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Trump not ready to commit to election results if he loses
It is remarkable that a sitting president would express less than complete confidence in the American electoral process. But for Trump, it comes from his 2016 playbook.
6 years ago
Suburban bars, restaurants say Gov. Wolf’s temporary restrictions bring them back to ‘yellow’
Some business owners and industry groups say the new measures caught them off guard, and threaten their financial viability.
6 years ago
Federal judge agrees to expedite Trump campaign’s lawsuit over vote-by-mail in Pennsylvania
Trump wants Ranjan to require counties to reject mailed ballots that arrive without a secrecy envelope and limit in-person ballot delivery to county election offices.
6 years ago
Montco replaces weekend sentences with house arrest and monitoring
The emergency order by President Judge Thomas DelRicci formalizes a policy in practice since the start of the pandemic.
6 years ago
Rebooting care: Patients, doctors and dentists catch up after the COVID delays
It will take a while to work through the backlog, because of social distancing and testing issues. But postponed procedures are being rescheduled.
6 years ago
Listen 2:06Central Pa. city looks to youth for guidance, more equitable future
Reading is inviting teens and young adults to a seat at the decision-making table.
6 years ago
Reality shows shortfalls of Trump’s claim to ‘best testing’
In Pittsburgh, adults who are afraid they’ve been exposed to the coronavirus are being asked to skip testing if they can quarantine at home for 14 days to help reduce delays.
6 years ago
Community pressure helps get charges dropped against Woodlynne teen
The charges could have prevented Timothy Cook from joining the Marines in August as planned. Charges are still pending against his father.
6 years ago
Pa. attorney general sues Lincoln University board over ouster
The complaint said university bylaws require 10 days notice for a special meeting and bars discussion of topics not included in the notice.
6 years ago
Philly region remembers civil rights icon, congressman John Lewis
His passing comes after disclosing a pancreatic cancer diagnosis in December. Before his death, he was the last surviving member of the “Big Six” civil rights activists.
6 years ago
UN chief: World ‘at the breaking point’ due to inequalities
“It is exposing fallacies and falsehoods everywhere: The lie that free markets can deliver health care for all, the fiction that unpaid care work is not work."
6 years ago
John Lewis, lion of civil rights and Congress, dies at 80
John Lewis was the last survivor of the Big Six civil rights activists, led by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
6 years ago
Pennsylvania is becoming more racially diverse. And that could be a big deal for the 2020 election.
Trump’s victory in 2016 was predicated on unusually high turnout among certain white voters. But that demographic is shrinking in Pennsylvania.
6 years ago
Listen 2:56’Tis the season: Tinsel pop-up bar returns to Center City for Christmas in July
Tinsel in July is taking over a stretch of 12th Street in Midtown Village, offering a pandemic pick-me-up in the form of a holiday pop-up bar.
6 years ago
Elijah McClain and the invisibility of ‘different’ Black and brown boys
I challenge all of us to see, understand, and appreciate the uniqueness and individual qualities of different Black and brown boys, writes Whiquitta Tobar.
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