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Waves breaking along a Jersey Shore beach.
Down the Shore
Health

Fecal bacteria leads to swimming advisories at six N.J. beaches

Six New Jersey beaches are under swimming advisories issued Tuesday afternoon due to exceeding the allowable bacteria threshold, state officials said.

6 years ago

Protestors with signs during a silent march to end 'stop-and-frisk' program in New York. During the Bloomberg administration, civil rights groups went to court to end the NYPD's use of a tactic known as 'stop and frisk,' which involved detaining, questioning and sometimes searching people deemed suspicious by officers. Finding marijuana was often used to justify the policy. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
Courts & Law
PA Post

Can you support Black Lives Matter and still prosecute marijuana cases? This prosecutor says yes.

Months of protests urged prosecutors and police to support criminal justice reform. But court records show a different path.

6 years ago

Moriah Guise and Dustin Mitchell check takeout orders at Iron Hill Brewery. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
Community

Gov. Carney says Delaware ‘can’t afford’ $100-a-week in extra unemployment aid

Gov. John Carney says the state is already borrowing money from the federal government to pay its current unemployment insurance obligations.

6 years ago

Sen. Kamala Harris at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Art, Thursday, June 27, 2019, in Miami. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
Politics & Policy

Biden selects California Sen. Kamala Harris as running mate

It’s a move that fulfills the wish of Democrats clamoring to see a woman of color on the presidential ticket.

6 years ago

Bill Cosby arrives for his sentencing hearing
Courts & Law

Cosby sex assault appeal takes on non-prosecution deal

The filing claims a deposition by Cosby regarding the use of Quaaludes and allegations of uncharged sexual misconduct with about a half-dozen women “was irrelevant evidence."

6 years ago

Election poll monitor
Politics & Policy

Constraints gone, GOP ramps up effort to monitor voting

The GOP heads into its first presidential contest this November free from decades-old legal constraints on the use of volunteers to monitor the polls on Election Day.

6 years ago

College Hall on the University of Pennsylvania campus. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Health

Pa. coronavirus recovery: UPenn to move classes online, freeze tuition this coming semester

The University of Pennsylvania announced that the vast majority of undergraduate classes will be online, with some exceptions like clinical rotations for nursing students.

6 years ago

Rowhouses in the Hunting Park neighborhood
Community
Broke in Philly

Esperanza and HACE will use state CARES grant towards homelessness prevention in Hispanic and Latinx communities

Two North Philadelphia homelessness prevention and housing organizations are using a newly awarded grant to support low-income Hispanic and Latinx communities in Philadelphia.

6 years ago

(Tom Gralish/Philadelphia Inquirer)
Courts & Law
Spotlight PA

Public record or trade secret? Battle over number of liquor licenses could go to Pa. high court

The case comes as the PLCB navigates the relatively new landscape in Pennsylvania for buying and selling alcohol.

6 years ago

(NASA)
Down the Shore
Science

Prolific, colorful Perseid meteor shower to dazzle stargazers during peak

The best viewing is from a dark location, like a secluded beach, between a few hours before midnight and dawn, according to earthsky.org.

6 years ago

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Politics & Policy

Pa. Republicans aim new bills at shutdowns of schools, athletics

Currently, schools and parents make the decision as to when a student can repeat a school year Republicans say. But they seek to give that decision-making power to parents.

6 years ago

Atlantic Ocean in N.J.
Down the Shore
Science

‘Sea lice’ reported at N.J. beaches is actually jellyfish larvae, biologist says

Jeff Tittel, director of the New Jersey Sierra Club, said the larvae were likely pushed to New Jersey from Florida by Tropical Storm Isaias.

6 years ago

The Pennsylvania state Capitol
Politics & Policy

Pennsylvania may seek federal loan to pay jobless benefits

Wolf has urged Congress to extend the $600 per-week benefit. Under Trump’s plan, a new $400 a week benefit requires a state to commit to providing $100.

6 years ago

Rows of school buses
Education

Pa. schools to get more state coronavirus analysis to guide reopening

The Department of Health said Monday it plans to provide an analysis showing the seven-day rate of transmission in each county and group those rates into risk categories.

6 years ago

Russian President Vladimir Putin
Health

Global coronavirus cases top 20M as Russia approves vaccine

The countries with the most infections are the U.S., India and Brazil. Russia has the fourth most.

6 years ago

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