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Down the Shore
Community

N.J. aviation troopers rescue stranded jet skier from Barnegat Bay

New Jersey state troopers rescued a jet skier stranded on a Barnegat Bay island Sunday afternoon after her jet ski malfunctioned. 

6 years ago

Rapper Kanye West smiles as he listens to a question from a reporter during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House with President Donald Trump, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Politics & Policy
PA Post

What would it take for Kanye West to get on the ballot in Pennsylvania?

A 2018 court settlement lowered the bar for independent and minor-party candidates

6 years ago

Video shows Amy Cooper threatening to call the police on Christian Cooper
Community

White woman charged after racist Central Park confrontation

In May, Amy Cooper drew widespread condemnation for calling 911 to report she was being threatened by “an African-American man."

6 years ago

“There is absolutely no affordable housing in East Oak Lane. Period,” says pastor Wilbert Richardson as he sits in his office at Refuge Evangelical Baptist Church on Wednesday. — (Michael D'Onfrio / The Philadelphia Tribune)
Community
The Philadelphia Tribune

Mixed-income housing project divides Baptist church and East Oak Lane neighborhood

Refuge Evangelical Baptist Church aims to construct a $15.1 million four-story apartment building on a vacant lot at 1122 Oak Lane with 40 one-bedroom apartments for seniors.

6 years ago

An empty jail cell
Community

Officials announce cluster of COVID-19 cases at Delaware prison

Nearly 60 people held in a southern Delaware prison have tested positive for the coronavirus.

6 years ago

Recycling bins on Cuthbert Street in Philadelphia. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community

Pa. coronavirus recovery: Weekly recycling pickup resumes in Philadelphia

Starting Monday, Philadelphia will again collect recycling from each home every week. The city had been collecting recycling once every two weeks during the pandemic.

6 years ago

Members of the public are seen at a bar on Canal Street
Health

Scientists urge WHO to acknowledge coronavirus can spread in air

WHO has been criticized in recent weeks and months for its seeming divergence from the scientific community.

6 years ago

Monmouth Beach
Community

N.J. coronavirus recovery: Officials concerned after infection rate ticks up

Officials are urging travelers to follow the 14-day quarantine advisory as they see an uptick in the rate of infection for COVID-19.

6 years ago

Supreme Court
Courts & Law

Supreme Court rules states can require presidential electors to back popular vote winner

So-called faithless electors have not been critical to the outcome of a presidential election, but that could change in a race decided by just a few electoral votes.

6 years ago

White House
Politics & Policy

Trump-connected lobbyists reap windfall in COVID-19 boom

The findings were detailed in a report released Monday by the watchdog group Public Citizen. Trump campaigned on a pledge to “drain the swamp.”

6 years ago

Rep. Jeff Van Drew
Politics & Policy

Dems race to face party-flipper Van Drew in swing South Jersey district

Will Cunningham, Brigid Callahan Harrison and Amy Kennedy are running because they said incumbent Jeff Van Drew has turned his back on South Jersey.

6 years ago

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Hayoung Youn
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Sidelined by coronavirus, these med students found a way to help the helpers

Unable to work in hospitals, these Philly area medical students decided to help the helpers by tutoring the children of frontline workers.

6 years ago

Listen 3:12
Medical personnel
Health

My doctor is back in the office. Is it safe to reschedule my appointment?

Coronavirus shutdowns canceled regular exams for months. Weighing the risk of postponing against the risk of infection can make for anxious moments.

6 years ago

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A Philadelphia Police Department cruiser is seen traveling down a Philly street.
Community
NBC10

At least 7 dead, 21 hurt in 17 separate shootings during violent weekend in Philly

At least 210 people have been killed in Philadelphia so far this year, the highest number up to this point in the city in more than a decade.

6 years ago

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy
Community

Murphy: N.J. seeing ‘small spikes’ in coronavirus from travelers

The governor said he believes a national strategy is needed to handle the virus, and mask-wearing has to be at the core of it.

6 years ago

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