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Politics & Policy

Delaware recovers less than half of taxpayer funds stolen by state employee in 2023

The state of Delaware recovered tens of thousands of dollars in stolen funds used as payments for a truck and a camper, along with money seized from a bank account.

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Four workers are using crowbars to remove signs from a brick wall
Courts & Law

Judge orders the immediate restoration of Philly’s President’s House slavery exhibit

The Trump administration said Tuesday it plans to appeal the judge's earlier ruling ordering the park service to restore the exhibit.

2 days ago

Canada geese
Science

Bird flu concerns grow in New Jersey as Pennsylvania boosts farm protections

More than 1,100 dead or sick wild birds were reported in New Jersey within three days. No human cases have been reported.

2 days ago

Philadelphia City Hall
Politics & Policy

Philadelphia City Council considers Office of Freedmen Affairs to guide possible reparations efforts

The Office of Freedmen Affairs would guide potential reparations efforts for descendants of enslaved people, including scholarships and tax relief benefits.

2 days ago

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Protesters are seen through the glass of an ICE office in Philadelphia
Politics & Policy

Bucks County commissioners unanimously oppose use of warehouses for ICE detention

“Bucks County is not a county that needs or wants a detention facility,” the county’s lone Republican commissioner said.

2 days ago

The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Courts & Law

New Jersey Catholic diocese agrees to $180M settlement of clergy sexual abuse allegations

Bishop Joseph Williams of the Diocese of Camden, covering southern New Jersey and its Philadelphia suburbs, announced the settlement Tuesday in a letter.

2 days ago

Protesters, including Alyssa Bigbee of Philadelphia
Courts & Law

Trump administration is erasing history and science at national parks in Philadelphia and other cities, lawsuit argues

A federal judge on Monday ordered that an exhibit about nine people enslaved by George Washington must be restored at his former home in Philadelphia.

2 days ago

Judge's gavel on wooden table with law books. (bigstockphoto.com)
Courts & Law

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.

2 days ago

Busy Center City street with City Hall in the background
Science

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.

2 days ago

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Students walking on Penn's campus
Courts & Law

Penn, 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.

2 days ago

A University of Pennsylvania sign
Health

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.

2 days ago

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an art piece in the Syd Carpenter exhibit
Arts & Entertainment

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.

2 days ago

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National Park Service employees remove signage related to enslaved people from the President’s House site on Independence Mall
Courts & Law

Trump administration to appeal ruling restoring slavery exhibit at Philadelphia’s President’s House Site

A Department of the Interior spokesperson said they “disagreed” with the decision. Meanwhile, Mayor Cherelle Parker said she was “thrilled.”

3 days ago

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William Stevenson's home
Courts & Law

High-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.

3 days ago

George Norcross
Courts & Law

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.

3 days ago

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