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Ballester plays a hang-man style game with students, solving a puzzle related to a lesson they're working on. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

The diary of Ms. B.: Tears and triumphs inside a Philly teacher’s virtual classroom

Lauren Ballester is among the thousands of Pa. teachers trying to figure out online education. Her first week was an adventure of emotions.

6 years ago

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Tammy King (left) is comforted by her sister Michelle Rouco, both nurses, who were not allowed to see their father before he succumbed to COVID-19. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Health

Their father died of COVID-19 at the hospital where they worked. They still weren’t allowed to see him

Sisters Tammy King and Michelle Rouco worked as nurses at the same hospital where their father died of COVID-19. They still couldn’t be by his side.

6 years ago

Listen 5:00
A Black doctor performs a free COVID-19 test in the parking lot of the West Philadelphia Seventh-day Adventist Church. (Christopher Norris for WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Health

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Black churches aid free testing

Amid a health crisis that’s disproportionately ravaging African-American communities, the Black church is busy, even if its pews are empty.

6 years ago

A sign advertises the Wilmington Airport.
Community

County recommends new leadership for Wilmington Airport

A New Castle County task force looking at how to improve business at the Wilmington Airport recommends not renewing DRBA’s lease to run the facility.

6 years ago

Coal is piled up at the the Blaschak Coal Corporation pit mine
Politics & Policy
StateImpact Pennsylvania

The coal industry was already struggling. Now it’s getting hammered by coronavirus.

Since the coronavirus hit the U.S., coal mines across the country have begun shutting down, laying off workers and slowing production. Bankruptcies loom over the industry.

6 years ago

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy
Health

Here is Gov. Murphy’s plan for reopening N.J.

Murphy's six-point recovery plan included steps officials would have to take to slow the spread of COVID-19, minimize new outbreaks of the disease and reboot the economy.

6 years ago

A woman walks in Wilmington, Del., wearing a protective mask
Health

Coronavirus update: No flattening of curve in Delaware as mask requirement takes effect Tuesday

Delaware isn’t ready to start the 14-day countdown to the first limited phase of reopening as the governor takes further steps to limit the spread of the virus.

6 years ago

A group of people stand around a podium.
Health

Coronavirus update: Montco finds widespread, silent spread in prisons

“We’ve been checking temperatures in the correctional facility twice a day now for weeks,” said commission chair Val Arkoosh. “These are not people with symptoms.”

6 years ago

An empty jail cell
Health

Coronavirus update: N.J. furloughs prisoners, Murphy outlines reopening plan

After drawing criticism for being slow, New Jersey prisons have begun furloughing some who are most likely to suffer the worst of COVID-19.

6 years ago

(Patrick Siebert for Gov. Larry Hogan / Flickr)
Health
Spotlight PA

States need coronavirus data to make timely decisions. What they share with the public varies widely.

Stateline and Spotlight PA surveyed six states — CO, GA, MD, PA, SC, and WA — to determine what information they have made accessible to the public via their websites.

6 years ago

A Jersey Shore beach scene.
Down the Shore
Community

Shore mayor outlines ‘common sense’ partial reopening plan

The mayor of Point Pleasant Beach has unveiled what he says is a "common sense" plan to incrementally reopen the town. N.J. Gov. Murphy will outline his statewide plan Mon.

6 years ago

Wine and Spirits store in Philadelphia
Community

Good booze news: Pa. liquor stores are ramping up curbside pickup

The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board is more than tripling the number of stores offering curbside pickup Monday.

6 years ago

I Voted Today sticker
Politics & Policy

AP-NORC poll: Rising support for mail voting amid pandemic

The poll finds that 39% of Americans favor conducting all-mail elections, up from 19% in 2018. Another 40% are opposed.

6 years ago

Former Vice President Joe Biden
Politics & Policy

Pelosi is latest high-profile Democrat to endorse Joe Biden

Pelosi's backing ratifies Biden’s contention that he is the party’s best chance to keep the House majority and regain Senate control from Republicans.

6 years ago

A wall of plastic trash at Garten Services in Salem, Ore., is headed to the landfill. The vast majority of plastic can't be or won't be recycled. (Laura Sullivan / NPR)
Science

‘Horrible hybrids’: The plastic products that give recyclers nightmares — and what you can use instead

Plastic products designed to be used for a few minutes can take decades or longer to decompose.

6 years ago

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