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A Mark West natural gas processing plant in Washington County, Pa. (Reid Frazier/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Courts & Law
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Groups sue EPA over flares at industrial facilities

The suit claims the rules allow excess pollution at natural gas processing stations, landfills and chemical plants.

6 years ago

Protesters march from the scene of Walter Wallace Jr.’s killing to Malcolm X Park in Oct. 2020. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community

West Philly rally resumes protest against police killing of Walter Wallace Jr.

The rally, organized by the Party for Socialism and Liberation – Philly and other groups, demands that the officers who shot Wallace be held accountable.

6 years ago

(David Maialetti/Philadelphia Inquirer)
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

State, counties prepare to keep Pa. polling places safe amid fears of militia, hate groups

While experts are optimistic there will not be widespread conflict, officials are taking extra precautions in case anyone tries to disrupt the 2020 election in Pennsylvania.

6 years ago

Elvira Méndez on the day of her citizenship ceremony. (Courtesy of Elvira Méndez/Facebook)
PlanPhilly
Community

The Spanish-language voice of SEPTA is voting for president for the first time

You probably don’t recognize Elvira Méndez by name, but you know her voice if you ride SEPTA .This Election Day marks her first presidential ballot.

6 years ago

Actor Sean Connery holds a rose in his hand as he talks about his new movie
Arts & Entertainment

Actor Sean Connery, the ‘original’ James Bond, dies at 90

The Scottish actor rose to international superstardom as the suave and fearless secret agent, first playing Bond in “Dr No” in 1962.

6 years ago

District Attorney Larry Krasner views 'Redaction,' a mural of portraits by Titus Kaphar and Reginald Dwayne Betts in the gallery of the African American Museum of Philadelphia
Arts & Entertainment

‘Rendering Justice’ at African American Museum features formerly incarcerated artists

“Rendering Justice,” at the African American Museum of Philadelphia, features artists making work about reentering society.

6 years ago

Elmer Daniels is one of just a handful of people exonerated in Delaware after being wrongfully convicted. The Innocence Project Delaware is working to exonerate more people. (Saquan Stimpson for WHYY)
Courts & Law

New help for those wrongfully convicted in Delaware

Delaware is far behind its neighbors in how many wrongfully convicted people get exonerated. It’s a discrepancy targeted by the state’s newly formed Innocence Project.

6 years ago

A table full of boxes of mail-in ballots is visible.
Courts & Law

How do the most recent Supreme Court rulings affect voting in Pa.?

Morning Edition host Jennifer Lynn speaks with WHYY political reporter Katie Meyer about how the most recent Supreme Court rulings affect Pa.

6 years ago

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Philadelphia police officers form a line during a demonstration in Philadelphia, late Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Michael Perez)
Courts & Law

Officer placed on desk duty after PPD assaults SUV passengers in West Philly

More than a dozen officers surrounded an SUV in West Philadelphia, beat two passengers, and separated a two-year-old boy from his mother for several hours.

6 years ago

Deputy Fire Chief Anthony Hudgins calls for the resignation of IAFF 22 union president Michael Bresnan. (Robby Brod / WHYY)
Community

Philly’s Black firefighters sue union brass over Trump endorsement

Club Valiants, who represent Philly’s Black firefighters, are suing their union over what they call an illegal endorsement of President Trump for reelection.

6 years ago

Protestors carrying rifles walk up the steps for a rally at the City County building on Monday, Jan. 7, 2019, in Pittsburgh. The protesters, many openly carrying guns, gathered in downtown Pittsburgh to rally against the city council's proposed restrictions and banning of semi-automatic rifles, certain ammunition and firearms accessories within city limits. (Keith Srakocic / AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

People with firearms at polls risk facing criminal charges

Carrying a gun may be legal, but voter intimidation is not.

6 years ago

John Hansberry demonstrates an extraction machine at the city's mail-in ballot sorting and counting center
Politics & Policy

2.2 million mail or absentee ballots already returned in Pa.

Pennsylvania Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar says that number represents 73% of ballots requested. In 2016, just 266,208 civilians cast absentee ballots.

6 years ago

Protesters face off with police during a demonstration Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020, in Philadelphia. Hundreds of demonstrators marched in West Philadelphia over the death of Walter Wallace Jr., a Black man who was killed by police in Philadelphia on Monday. (AP Photo/Michael Perez)
Courts & Law

Wednesday release set for bodycam footage, 911 tape in Wallace shooting

The curfew will run until 6 a.m. Saturday. It is the second imposed since Monday’s shooting of Walter Wallace Jr. by police officers in West Philadelphia.

6 years ago

The University of Delaware campus in Newark.
Health

More than 60 people cited for violating gathering limits near University of Delaware

Halloween parties may have started a bit early in Newark, Delaware. Police cited more than 60 people for violating the city's limit on public gathering size.

6 years ago

Mail-in ballots. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

Harassment, anger, and misinformation plague Pa. county officials as they struggle to keep 2020 election on track

More than 3 million voters have applied for a mail ballot in the November election after the Pennsylvania legislature approved no-excuse mail-in voting last year.

6 years ago

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