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A Sept. 24 car crash on Benjamin Franklin Parkway killed one person.
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Is Philadelphia’s deadly car crash surge another public health crisis?

2020 has been a particularly deadly year on Philly roads. Holidays are a time when crash rates spike. Experts worry this year could be even worse.

6 years ago

A group of lemurs at the Brandywine Zoo
Community

Endangered lemur exhibit opens as part of major expansion at Delaware’s only zoo

The Brandywine Zoo’s new lemur exhibit is part of a species survival plan and is one step in the biggest capital improvement plan in the zoo’s 115-year history.

6 years ago

Character hands with pen writing letter to santa claus.
Community

A new doc peeks inside the USPS’s Operation Santa program

Every year, hundreds of thousands of letters to Santa go through the USPS system, asking for everything from toys to food.

6 years ago

A healthcare worker processes people in line at a United Memorial Medical Center COVID-19 testing site on Nov. 19, in Houston. Texas is rushing thousands of additional medical staff to overworked hospitals as the number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients increases. (David J. Phillip/AP)
Health

Experts: Virus numbers could be erratic after Thanksgiving

The result could be potential dips in reported infections that offer the illusion that the spread of the virus is easing.

6 years ago

The morning Black Friday shopping crowd at King of Prussia Mall was much sparser than in past years. (Courtesy of Kenneth Cooper Sr.)
Community

A peaking pandemic thins out the Black Friday crowd at the malls

A newly energized coronavirus largely kept the masses away from the big shopping meccas in suburban Philly.

6 years ago

Fisherman on the Susquehanna River. It supplies half the freshwater flowing into the Chesapeake Bay. (Chris Gardner / AP Photo)
Science
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Central Pa. counties get $6M to help reduce pollution headed to the Chesapeake Bay

The grants will go to Adams, Bedford, Centre, Cumberland, Franklin, Lancaster, Lebanon, and York counties.

6 years ago

A man walks through the 30th Street Station ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday, Friday, Nov. 20, 2020, in Philadelphia. With the coronavirus surging out of control, the nation's top public health agency pleaded with Americans not to travel for Thanksgiving and not to spend the holiday with people from outside their household. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Health

Pa. coronavirus update: With COVID-19 cases steadily rising, state records record high on Thanksgiving

As COVID cases rise, hospitals are making plans in case they begin running short of beds. If certain benchmarks are hit, elective surgeries may be curtailed.

6 years ago

President Trump leaves the Diplomatic Room of the White House.
Politics & Policy

U.S. appeals court rejects Trump appeal over Pennsylvania race

The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals echoed a string of other courts in finding the Trump campaign offered no evidence of any election fraud.

6 years ago

State Sen. Doug Mastriano (R., Franklin), one of the Senate’s most conservative members, was among the lawmakers who went to the White House, legislative sources said. Mastriano played a key role in organizing the Senate Majority Policy Committee hearing in Gettysburg. (Amanda Berg for Spotlight PA)
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

President Trump invited Pa. lawmakers to the White House. Then everyone went silent.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday summoned Republican members of the Pennsylvania legislature to the White House after a GOP hearing in Gettysburg.

6 years ago

In this Nov. 12, 2020, photo, University of Vermont students walk through a tent leading to a COVID-testing site on campus in Burlington, Vt. As coronavirus cases are surging around the U.S., some colleges and universities are rethinking some of their plans for next semester. (AP Photo/Lisa Rathke)
Education

U.S. colleges mull new virus protocols for students’ return

The coronavirus presented huge challenges for the fall semester for U.S. colleges that opened the academic year with in-person learning.

6 years ago

FILE - holiday lights are seen at Macy's in Philadelphia. The Wanamaker Grand Court Organ, installed nearly 100 years ago in this location, is the largest operational pipe organ in the world. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Community

Macy’s Christmas Light Show returns Friday — virtually

Macy’s Christmas Light Show returns Friday but people will have to check it out online as the store takes coronavirus precautions.

6 years ago

Delaware State University is converting part of its adult education campus into a COVID-19 testing lab.  (Courtesy of New Castle County)
Health

Delaware getting COVID-19 testing lab to save money, turnaround time

Delaware COVID-19 tests are now sent as far away as California for evaluation. Starting next month, thousands will be processed daily in New Castle County.

6 years ago

Camden police officers Juan Torres, Sophia Grandinetti, and Lieutenant Gabriel Rodriguez. (Chantale Belefanti)
Community

‘We are out of the car’: South Camden residents take notice of new police walkthrough strategy

Camden police this year began walking the waterfront neighborhoods by foot. Neighbors say they see the difference. Chantale Belefanti reports.

6 years ago

Pennsylvania Capitol in Harrisburg
Politics & Policy

The next big thing in the Pa. legislature? Another fight over congressional maps

Compared to previous cycles, Democrats control the governorship and the Supreme Court — positions that give them considerable sway over the process.

6 years ago

FILE- In this July 15, 2020, file photo Sen. Kelly Loeffler, R-Ga., puts on a face mask as she walks with Sen. David Perdue, R-Ga., right, at UPS Hapeville Airport Hub in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
Politics & Policy

In Georgia, Republicans juggle Biden win and Trump loyalties

Twin Georgia Senate runoffs have Republicans in a quandary.

6 years ago

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