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Courts & Law

AG: N.J. police officer charged with assault after unprovoked use of pepper spray

Ryan Dubiel, 31, has been with the Woodlynne police for 10 months and has worked for nine different police departments.

6 years ago

Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium
Community

Black clergy convene to discuss the toll of COVID-19 and a way forward

The online convening sought to look at the many effects and possible solutions to the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on communities of color.

6 years ago

File photo: A cyclist peddles up a hill in Allentown, Pa., on Friday, May 29, 2020. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Community

‘We need help’: Small cities face fiscal calamity from virus

"If cities like Allentown begin to crumble, that’s how America crumbles."

6 years ago

Dr. Michal Elovitz is one of the Penn Medicine researchers involved in a clinical trial for COVID-19. Its one of the first in the world to accept pregnant women. (Courtesy of Penn Medicine)
Health

Penn Medicine accepting pregnant women in COVID-19 study of convalescent plasma

Historically, those expecting babies have been excluded from non-pregnancy related clinical trials.

6 years ago

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Things To Do
Community
June 11 - 17, 2020

Growing things, a virtual literary parlor and a comedy competition for kids in this week’s ‘Things To Do’

This week, we celebrate both National Rosé Day on Saturday and National Weed Your Garden Day.

6 years ago

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Police arrest dozens of protesters on Route 676 near 21st Street after they blocked traffic.
PlanPhilly
Community

Eyes blistering, crawling on highway: What it felt like to be tear gassed on 676

Fifteen people describe their violent encounter with police while protesting police brutality in Philadelphia.

6 years ago

James Aye, a youth organizer, stands in the median on 52nd Street. (Ryan M. Collerd for PlanPhilly)
PlanPhilly
Community

Why Gen Z wants a place on 52nd Street — West Philly’s Black ‘Broadway’

Young people see a role for themselves on 52nd Street, especially after last week’s violent clashes between police and protesters and looters.

6 years ago

People walk along the boardwalk in Asbury Park, N.J., Wednesday, June 21, 2017. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Down the Shore
Community

In defiance of N.J. governor, Asbury Park to allow indoor dining on June 15

The Asbury Park City Council voted Wednesday evening to allow indoor dining beginning on June 15, a move in direct violation of New Jersey executive orders.

6 years ago

Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw
Courts & Law

Philly may cut police overtime to cover new initiatives after mayor drops funding increase

Commissioner Outlaw said the savings would help outfit more cops with body-worn cameras, and conduct implicit-bias training, among other initiatives.

6 years ago

Olivia Chan's father helps her put on a face mask
Politics & Policy

N.J. coronavirus recovery: Training begins for contact tracers

After interviewing someone who tests positive, contact tracers notify people who were in close contact with that person and encourage them to get tested.

6 years ago

Beach litter
Down the Shore
Community

N.J. awards grants to fund litter clean-ups at the Jersey Shore

More than $1 million in state grants are on the way to Jersey Shore municipalities and counties to fund litter cleaning efforts, state officials said.

6 years ago

A sign protesting the proposed PennEast Pipeline route in Carbon County, Pa. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community

Delaware River Basin Commission faces pressure to reject PennEast pipeline

Delaware River Basin Commission members continue to review the gas pipeline application. Environmentalists, residents gave them a virtual earful Wednesday.

6 years ago

(Keith Srakocic/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

Top Republican Mike Turzai will resign from the Pa. House on June 15

Turzai announced in January he would not seek reelection this fall and would instead pursue a job in the private sector.

6 years ago

(Strike for Black Lives/Twitter)
Science

Physicists are off the job as they ‘Strike for Black Lives’

Black astronomers, cosmologists and physicists organized the worldwide strike as a day to stop doing science and start addressing racism within academia.

6 years ago

The Pennsylvania state Capitol
Politics & Policy
StateImpact Pennsylvania

House committee takes first step to block Pa.’s entry into regional cap-and-trade program

The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative sets a limit on carbon emissions from power plants, which must purchase a credit for each ton of carbon dioxide they emit.

6 years ago

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