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Temple students Luisa Suarez and Conall Smith (right) interviewing former Mass. Gov. Bill Weld in New Hampshire. (Kenneth Cooper)
Politics & Policy

Believing in your own power: Lessons from N.H. primary

Temple University students are learning more than journalism skills while covering the New Hampshire primary.

6 years ago

Rutgers University football
Politics & Policy

N.J. Senate approves legislation allowing college athletes to earn money from endorsements

The Fair Play Act would allow college athletes to strike endorsement deals using their name, image, or likeness. But critics and a time lag are working against the move.

6 years ago

T-Mobile chief executive John Legere speaks to reporters as he leaves the courthouse in New York, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020. Legere was in court to hear closing arguments in the case that could permit T-Mobile to merge with Sprint. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Courts & Law

Judge clears major hurdle in T-Mobile’s $26.5B Sprint bid

Though the deal still needs a few more approvals, T-Mobile expects to close it as early as April 1.

6 years ago

 Manatee file photo. (Image: flickkerphotos via Flickr)
Down the Shore
Science

Marine experts investigate manatee death in N.J.

Officials on Tuesday were trying to determine what caused the death of a manatee in southern New Jersey.

6 years ago

Winston George of Irvington discussed the free tax-filing help he received from NJ Citizen Action. (Citizen Action)
Money
NJ Spotlight

Putting word out on free tax-prep, full refunds and how to avoid scams

Nonprofit group wants to alert lower-income residents to free services, how to get the refunds they’re entitled to, and how to spot scams.

6 years ago

Janella Pascal is moving out of Crestbury Apartments. She has complained about sewage bubbling up in the courtyard near her unit, but 'they don't do anything.' (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Health

‘Mommy, the tub’s about to explode’: Feces in bathtub latest indignity at Camden apartments

The revolting bathroom backup follows a week of overflowing dumpsters and raw sewage that leaked onto walkways and front lawns.

6 years ago

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A 1940 diorama of the Harlem Hell Fighters during battle in World War I held at the Winterthur Museum in Winterthur, Delaware.  (Butch Comegys for WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

HBCU students restore 1940s African American art in Delaware

A group of young Black artists are working at a Delaware museum to preserve sculptures created for a 1940 exhibition of Black history.

6 years ago

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Juanita Kidd Stout Center for Criminal Justice. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Courts & Law

Philadelphia’s public defenders vote to unionize

A majority of some 200 attorneys at the Defender Association of Philadelphia have voted to unionize.

6 years ago

U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito for the District of New Jersey, speaks during a news conference. (Jose Luis Magana/AP Photo, file)
Courts & Law

Justice Department sues N.J. over law enforcement directive on immigrants

The Trump administration has filed a lawsuit against New Jersey over a state policy that limits law enforcement agencies’ cooperation with federal immigration officials.

6 years ago

Slot machines in a secure room at the Hard Rock casino in Atlantic City N.J. that have been connected to the internet as part of a new product offering. The technology lets people use the internet to gamble on real-life slot machines that are inside the casino. (Wayne Parry/ AP Photo)
Lifestyle

Can’t touch this: Real slot machines controlled online

Slot machines long ago lost their nicknames as “one-armed bandits” when manufacturers did away with the lever gamblers had to pull in order to activate the machine, replacing.

6 years ago

N. State Road in Springfield, Delaware County Pa. (Google Maps)
Politics & Policy

To fund road repair, Delco may charge more for vehicle registration

Delaware County officials are mulling a new $5 fee on vehicle registrations. It could help raise millions to fund road and bridge repairs.

6 years ago

Sofiya Ballin premieres the latest installment of her Black History Untold series, “Revolution” later this month. (The Philadelphia Tribune/Emmanuel Afolabi photo)
Arts & Entertainment
The Philadelphia Tribune

Sofiya Ballin’s ‘Black History Untold’ tackles revolution

Award-Winning Storyteller Sofiya Ballin wants to shine a light on the characters and events of Black history that often get ignored.

6 years ago

Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro announces a major lawsuit against vaping company Juul at Radnor High School in Wayne, Pa. (Laura Benshoff/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

Pa. AG Shapiro sues Juul Labs for ‘epidemic levels’ of teen vaping

Pennsylvania has sued the e-cigarette manufacturer Juul Labs, joining Pennsylvania school districts, district attorneys and other states intent on reining in teen vaping.

6 years ago

To Honor and Serve, right, with jockey Jose Lezcano aboard, heads to the finish line during the running of the Pennsylvania Derby horse race at Parx Racing, Saturday, Sept. 24, 2011, in Bensalem, Pa. Alex Brandon/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy
PA Post

Horse racing industry stages rally to buck Gov. Wolf’s plan to raid its trust fund

The groups says the move to take $204 million from a $250-million fund would result in “the end of horse racing in Pennsylvania."

6 years ago

FILE - This July 21, 2012, file photo shows signage at the corporate headquarters of Equifax Inc. in Atlanta. The deadline to seek cash payments and claim free services as part of Equifax's $700 million settlement over a massive data breach is Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2020. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File)
Money

U.S. charges 4 Chinese military members in Equifax breach

The four — members of the People's Liberation Army, an arm of the Chinese military — are also accused of stealing the company's trade secrets, law enforcement officials said.

6 years ago

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