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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.
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This week, we celebrate both National Rosé Day on Saturday and National Weed Your Garden Day.
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Listen 4:36Eyes 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Kenney administration authorized controversial use of tear gas on I-676 protesters
Police used tear gas to disperse protesters blocking traffic in both directions, then continued to use it as demonstrators scrambled up a steep embankment.
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Pa. coronavirus recovery: Wolf makes the case for keeping disaster declaration in place
“We’re missing the whole point of this,” said Wolf. “We’re trying to stay safe from a virus that is bent on infecting as many people as it can.”
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The governor says he'll reject the measure, which Republicans say he doesn't have the power to do.
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