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