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Health

Delaware nursing homes can resume in-person visits, with restrictions

Long-term care facilities that haven’t had a new case of the coronavirus in 14 days will be allowed to resume indoor visitation, which has been banned since March.

6 years ago

Anti-Trump protesters take to the streets after a rally at Independence Mall. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community

‘No more fire and fury’: Group aimed at ousting Trump rallies in Philadelphia

The group Refuse Fascism is promising nonviolent protests from now until Election Day on Nov. 3.

6 years ago

In this Aug. 11, 2020, file photo, a voter casts a ballot at a drive-thru voting station in the Barre Civic Center in Vermont's statewide primary in Barre, Vt. (AP Photo/Lisa Rathke)
Politics & Policy

Voting in person Nov. 3? Expect drive-thrus, sports arenas

States are turning to stadiums, drive-thrus and even movie theaters as safe options for in-person polling places amid the pandemic and fears about mail-in ballot concerns.

6 years ago

In this July 20, 2020, file photo, Audrey Reed, 8, holds up a sing through the sunroof of a car during a rally in Los Angeles. Ahead of Labor Day, major U.S. labor unions say they are considering work stoppages in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Community

Unions threaten work stoppages amid calls for racial justice

Ahead of Labor Day, unions representing millions across several working-class sectors are threatening work stoppages in support of the Black Lives Matter movement.

6 years ago

Stormy weather moves toward the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Aug. 28, 2020. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Politics & Policy

Racial tensions roiling US pose target for election meddling

The tensions coursing through the United States over racism and policing are likely targets for adversaries seeking to influence the election, lawmakers and experts warn.

6 years ago

Atlantic City, N.J. Mayor Marty Small holds a news conference on his city's Boardwalk
Community

Compromise keeps ‘Black Lives Matter’ paint off Atlantic City boardwalk

Mayor Marty Small and protest organizer Steve Young picked up roller paint brushes and helped write those words on the pavement of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.

6 years ago

A Philadelphia firefighter stands in front of a charred rowhouse after a deadly blaze in Kensington. (NBC10)
Community
NBC10

Mother, 3 kids dead after fire rips through Kensington home

Firefighters were dispatched to the 3300 block of Kip Street shortly before 8 a.m. and found flames and smoke billowing from the first and second floors of the house.

6 years ago

police car lights flashing
Courts & Law
NBC10

Bethlehem, Pa., police chief retires after offensive Facebook post share

The mayor of Bethlehem said in a statement that Chief Mark DiLuzio's retirement "is a result of the consequences of his recent re-posting of an offensive Facebook post.

6 years ago

Watu Moja is an arts nonprofit in Camden, New Jersey. (Screenshot via YouTube)
Community

‘We’re going to claim our space’: How Watu Moja is advancing social justice in Camden

Camden has received national attention as a model for community policing, but many residents have been critical of this praise. The members of Watu Moja are among them.

6 years ago

Boys and Girls Club of Trenton and Mercer County Bike Exchange assisted in securing bicycles for a share program being launched by the Trenton Health Team. (Kenny Burns for WHYY)
Community

Bike share program to launch in Trenton with focus on older adults

The Trenton Health Team will launch the program sometime this fall with help from an AARP grant.

6 years ago

Lady B embraces students after seeing her biography for the first time. (Sandrien B Photography)
Community
The Philadelphia Tribune

Young authors pen biography of hip-hop pioneer Lady B

The National Youth Foundation’s Writer’s Workshop's latest biography is on the Godmother of hip-hop, Philadelphia’s own, Lady B.

6 years ago

More than 200 gather at City Hall to protest police violence during a Justice for Jacob Blake rally. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community

Protest in Philly over police shooting of Jacob Blake in Wisconsin

A City Hall rally continues a summer that has seen the country’s largest protests and demands for racial justice and police reforms in decades.

6 years ago

A 2015 image of the 5th Avenue bay beach in Seaside Park. (Justin Auciello/for WHYY)
Down the Shore
Health

Source of contamination keeping N.J. bay beach closed remains a mystery

New Jersey environmental officials have not yet determined why bacteria continues to plague a beach along the Barnegat Bay in Ocean County.

6 years ago

Craps players and dealers are seperated by partitions at the Golden Nugget Casino
Health

N.J. coronavirus recovery: Smoking banned in casinos; schools get guidance on how to handle positives

The governor reversed course after signing an executive order to restart indoor dining that would have allowed smoking in the gambling houses.

6 years ago

Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw
Courts & Law

Philly Police: Homicide clearance rate on the decline as murder rates rise

Police are arresting suspects for less than half of the city’s homicides and shooting victims are getting younger, Commissioner Danielle Outlaw said.

6 years ago

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