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The owners of the Wilmington sports complex where the 76ers minor league team plays was fined for violations during youth basketball league play and a college football scouting combine.  (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
Health

Seeking wider reopening, Delaware fines, shuts down COVID-19 violators

Public health officials doubled the number of compliance checks in August. A sports complex got a $5,000 fine. One pub was shut down on the spot.

6 years ago

Mason Wilkes, 4, of South Carolina, poses for his father in a Black Panther costume, in front of a paining during a Chadwick Boseman Tribute on Thursday, Sept. 3, 2020, in Anderson, S.C. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
Community

Chadwick Boseman honored as hometown hero in native South Carolina

A viewing of “Black Panther” was held at an outdoor amphitheater where people practiced social distancing.

6 years ago

Cheswick Generating Station in Springdale, Pa. (Reid R. Frazier/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Politics & Policy
StateImpact Pennsylvania

For now, latest federal rollback of coal regs won’t affect PA plants

Environmental advocates said the move could open up the possibility that coal plants could seek to release higher levels of pollutants into the state’s rivers and streams.

6 years ago

An investigator works at a scene where a man suspected of fatally shooting a supporter of a right-wing group in Portland, Ore., last week was killed as investigators moved in to arrest him in Lacey, Wash., Thursday, Sept. 3, 2020. Michael Reinoehl, 48, was killed as a federal task force attempted to apprehend him in Lacey, a senior Justice Department official said. (AP Photo/Ted Warren)
Courts & Law

Slain shooting suspect was a regular at Portland protests

Reinoehl was himself killed Thursday when he pulled a gun as a federal task force attempted to apprehend him near Lacey, Washington, the U.S. Marshals Service said.

6 years ago

(Screenshot via NBC10)
Community
NBC10

Man in bed, 5 others outside shot in East Germantown

A stray bullet from a mass shooting along East Chelten Avenue in Philadelphia's East Germantown neighborhood struck a man inside his apartment.

6 years ago

A black and white screenshot of musicians performing a song virtually through Zoom
Arts & Entertainment

Former Del. gov. reflects on Charlottesville rally by writing a protest song

Markell said he was inspired by the last words of activist Heather Heyer, who was murdered at the rally: “If you’re not outraged, you’re not paying attention.”

6 years ago

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Autumn Casey, a recent graduate of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, chose not to exhibit her work at the school's annual student exhibit. She and a group of fellow PAFA students are instead exhibiting in galleries on N. 11th Street. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Education

PAFA grads boycott their final art exhibition over school’s stance on Black Lives Matter

Responding to the school’s stance on Black Lives Matter, some students move their final showcase to outside galleries.

6 years ago

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Benjamin Graff and his son Jacob Graff drop off their mail-in ballots for the Pennsylvania primary election
Politics & Policy

Pa. campaigns weather uncertainty, keep election plans flexible as Nov. 3 approaches

From lawsuits to last-minute legislative changes, nobody really knows how Pa.’s election will work. Campaigns are figuring it out on the fly.

6 years ago

Kitchen workers prepare food in a restaurant inside the Hard Rock casino in Atlantic City N.J. on Sept. 1, 2020. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
Community

‘Definitely ready’: N.J. restaurants eager to restart indoor dining as state lifts restrictions

Starting Friday, N.J. will allow restaurants to reopen for indoor service at 25% capacity, just in time to take advantage of the Labor Day weekend rush.

6 years ago

Protesters gather near a memorial to Daniel Prude at the site of his death, Thursday, Sept. 3. 2020 in Rochester, N.Y. Prude, a 41-year-old Black man, died March 30, 2020. His family took him off life support seven days after Rochester police officers encountered him running naked through the street, put a hood over his head to stop him from spitting, then held him down for about two minutes until he stopped breathing. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey)
Courts & Law

Rochester mayor suspends officers involved in man’s suffocation death

Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren announced the suspensions at a news conference amid criticism that the city kept quiet about Daniel Prude's death for months.

6 years ago

President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2020, in Latrobe, Pa. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Politics & Policy

Trump hones law and order message in Pennsylvania

The rally comes as Trump's campaign is claiming new signs of momentum, including in the longtime Democratic stronghold that Trump won by less than 45,000 votes in 2016.

6 years ago

Bullets for sale at 717 Armory in Harrisburg, Pa., on September 3, 2020. Ammo and gun sales have increased since the start of the pandemic. (Kate Landis / WITF)
Community

Pennsylvania gun shops struggle to keep firearms, ammo in stock

As civil unrest flares up in some cities, the presidential election nears and the coronavirus pandemic enters its sixth month, more Pennsylvanians are arming themselves.

6 years ago

Housing advocates protest evictions in Philadelphia
Community

Protesters demand Philadelphia halt evictions; 17 people arrested

Housing advocates and legal experts say it's uncertain how the CDC's federal hold on evictions will affect Philadelphia's own plans to resume tenant lockouts.

6 years ago

A resident is pictured using a wheelchair inside a nursing home.
Health

Pa. coronavirus recovery: State issues new testing guidelines for nursing homes

The Wolf administration announced new guidelines for when, and how often, staff and residents of such facilities should be tested.

6 years ago

(Dan Gleiter / PENNLIVE)
Courts & Law
Spotlight PA

Pa. inspector general reviewing legality of some state police traffic stops, searches

The Inspector General is conducting a review of whether Pennsylvania State Police troopers are following the law when initiating traffic stops and then searching vehicles.

6 years ago

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