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Dr. Robert Kadlec
Health

Official says vaccine expected in January, countering Trump

A growing, bipartisan chorus of lawmakers, experts and public health officials says the country is ill prepared for a projected winter surge of COVID-19.

6 years ago

Mellody Hobson, right, walks with film director George Lucas after the qualifying session at the Monaco racetrack in Monaco, Saturday, May 25, 2013. (AP Photo/Claude Paris)
Education

Princeton names dorm for Black alum Hobson, replacing Wilson

Hobson is the co-CEO of Ariel Investments and gave an undisclosed seed donation to fund the reconstruction of the dorm, along with the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation.

6 years ago

Former officer Eric Ruch and Dennis Plowden (NBC10)
Courts & Law

Former Philly police officer charged with murder for fatally shooting unarmed Black man

Former police Officer Eric Ruch, Jr. is being held without bail after turning himself in Friday morning. He was fired in 2018.

6 years ago

Nancy Nguyen is executive director of VietLead. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Courts & Law

Immigration activist arrested in Philadelphia after protesting ICE director

The arrest is said to stem from a Sept. 8 demonstration outside the Virgina home of Immigration and Customs Enforcement acting director Tony Pham.

6 years ago

Voters exchange ballots for “I Voted Today” stickers at City Hall in Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Courts & Law

Bad lawsuits happen in Philly? Pa. judge tosses Trump complaint over polling place restrictions

The president's lawsuit connected to his now-famous "Bad things happen in Philadelphia" quote has been rejected.

6 years ago

An election worker hands a sheet of
Politics & Policy

Thinking about voiding your mail-in ballot? Experts say you should think twice

Some Philly voters that requested mail-in ballots now want to vote in person— and the trend has experts worried that these Election Day audibles could do more harm than good.

6 years ago

A car leaves Cameron, La., Thursday, Oct. 8, 2020, past a building destroyed by Hurricane Laura, in advance of Hurricane Delta, expected to make landfall Friday. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Weather

Louisiana braces to relive a nightmare as Delta nears

The city of Lake Charles was already a landscape of towering debris piles still uncollected after Hurricane Laura.

6 years ago

FirstEnergy Stadium in Reading, Pa.
Health

Pa. health department opening Berks County drive-thru testing site as coronavirus cases rise

Since the beginning of September, Berks County has seen an increase of nearly 1,500 cases of COVID-19, which gives “significant cause for concern,” Levine said.

6 years ago

Broadway posters outside the Richard Rodgers Theatre in New York on May 13, 2020. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
Arts & Entertainment

Broadway shutdown due to virus extended again until May 30

Producers, citing health and city authorities, previously extended the shutdown to June 7, then again to Sept. 6 and again to Jan. 3.

6 years ago

The governor of Michigan, Gretchen Whitmer
Courts & Law

AG: Michigan governor, family were moved as plotters tracked

Michigan's attorney general said the Democratic governor was consistently updated about the investigation over the past couple months.

6 years ago

Judge Amy Coney Barrett, U.S. President Donald Trump's nominee to the Supreme Court, meets with U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., October 1, 2020. (Erin Scott/Pool via AP)
Courts & Law

Scalia ‘heir’ Barrett may be open to reversing Roe v. Wade

At the center of that shared philosophy is a strict form of constitutional interpretation called originalism, which Scalia championed.

6 years ago

President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Harrisburg International Airport, Saturday, Sept. 26, 2020, in Middletown, Pa. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark)
Politics & Policy
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Trump pounds fracking as a wedge issue in Pa. But if it’s not voters’ top concern, how much can it help?

Despite the focus on fracking during the vice presidential debate and elsewhere, it’s hard to find a voter in Pennsylvania who thinks it’s a big issue.

6 years ago

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Democratic candidate Amy Kennedy and U.S. Rep. Jeff Van Drew participate in a debate for South Jersey's 2nd Congressional District
Politics & Policy

Van Drew floats coronavirus conspiracy theory during debate with Kennedy in South Jersey

It was the first time GOP U.S. Rep. Jeff Van Drew debated Democratic challenger Amy Kennedy.

6 years ago

Delaware Gov. John Carney
Politics & Policy

Delaware launches rapid training program to combat COVID-related unemployment

Delaware lost some 80,000 jobs due to the coronavirus pandemic. A new rapid training program aims to help workers rejoin the labor force.

6 years ago

Woman holding a toy skeleton
Community

Families find creative ways to trick or treat in Delaware, but Sea Witch extravaganza is off

The governor’s coronavirus restrictions are quashing many traditional events and door-to-door candy grabs are discouraged.

6 years ago

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