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Many still unconvinced N.J. teen driver decals work
While other countries have similar decal laws, New Jersey is the only state demanding young drivers identify themselves this way.
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Philadelphia Foundation wants you to pick how to spend $1 million
For its 100th birthday, the foundation wants the public to better understand the nonprofit sector’s impact. So it’s asking folks to take part in the process.
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Listen 1:32Before he was kidnapped, murdered, Curtis Jenkins III ‘tried to bring everyone together’
About 200 people gathered at Haddon Heights Junior-Senior High School to celebrate the life of Curtis Jenkins III, who was kidnapped and murdered last week.
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New farmland preservation saves 9,000+ Delaware acres from development
The total amount of Delaware farmland that can never be built now tops 134,000 acres after the latest round of the state’s preservation program.
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Ten years later, is Chester better now with a soccer stadium?
In the decade since the Major League Soccer team first played there, how has this city and the community been affected?
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Listen 6:01Black in Flemington: Was the trauma worth it?
A former WHYY reporter reflects on her experience growing up as a black queer person in Flemington, New Jersey.
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Public gets turn to talk N.J. tax credits at next hearing
The public will get its chance to weigh in on New Jersey's business tax incentive drama that led to the program's expiration earlier this month.
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Congress has ambitious agenda tackling health care costs
Lawmakers are trying to set aside their irreconcilable differences over the Obama-era Affordable Care Act and work to reach an agreement on more immediate health care issues.
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In Philly, some fines, court costs that hurt low-income people are going away
Krasner's office said it was waiving fines and fees in an effort to help low-income defendants afford things like transportation and other costs associated with employment.
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Erie coke plant to keep operating pending ruling on appeal
A company attorney said the failure to grant relief would impose "a corporate 'death penalty'" on the company by destroying its primary asset — two batteries of coke ovens.
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Biden says he was wrong in comments about segregationists
Former Vice President Joe Biden on Saturday apologized for recent comments about working with segregationist senators in his early days in the U.S. Senate.
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Lewis Lloyd, famed Philly basketball standout, dies at 60
Lewis “Black Magic” Lloyd, one of Philadelphia’s most celebrated basketball players, died on Friday. He was 60.
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Schools still struggling with how to teach about slavery
There are no national standards on how to teach about slavery, although it is often recommended as a topic in curriculum at the state and local levels.
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Explosion at Florida shopping plaza injures 20, 2 seriously
Twenty people were injured after a vacant pizza restaurant exploded in a South Florida shopping plaza Saturday, according to police.
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Marvel’s first openly trans actor calls for more portrayals
Zach Barack plays a classmate of Peter Parker's in "Spider-Man: Far From Home." His gender identity is not addressed in the brief role.
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