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Gov. Wolf pushes for LGBTQ protections in face of ACA changes
A bill to extend the commonwealth's civil rights protections to LGBTQ people has repeatedly stalled in the Pennsylvania Legislature.
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How genetic is addiction? Camden researchers are collecting brains to find out
To better understand opioid-use disorder, Camden researchers are starting a biobank to study brain and blood samples of people who’ve died of overdoses.
7 years ago
At Philly’s community gardens, growing frustration over their future
Volunteers work to keep gardens reclaimed from dumping grounds as green spaces open and available for neighborhood residents.
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For adults on Medicaid, getting dental care is an uphill battle
Pennsylvania curtailed benefits in 2011, and adults now either pull diseased teeth or pay out of pocket because procedures like root canals aren’t covered.
7 years ago
Listen 4:59Trial starts over video deletion related to Penn State frat death
A former Penn State fraternity brother erased security camera footage from the night a pledge died because he knew it would be damaging.
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N.J. Gov. Murphy promises continued fight against gun violence amid spate of shootings
Many of New Jersey’s top political leaders met Tuesday to find solutions to reduce crime.
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Happy Days actor Anson Williams returns to acting in Delaware performance
Anson Williams is in Delaware doing something he hasn’t done in decades: Acting. He joins Didi Conn and Sallie Struthers on stage in Wilmington in the play “Middletown.”
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Longtime Delaware tradition Punkin Chunkin moves to Illinois
Almost three years after a woman was injured during the annual pumpkin-launching competition, Punkin Chunkin is leaving Delaware for Illinois.
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Feds order N.J. to find better ways to resolve special education disputes
New Jersey has been given three months to improve its much-criticized process for settling disputes involving students in special education.
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New homes to replace one of South Philly’s pioneering Vietnamese shopping plazas
A residential development targeting young professionals is slated to replace a beloved Vietnamese bakery and other shops on the corner of Washington Avenue and 16th Street.
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Philly putting ‘dozens’ more cops on the street this summer as murders, shootings rise
Murders and shootings are up in Philly over this time last year. The police department will deploy dozens of additional officers to patrol the streets this summer.
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Here’s who makes money from the voting machine requirement for Pa. counties
As of early May, 18 counties picked ES&S at an estimated total cost of $48 million.
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Phillies OF Herrera arrested in domestic case, put on leave
The commissioner's office put Herrera on leave Tuesday, a day after his arrest on an assault charge at the Golden Nugget casino.
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A good deed goes through ‘Black enough’ blender
Philanthropist Robert F. Smith spread a balm over the wounds that accumulate as a result of the day-to-day indignities that go hand-in-hand with being Black in America.
7 years ago
Video fakery and the high cost of lies
Donald Trump's fans have had a tough time combating Pelosi, so apparently their only recourse was to manipulate video footage to smear her as semi-nuts.
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