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A youth baseball team practices this week in Pike Creek. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
Health

Del. coronavirus recovery: Game on for sports tournaments

Delaware's Phase 2 reopening started Monday, with most businesses now allowed to operate at 60% capacity.

6 years ago

A worker operates valves at a frack water recycling plant used by Cabot Oil and Gas. (StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Courts & Law
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Pa. says 2 gas drilling companies committed environmental crimes. Here’s why corporations, not people, are usually charged

Even though corporations are made up of people who make daily decisions, environmental attorneys say it’s very difficult to target workers who may commit a crime.

6 years ago

Protesters raise their hands as they march over the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, Monday, June 1, 2020, in Louisville, Ky. Breonna Taylor, a black woman, was fatally shot by police in her home in March.  (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

Officer involved in Breonna Taylor shooting to be fired

Mayor Greg Fisher said interim Louisville police Chief Robert Schroeder has started termination proceedings for Officer Brett Hankison.

6 years ago

In this Tuesday, March 17, 2020, photo, a lone shopping cart sits in an empty parking lot near a shopping mall closed due to coronavirus concerns in Pottsville, Pa. (Jacqueline Dormer/Republican-Herald via AP)
Health

Pa. coronavirus recovery: Unemployment rate dips; Gov. Wolf says Philly-area can go ‘green’ on June 26

Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate dipped to 13.1% in May, but remains more than double the rate recorded in March, according to state data released Friday. 

6 years ago

Chris Bowman holds up a fist demanding justice for Black people in the U.S. during a Juneteenth march in Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

Observing Juneteenth: A march to the Art Museum, a fashion show, ‘Jawnteenth’

Pa., N.J., Del. and 44 other states officially mark June 19, 1865, when enslaved people in Texas first got news of the Emancipation Proclamation.

6 years ago

From left to right: architect Chris Mulford, historic preservationist Maya Thomas, and preservation architect Dana Rice are working on a campaign to save the former home of Dox Thrash, a Black artist and printmaker. (Ryan Collerd)
PlanPhilly
Community

Black Futures Campaign is crowdfunding $100,000 to buy Dox Thrash house

The group behind the campaign wants to buy the Black artist’s house and transform it into a creative hub for North Philadelphia.

6 years ago

(Dan Nott/Spotlight PA)
Health
Spotlight PA

Pa. will give health systems $175 million to lead coronavirus response inside struggling nursing homes

These collaboratives will be tasked with implementing best practices for infection control and expanding testing to "asymptomatic staff and residents," a critical need.

6 years ago

Arts & Entertainment

Portraits of Black fathers to light up Barnes Foundation this weekend

Portraits by West Philly photographer Ken McFarlane show the undersung love and strength of Black fathers.

6 years ago

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Fishers cast their lines from one of Stacy Levy's
PlanPhilly
Community

Two West Philly teens drowned in the Schuylkill. No signs told them why they shouldn’t swim there.

Philadelphia officials promise to install more fences and signs after demands from community leaders.

6 years ago

Protesters marched by Philadelphia’s City Hall Thursday in ongoing efforts to get officials to address police brutality against Black people. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Courts & Law

Philly tests law enforcement without guns

Calls to defund the police are growing across the nation as Philadelphia moves forward with a plan to create a new class of law enforcement.

6 years ago

Da 5 Bloods Spike Lee
Arts & Entertainment

Hollywood says Black Lives Matter, but more diversity needed

Hollywood's record in diversity and inclusion has improved in recent years, but it still lags behind the population — particularly in its executive ranks.

6 years ago

(Office of Gov. Tom Wolf)
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

Despite landmark ruling, Pa. GOP leaders in no hurry to extend LGBTQ protections under state law

Advocates say action is necessary to close gaps in equality, but a House Republican committee chair said he'll have "to see where this ranks” with other issues.

6 years ago

Protesters hold signs during a May 15, 2020, rally outside the state capitol in Harrisburg, Pa. About 1,000 people showed up to protest Gov. Wolf's coronavirus shutdown order. (Katie Landis/PA Post)
Politics & Policy
PA Post

Not every Democrat in Pa. legislature is happy with Gov. Wolf’s handling of coronavirus emergency

"I don't have confidence in his numbers and some of his people."

6 years ago

The Philadelphia skyline. (Mark Henninger / Imagic Digital)
Community

Pa. coronavirus recovery: Philly preparing to move into ‘green’ phase of reopening

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney said Thursday the city could move into the “green” phase of the state’s reopening plan as early as July 3.

6 years ago

Yellow markers show the right of way for the Mariner East pipeline in Lebanon County. (Marie Cusick/ StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Courts & Law
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Pa. Supreme Court denies Sunoco’s appeal over permits for Mariner East 1 buildings in Lebanon County

Some in Lebanon County believe buildings pose safety risk

6 years ago

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