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Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, Pa. (Google Maps)
Health

Regulator cites failures at hospital where 3 preemies died

The hospital routinely failed to sanitize the equipment it used to prepare donor breast milk, according to a state health department report released Monday.

7 years ago

Conor Lamb, center, then a Democratic candidate for the March 13 special election in Pennsylvania's 18th Congressional District, and former Vice President Joe Biden, right, pose for a selfie with a supporter during a rally at the Carpenter's Training Center in Collier, Pa., Tuesday, March 6, 2018. (Gene J. Puskar / AP Photo)
Politics & Policy
PA Post

Citing unity, Lamb and Houlahan endorse Biden for president

The freshmen congressional members join a growing number of Pennsylvania politicians throwing support behind the former vice president.

7 years ago

Isaac Gardner speaks while holding up a photo of David Jones
Courts & Law

Trial for ex-Philly cop who fatally shot David Jones delayed by legal challenge

Ryan Pownall is accused of fatally shooting Jones after a routine traffic stop in North Philly in 2017. His trial, which was scheduled to start Monday, has been postponed.

7 years ago

Curbside electric vehicle charging station
Politics & Policy

New Jersey lawmakers trying to spark electric vehicle industry

Proposal offers rebates for electric vehicle purchases in hopes of reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

7 years ago

A lawsuit accuses Councilman Adams of rubbing her behind and calling her a “beautiful black woman.” (City of Wilmington)
Politics & Policy

Ex-Wilmington employee’s lawsuit says Councilman Ciro Adams sexually harassed her

Lorener Wooten worked as a social media manager for City Council. Her lawsuit says the white councilman rubbed her behind and called her a ‘beautiful black woman’.

7 years ago

Democratic Delaware County Councilperson Monica Taylor is sworn into office on January 6, 2020. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Delco Dems promise ‘sweeping change’ as GOP loses power in Philly suburbs

As part of a ‘blue wave’ in the Philadelphia suburbs, Democrats also won control in Bucks and Chester Counties during the last election cycle.

7 years ago

A city street sweeper cleans Chester Avenue in Southwest Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Kenney’s street sweeping program may not require moving cars in all neighborhoods

Mayor Jim Kenney’s administration is working out the details for a cleaning program that would treat each neighborhood differently based on a number of factors.

7 years ago

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Harvey Weinstein leaves New York court, Monday, Jan. 6, 2020, in New York. The disgraced movie mogul faces allegations of rape and sexual assault. Jury selection begins this week. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Courts & Law

Harvey Weinstein indicted on new sex crimes charges in LA

The Hollywood mogul has been charged with raping one woman and sexually assaulting another in separate incidents over a two-day period in 2013.

7 years ago

Mayor Jim Kenney is sworn in to his second term, flanked by his mother, Barbara. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Politics & Policy

Mayor Kenney starts second term with vow to address gun violence, racial and economic inequality

Kenney opened his second term with an emotional call to solve deep challenges and a promise to improve city services, including bringing back citywide street sweeping.

7 years ago

U.S. Rep. Michael G. Fitzpatrick speaks at a rally on Dilworth Plaza urging federal funding for transportation infrastructure improvements. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

‘He was very sincere’: Former Bucks congressman Mike Fitzpatrick dies at 56

Mike Fitzpatrick is being remembered as a politician with deep local roots who flourished in his Bucks County swing district.

7 years ago

Newly placed Christmas trees buried in South Seaside Park dunes amid a nor'easter in 2017. (Image courtesy of Dominick Solazzo)
Down the Shore
Community

Island Beach State Park receives 2,000 Christmas trees: Here’s how it helps the dunes

While their season is now over, Christmas trees will have a second life by helping build up dunes in Ocean County's Island Beach State Park.

7 years ago

A group of 12 volunteers search for trails in a wooded area a quarter of a mile from Bridgeton City Park where 5-year-old Dulce Maria Alavez was last seen on Sept. 16, 2019. (Ximena Conde/WHYY)
Community

As Dulce Alavez’s family rallies for support, community says, ‘We don’t know what else to do’

Family and supporters of missing 5-year-old Dulce Alavez worry interest in the case is waning in the place most likely to yield clues: the girl’s hometown.

7 years ago

Josh Maxwell, Marian Moskowitz, and Michelle Kichline, took their official oath of office on January 2, 2020. (Chesco.org)
Politics & Policy

Taking on the minority-commissioner role in Bucks and Chester counties

Two Republican commissioners take their seats in Bucks and Chester county government, set to work with new Democratic majorities in former GOP strongholds.

7 years ago

Tricia Reedy Jones (center) is a Partnership Specialist for Philadelphia Regional Census Center. She came to Royersford for a recruitment information session for census takers on Jan. 4, 2020. (Emily Cohen for WHYY)
Community

‘I don’t need the job’: Is $27/hr enough to entice workers for census in places like Montco?

A Royersford recruitment event suggested that could be hard. Potential employees asked about aspects of the gig like data and personal security, and ICE.

7 years ago

Seattle Seahawks' Jadeveon Clowney (90) hits Philadelphia Eagles' Carson Wentz (11) during the first half of an NFL wild-card playoff football game, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2020, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Community

Eagles wonder ‘what if?’ after Wentz knocked out with injury

Carson Wentz waited four years to make his first playoff start. The Eagles' franchise QB took only eight snaps before he ended another postseason on the sidelines.

7 years ago

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