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In this March 12, 2020, file photo Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks about the coronavirus in Wilmington, Del. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Biden plans to stay home, testing limits of virtual campaign

Democrats aren't questioning his public health stance, but some of them wonder whether his digital-focused campaign is ready for a grueling battle against Donald Trump.

6 years ago

A REAL ID driver’s license sample for Pennsylvania. (PennDOT)
Community
NBC10

No more DMV! Pa. driver’s license renewals to be done online

Existing photos will be used for all renewals, allowing drivers to avoid having to go to a local Division of Motor Vehicles center.

6 years ago

Spanish Flu
Health

A brief history of pandemics in Philly and the myth of race-based immunity

The misbelief that Blacks are immune to pandemics isn’t novel. Its history goes as far back as 1793.

6 years ago

Piping plover with chicks in Cape May, N.J. (Courtesy of Kevin Karlson)
Down the Shore
Science

2019 was a record year for piping plovers along the Atlantic coast

The endangered piping plovers saw record-setting numbers along the Atlantic coast in 2019, federal officials say.

6 years ago

A SEPTA train on the Market Frankford line approaches Center City
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
Broke in Philly

SEPTA wants to drop transfer fee and offer $1 fare for kids starting July 1

SEPTA described the changes as part of an “effort to help customers during this challenging time and aid in the region’s recovery from the COVID-19 crisis.”

6 years ago

The 25th annual Kids Count Fact Book shows more than 12% of Delaware children live in poverty, about the same as 25 years ago. (Courtesy Kids Count in Delaware)
Health

Delaware kids living in poverty will be hurt further by the coronavirus, researchers say

The 25th annual Kids Count report was assembled before the coronavirus started spreading in Delaware, but the impact the virus will have on kids is obvious to researchers.

6 years ago

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., walks to speak about the so-called Heroes Act, Tuesday, May 12, 2020 on Capitol Hill in Washington.  Pelosi unveiled a more than $3 trillion coronavirus aid package Tuesday, providing nearly $1 trillion for states and cities, “hazard pay” for essential workers and a new round of cash payments to individuals. (Saul Loeb/Pool via AP)
Politics & Policy

Pelosi unveils $3T virus bill, warns inaction costs more

The bill would provide nearly $1 trillion for states and cities, “hazard pay” for essential workers and a new round of cash payments to individuals.

6 years ago

In this Dec. 29, 2015 file photo, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf speaks with members of the media at the state Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Politics & Policy

Pennsylvania AG opens criminal probes into nursing homes

Pennsylvania's top prosecutor has opened criminal investigations into several nursing homes amid a coronavirus outbreak that has killed 2,600 residents of nursing homes.

6 years ago

Madeleine Dean
Politics & Policy

‘There are very serious gaps in rescue money’: Rep. Madeleine Dean on how Pa. should move forward with coronavirus recovery

U.S. Rep. Madeleine Dean talks to Jennifer Lynn about the passing of her mother in law from COVID-19, how Pa. should reopen, and the need for tests.

6 years ago

Listen 6:06
Kosher market shooting
Community

‘Troubling’ number of anti-Semitic incidents recorded in Philadelphia region

Pennsylvania and New Jersey both ranked in the top five states that saw anti-Semitic incidents in 2019.

6 years ago

William Paterson University coronavirus response
Education
NJ Spotlight

How the pandemic has transformed the N.J. college experience and could transform it even more

Educators begin to come to terms with how the health crisis has utterly altered college life in New Jersey, its finances and its outlook: part one.

6 years ago

Molecular technologists work next to QuantStudio 12K Flex Real Time PCR machines that test for COVID-19 at MHS Labs, Friday, March 27, 2020, in Monroeville, Pa. (Matt Freed/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP)
Health

Coronavirus update: Pa. distributes antiviral drug remdesivir to 51 hospitals

The federal government sent its first shipment of 1,200 doses of investigational antiviral drug remdesivir to the Pennsylvania Health Department on Tuesday.

6 years ago

A ground-mounted solar panel at Millersville University tracks the sun’s path across the sky. (Marie Cusick/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Science
StateImpact Pennsylvania

COVID-19 has slowed green energy industry, but experts say it should bounce back

“We’re all doing the best we can in the new normal here,” said Kevin Gombotz, vice president of Envinity, a green design and construction company.

6 years ago

Scott Hoffman sits on his porch in Sunbury, Northumberland County, on April 29, 2020. (Ed Mahon / PA Post)
Health
PA Post

A Pa. company switched from sewing football jerseys to face masks. Workers walked off, saying the plan was unsafe

“It wasn’t about getting masks out to the public. It was about saving his company and making as much money as possible."

6 years ago

New Jersey coronavirus response
Health

Coronavirus update: N.J. opens registration for up to 5,000 contact tracers

The state also committed to testing all residents and staff at some 670 nursing homes over the next two weeks.

6 years ago

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