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Vanessa Keegan, 41, lives in Gibbstown with her boyfriend and 3-year-old son one block from the railroad tracks that will carry liquid natural gas to an export facility on the Delaware River. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Fears for safety and climate surround LNG export terminal planned on the Delaware

The Delaware River Basin Commission has greenlighted the dock, dredging and some infrastructure for the controversial Gibbstown terminal.

6 years ago

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SEPTA's 47 bus route travels from Whitman Plaza in South Philadelphia to Godfrey Avenue in North Philadelphia. | La ruta 47 de SEPTA viaja desde Whitman Plaza en el sur de Filadelfia hasta Godfrey Avenue en el norte de Filadelfia. (Photo by Bernardo Morillo for WHYY)
Community
English Version

The 10-mile SEPTA bus route that connects Philadelphia’s Latino communities

Most of the city’s 241,425 Latinos live along the 47. The busy line serves as a “pulse” for community, says Rev. Adan Mairena, a Norris Square pastor.

6 years ago

Obed Arango is originally from Mexico and has lived in Montgomery County for 15 years. He is the founder and executive director of the Centro de Cultura Arte Trabajo y Educación, which serves the large and growing Spanish-speaking community in Norristown. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Tracing Montco’s decades-long shift from GOP stronghold to boon for Biden

Two big reasons stand out: Republicans lost many of their moderate voters here as the GOP crept rightward, and suburbs have further diversified.

6 years ago

(Kent M. Wilhelm for Spotlight PA)
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

Firm ran Pa. senator’s campaign and worked with super PAC to attack opponent, but denies coordination

Coordination between independent expenditure groups and campaigns is forbidden. But weak state and federal campaign finance rules and meager oversight create gray areas.

6 years ago

Cure Insurance Arena in Trenton hosted a pop-up COVID-19 testing site on Dec. 8, 2020. (P. Kenneth Burns/WHYY)
Health

Mercer County residents weigh in on receiving coronavirus vaccine once available

The reaction is mixed among Mercer County residents as to whether they would take a vaccine for the coronavirus when one becomes available.

6 years ago

Motorists line up at a drive-through COVID-19 testing center in the Motor Vehicle Commission parking lot in Camden, New Jersey. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Health

Camden getting three new walk-up COVID testing sites this week

Starting Dec. 9, tests will be available to the public from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., provided by Cooper University Health Care.

6 years ago

The number of coronavirus patients hospitalized in Delaware has surpassed the record set in late April. (State of Delaware)
Health

Del. coronavirus hospitalizations set record high, expected to keep growing

The previous peak was 337 in late April, but the number of people needing hospital beds had dropped to 29 by late August. Now there’s 338 COVID-19 patients in the hospital.

6 years ago

Zhanon Morales, 30, of Philadelphia, raises her fist as demonstrators call for all votes be counted during a rally outside the Pennsylvania Convention Center, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
Politics & Policy

High court rejects GOP bid to halt Biden’s Pennsylvania win

The court without comment Tuesday refused to call into question the certification process in Pennsylvania.

6 years ago

An Indego user docks an electric bike.
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Indego to expand, add e-bikes as more people turn to bicycles for transportation

The past year has seen more people turn to cycling as they seek physically distant modes of travel and recreation. Indego is seizing the trend to grow.

6 years ago

Patrons dine at The Brass Rail in Hoboken, N.J.
Politics & Policy

N.J. restaurant industry, politicians press for more federal aid

New Jersey politicians say federal assistance is urgent because local businesses that have taken years or generations to build are on the edge of shutting down for good.

6 years ago

(AP Photo/Pat Wellenbach, file)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

New Pa. data shows how the pandemic gave a big boost to cyber charter schools

As expected, cyber charter schools saw a massive enrollment spike. But that wasn’t the only finding embedded in the new data.

6 years ago

Bags of delivery groceries being prepared at Reading Terminal Market during the pandemic in April 2020.
Community

‘Mad or nah?’: Philly shopkeepers react to city’s new round of COVID-19 restrictions

Tamara Russell, aka P.O.C., hit the streets of Philadelphia to hear what local shopkeepers think of the latest round of COVID-19 restrictions.

6 years ago

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Philadelphia Eagles' Jalen Hurts runs during the second half of an NFL football game against the Green Bay Packers Sunday, Dec. 6, 2020, in Green Bay, Wis. The Packers won 30-16. (AP Photo/Matt Ludtke)
Community
NBC10

Eagles starting Jalen Hurts vs. Saints; Carson Wentz to bench

This is a move that seemed obvious but could also end up having major ramifications for the future of the Eagles and Carson Wentz.

6 years ago

A a registered nurse works on a computer while assisting a COVID-19 patient
Health

‘Quite frankly shocking’: US coronavirus deaths hit record levels

The crisis is all but certain to get worse from the fallout of Americans traveling in droves around Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s.

6 years ago

Registered nurse Chrissie Burkhiser puts on personal protective equipment as she prepares to treat a COVID-19 patient in the in the emergency room
Health

Pa. coronavirus update: Philly officials urge caution after post-Thanksgiving spike

If approved, a vaccine could be available in weeks, Philadelphia public health officials said. Still, masking and distancing are critical to stopping the spread.

6 years ago

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