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Demonstrators gather on the steps of the state capitol in Harrisburg to demand action on climate change on Friday, September 20, 2019. (Rachel McDevitt / WITF)
Politics & Policy
StateImpact Pennsylvania

What do you want elected officials to do about climate change?

The November election will likely have big consequences for climate policy in the United States.

6 years ago

(Surf City Police Department photo)
Down the Shore
Courts & Law

Police suspect high-end car theft ring after two chases on Long Beach Island

Police are warning Long Beach Island residents to be vigilant after the theft of a high-end vehicle and subsequent pursuits early Thursday.

6 years ago

The beach in Mantoloking, N.J., Ocean County. (Alan Tu/WHYY)
Health

N.J. coronavirus: Cases rise in Ocean County; state budget inches closer to law

COVID-19 numbers are also spiking in Monmouth, Gloucester, Middlesex, and Bergen counties.

6 years ago

U.S. Attorney Williams McSwain on Sept. 14, 2020. (Dan Lee/NBC10)
Courts & Law

Philadelphia Treasurer indicted by feds for embezzlement, fired by city

The U.S. Attorney accused the Liberian-born treasurer of embezzlement and entering into a “sham” marriage to maintain residency.

6 years ago

In this photo provided by the United Nations, Satta Sheriff, Young Leader for the SDGs and Founder and Executive Director of Action for Justice and Human Rights, Liberia, participates in the high-level virtual panel entitled
Health

COVID-19 can’t crush human rights, UN gathering declares

In a diminished spotlight because of COVID-19, leading human rights defenders on Friday urged people in these fractured times to connect through politics — and vote, too.

6 years ago

Milford Graves at ICA Philadelphia
Arts & Entertainment

The heart of the matter: Drummer Milford Graves exhibit on the science of heartbeats

The ICA in Philadelphia opens an exhibition of jazz drummer Milford Graves and his lifelong research into the power of heartbeats.

6 years ago

Construction of Mariner East 2 in West Cornwall Township, Lebanon County. (Jon Hurdle / StateImpact PA)
Science
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Pa. utility regulator says Sunoco must do more to share safety information on Mariner East project in Cumberland County

Pennsylvania’s utility regulator is siding with a Cumberland County man in his complaint against Sunoco’s Mariner East pipeline.

6 years ago

(Courtesy of the Army Corps of Engineers)
Down the Shore
Urban Planning

Another round of N.J. beach replenishment starting soon

Beach replenishment projects continue at the Jersey Shore, with another round set to begin soon in northern Monmouth County.

6 years ago

The scene of a partial house collapse in the Brant Beach section of Long Beach Township Thursday. (Courtesy of the Ship Bottom Volunteer Fire Company)
Down the Shore
Community

Construction workers injured in partial house collapse on Long Beach Island

Two construction workers were injured when a house they were working on suffered a partial collapse, authorities said. 

6 years ago

A U.S. Capitol Police honor guard surrounds the flag-draped casket of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg as lies in state in Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol, Friday, Sept. 25, 2020 in Washington. (Olivier Douliery/Pool via AP)
Courts & Law

Ginsburg makes history again, lying in state at Capitol

Ginsburg, who died last week at age 87, also will be the first Jewish-American to lie in state and just the second Supreme Court justice.

6 years ago

A Sept. 24 car crash on Benjamin Franklin Parkway killed one person.
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

20-year-old man dies in Philadelphia car crash as fatality rate spikes

2020 has been an especially deadly year on Philadelphia roads.

6 years ago

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden tours the Wisconsin Aluminum Foundry in Manitowoc, Wis., Monday, Sept. 21, 2020. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Politics & Policy

Biden’s Scranton vs. Park Ave. appeal targets working class

It’s at once a demonstration of Biden’s personal contempt for Trump and the Democratic challenger’s pride in his own family history as mostly working-class Irish Catholics.

6 years ago

Protesters march, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020, in Louisville, Ky. Authorities pleaded for calm while activists vowed to fight on Thursday in Kentucky’s largest city, where a gunman wounded two police officers during anguished protests following the decision not to charge officers for killing Breonna Taylor. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Community

In despair, protesters take to streets for Breonna Taylor

The big question for a town torn apart by Breonna Taylor’s death and the larger issue of racism in America was how to move forward.

6 years ago

Clockwise from top left:  Larry D. Lambert Jr (Photo by Shannon Woodloe), Marie Pinkney (Photo by Imperial Photography), Madinah Wilson-Anton (Photo by Kai Jullian), Eric Morrison (Photo by G Rivera Fumero)
Politics & Policy

‘I was shocked’: Four newcomers beat Democratic incumbents in Delaware primary

There were some major upsets in Del.’s Democratic primary. Four candidates for the General Assembly surprised even themselves when they beat incumbents.

6 years ago

Listen 3:52
Two woman paint overlooking the lake at FDR Park. (Courtesy Friends of FDR Park)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Upside to Philly’s tailgating ban? FDR Park free of cars and noise, nature lovers say

The South Philadelphia park located near Lincoln Financial Field is closed to cars on Sunday because of the ban on tailgating. Nature lovers aren’t mad about it.

6 years ago

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