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Health

Pa. is paying hospitals to get patients into opioid treatment after overdosing — and it’s working

Half of Pennsylvania hospitals are all-in for a financial incentive program to connect emergency room patients with continuing opioid treatment.

7 years ago

PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
Eyes on the Street

A Philly photographer explains how she captures the beauty of SEPTA and its riders

Philly photographer Shasta Bady shares her thoughts on SEPTA, the people who ride it and her new exhibit at Suburban Station.

7 years ago

Jennifer and Drew Gobrecht look at their baby, Benjamin, at home in Ridley Park, Pa. Jennifer gave birth in November 2019 following a uterine transplant. (Penn Medicine via AP)
Health

Delco woman with transplanted uterus gives birth to ‘miracle’ baby

Their child, Benjamin, was the first baby born as part of Penn Medicine’s 2-year-old uterine transplant trial.

7 years ago

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., right, speaks with Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, a member of the panel, who criticized a security briefing on Iran Wednesday by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and other top officials, saying it was
Politics & Policy

House approves measure to restrain Trump’s actions on Iran

The war powers resolution is not binding on Trump and would not require his signature.

7 years ago

Kosher market shooting
Courts & Law

NAACP, Anti-Defamation League team up in N.J. to combat rise in hate crimes

The new partnership between the Anti-Defamation League, or ADL, and the NAACP comes just weeks after a fatal shooting at a Jewish deli in Jersey City.

7 years ago

Defendant Michael White leaves court on Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Courts & Law

Michael White to serve probation for evidence tampering in fatal Rittenhouse stabbing

A jury found White not guilty of manslaughter, but convicted him of evidence tampering for tossing his knife onto a rooftop and trashing bloody clothing.

7 years ago

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., poses for a selfie with an attendee after speaking at a campaign event at the home of Polk County Democratic Chair Sean Bagniewski, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020, in Des Moines, Iowa. (Patrick Semansky/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Booker: Impeachment trial could be ‘big blow’ to my campaign

Booker is among five senators seeking the Democratic nomination who face spending the lead-up to the first-in-the-nation caucus as jurors in President Donald Trump’s trial.

7 years ago

Philadelphia Police are responding to an active shooter situation in the Frankford neighborhood. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Courts & Law

Gunman dead after shootout with police in Frankford

Pennsylvania state parole officers were serving the man a warrant for his arrest for violations of his parole.

7 years ago

Bill Cosby arrives for his sentencing hearing
Courts & Law

Bill Cosby asks Pennsylvania high court to review conviction

The brief filed Thursday with the Pennsylvania Supreme Court focuses on four key trial issues.

7 years ago

This Aug. 26, 2015 photo shows Resorts casino owner Morris Bailey speaking during an event at his casino in Atlantic City, N.J. (Wayne Parry/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Move to oust corrupt ‘cartel’ from Atlantic City is rejected

The move is being led by the head of the city's main casino workers union, the owner of Resorts casino and a retired state senator.

7 years ago

This Jan. 17, 2017, file photo shows a Facebook logo being displayed in a start-up companies gathering at Paris' Station F in Paris. (Thibault Camus/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Facebook again declines to limit political ad targeting

And it still won't fact check them, as it's faced pressure to do.

7 years ago

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., arrives to meet with other House Democrats on the morning following Iranian attacks on bases in Iraq housing U.S. troops, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Watch live: House to vote on restraining Trump’s actions against Iran

The Democratic war powers resolution seems certain to pass over solid Republican opposition.

7 years ago

A Mack truck outside of Mack Trucks, Inc. headquarters in Greensboro, North Carolina. (Kristoffer Tripplaar/AP Photo)
Money

Mack Trucks to lay off 300 at Pa. assembly plant

The company is blaming the layoffs at its Lower Macungie Township plant on a downturn in the heavy-duty truck market.

7 years ago

The state Capitol building in Harrisburg.
Politics & Policy

Pa. Democrats push to shore up insurance coverage in case ACA is struck down

They want a GOP-controlled Senate committee to hold hearings on several of their bills backstopping ACA provisions. It’s not clear if they’ll get their wish.

7 years ago

IRS building
Money

Underfunded IRS struggles to send refunds, answer calls

Burdened with years of budget cuts and a recent increase in workload to implement new tax law, the IRS is struggling to deliver on its mission.

7 years ago

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