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This Philly lab wants doctors to try a new medicine: listening
The Listening Lab will tour Penn Medicine’s hospitals to encourage compassionate listening.
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Listen 2:03Shore towns receive N.J. recycling enhancement grants
New Jersey has awarded grants to Jersey Shore municipalities to enhance and promote recycling efforts.
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Pa.’s Safe Schools Report provides plenty of numbers, but critics question their accuracy
Under the Safe Schools Act, the state’s Department of Education relies on the local school district to report infractions to the state.
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Poll: Americans grateful at holidays — and a bit stressed
Wade Holcomb has a lot to be grateful for this year. In addition to graduating college and getting a job, he also has a beautiful 4-month-old girl.
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Philly set a new record for construction in 2019 — thanks to these gentrifying neighborhoods
Philadelphia saw a record-setting year for construction in 2019, capping off a decade-long period of growth for the city’s real estate market.
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Island Beach State Park accepting Christmas trees to help build dunes
Christmas trees can help build dunes by capturing sand that is pushed by northeasterly winds during coastal storms, according to coastal ecologist Dominick Solazzo.
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Glen Mills, the school shut down by Pa. for student abuse, appoints interim executive director
For the first time in its 193-year history, Glen Mills Schools has an African-American executive director.
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Non-English speakers say city kept them in the dark at South Philly fire site
A three-alarm blaze that left two dead in South Philly tested Philadelphia's capacity to respond to emergencies in diverse communities.
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Rare Delaware Bethany Beach firefly approaches endangered species list
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is considering adding the firefly with an extremely small habitat to the list of endangered species.
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Doubts if new council will take on mayor’s soda tax
Despite calls for change, the outgoing Philadelphia City Council never managed to chip away at Mayor Jim Kenney’s soda tax.
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House committee raises prospect of more impeachment articles
The House Judiciary Committee is holding open the possibility of recommending additional articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump.
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Pa. House joins Senate in overwhelmingly passing bill to help ex-convicts get professional licenses
To hold jobs like accountant, nurse or funeral director, Pennsylvanians must first obtain a license.
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Most US workers still pay price of no paid parental leave
Nancy Glynn could not afford a funeral for her newborn son who died after a premature birth.
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When gun violence steals the cheer from a family’s holiday
Among those who have lost loved ones, trauma and grief can be magnified at this time of year. Finding what helps them get through can take time.
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Listen 3:55How 30 years of broken promises, false starts led to another Philly asbestos closure
Officials have known for decades about building woes at a Philly H.S. But despite protests and promises, not much has changed.
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