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A pair of deer peer through the woods from near a tree on the first day of regular firearms deer hunting season in most of Pennsylvania, Monday, Nov. 26, 2018, in Fombell, Pa. The Pennsylvania firearms deer hunting season runs through Dec. 8 in most of the state. (Keith Srakocic/AP Photo)
Community

State game officers partner with vets to battle degenerative deer disease

Incidence of chronic wasting disease is thought to be increasing in Pennsylvania.

7 years ago

A New Jersey State Police boat. (New Jersey State Police)
Down the Shore
Community

Recovery mission continues for teen swimmer off N.J. beach

A recovery operation continues for a 15-year-old youth who went missing while swimming at a New Jersey beach.

7 years ago

In this Feb. 24, 2017 file photo, National Rifle Association (NRA) Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer Wayne LaPierre speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Oxon Hill, Md. Amid all the turmoil engulfing the National Rifle Association there’s one big question: Will it still be a force to be reckoned with in the 2020 presidential campaign? 
(Alex Brandon/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Gun owners look beyond the NRA for representation

As the 2020 presidential campaign draws closer, gun control groups are seizing on the turmoil engulfing the NRA.

7 years ago

Saadya Elliott Dixon attended the Harper’s Heart event at Kingswood with her daughters, Sariyah, who is 3 years old, and Samiyah. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
Community

Helping new mothers ‘get everything they need for their kids’

Giovanna Andrews received help with basic baby items when she was pregnant. Now, she’s paying it forward with her charity, Harper’s Heart.

7 years ago

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Daniel Semenza, an assistant professor at the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminal Justice at Rutgers, and Ilene M. Rosen, Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and a past president of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Science

Teen brains require many z’s, for many reasons

Some middle and high schools in the area are starting their school days later, which experts say will result in healthier, less troublemaking students.

7 years ago

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PET brain imaging of an opioid receptor binding. (Penn Medicine)
Science

Penn ramps up addiction research that could help doctors tailor treatments

The PET Addiction Center of Excellence will use PET scans to peer inside the brain, allowing for the study of opioid receptors’ function in different individuals.

7 years ago

Cheers and applause erupt during a plea to reopen the Philadelphia Energy Solution's refinery in South Philadelphia as soon as possible. (Brad Larrison for WHYY)
Money

‘Particularly dark’ Labor Day for Philadelphia’s unemployed union workers

With Hahnemann University Hospital and the Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery closures, the city will be losing about 2,500 union jobs.

7 years ago

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Brandon Paak Anderson of Anderson .Paak and The Free Nationals during the Made In America Music Festival on August, 31 2019, in Philadelphia. (Photo by Daniel DeSlover/Sipa USA)(Sipa via AP Images)
Arts & Entertainment

Photos: MIA festival rocks the Ben Franklin Parkway

If you were hunkered down in Philly this weekend and avoided the Jersey Shore mayhem, you probably noticed patrons donning red-white-and-blue for Made in America festival.

7 years ago

In Pennsylvania, the issue of whether to regulate guns more closely is typically seen as partisan. (Seth Perlman/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

In Pa., fighting gun trafficking gets ensnared in political fight

Calls to respond to gun violence in Pennsylvania have only grown since then, coming to a head in mid-August when a man shot six Philadelphia police officers.

7 years ago

Bishop Benjamin Peterson Jr. (left) leads Sunday morning services outside of the damaged Greater Bible Way Temple on Sept. 1, 2019. (Rachel Wisniewski for WHYY)
Community

At burned West Philly church: ‘All I want for Christmas is a roof on God’s house’

After a devastating fire, the congregation of Greater Bible Way Temple worshipped outside and pledged to rebuild by spring.

7 years ago

In this Tuesday June 4, 2019 photograph, Sean Ellis poses for a photo at the law office of his attorney Rosemary Scapicchio in Boston. During the 22 years he spent in prison after being convicted of killing a Boston police detective, Ellis believed there was something suspicious about the officers who led the murder investigation. He just couldn’t prove it. It would take years of digging and scores of public information requests from his attorneys to uncover evidence that several officers investigating the 1993 murder case were involved in criminal activity, information that wasn’t shared with the defense. (Charles Krupa/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

Criminal justice reform turns to list of problem officers

With no clear guidance from the courts on how that information should be shared, critics have chided prosecutors for failing to keep track of problem officers.

7 years ago

Inside one of Pennsylvania's state-run Fine Wine and Good Spirits stores. (Nathaniel Hamilton for WHYY)
Politics & Policy
PA Post

Liquor reform 2.0? Bill would change how Pa. grocery stores display and sell beer and wine

Things are never easy in Pennsylvania when it comes to alcohol rules.

7 years ago

(Bigstock/wjarek)
Community

Road signs point to wine: New effort boosts visibility of N.J. vineyards

The Viticulture Trail Sign Program will be an effort to boost the profile of the state’s wine industry by constructing more road signs that point motorists to nearby vineyards

7 years ago

A woman walks along a beach before the arrival of Hurricane Dorian in Freeport, Grand Bahama, Bahamas, Saturday Aug. 31, 2019. Hurricane Dorian is closing in on the northern Bahamas, threatening to batter the normally idyllic islands with fierce winds, pounding waves and torrential rain. (Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo)
Science

Dorian strikes Bahamas with record fury as Category 5 storm

A dangerous Hurricane Dorian closed in on the northern Bahamas early Sunday, threatening to batter islands with 160 mph winds, pounding waves and torrential rain.

7 years ago

In this image made from video provided by Dustin Fawcett, police officers guard on a street in Odessa, Texas, Saturday, Aug. 31, 2019. Police said there are
Community

Police: 7 killed, 22 injured in West Texas shooting rampage

Midland police said at least one suspect was shot and killed near the Cinergy movie theater in Odessa.

7 years ago

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