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Science

Pennsylvania to receive $43 million in federal funds to remove lead paint from homes

More than 70% of homes in Pennsylvania are estimated to have been built before the 1978 lead paint ban, leaving many kids vulnerable to lead poisoning.

10 months ago

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St. Joseph’s Family Hope Center
Community

As temperatures dip, the stakes rise for one of Delco’s only family shelters

The family shelter in Brookhaven is facing imminent closure after a local church sold the building it operates in to the borough.

10 months ago

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a parked electric school bus
Education

Schools in Pa. and N.J. are getting money for electric school buses

Electric buses don’t release tailpipe pollution, so they’re better for the climate and healthier for kids.

10 months ago

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Carlos Estévez walks off the field and looks up
Arts & Entertainment

Phillies out of the playoffs after 1-4 loss to Mets in NLDS Game 4

It was a bitter exit for the NL East champion Phillies, who won 95 games and finished six ahead of the wild-card Mets during the regular season.

10 months ago

People line up outside a school board meeting in Souderton
Education

Souderton Area School District is sued, drops ID checks at Wednesday’s board meeting

The complaint alleges the school district violated the state Sunshine Act by excluding people without photo IDs at two recent board meetings.

10 months ago

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Community
6abc

Philadelphia homicides drop; Mayor Parker says work needs to continue

A 6abc data team found there were 10 homicides in the city in September. That's the lowest number of homicides in one month since April 2015, when there were six.

10 months ago

Sickle Cell disease
Health

Philadelphia health providers and patients seek a new treatment roadmap for sickle cell disease after drug recall

Voxelotor, which was sold under the brand name Oxbryta, was suddenly pulled from the market over safety concerns from clinical trials outside the U.S.

10 months ago

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Boxes containing Electoral College votes
Politics & Policy

What is the Electoral College and how does the U.S. use it to elect presidents?

Here's a look at the Electoral College and how it works, as Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris compete for the White House on Election Day, Nov. 5.

10 months ago

Harris-Walz supporters cheer
Politics & Policy

Democrats hope the latest court rulings restricting abortion energize voters as election nears

Advocates hope the rulings will serve as reminders about what’s at stake in a post-Roe America just weeks before a presidential election partly defined by abortion rights.

10 months ago

Trump Bible
Politics & Policy

Trump has long blasted China’s trade practices. His ‘God Bless the USA’ Bibles were printed there

The Trump Bible’s connection to China reveals a deep divide between the former president’s harsh anti-China rhetoric and his rush to cash in while campaigning.

10 months ago

Flooding after the hurricane
Weather

Climate change boosted Helene’s deadly rain and wind and scientists say same is likely for Milton

The warming climate boosted Helene's wind speeds by about 13 miles per hour, and made the high sea temperatures that fueled the storm 200 to 500 times more likely.

10 months ago

Mark Cohen
Courts & Law

Philadelphia judge receives unpaid suspension for his political posts on Facebook

The court imposed the punishment against Common Pleas Judge Mark B. Cohen, who before he became a judge spent more than four decades as a Democratic state representative.

10 months ago

David McMahon and Sarah Burns speak
Arts & Entertainment

WHYY Media Lab students hear advice from filmmakers Sarah Burns and David McMahon ahead of documentary premiere

The two-part, four-hour documentary on Leonardo da Vinci will air on WHYY Channel 12 on Nov. 18 and 19 at 8 p.m.

10 months ago

Bob Casey and Dave McCormick
Politics & Policy

A guide to Pa.’s U.S. Senate race between Bob Casey and Dave McCormick

Republicans want to take back control of the U.S. Senate. Casey, seeking a fourth term in office, is facing a former hedge fund executive.

10 months ago

IV fluids
Health

‘We really can’t do our job without IV fluids’: How Philly-area hospitals are dealing with shortages caused by Hurricane Helene

Hurricane Helene shut down a factory in North Carolina that makes more than half of the U.S. supply of intravenous fluids. Hospitals use them everyday.

10 months ago

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