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More than 200 people showed up for an Eastern Lancaster County school board meeting on April 15, 2019. (Ed Mahon/PA Post)
Education
PA Post

Central Pa. school board passes ‘biological sex’ policy for bathrooms, locker rooms

'The minute we vote on this, we open ourselves up to a lawsuit,' one school board member said.

8 years ago

A student leaves Columbine High School late Tuesday, April 16, 2019, in Littleton, Colo. Following a lockdown at Columbine High School and other Denver area schools, authorities say they are looking for a woman suspected of making threats. (David Zalubowski/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

Young woman ‘infatuated’ with Columbine is found dead

Denver-area schools will be closed Wednesday as authorities search for a young Florida woman who flew to the city and bought a gun after becoming "infatuated" with Columbine.

8 years ago

Sidewalks are shown on a block with rowhomes that are slanted and cracked.
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

Spring is sidewalk season in Philly but watch your step — those cracks aren’t getting fixed

Spring is prime time for sidewalks. Here’s why Philly’s walkways won’t see many fixes this strolling season.

8 years ago

Sen. Bob Casey D-Pa., speaks at a campaign rally for Pennsylvania candidates in Philadelphia, Friday, Sept. 21, 2018. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy
PA Post

U.S. Sen. Bob Casey hopes expectations for a heavily redacted Mueller report are ‘too pessimistic’

U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., said he doesn’t have high hopes for what will be made available either to the public or to Congress but is keeping his fingers crossed he is wrong.

8 years ago

This file picture shows a cooling tower at the Salem nuclear power plant owned by the Public Service Energy Group and a building on a small farm in Lower Alloways Creek Township, N.J., in rural Salem County. (Mel Evans/AP Photo)
Community
NJ Spotlight

Critics slam PSEG’s notice of nuclear shutdown on eve of subsidy decision

Foes say it’s an effort to intimidate Board of Public Utilities as it decides whether big subsidies are merited for three nuclear units in South Jersey.

8 years ago

A woman who did not want to be identified holds a memorial display with a drawing of Antwon Rose II in front of the court house on the first day of the trial for Michael Rosfeld, a former police officer in East Pittsburgh, last month. Rosfeld was acquitted in the fatal shooting of Antwon Rose II as he fled during a traffic stop on June 19, 2018. (Keith Srakocic/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Pa.’s Legislative Black Caucus wants to improve police, community relations

State Rep. Jordan Harris, a Philadelphia Democrat, says measures promoted by the Black Caucus aim to make sure bias — racial or otherwise — doesn’t bleed into police work.

8 years ago

(NASA image/file)
Down the Shore
Community

Fireball streaks across southern Jersey Shore sky

Commenters on the Cool Cape May Facebook page reported seeing the vivid fireball and feeling shaking. 

8 years ago

In this March 27, 2019, photo, Kacey Ruegsegger Johnson poses for a portrait at her home in Cary, N.C. Ruegsegger Johnson, now a mother of four, survived a shotgun blast during the 1999 shootings at Colorado's Columbine High School that left 12 students, one teacher, and both gunmen dead. (Allen G. Breed/AP Photo)
Community

Columbine survivors send kids to schools altered by attack

The emotional toll of the shooting that killed 12 classmates and a teacher has been amplified by fears about their own kids' safety.

8 years ago

US Steel's Clairton Coke Works. (Reid R. Frazier/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Health
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Air pollution problems from steel industry prompt two Pa. lawsuits

Emissions from coke ovens can cause cancer, and they sometimes escape through leaky doors and other parts of plants.

8 years ago

In the 1930s, Pennsylvania made it illegal to play baseball and other sports at certain times on Sundays. (AP Photo)
Courts & Law

Pa. lawmakers cleaning up old laws on Sunday baseball, public music

The retired statutes are prime examples of the 'blue laws' that once aimed to restrict activities on Sundays.

8 years ago

Philadelphia fire commissioner Adam Thiel at The Original Apostolic Faith Church of the Lord Jesus Christ in North Philadelphia in March of 2018, right after a fire broke out at the church. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

Q&A: How Philly’s firefighters keep the city’s historic buildings safe

Philadelphia Fire Commissioner Adam Thiel explains how Philly fights blazes in historic buildings in the aftermath of the fire at Notre Dame in Paris.

8 years ago

Jody Gary teaches sixth grade for the Turkeyfoot School District. He has started there in 1992 with a salary of $18,500. (Dani Fresh/Keystone Crossroads)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Equity advocates criticize Wolf’s plan to boost teacher salaries in Pa.

The proposed funding is not tied directly to objective measures of student need, nor to a teacher's cost of living.

8 years ago

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President Donald Trump walks on the South Lawn as he arrives at the White House in Washington.  Trump on Tuesday vetoed a resolution passed by Congress to end U.S. military assistance in Saudi Arabia's war in Yemen. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
Politics & Policy

Trump vetoes move to end U.S. involvement in Yemen war

The veto — the second in Trump's presidency — was expected. Congress lacks the votes to override him.

8 years ago

Patience Bulus speaks with Professor Jacob Udo-Udo Jacob in his office at Dickinson College. (Rachel McDevitt/WITF)
Education
PA Post

Boko Haram stalled her education. Five years later, she’s starting over in central Pa.

"Whenever I find something is going to discourage me, I would just pray, and then believe that everything is going to be all right."

8 years ago

A doctor looks at the CT scan of a lung cancer patient. (Andy Wong/AP Photo)
Health

Delaware health officials promote CT scans for early lung cancer detection

Delaware has launched a campaign to encourage current and former heavy smokers over 55 to be screened.

8 years ago

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