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Diners eat outside in New Jersey
Community

N.J. coronavirus recovery: Restaurants may resume indoor dining Friday, with restrictions

Gov. Phil Murphy on Monday announced that restaurants will be able to open for indoor dining beginning Sept. 4 at 25% capacity, with social distancing between tables.

6 years ago

Football and other fall scholastic sports are canceled for now in Delaware. (Smyrna High School)
Community

Protesters seek restoration of high school sports in Delaware

The Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association voted 15-0 to postpone fall sports until 2021 because of the coronavirus pandemic.

6 years ago

Bryant Riley
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Bryant Riley’s dream Philly home turned into a nightmare. He blames City Hall

An aggrieved Brewerytown homebuyer says lax oversight by the Philadelphia Department of Licenses & Inspection enables developer misconduct.

6 years ago

Justin John, Rahat Kamal and Ani Sanyal
PlanPhilly
Community

Why a North Philly developer gave up a ‘money grab’ to give back to local creators

Real estate investor Ani Sanyal and his partners are offering gallery space to local artists — for free — as part of a three-and-a-half-month artist-in-residence program.

6 years ago

Mike Fallaro and Lisa Swinehart lost work during the pandemic and have been threatened with eviction from their Kensington rowhouse. Two of their three children are scheduled to start school this week. (Jessica Kourkounis for Keystone Crossroads)
Keystone Crossroads
Education
Broke in Philly

Looming ‘deluge’ of evictions threatens thousands of Pa. families as school begins

Pa.’s eviction moratorium is expiring, and educators worry about students expected to learn from home while experiencing homelessness.

6 years ago

Listen 4:54
Telemedicine
Health

Fad or future? Telehealth expansion eyed beyond pandemic

There’s a push to make telehealth a permanent fixture of the government’s flagship health program. But it will take involvement by Congress to do away with old restrictions.

6 years ago

Philly youth decry gun violence in 'Enough is Enough' rally
Community

Philly youth rally, cry for peace in neighborhoods plagued by gun violence

As gun violence continues to surge in the city, young Philadelphians say they’re tired of seeing people their age increasingly caught in the crossfire.

6 years ago

Coronavirus safety sign at Temple University
Community

Temple University suspends in-person classes after 103 test positive for COVID-19

All instruction except “essential” classes will take place online through at least Sept. 11, after 103 Temple students tested positive for the coronavirus.

6 years ago

Philadelphia Eagles defenders warm up during NFL training camp
Community

NFL teams huddling up to devise plans for social change

Many NFL teams are weighing how to tackle racial justice issues in the days since Jacob Blake, 29, was left with paralysis after being shot in the back by a police officer.

6 years ago

Sgt. Robert Wilson mural vandalized
Community
NBC10

Mural of slain Philadelphia police sergeant vandalized

Sgt. Robert Wilson was killed while thwarting a robbery as he shopped for a gift for his son.

6 years ago

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy
Politics & Policy

Postal chief DeJoy has long leveraged connections, dollars

How DeJoy was hired is among the questions Congress is trying to unravel as lawmakers scrutinize a series of USPS changes that have resulted in widespread mail delays.

6 years ago

Student volunteers with We Love Philly. (Courtesy of Carlos Aponte)
PlanPhilly
Community

This Philly teacher is picking up trash to buy a school bus

We Love Philly is a program that tries to get students connected with different communities. And during COVID-19, moving them around town presents challenges.

6 years ago

State Highway 27 leading to Cameron, La. is seen in Creole, La., Friday, Aug. 28, 2020, as the storm surge recedes in the aftermath of Hurricane Laura. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Weather

Weeks without power or water ahead as Laura cleanup begins

The toll from the Category 4 hurricane rose to 16 deaths Saturday, with more than half of those killed by carbon monoxide poisoning from the unsafe operation of generators.

6 years ago

A swan swims in Barnegat Bay in Toms River, N.J.
Down the Shore
Politics & Policy

Environmentalist lauds N.J. bill restricting phosphorus in cleaning products

A bill passed by the New Jersey Senate Friday will benefit the state's coastal estuaries and bays if it eventually becomes law, an environmental leader said.

6 years ago

In this September 2019 file selfie photo taken in Evanston, Ill., Adria-Joi Watkins poses with her second cousin Jacob Blake. He is recovering from being shot multiple times by Kenosha police on Aug. 23. (Courtesy Adria-Joi Watkins via AP)
Community

‘7 bullets, 7 days’: Protesters march for Blake in Kenosha

“We are heartbroken and enraged, but we are steadfast in our demand for justice,” Tanya Mclean, a Blake family friend who helped organize the event, said in a statement.

6 years ago

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