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Archdiocese of Philadelphia to close two high schools in 2021
John W. Hallahan Catholic Girls High School in Philadelphia and Bishop McDevitt High School in Wyncote will shutter due to declining enrollment.
6 years ago
Barack Obama memoir off to record-setting start in sales
Former President Barack Obama's “A Promised Land” sold nearly 890,000 copies in the U.S. and Canada in its first 24 hours.
6 years ago
Pa. House Republicans vote for election procedures study
Republicans pushed forward a proposal for a review of election procedures in Pa., although its author insisted he accepts voting results and is not trying to overturn them.
6 years ago
Charlie Brown specials to air on TV, after all, in PBS deal
On Wednesday, Apple bowed to the backlash, announcing it had teamed up with PBS for ad-free broadcasts of “A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving” and "A Charlie Brown Christmas."
6 years ago
Pa. high court takes up Trump challenge to 8K Philly votes
The case involves 8,329 absentee and mail-in ballots where the voter signed their ballot’s outer envelope, but didn't handwrite their name, their address or a date on it.
6 years ago
New COVID cluster at Delaware’s largest prison
As cases of coronavirus rise throughout Delaware, a group of people incarcerated at the state’s largest prison have been diagnosed with COVID-19.
6 years ago
Rape, abuses in palm oil fields linked to top beauty brands
An AP investigation focuses on the brutal treatment of women in the production of palm oil, including the hidden scourge of sexual abuse.
6 years ago
Pa. coronavirus update: Stay home for Thanksgiving, Farley advises
Speaking on ‘Radio Times,’ Philly Health Commissioner Dr. Thomas Farley said getting tested is not a foolproof way to keep the virus away for the holiday.
6 years ago
People distrust contact-tracing apps: Can a new approach help?
A team at Carnegie Mellon University thinks it can inspire greater buy-in with a new approach that helps users to prevent infection in the first place.
6 years ago
N.J. coronavirus update: Murphy among governors pushing for more testing at colleges
Gov. Phil Murphy joined his counterparts in five other states to urge colleges and universities to make COVID-19 testing available.
6 years ago
Trump pays $3 million for recount of 2 Wisconsin counties
He paid $3 million for a recount of two heavily Democratic WI counties, saying that they were the sight of the “worst irregularities” although no evidence of wrongdoing
6 years ago
Two women just made history in the Pa. legislature. Will that be the last thing they have in common?
Two women just made history in the Pa. legislature. Will that be the last thing they have in common?
6 years ago
Philadelphia Housing Authority vows to send 240 vacant properties to nonprofit developers
With an eye to avoiding that fate in the historically Black and brown North Philly community, Quiñones-Sánchez said her goal is to shape the development that happens next.
6 years ago
SEPTA keeps no-enforcement mask policy as other transit agencies begin fines
SEPTA officials say they will not put frontline employees in a position to enforce the agency’s mask requirement.
6 years ago
‘We buy houses’: Philly Council targets real estate scammers with bill
A bill introduced by Philly City Councilmember Allan Domb and co-sponsors would create protections against scammers plastering the city with 'We buy houses' signs.
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