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Keystone Crossroads
Education

Penn pledges $100 million to help fix Philly’s schools

Penn, which doesn’t pay property taxes, had been under growing pressure to support Philly’s public schools.

6 years ago

The Rocky statue is outfitted with a mock surgical face mask
Politics & Policy

States plead for more federal help as COVID-19 outbreak worsens

“Every state ... every city is suffering," said one governor. "The federal government is really the only resource that we all have to turn to.”

6 years ago

Diana Cortes
Courts & Law

Philadelphia appoints first-ever Latina city solicitor

Cortes will succeed Marcel Pratt in overseeing the city's 330-employee law department. She currently chairs its litigation group.

6 years ago

In this photo taken Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2011 is Obama 2012 deputy campaign manager Jennifer O'Malley Dillon, at the Chicago headquarters. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
Politics & Policy

Biden filling top White House team with campaign veterans

Biden is drawing from the senior ranks of his campaign and some of his closest confidants to fill out an increasingly diverse White House leadership team.

6 years ago

A man wears a face shield while playing a slot machine at the Golden Nugget casino
Money

US casinos recovering from pandemic, but challenges remain

“People are looking for opportunities to escape what is happening around us. Coming to a casino is entertainment, and people still want to be entertained.”

6 years ago

A sign hangs in front of an American flag, as a handful of supporters of President Donald Trump continue to protest outside the Pennsylvania Convention Center, in Philadelphia, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
Courts & Law

A cheat sheet for the Trump election lawsuits still alive in Pa.

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

6 years ago

Sigma Sound building, 212 N 12th St. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Sigma Studios, birthplace of the Philly Sound, wins spot on city’s historic register

The Philadelphia Historical Commission voted unanimously to add Sigma Studios to the local Register of Historic Places.

6 years ago

Jennifer Storm
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

Senate axes second term for Pa.’s victim advocate, who angered GOP leader

The Republican-controlled Pa. Senate on Monday blocked state Victim Advocate Jennifer Storm from serving another six years in the job

6 years ago

Elise Schiller holds a photo of her daughter Giana Natali
Courts & Law

Safehouse debate in appeals court centers on two sentences in ‘crackhouse statute’

The question of whether the Philadelphia nonprofit can open a supervised injection site comes down to language in the U.S. Controlled Substances Act.

6 years ago

President-elect Joe Biden speaks at The Queen theater, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020, in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Politics & Policy

Biden seeks unity to resurrect economy, derides Trump aide’s call to ‘rise up’ against pandemic restrictions

The President-elect met with corporate executives and union leaders and said they must cooperate to resurrect the coronavirus-ravaged economy and create jobs.

6 years ago

Outdoor dining at Parc on Rittenhouse Square
Keystone Crossroads
Community

‘Adapt or die’: Small businesses brace for Philly’s new COVID-19 restrictions

Restaurants will no longer be allowed to serve diners indoors. Outdoor dining will now be limited to four people from the same household per table.

6 years ago

Colin Kaepernick has called for the release of Mumia Abu-Jamal. (youtube)
Community

Colin Kaepernick comes out in support of freeing Mumia Abu-Jamal

The quarterback stated his support of Abu-Jamal, who has been incarcerated for 38 years, and published one of Mumia’s essays on his new website.

6 years ago

Quairah Tucker of Upper Darby, Delaware County, voted by provisional ballot on Nov. 3 -- and then had her ballot challenged by the Trump campaign as it sought to invalidate some ballots in Pennsylvania. The campaign ultimately withdrew its challenge to her ballot. (Emily Previti / WITF)
Politics & Policy

Trump campaign presses election cases in Pennsylvania as attorneys abandon key claims, courts deny legal challenges that initially targeted millions of votes across several states

"It's kind of game over.”

6 years ago

President-elect Joe Biden speaks Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020, at The Queen theater
Politics & Policy

Global Leadership Coalition mulls foreign policy changes under President-elect Biden

President-elect Biden’s plans to rejoin both the WHO and the Paris Climate Agreement were praised Monday afternoon at the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition conference.

6 years ago

Drive-through test sites like this one in Delaware are popping up around the Philly region. (Butch Comegys for WHYY)
Health

Data breach affects 10,000 tested for COVID-19 in Delaware

The information of 10,000 Delawareans who got tested for COVID-19 over the summer was accidentally sent to an unauthorized person.

6 years ago

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