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Democratic presidential candidate, former Vice President Joe Biden, center, speaks to Stacie Ritter, right, and her son, Jan, during a meeting with families who have benefited from the Affordable Care Act, Thursday, June 25, 2020, in Lancaster, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Politics & Policy

Dueling Trump-Biden events offer contrasting virus responses

Much of the nation remaining home for months has largely prevented the two presidential candidates from holding dueling appearances in pivotal battleground states.

6 years ago

A North Atlantic right whale leaps out of the water.
Down the Shore
Science

Critically endangered whale found dead off N.J. coast

The carcass of a critically endangered whale species was found floating off the coast of New Jersey on Thursday, federal authorities said.

6 years ago

Children gather on the playground at Titus Elementary School, playing and talking to news reporters about the threat of the virus that shut down their school and four others in Central Bucks County. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Health

Pa. coronavirus recovery: Philly suburbs prepare to go ‘green’

Coronavirus update: Counties prep to loosen restrictions - WHYY

6 years ago

National Guard soldiers and airmen assist with a drive-thru COVID-19 testing site.
Health

Pa. revises death toll during pandemic months upward by 2,000 fatalities

The mortality rate during the pandemic’s apex rose by 30% compared to the same period in 2018 and 2019.

6 years ago

(Courtesy of the Taney Dragons)
Community

Philly’s Taney Dragons to drop the controversial name, a reminder of the Dred Scott decision

The Taney Youth Baseball Association is expected to have an “inclusive, non-divisive” name by early fall.

6 years ago

A SEPTA bus approaches City Hall in a bus lane.
PlanPhilly
Community

Free SEPTA rides for kids under 12 coming in July

SEPTA’s board also approved a new fare restructuring plan, a freeze on base cash fares, and the introduction of a new three-day transit pass.

6 years ago

Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw
Courts & Law

Kenney, Outlaw admit they were wrong about 676 protest tear-gassing, officers involved to be fired

The deputy in charge that day took a voluntary demotion, and there’s now a moratorium on tear gas use by Philly police.

6 years ago

White bat-wielding men in Fishtown
Community

Philadelphia man arrested for allegedly assaulting WHYY producer in Fishtown

A Philly man has been arrested more than three weeks after allegedly assaulting a WHYY producer as part of a vigilante-style mob in Fishtown.

6 years ago

Wilmington, Delaware (Tim Kiser/Wikimedia Commons)
Community

‘We all have a lot more to do’: Del. business leaders get crash course on reducing racial disparities in the workforce

Delaware Chamber of Commerce members get a lesson in how to improve diversity and create a more inclusive work culture

6 years ago

Jeanie Moten with her sister on their mother's porch in Rea, Pa. She holds a stack of medical records. The Motens say they received no help from DOH regarding their fracking health complaints. A case file released by the DOH through a Right-To-Know request confirmed that. (Susan Phillips / StateImpactPA)
Courts & Law
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Pa. grand jury report on fracking: DEP failed to protect public health

Grand jury makes proposals on regulation, oversight of fracking industry

6 years ago

The scene at the 2019 Sea.Hear.Now Festival in Asbury Park, New Jersey. (Courtesy of Robert Siliato Photography)
Down the Shore
Arts & Entertainment

Sea.Hear.Now Festival on Asbury Park beach postponed until 2021

A beach concert festival featuring major acts on the beach in Asbury Park has been postponed until next year.

6 years ago

Aubrey Stewart, right, with some of her students at Feltonville Arts and Sciences. (Courtesy of The Notebook)
Education
The Notebook

Black Lives Matter movement inspires Philly students’ writing

Students and teachers participate in a 15-year-old program called Writers Matter that encourages teens to use their voice.

6 years ago

The former PES refinery site in South Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Money

Bankruptcy judge clears away final hurdle in PES refinery sale

With a $26.5 million cut in the price agreed to by Philadelphia Energy Solutions and Hilco Redevelopment OK’d, the deal is expected to close Friday.

6 years ago

Protesters in scrubs and lab coats
Health
Broke in Philly

The loss of Hahnemann resonates a year later as COVID-19 and Black Lives Matter protests roil Philadelphia

The imposing shell of the shuttered safety-net facility has become a symbol of inequity in health care amid a pandemic that has hit Philly's Black population especially hard.

6 years ago

National Guard soldiers help with coronavirus response
Health

U.S. health officials believe 20M Americans have had coronavirus

The estimation comes as the Trump administration works to tamp down nationwide concern about the pandemic and about a dozen states are seeing worrisome case increases.

6 years ago

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