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A Pfizer Global Supply Kalamazoo manufacturing plant sign is shown in Portage, Mich., Friday, Dec. 11, 2020. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
Health

Study suggests Pfizer vaccine works against virus variant

The study was preliminary and did not look at the two other major vaccines being used in the West — Moderna’s and AstraZeneca’s.

6 years ago

File photo: A police car drives in Philadelphia, Tuesday, March 24, 2020. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Courts & Law

‘It’s really a crisis that’s happening’: The new year is off to a violent start in Philadelphia

The city had just under 500 murders last year — the most in three decades. So far, 2021 isn’t shaping up to be much better.

6 years ago

Julio Polanco, a behavioral care specialist at Children’s Crisis Treatment Center, stands in line at Philadelphia’s community vaccination clinic at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. (Nina Feldman/WHYY)
Health

‘I’m very happy to be here’: Hundreds of home health workers get vaccinated at Convention Center

The 2-day mass-vaccination site is for health workers unassociated with hospitals. The hope is to even out the racial distribution of vaccine recipients.

6 years ago

Syringes containing the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine are seen in a vaccination room at St. Joseph Hospital in Orange, Calif. Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Health

Biden to speed release of coronavirus vaccines

After a glow of hope when the first coronavirus vaccines were approved last month, the nation's inoculation campaign has gotten off to a slow start.

6 years ago

Pro-Trump insurrectionists gather outside the Capitol
Politics & Policy

Ex-Secret Service leader predicts safe Biden inaugural despite Capitol riot

Mike White led the Presidential Protective Division until June 2017. He blames abysmal preparation for this week’s violence but says that won’t happen on Jan. 20.

6 years ago

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FILE - Los Angeles Dodgers manager Tom Lasorda celebrates after the Dodgers beat the Montreal Expos for the National League title in Montreal, in this Monday, Oct. 19, 1981, file photo. Tommy Lasorda, the fiery Hall of Fame manager who guided the Los Angeles Dodgers to two World Series titles and later became an ambassador for the sport he loved during his 71 years with the franchise, has died. He was 93. The Dodgers said Friday, Jan. 8, 2021, that he had a heart attack at his home in Fullerton, California.  (AP Photo/Grimshaw, File)
Community

Tommy Lasorda, baseball legend and Norristown native, dies at 93

Tommy Lasorda, the fiery Hall of Fame manager who guided the Los Angeles Dodgers to two World Series titles and later became an ambassador for the sport he loved.

6 years ago

State officials encourage businesses to earn what Gov. John Carney calls the
Health

Delaware eases COVID curfew on restaurants, bars

Delaware bars and restaurants can now stay open past 10 p.m., but Gov John Carney’s stay-at-home order and restrictions on large gatherings remain.

6 years ago

John
Health

N.J. accelerates coronavirus vaccinations with first ‘megasites’

The Morris County site, in a former Sears store, will begin by giving shots to about 1,000 people per day. A Gloucester County site also opened Friday.

6 years ago

President Donald Trump speaks during a rally protesting the electoral college certification of Joe Biden as President, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington.
Politics & Policy

President Trump won’t attend Joe Biden’s inauguration

In a Friday tweet Trump said, “To all of those who have asked, I will not be going to the Inauguration on January 20th.”

6 years ago

In this Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2020 file photo, Pennsylvania state Sen. Doug Mastriano, R-Franklin, attends a hearing of the Pennsylvania State Senate Majority Policy Committee in Gettysburg, Pa. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Politics & Policy

GOP state senator at Capitol during attack urged to resign

Minority Leader Jay Costa, D-Allegheny, said Sen. Doug Mastriano's words and actions since November encouraged a coup attempt and inspired the people behind it.

6 years ago

The teen's father, jazz trumpeter Keyon Harrold, recorded the confrontation at a New York hotel in December and put the video online. (Keyon Harrold)
Courts & Law

Woman who accused Black teen of stealing phone is arrested

Miya Ponsetto, 22, was jailed Thursday in Ventura County, a spokesperson for the sheriff's office there said. It wasn't immediately clear what charges she might face.

6 years ago

U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos speaks Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020, at the Phoenix International Academy in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Matt York)
Politics & Policy

Stay or go? After Trump-fueled riot, aides debate early exit

“Nobody is fooled by these last-second, come-to-Jesus conversions,” said Rick Wilson, co-founder of the Lincoln Project, a group of Republicans fiercely critical of Trump.

6 years ago

Members of the U.S. Secret Service Counter Assault Team walk through the Rotunda as they and other federal police forces responded as violent protesters loyal to President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol today, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Courts & Law

Police officer’s death intensifies Capitol siege questions

The U.S. Capitol Police said in a statement that Officer Brian D. Sicknick was injured “while physically engaging with protesters" during the Wednesday riot.

6 years ago

At a Jan. 6 protest at Camden's City Hall,  Ivonne Escobedo Rojas, 5, holds up a sign with the name of Sharp School. Sharp is among several public schools in the city that may be closed by the end of this month. (April Saul for WHYY)
Education

‘How am I going to drop off my kids?’: Parents, stakeholders fret at proposed Camden school closures

Division is growing among parents and others as a proposed plan to close several Camden public schools appears to inch closer to reality.

6 years ago

Christmas trees put out in the trash
PlanPhilly
Lifestyle

How to recycle or reuse your Christmas tree — from feeding goats to saving dunes

Where to go and what to do if you want to get rid of your Christmas tree without stressing sanitation workers or the environment.

6 years ago

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