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Work begins on underwater power cable connecting New Jersey, Delaware
Electric line connecting Delaware and New Jersey will stretch below Delaware River in an effort to improve power grid reliability, eliminate power bottleneck.
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Harvey Weinstein fictionalized in new play by author who witnessed downfall
Emily Acker watched the Weinstein Company collapse, from the inside. She wrote a play based on that dissolution.
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Listen 2:17As beach season approaches, N.J. senators target flying beach umbrellas
In a letter to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission on Thursday, Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker say beach umbrellas can be dangerous.
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William Barr besieged by allegations he’s protecting Trump
Barr has emerged as arguably the most divisive figure in Donald Trump's administration.
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Tapping support of Pink Boots Society, the Bold Women and Beer festival set for Saturday
The Pink Boots Society helps support women craft brewers. On Saturday in Philadelphia, that support takes the form of the Bold Women and Beer festival.
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Listen 1:58Critiquing Kenney: Mayfair residents see neighborhood changes, with City Hall in the backseat
As the Mayfair section of Philadelphia becomes more diverse, residents are united in their hopes for a way of relieving the traffic congestion.
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Listen 4:26Murphy task force continues questioning Christie-era tax break programs in N.J.
Task force probing N.J. use of tax incentives to keep companies in the state focuses on application submitted by a company owned by South Jersey powerbroker George Norcross.
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Pharmaceutical exec guilty of bribing doctors to push opioid
John Kapoor, the 76-year-old former chairman of Insys Therapeutics, was found guilty of racketeering conspiracy after 15 days of jury deliberations.
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In Philadelphia, a series of 35 volunteer-led groups will traverse the city’s neighborhoods starting Friday and continuing through Sunday May 5.
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Williams first to hit the radio waves in Philly mayor’s race
State Sen. Anthony Williams has the first broadcast ads in the low-budget Philly mayor’s race.
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Dorney Park settles black patron’s racial profiling suit
The Allentown Morning Call reports Dorney Park and Wildwater Kingdom's parent company settled the suit for an undisclosed amount.
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Pennsylvania grants $40M in competitive school safety grants
The state has approved $40 million in grants for school districts to improve safety. These competitive grants are in addition to $25,000 that most districts received last year
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Armed with new evidence from backlog of rape kits, Philly DA ready to prosecute
Police have finished testing a backlog of 1,500 rape kits for DNA evidence. Authorities have discovered that more than 60 of those samples match DNA in the police database.
8 years ago
Want to power up your pedaling? Philly adding 400 electric bikes to Indego fleet
The e-bikes can reach a top speed of 17 miles per hour. Philadelphia will start rolling them out in late May.
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How companies and allies of one powerful Democrat got $1.1 billion in tax breaks
Meet George Norcross. Nearly two thirds of $1.6 billion in tax incentives in his hometown of Camden, New Jersey, went to his own company, business partners, political allies.
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