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City election officials are closing in on the finish line, with less than 15k regular mail ballots left as of midday Friday.

The questions were among four on the ballot in Philadelphia. Also approved: a city victim advocate office and a $134M bond issue.

The commission will focus on ensuring that the state’s new recreational marijuana industry helps communities of color most harmed by drug laws.

“We have to stop the police from being the first responders,” said Gwen Carr, Garner’s mother. “They shoot first and ask questions later.”

Police confirmed a bomb threat was called in targeting the shopping mall, located near the offices of the Inquirer and the Pennsylvania Convention Center.

Democrat Josh Shapiro also has won a second term as the state's attorney general.

The suspect has described coronavirus as a “psyop” and appears to justify killing people responsible for the pandemic in blog posts published to accounts he owns.

Philadelphia reported 742 cases, highest daily number since the pandemic began. “Everything is on the table right now,” Health Commissioner Farley says.

Landlord groups say the hold on evictions is tantamount to stealing from property owners.

The Associated Press called the close race for Republican Van Drew on Friday. He was the incumbent, though he first won the seat in 2018 as a Democrat.

Sen. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania, whose state is a key battleground in the presidential election, called the president’s claim of fraud “very disturbing.”

The Republican controller in Dauphin County outpaced Democrat Nina Ahmad for the statewide position.

Biden opened a lead of more than 6,800 votes Friday morning over Trump, of more than 6.5 million votes cast.

The Associated Press and NPR have not yet called the race and President Donald Trump has not conceded, but trends suggest Biden has a path to victory.

Biden overtook the president in Georgia early Friday and was inching closer to doing the same in Pennsylvania, where votes were still be counted.