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Paramedic Michael Sensich won a suit against his former employer, AtlantiCare, Sensich was fired after he performed a holistic treatment called reiki on a patient who refused conventional treatment. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Courts & Law

N.J. paramedic fired for performing Reiki on patient wins $90,000 verdict

A doctor told Michael Senisch to do one thing, his patient asked for another. A jury decided he made the right call.

7 years ago

This July 23, 2018 file photo shows packets of buprenorphine, a drug which controls heroin and opioid cravings, in Greenfield, Mass. (Elise Amendola/AP Photo)
Health

Researchers pose as heroin users to find treatment gaps

The study revealed other roadblocks: high fees and a government website riddled with wrong phone numbers.

7 years ago

Philly AIDS Thrift in Queen Village (Danya Henninger/Billy Penn)
Community
Billy Penn

Philly Pride shopping guide: Where to support LGBTQ businesses

Since the city doesn’t keep track, we crowdsourced a map.

7 years ago

A rendering of an apartment proposed for Germantown High. (Woodcock Design)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

Germantown High developer reveals plan for live-work-learn destination

Germantown High developer Jack Azran says that apartments with exposed brick walls, shared work spaces and a new school could fill the shuttered school by 2022

7 years ago

Perla Lara and her son, Amar (Courtesy of Perla Lara)
Health

A mother’s wish for her son: Mental health treatment

His immigration status — undocumented — stands in the way of obtaining medication and therapy a 15-year-old boy needs for his depression, ADHD, and more.

7 years ago

Christian Howell (center) is flanked by younger siblings Kaiden and Karima at the African Barbershop on North Market Street in Wilmington. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
Community

Books in barbershops aims to give Wilmington boys ‘another avenue’

The child literacy initiative that began in New York five years ago is now in Wilmington barbershops. A library official said it aims to show kids that reading is “cool.”

7 years ago

Listen 3:18
New Jersey Statehouse in Trenton
Politics & Policy

Few surprises in N.J. primary election. Analysts say general will be more of the same

A Republican Assemblyman from Burlington County is the only incumbent to lose in Tuesday’s primary. Observers don’t expect many tight races in November.

7 years ago

File photo: New Jersey State Assembly in Trenton, N.J., Thursday, Jan. 31, 2019. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Politics & Policy

2019 New Jersey primary election results

Check here for live results for the New Jersey primary election.

7 years ago

In this June 3, 2019 photo Cindy Zipf, executive director of the Clean Ocean Action environmental group, discusses a plan to build a natural gas pipeline that would run near this Middletown, N.J,. fishing depot. New Jersey environmental officials are due to decide Wednesday, June 5 on key permits for a nearly $1 billion pipeline that would bring natural gas from Pennsylvania through New Jersey, out into Raritan Bay and into the ocean before reaching New York and Long Island. (Wayne Parry/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Opponents hope New Jersey scuttles gas pipeline to New York

New Jersey environmental officials are due to decide Wednesday on several permits for the proposed Northeast Supply Enhancement pipeline.

7 years ago

A redesign of the Franklin Institute's Train Factory exhibit will create new curatorial space and provide a glimpse into the curatorial process. (Rendering courtesy of the Smith Group for the Franklin Institute)
Arts & Entertainment

The Franklin Institute will transform The Train Factory room into a showcase of historic invention

For some visitors who have enjoyed the Franklin Institute as kids and now as parents, the fact that there is a train exhibit featuring a 350-ton locomotive may be a surprise.

7 years ago

Mayor Jim Kenney puts his flag of family origin on the new sculpture at Love Park. (Tom MacDonald/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Philly’s Immigrant Heritage Month begins with new sculpture at LOVE Park

Philadelphia kicks off a month-long celebration of welcoming immigrants.

7 years ago

Democratic presidential candidate, former Vice President Joe Biden speaks during the Human Rights Campaign Columbus, Ohio Dinner at Ohio State University Saturday, June 1, 2019. (Paul Vernon/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Joe Biden’s $5T climate plan: Net zero emissions by 2050

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden is pitching a $5 trillion-plus climate proposal that he says would lead the U.S. to net zero emission of carbon pollution by 2050.

7 years ago

Members of the Muslim community pray at the end of Ramadan festival Eid al-Fitr in Fairmount Park. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

Philadelphia Eid in the Park brings thousands to celebrate the end of Ramadan

Muslims across the Delaware Valley are celebrating Eid-al-Fitr — a celebration for the end of the holy month of Ramadan.

7 years ago

Listen 1:30
Pennsylvania Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa.
Politics & Policy

Some Pa. Republicans want to tie future lawmakers’ hands to limit spending

As budget negotiations heat up, Pennsylvania lawmakers are looking to change the state's fiscal process in years to come.

7 years ago

Kris Singh, center, the founder, president and CEO of Holtec International. The company was granted the second-largest tax break in state history, but officials placed a hold on the break following our reporting. (Mel Evans/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy
ProPublica

N.J. freezes Holtec's $260 million tax break pending investigation

Officials took the action after a report last month from WNYC and ProPublica about an inaccuracy in a sworn certification submitted by Holtec CEO Kris Singh.

7 years ago

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