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Education

Just over half of Philly students participating in school online, early data says

Philly distributed over 80,000 laptops in order to move classes online. Today’s data provides an early glimpse at how many students are showing up.

6 years ago

Documents that U.S. health officials have released as part of some long-delayed specific guidance that schools, businesses, and other organizations can use as states reopen from coronavirus shutdowns are photographed Thursday, May 14, 2020. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)
Politics & Policy

Officials release edited coronavirus reopening guidance

Health officials on Thursday released some of their long-delayed guidance that schools, businesses and other organizations can use as states reopen from coronavirus shutdowns.

6 years ago

Governor John Carney tours State Health Operations Center with Director of Division of Public Health Dr. Karyl Thomas Rattay on Monday, March 16, 2020, at State Health Operations Center in Smyrna, Del. (Saquan Stimpson for WHYY)
Politics & Policy

To extend states of emergency, Delaware lawmaker wants General Assembly’s approval

A Delaware lawmaker is proposing a bill that would give the General Assembly the authority to approve the renewal of a governor’s state of emergency.

6 years ago

Members of the White House Military Office clean the stair for Air Force One ahead of the arrival of President Donald Trump for a tour of Owens & Minor Inc., a medical supply company, Thursday, May 14, 2020, in Allentown, Pa. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Politics & Policy

Trump says he’ll restock stockpile for future pandemics

Trump says the pandemic highlights the importance of U.S. manufacturing and moving supply chains out of China, a rival he blames for not doing enough to slow the spread.

6 years ago

Aerial view of beachgoers on the shoreline of Atlantic City, N.J.
Politics & Policy

Coronavirus update: Jersey Shore will be ‘open’ for Memorial Day Weekend

Visitors don’t have to skip their Shore vacations this year, even if some quintessential businesses will remain closed.

6 years ago

The Pennsylvania government doesn’t consider barbershop essential businesses. But some people who work in them, and who visit, disagree. (Andrea Gibbs/WHYY)
Community

Barbers go underground: Getting a haircut on the sly

Barbershops have been closed during the COVID-19 pandemic. But that doesn’t mean barbers aren’t working.

6 years ago

MOVE family
Community

35 years after MOVE bombing, the path to reconciliation is still unclear

For those affected by the bombing, including MOVE members, neighbors, political leaders and city residents, there is still no clear path to healing.

6 years ago

Prisoners make clothing for the New Jersey Department of Corrections. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Courts & Law

Despite some releases, N.J. has highest COVID-19 prison death rate in the nation

More than 40 people in state custody have died of COVID-19, which is the highest in the nation as a share of prison population.

6 years ago

Luke DeGroote holds a Northern Flicker in 2017. Bird banding is currently on hold during the shutdown. (Powerdermill Nature Reserve)
Science
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Coronavirus delays conservation efforts in Pennsylvania

“It’s important to conserve the environment, and collect data that would help us do that. But at the same time, it’s more important right now to stop the spread of disease."

6 years ago

Mayor Jim Kenney (City of Philadelphia)
Health

Coronavirus update: Philly death toll crosses 1,000

Mayor Jim Kenney publicly announced the creation of the COVID-19 Recovery Office, which is tasked with making “a more equitable and prosperous Philadelphia post-recovery.” 

6 years ago

The Rehoboth Beach boardwalk (Butch Comegys for WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Coronavirus update: Delaware beaches to open May 22

Delaware beaches and public pools will reopen next Friday to state residents only. Out of state visitors will only be allowed if they've been quarantined 14 days.

6 years ago

Scientists from Carnegie Mellon use mobile labs to detect methane leaks from the natural gas industry. (Reid R. Frazier/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Science
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Study finds methane leaks in PA are much higher than state reports

Estimates don't capture leaks from 'abnormal' conditions, the Environmental Defense Fund says.

6 years ago

The Atlantic City N.J. shoreline
Money

Atlantic City casinos shatter revenue-drop record — again

April was the cruelest month ever in Atlantic City as casinos saw their revenue fall by nearly 69% during a coronavirus-mandated shutdown.

6 years ago

A woman looks at signs at a store closed due to COVID-19. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Money

36 million have sought US unemployment aid since virus hit

Roughly 36 million people have now filed for jobless aid in the two months since the coronavirus first forced millions of businesses to close their doors.

6 years ago

In this March 2020 photo provided by Gilead Sciences, a vial of the investigational drug remdesivir is visually inspected at a Gilead manufacturing site in the United States. (Gilead Sciences via AP)
Health

51 Pennsylvania hospitals get doses of COVID-19 drug remdesivir

The announcement was big news for Pa. hospitals, which has seen other states get the antiviral — the first somewhat effective coronavirus treatment.

6 years ago

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