accusers

Bill Cosby’s 2018 conviction for aggravated indecent assault came before the Pa. Supreme Court on Tuesday, in a last-ditch effort to overturn his 3-10 year prison sentence.

5 years ago

Community

Willingboro is building a new food and entertainment destination. Here’s what residents want to see in it.

Willingboro Township asked for residents’ input in a forthcoming food and entertainment venue. 400 completed surveys have been collected so far.

5 years ago

A man wearing a face mask bicycles along Broad Street
Health

Pa. coronavirus update: Officials to expand testing throughout the commonwealth

Since Allegheny, Bucks, Chester, Erie, Montgomery and Philadelphia counties have their own health departments, they are excluded from the testing expansion.

5 years ago

President-elect Joe Biden speaks as Vice President-elect Kamala Harris listens at left, during an event to introduce their nominees and appointees to economic policy posts at The Queen theater, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020, in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Politics & Policy

Biden unveils economic team declaring, ‘Help is on the way’

Biden has assembled a team of liberal advisers who have long focused on the nation’s workers and government efforts to address economic inequality.

5 years ago

Cargo workers move a palette of cool boxes and other items into a pharma transport container during a demonstration on the handling and logistics of vaccines and medicines at the DHL cargo warehouse in Steenokkerzeel, Belgium, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
Health

European regulator could OK 1st COVID-19 vaccine on Dec. 29

European regulators may approve a coronavirus vaccine developed by drugmakers Pfizer and BioNTech within four weeks, the EU’s drug agency said Tuesday.

5 years ago

Colors on the map indicate the number of housing units likely to be flooded: dark blue = 2,141 or more, dark lavender = 1,071 – 2,140, medium blue = 1 – 1,070, white = 0. (Climate Central)
Community
NJ Spotlight

N.J. has the most affordable-housing units exposed to sea-level rise, report says

Atlantic City, Hoboken and Camden among the most vulnerable to climate effects.

5 years ago

Social justice and immigrants rights groups have launched a social media campaign urging the Delaware County District Attorney to drop charges against Juan Chub-Funes under the tag #JuanCantWait. (image via The Black and Brown Coalition of PHL’s Twitter account)
Courts & Law

After summer arrest, advocates push for Delco man’s freedom with #JuanCantWait campaign

Supporters say Juan Chub-Funes, 20, was in the wrong place at the wrong time on May 31, 2020. Police say he was participating in a riot.

5 years ago

Listen 1:34
Philadelphia police create a buffer between dueling rallies outside the Pennsylvania Convention Center. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Despite barrage of losses in court, Trump camp plans more long-shot election appeals

Nearly a month after Election Day, President Donald Trump’s campaign is still engaged in bitter litigation over several lawsuits contesting Pennsylvania’s results.

5 years ago

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