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Pennsylvania man cleared after 43 years in prison for murder denied bail during deportation fight
Subramanyam Vedam, 64, who spent 43 years in prison before his murder conviction was overturned, was denied bail Tuesday while he fights deportation.
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New network of 76 air monitors throughout Philadelphia provides detailed look at air quality
The network will offer hourly air quality index updates posted to a new website, Breathe Philly.
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Listen 0:59Penn, Bryn Mawr and Swarthmore back Harvard in lawsuit to defend international student enrollment
The colleges say blocking international enrollment would harm U.S. higher education and the economy.
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Penn graduate workers reach historic tentative agreement with university, averting strike
Union organizers say the contract will transform their quality of life. Efforts to unionize graduate students started more than 20 years ago.
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3 Philadelphia-area museums collaborate on a retrospective of artist Syd Carpenter
The Woodmere, Maguire and Berman museums each take on different aspects of the sculptor’s five-decade career.
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Listen 1:40A Department of the Interior spokesperson said they “disagreed” with the decision. Meanwhile, Mayor Cherelle Parker said she was “thrilled.”
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Listen 1:13High-profile Delaware murder case against Jill Biden’s ex-husband shrouded in secrecy
Bill Stevenson and the future first lady divorced a half-century ago. Now he’s held on $2 million cash bail, accused of killing his wife of nearly 40 years.
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New Jersey attorney general will not appeal dismissal of Norcross indictment
The state’s decision not to ask the Supreme Court to step in ends a legal episode that lasted almost two years.
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Listen 0:46Philadelphia school officials defend proposed school closures at a crowded City Council meeting
City Council members raised concerns that the proposed closures will disproportionately affect Black students.
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The Rev. Jesse Jackson, who led the Civil Rights Movement for decades after King, has died at 84
Fellow civil rights activist the Rev. Al Sharpton said his mentor “was not simply a civil rights leader; he was a movement unto himself.”
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‘It’s harming us’: Delaware lawmakers, educators want to scrap SAT mandate for 11th graders
Delaware usually falls near the bottom of national rankings because, unlike most states, almost all high school juniors take the test.
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In Philly, ‘every day is Black History Month.’ Here’s how the city is celebrating in 2026
As the semiquincentennial nears, Philadelphia’s cultural institutions are examining the country’s founding through the lens of local Black history.
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The median price of a home in the Garden State last year was more than $500,000, recent data shows.
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Listen 1:06The judge, a President George W. Bush appointee, likened the administration’s rationale for removing the panels to the authoritarian regime in George Orwell’s novel "1984."
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Building the health centers could take until 2029 to complete, but residents say the Northeast needs to expand health care options much sooner.
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