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Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women in Clinton, New Jersey (Google Maps https://goo.gl/maps/QBnmSjENV1r)
Courts & Law

Sex abuse at N.J. women’s prison ‘an open secret,’ DOJ report says

Investigators slammed New Jersey for failing to curb rampant sexual abuse at the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women.

6 years ago

Powerback Rehabilitation in Center City Philadelphia. (Google Maps)
Health

Despite risk, Philly facility housing seniors will take COVID patients from hospitals

The elderly are among the most susceptible to coronavirus. So why are long-term care centers admitting COVID-19-positive patients?

6 years ago

Charlie Secrest, pictured about six years ago, died at a Delaware nursing home on April 6 after contracting coronavirus. (Courtesy of Terri Hansen)
Health

‘Like a wildfire you can’t stop’: COVID-19 ravages Delaware nursing homes

Many nursing home residents have conditions that make them especially vulnerable to coronavirus. They account for 24 of 43 deaths in the state so far.

6 years ago

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Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia on North Broad St. (Google maps)
Health

Einstein Healthcare Network to furlough workers

The health system, which employs 8,000 workers, instructed leadership to choose which positions to temporarily cut.

6 years ago

People wearing a protective face masks as a precaution against the coronavirus take photos with the Rocky statue outfitted with mock surgical face mask at the Philadelphia Art Museum in Philadelphia, Tuesday, April 14, 2020. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Politics & Policy

Mail-in, absentee ballot applications surge for Pa. June primary

The Department of State said 89,000 absentee ballot requests have already been processed, with the June 2 primary still seven weeks away.

6 years ago

Plastic debris, including tampon applicators and straws, floats on top of sewage and stormwater at the Southwest water pollution control plant in Philadelphia. Water department officials recommend not flushing anything down the toilet except toilet paper. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Urban Planning

Sanitary wipes down the drain bring Philly Water Dept. and Aqua Pa. pain

Maybe it’s the shortage of toilet paper. Or maybe people don’t know so-called flushable wipes aren’t so sanitary when they create a ‘fatberg’ in the pipes.

6 years ago

In this March 21, 2020 file photo, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Dr. Anthony Fauci listens as President Donald Trump speaks during a coronavirus task force briefing at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Politics & Policy

Fauci: ‘We’re not there yet’ on key steps to reopen economy

“We have to have something in place that is efficient and that we can rely on, and we’re not there yet,” Fauci said in an interview with The Associated Press.

6 years ago

(New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife image)
Down the Shore
Courts & Law

Anglers face charges after found in possession of 66 undersized striped bass

Two men are facing are variety of charges after they were caught with dozens of undersized Atlantic striped bass, state officials announced. 

6 years ago

A person wearing a protective face mask and gloves as a precaution against the coronavirus walks through Love Park, in Philadelphia, Monday, April 13, 2020. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Coronavirus update: First person to die of COVID-19 in PA prisons was fighting for innocence

More than 20 local immigrant justice organizations held a press conference today, calling on city and state officials to protect all Pennsylvania workers and residents.

6 years ago

(Blaine Shahan/LNP)
Health
Spotlight PA

Pa. keeps hospitals’ coronavirus emergency plans secret as health systems seek huge sums in tax relief, other financial help

The state Department of Health is not making hospital preparedness plans available or overseeing whether hospitals are following those plans.

6 years ago

Delaware National Guard Sergeant Whitlock readies himself to deliver packaged food from a medium tactical vehicle on Wednesday, April 8, 2020, at Frederick Lodge Manufactured Home Community in Townsend, Del. (Saquan Stimpson for WHYY)
Health

Coronavirus update: Delaware hospitalization rate below projections

The actual rate of coronavirus patients needing hospitalization has been about half of state projections.

6 years ago

N.J. Gov. Phil Murphy delivers his second State of the State address in Trenton on January 14, 2020. (Edwin J. Torres/ Governor's Office)
Health

Coronavirus update: Murphy says widespread testing needed before reopening

While expressing some optimism that the curve is flattening, Murphy questioned how they could loosen any restrictions without greater testing capacity.

6 years ago

Vice President Joe Biden, left, watches President Barack Obama, center, sitting with Defense Secretary Ash Carter, right, as they listen to Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford talk about Obama during an Armed Forces Full Honor Farewell Review, Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2017, at Conmy Hall, Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, Va. (Susan Walsh/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Obama endorses Biden, says former VP has ‘qualities we need’

That would give the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee a boost from the party’s biggest fundraiser and one of its most popular figures.

6 years ago

For construction workers who aren’t U.S. citizens, there are fewer options for keeping food on the table during the region’s coronavirus shutdown.
(Rachel Wisniewski for WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Community
Broke in Philly

No coronavirus relief for the undocumented workers behind Philly’s building boom

For construction workers who aren’t U.S. citizens, there are fewer options for keeping food on the table during the region’s coronavirus shutdown.

6 years ago

Governor Phil Murphy makes a major announcement during his daily coronavirus briefing on March 21, 2020, at Rutgers Law School in Newark (Edwin J. Torres for Governor’s Office).
Courts & Law

COVID-19 slows access to government records in Pa. and N.J.

Governments have suspended deadlines and told residents not to expect responses to public records requests as public officials focus on the coronavirus.

6 years ago

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