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Charles Evans looking for cracks in a Kensington home. Mice can fit in a hole the size of a dime, rats in a hole the size of a quarter. (Catalina Jaramillo/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Community

Rats in rowhouses, opossums in bottles: Philly exterminators see booming biz as trash sits

It’s a busy time for the pest control business in Philadelphia.

6 years ago

Listen 2:02
A vacant classroom at Lankenau High School in Philadelphia.
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Pa. hasn’t updated science education standards since 2002. New plan would be first to acknowledge climate change

The standards, which haven’t been updated since 2002, would overhaul what students are supposed to learn in Pa. science classrooms.

6 years ago

(Danya Henninger/Billy Penn)
Politics & Policy

What you need to know about the top races on Primary Day in Delaware

It's Primary Day in Delaware. Republicans and Democrats will head to the polls if they haven't already mailed in their votes.

6 years ago

A 2014 water rescue response in Ocean County, New Jersey. (Justin Auciello/for WHYY)
Down the Shore
Community

Man drowns amid fierce rip currents at the Jersey Shore

A 60-year-old man drowned in rough seas off Ocean County Monday, authorities said. 

6 years ago

Waves in South Seaside Park on Sept. 20, 2019. (Justin Auciello/WHYY)
Down the Shore
Community

Volunteer firefighters save numerous swimmers in churning surf

Volunteer firefighters from the northern Ocean County barrier island responded to at least six water rescue calls in dangerous ocean conditions Monday.

6 years ago

U.S. Attorney William McSwain
Courts & Law

U.S. Attorney McSwain charges two gunmen he claims DA Krasner went too easy on

It is the latest in a long-running policy war between the Trump-appointed federal prosecutor and Philadelphia’s Democratic district attorney.

6 years ago

U.S. Attorney General William Barr speaks with Ajit George, founder of Second Chances Farm. (Saquan Stimpson for WHYY)
Community

Wilmington indoor farm for formerly incarcerated people praised by Barr, Carson from Trump’s Cabinet

Second Chances Farm hires only formerly incarcerated men and women to grow hydroponic crops in a Wilmington warehouse. Federal officials have noticed.

6 years ago

People sit at tables at San Diego State University Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020, in San Diego. San Diego State University on Wednesday halted in-person classes for a month after dozens of students were infected with the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Health

Pa. coronavirus recovery: College kids drive uptick in COVID-19 cases

College students are driving big increases in COVID-19 cases throughout Pennsylvania, particularly in north central and northeast regions.

6 years ago

The African American Museum (Kimberly Paynter / WHYY)
Community

CEO leaving African American Museum in Philadelphia

The president and CEO of the African American Museum in Philadelphia, Patricia Wilson Aden, will step down from the museum she has led for eight years.

6 years ago

Flu shots
Health

N.J. coronavirus recovery: Officials warn of a ‘twindemic,’ plan to test contact tracing app

With fall around the corner, New Jersey officials urged residents to get vaccinated for the flu.

6 years ago

Beaver Valley nuclear power station
Science
StateImpact Pennsylvania

RGGI, behind the rhetoric: What we know about the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative

Gov. Tom Wolf signed an executive order last fall to join the cap-and-trade program.

6 years ago

Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden departs after voting early in Delaware’s state primary election at the New Castle County Board of Elections office in Wilmington, Del., Monday, Sept. 14, 2020. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Politics & Policy

Biden, flush with cash, boosts ad spending in battlegrounds

The aim is to get out his message of competent leadership, while pinning blame on Trump for a lost year, wracked by disease, unrest and economic hardship.

6 years ago

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf
Courts & Law

Judge: Pa.’s coronavirus pandemic restrictions unconstitutional

Stickman, an appointee of President Donald Trump, wrote in his ruling that the Wolf administration’s pandemic policies have been overreaching and arbitrary.

6 years ago

NJ Transit
Community

NJ Transit launches ridership app that shows how many aboard

New Jersey Transit bus and rail riders can now find out how many passengers they’ll be joining for their trips.

6 years ago

Pennsylvania Senate Majority Leader Jake Corman. (Jose F. Moreno/Philadelphia Inquirer)
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

Top Pa. GOP lawmaker taps politically connected lobbyist to be chief of staff

The lobbyist, recently hired by Senate Majority Leader Jake Corman, worked for the firm that runs the lawmaker’s political campaigns.

6 years ago

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