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President Donald Trump turns around after talking with law enforcement officials Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2020, as he tours an area damaged during demonstrations after a police officer shot Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wis. At left, Attorney General William Barr and acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf talk with police officers. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Community

Trump spins baseless tale of ‘thugs’ flying to protests

He has repeated conspiracy theories that recent protests have been orchestrated by powerful people in “dark shadows” intent on undermining his reelection prospects.

6 years ago

Gov. Phil Murphy signed a law making it easier for immigrants in New Jersey to obtain professional licenses in a slew of careers regulated by the state. (screenshot)
Politics & Policy

N.J. scraps residency requirement for occupational licenses

The move means immigration status won’t get in the way of otherwise qualified people as they seek professional licenses in New Jersey.

6 years ago

Tropical Storm Omar as seen from the NOAA GOES-East satellite late Tuesday afternoon. (Screenshot)
Down the Shore
Weather

Tropical Storm Omar forms off East Coast

The fifteenth-named storm of the 2020 hurricane season formed Tuesday afternoon off the Eastern seaboard. 

6 years ago

In this Friday, June 12, 2020 file photo, a woman has blood drawn for COVID-19 antibody testing in Dearborn, Mich. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
Health

Large antibody study offers hope for virus vaccine efforts

Antibodies that people make to fight the new coronavirus last for at least four months after diagnosis and do not fade quickly, as some earlier reports suggested.

6 years ago

Mason Merrill of Westampton (right), works out with trainer Angelo Prince at Tenacity Fitness in Hainesport, N.J. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Health

New Jersey is sweating again as gyms reopen after five-month shutdown

With motivation, masks, and energetic music — gyms, and fitness centers in the Garden State reopened for the first time in five months since the pandemic started.

6 years ago

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

Fecal bacteria closes N.J. beach for days; no swimming at two others

An unacceptable level of fecal bacteria continues to keep a New Jersey beach closed while swimming is restricted at two others.

6 years ago

Jill Biden, wife of Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden, speaks in front of a closed playground during a tour of the Evan G. Shortlidge Academy in Wilmington, Del., Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2020, to launch a multi-week swing through 10 battleground states. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Education

Jill Biden launches back-to-school tour in Wilmington

A teacher herself, Jill Biden pledged to listen to teachers around the country as she launched her back-to-school tour Tuesday morning.

6 years ago

Healthcare workers at a COVID-19 testing site
Community

A Zoom Thanksgiving? Summer could give way to a bleaker fall

Public health scientists say it’s easier to forecast the weather on Thanksgiving Day than to predict how the American coronavirus crisis will play out this autumn.

6 years ago

City officials, police officers from the 18th district, and neighborhood residents pose in front of the Sgt. Robert Wilson III mural
Community

‘A slap in the face’: West Philadelphians, police decry vandalism of mural honoring slain sergeant

The incident has outraged Sgt. Robert Wilson III’s fellow officers and community members — even those who are distrustful of law enforcement.

6 years ago

High school football players in Delaware
Community

Del. coronavirus recovery: Sports tournaments restricted based on risk of COVID spread

School sports are already postponed for the fall, but Delaware is now classifying sports as high, medium and low risk, with specific rules for each classification.

6 years ago

A ground mural depicting a portrait of Breonna Taylor is seen at Chambers Park, Monday, July 6, 2020, in Annapolis, Md. The mural honors Taylor, a 26-year old Black woman who was fatally shot by police in her Louisville, Kentucky, apartment. The artwork was a team effort by the Banneker-Douglass Museum, the Maryland Commission on African American History and Culture, and Future History Now, a youth organization that focuses on mural projects. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Courts & Law

Lawyer: Plea offer implicated Breonna Taylor in drug ring

“Why would they put her name on there?” Aguiar, the lawyer for Taylor's family, said in a statement sent to news media. “It’s outrageous.”

6 years ago

Mail-in ballot
Courts & Law

Pennsylvania high court takes over another election lawsuit

The Democratic Party’s lawsuit asks the court to order an extension of Pennsylvania's Election Day-deadline to count mailed-in ballots.

6 years ago

Houses are pictured on North 9th Street in Reading, Pa
Politics & Policy

Pa. coronavirus recovery: Wolf urges state lawmakers to suspend evictions

Wolf said state law prevents him from continuing a now-expired suspension of evictions and foreclosures without legislative support.

6 years ago

Letter carrier Henrietta Dixon
Politics & Policy

Pa. lawmakers urge Trump’s postmaster to return sorting machines

The partisan fight over postal service is casting a shadow over the coming presidential election, with millions in Pennsylvania expected to vote by mail amid the pandemic.

6 years ago

The Wells Fargo Center
Community

Comcast offers Wells Fargo Center as polling place for November election

The Wells Fargo Center, home to both the Flyers and 76ers, will be available to the city for election activities as it deems appropriate.

6 years ago

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