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Biden’s bid touts faith, courts even religious conservatives
Joe Biden is a different kind of foe than Trump has faced before: one who makes faith a central part of his persona — often literally wearing it on his sleeve.
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Police, lifeguards rescue deer from ocean at Jersey Shore
Emergency responders on land and in the water helped rescue a deer that got stuck in the ocean off a New Jersey beach.
6 years ago
Pentagon bans Confederate flag in way to avoid Trump’s wrath
After weeks of wrangling, the Pentagon on Friday will ban displays of the Confederate flag on military installations.
6 years ago
Pa. coronavirus recovery: New suit seeks additional SNAP benefits for lowest-income Pa. residents
Currently, the lowest-income SNAP recipients are ineligible for the emergency allotments that other SNAP recipients have been receiving during the pandemic.
6 years ago
Wolf yanks virus funding from rebellious county
Wolf withheld nearly $13 million in funding from Lebanon County, where local Republican leaders voted in mid-May to lift pandemic restrictions in defiance of the governor.
6 years ago
Jersey Shore towns see more ‘sunny-day’ floods as seas rise, federal report says
Atlantic City and Cape May are among the coastal communities most exposed.
6 years ago
Rev. C.T. Vivian, key civil rights leader, has died at 95
C.T. Vivian's civil rights work stretched back more than six decades, to his first sit-in demonstrations in the 1940s in Peoria, Ill.
6 years ago
Brenda Allen sues several members of Lincoln U. Board of Trustees
Allen said in the lawsuit that board members violated the Sunshine Act by voting on her contract in a four-hour executive session on July 10 and “stifling public comment."
6 years ago
As Philadelphia’s doctors learn more about COVID-19, the death rate drops
The more they know about the novel coronavirus, the more hospitals adapt their treatment protocols. That evolution may be lowering the local death rate.
6 years ago
Inside one Pa. county’s effort to stay ‘hot on the trail’ of every COVID-19 case
Across Pa., many counties reopened even as the state was still trying to get a patchwork system of contact tracing in place. Montco started from a better position than most.
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Listen 5:40Fast food fight: The story of a protest you never saw, and the Black employees who made it happen
The George Floyd protests are changing workplace culture — even workplaces that get little attention. The story of a suburban Chick-fil-A shows how.
6 years ago
Listen 6:00Philly sanitation workers blame filthy streets on ‘poor management’; apologize for rotting trash
Philadelphia sanitation workers say Mayor Jim Kenney’s management is to blame for the mounds of stinky trash proliferating across the city.
6 years ago
Child care dilemma: Philly parents scrambling to plan for three days a week of virtual school
Across the country, parents are scrambling to figure out child care plans that can accommodate a year, in which school will take place largely outside the classroom.
6 years ago
Listen 2:00Rising coronavirus infections threaten US economic recovery
The virus is forcing businesses and consumers to freeze spending and keeping the unemployment rate stubbornly high.
6 years ago
Pompeo releases human rights report in Philly, denounces destruction of monuments
Sec. of State Mike Pompeo has unveiled a human rights report that counsels a more limited interpretation of “rights.” He also blamed the media for division.
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