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President Donald Trump listens as Dr. Stephen Hahn, commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, speaks during a media briefing in the James Brady Briefing Room of the White House, Sunday, Aug. 23, 2020, in Washington.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Health

FDA chief apologizes for overstating plasma effect on virus

Trump hailed the decision as a historic breakthrough even though the treatment’s value has not been established.

6 years ago

Narberth Ambulance Paramedic Andrew Schifferli, left, and EMT Eric McKeever, right, wear full PPE during a call at a nursing home in Wynnewood, PA, on April 17, 2020, in Ardmore, Pa. (Jessica Griffin/Philadelphia Inquirer)
Health

Pa. coronavirus recovery: State on track to test all long-term care facilities by September

Philly’s contact tracing efforts indicate the virus is primarily spreading among household and family members, and even small gatherings or travel with friends.

6 years ago

When classes resume in Delaware, public school students in kindergarten and above must wear masks. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
Education

Carney mandates masks for Delaware kindergarteners when in-class learning resumes

Under earlier rules, only children age 12 and above had to wear masks in public and in school when classes resume. Now kindergarteners and anyone older must wear one in public

6 years ago

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy
Politics & Policy

Murphy proposes revised N.J. budget in response to pandemic’s economic toll

The proposal doesn’t call for as much borrowing as Murphy had planned previously. It cuts spending and would raise taxes, especially on millionaires.

6 years ago

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Community
Spotlight PA

Peaceful civil rights marchers shot at in Pa. while on trek from Milwaukee to Washington, D.C.

A white Bedford County man shot into a crowd of about 50 peaceful civil rights marchers who were crossing through Pennsylvania during a pilgrimage from Milwaukee to D.C.

6 years ago

Reading, Pa.
Politics & Policy

Wolf: Pennsylvania eviction moratorium to lapse Aug. 31

The Democrat called on state lawmakers in the Republican-controlled General Assembly to pass legislation to extend the statewide moratorium.

6 years ago

Donald Trump Jr., speaks as he tapes his speech for the first day of the Republican National Convention from the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington, Monday, Aug. 24, 2020. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Politics & Policy

Live updates: 2020 Republican National Convention

Follow updates and analysis throughout the day, including live video of the events.

6 years ago

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf
Politics & Policy

Wolf asks lawmakers to legalize pot, spend coronavirus funds

Pennsylvania's governor is urging lawmakers to legalize recreational marijuana and spend down the remaining $1.3 billion in federal coronavirus relief funds.

6 years ago

A protester sits on a car
Community

Jacob Blake’s father says son has paralysis from waist down after being shot by police

Anger over the shooting spilled into the streets of Kenosha for a second night Monday, with police again firing tear gas at hundreds of protesters.

6 years ago

A woman plays a slot machine at the Golden Nugget casino in Atlantic City
Money

Coronavirus closures send Atlantic City casinos to $112M Q2 loss

Only one of the nine casinos — the Golden Nugget — reported an operating profit for the quarter, and that was helped by the market-leading internet gambling operation.

6 years ago

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Community
Broke in Philly

To stop shootings, young people say Philly must confront the ‘status and money’ guns can bring

‘Speaking about consequences being a motivator for them to stop gun violence isn’t enough,’ said one participant in a town hall on Philly’s gun violence epidemic.

6 years ago

Donor gives blood (Courtesy of BigStockPhoto.com)
Health

Blood, plasma donation policies reflect fears born in an earlier epidemic: HIV in the 1980s

Men can’t give blood, or plasma for COVID patients, if they’ve had sex with men in the past 3 months. Some hope to reverse what they see as anti-gay bias.

6 years ago

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Becky Ansel is a violinist who’s been out of work since the pandemic started. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Community
Broke in Philly

Locked out of the economy: Unemployed workers face mounting fiscal, emotional stress

For families, a financial freeze is the first fallout from being out of work for months, but the effects can go deeper. There is also “an emotional crisis.”

6 years ago

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Crews worked on Monday Jan. 21 to stabilize a new sinkhole that opened up at Lisa Drive, a suburban development in West Whiteland Township, Chester County where Sunoco operates its Mariner East pipelines. (Jon Hurdle/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Community
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Sunoco asks Environmental Hearing Board to block new DEP shutdown of troubled Chester County drilling site

Company says prolonged pause at West Whiteland will harm public interest.

6 years ago

President Donald Trump pumps his fist after speaking at the 2020 Republican National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., Monday, Aug. 24, 2020. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Politics & Policy

Pa. Republicans line up behind Donald Trump at the mostly remote RNC

Much like last week’s DNC that saw Joe Biden virtually accept his presidential nomination, this week’s RNC will be unprecedented, and mostly remote.

6 years ago

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