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President Donald Trump signs an $8.3 billion bill to fight the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S., Friday, March 6, 2020 at the White House in Washington, as Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, looks on. The legislation provides federal public health agencies with money for vaccines, tests and potential treatments and helps state and local governments prepare and respond to the threat. The rapid spread of the virus has rocked financial markets, interrupted travel and threatens to affect everyday life in the United States. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Health

Trump signs $8.3B bill to combat coronavirus outbreak in U.S.

The bill provides federal public health agencies with money for vaccines, tests and potential treatments and helps state, local governments prepare and respond to the threat.

6 years ago

U.S. Coast Guard image
Down the Shore
Community

‘Redundant’ Coast Guard stations in N.J. set to close

Two U.S. Coast Guard stations that patrol waterways in and around New Jersey are set to close by 2021, according to a U.S. Department of Homeland Security announcement. 

6 years ago

Pennsylvania and New Jersey officials disclosed additional presumed positive cases of coronavirus Sunday, bringing each state’s totals to six. (California Department of Public Health via AP Photo)
Health

Pa. Gov. Wolf signs emergency declaration after 2 confirmed coronavirus cases

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf announced Friday morning the state's first two cases of coronavirus, one in Delaware County and one in Wayne County.

6 years ago

Central Bucks South High School (NBC10)
Health

Central Bucks District closes five schools over coronavirus exposure

Coronavirus exposure closes five schools in the Central Bucks School District out of an “abundance of caution,” no cases in Pa. confirmed yet.

6 years ago

Nicole Nikolich (left) and Symone Salib install Salib's wheat paste portrait of Santigold on a wall of The Filmore. The work is one of 20 in the #SisterlyLove Project, celebrating 20 Philadelphia women during Women's History Month. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Philadelphia portrays its Sisterly Love

A street art campaign asked 10 women artists to depict 20 inspiring Philadelphia women.

6 years ago

Listen 1:48
Protestors with CeasefirePa gathered at Love Park in Philadelphia in August 2019 to stand against gun violence nationally and locally. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Courts & Law

The legal battle over Philadelphia’s lost gun reporting ordinance takes shape in court

The legal battle over Philadelphia’s long-dormant lost gun reporting ordinance begins to take shape in court.

6 years ago

Sarah Bouboulis, Habitat Specialist at the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary in Wilmington, Delaware, carefully walks down a small mountain of oyster shells ready to be recycled.  (Butch Comegys for WHYY)
Science

Oyster shell recycling moves to the masses in Delaware

Forget farm-to-table, a new pilot program is taking oyster shells from table to bay. Recycled shells will become living shorelines and new oyster habitat.

6 years ago

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President Donald Trump reacts to questions during a town hall in Scranton, Pa. on Thursday. (Bastiaan Slabbers for Keystone Crossroads)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

‘I was all set for Bernie’: Trump hones attacks on Biden in Scranton town hall

At an event hosted Thursday night by Fox News, Trump bounced between defending his administration’s record and trolling the Democratic candidates for president.

6 years ago

Shaki'ra Wilson Burroughs, backed by her extended family, speaks about the loss of her brother, Philadelphia Police Officer Robert Wilson, during a memorial ceremony on the fifth anniversary of his death. Wilson was shot to death by armed robbers at a video game store. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community

‘The man who wore badge 9990’: Philly police honors fifth anniversary of death of Sergeant Robert Wilson III

In 2015, Philly police Sergeant Robert Wilson III attempted to thwart an armed robbery. Five years after his death, his friends and family honor his legacy.

6 years ago

the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine
Health

Delaware works to contain mumps outbreak in New Castle County schools

Health officials are working to control a mumps outbreak among school children in New Castle County, Del.

6 years ago

Policer officers watch as a gunman is apprehended following a standoff Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2019, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Courts & Law

Alleged gunman behind North Philly standoff held for trial on dozens more charges

During a hearing on Thursday, more than a dozen police officers testified about taking fire — and cover — during the hourslong standoff in Tioga.

6 years ago

People in support of and opposed to Philadelphia’s Safehouse injection site protested in City Council on March 5, 2020. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

City Council passes resolution condemning secrecy of supervised injection plans

City Council passed the measure, 15-2, as groups both in support of and against Safehouse showed up in force bearing signs representing their positions.

6 years ago

Long Beach Township
Down the Shore
Urban Planning

N.J. congressman announces additional beach replenishment projects

More beach replenishment is on the way to the Jersey Shore, a congressman representing the northern portion of New Jersey announced. 

6 years ago

A woman, who declined to give her name, wears a mask in New York out of concern for the coronavirus. Experts say the masks do not necessarily help prevent the spread of the virus. (Mark Lennihan/AP Photo)
Health

N.J. now has four patients who tested positive for COVID-19

Acting Gov. Oliver announced immediate restrictions on state-related business travel, international and short trips, such as to New York and Philadelphia.

6 years ago

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., flanked by Rep. Karen Bass, D-Calif., chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, left, and Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus,  to discuss the 2020 Census and the concern for getting an accurate count in minority communities, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 5, 2020. The census determines how federal funding is allocated and affects the apportionment of Congressional seats.  (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Politics & Policy

Facebook drops Trump ads after Pelosi cites census confusion

Facebook said in a statement that it was enforcing its policies to prevent confusion over the 2020 census, which begins for most people next week.

6 years ago

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