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Dr. Anna Broomall established South Philadelphia’s first outpatient maternity-care clinic. (Courtesy of Delaware County Historical Society)
Health

Delco medical trailblazer Anna Broomall honored with historical marker

Anna Broomall broke gender barriers and worked to lower maternal and infant mortality rates.

8 years ago

President George H.W. Bush addressing the nation on Sept. 5, 1989. The president illustrated the threat of drugs by holding up a baggie of crack he said had been seized across the street from the White House. (Courtesy of George Bush Presidential Library and Museum)
Politics & Policy
Marketplace

30 years ago, George H.W. Bush held up a bag of crack on live TV. Where’d he get it?

Overall drug use, and the use of crack in particular, was in decline by 1989, but Bush turbocharged the war on drugs that night.

8 years ago

President Donald Trump signs the first veto of his presidency in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, March 15, 2019, in Washington. (Evan Vucci/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

House fails to override Trump veto of his border emergency

The House fell short Tuesday in its effort to override President Donald Trump's first veto, handing him a victory to spend billions to construct barriers along the border.

8 years ago

Exelon Corporation Three Mile Island nuclear generating station Unit 1 cooling towers in Londonderry Township, Dauphin County. May 22, 2017. (Dan Gleiter/PennLive)
Community

Public will never know truth behind Three Mile Island, anti-nuclear energy advocates say

"Three Mile Island is an accident without an ending," TMI Alert’s Eric Epstein said.

8 years ago

The state Capitol building in Harrisburg. (Tom Downing/WITF)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Pa. Republicans, Democrats stake out positions in general assistance battle

They already got rid of it once before, in 2012. But the program landed back on the GOP chopping block after the state Supreme Court revived it last year on a technicality.

8 years ago

A drill worker covered in Marcellus shale, and drill cuttings seals off a well and cleans the blowout preventer at a Cabot Oil & Gas natural gas drill site in Kingsley, Pa. Washington County has nearly 1,700 Marcellus shale gas wells. (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)
Health

State investigating potential cancer cluster in western Pa.; some residents fear an environmental cause

The health department says there have been four cases of Ewing sarcoma in the past decade in the Canon-McMillan School District.

8 years ago

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy is pictured in this Jan. 15, 2019 file photo (Julio Cortez/AP Photo)
Health

After N.J. passes medical aid-in-dying bill, Murphy vows to sign it

The medical aid-in-dying bill was controversial, and it passed both the N.J. Assembly and Senate with the minimum number of votes.

8 years ago

In this March 14, 2019 file photo, Empire actor Jussie Smollett arrives at the Leighton Criminal Court Building for his hearing in Chicago. Smollett is accused of lying to police about being the victim of a racist and homophobic attack by two men on Jan. 29 in downtown Chicago. (Matt Marton/AP Photo, File)
Courts & Law

Attorneys: Prosecutors drop charges against Jussie Smollett

The mayor and police chief blasted the decision and stood by the investigation that concluded Smollett staged a hoax.

8 years ago

A spiny dogfish. (NOAA image)
Down the Shore
Science

Spiny dogfish wash ashore at N.J. beaches

Authorities say dozens of spiny dogfish sharks washed up on beaches across southern New Jersey last weekend.

8 years ago

In this Feb. 19, 2019 photo, Sandy Sopher, 65, smells cannabis buds at Bud and Bloom cannabis dispensary in Santa Ana, Calif. As legal cannabis has spread to dozens of states, more Americans in their 70s and 80s are adding marijuana to the roster of senior activities such as golf and bingo. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Health

More aging Americans are using pot to soothe what ails them

"I would say the average age of our customers is around 60, maybe even a little older," said Kelty Richardson, a registered nurse with the Halos Health clinic in Boulder, Col.

8 years ago

Photo stills from
Community

Short doc on N. Philly state Rep. Kenyatta’s historic win has East Coast premiere

Malcolm Kenyatta, Pennsylvania’s first openly gay lawmaker of color, is the subject of a short documentary called “Going Forward.”

8 years ago

Rendering of the Fusion Arena. (Courtesy of Comcast Spectator)
Arts & Entertainment

Why the esports arena in South Philly is both futuristic and a little old school

An esports arena may sound like something out of science fiction. But the ideas behind this new venture are surprisingly traditional.

8 years ago

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Movita Johnson-Harrell, shown here while she was the supervisor of the Philadelphia district attorney's Victim/Witness Services unit. An invocation given before Johnson-Harrell's swearing-in to the state House was broadly construed as Islamophobic. (Tom MacDonald/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

The Pa. House’s first Muslim woman spent her first day addressing ‘offensive’ invocation

In under two minutes, Freshman Representative Borowicz, a Christian, mentioned Jesus 13 times and praised President Donald Trump for his unequivocal support of Israel.

8 years ago

Apple CEO Tim Cook and Oprah Winfrey prepare to embrace at the Steve Jobs Theater during an event to announce new products Monday, March 25, 2019, in Cupertino, Calif. (Tony Avelar/AP Photo)
Money

Apple is jumping belatedly into the streaming TV business

Apple didn't disclose the price or the launch date except to say that Apple TV Plus will be available this fall. It will feature Apple's original shows and movies.

8 years ago

Jorge Zapata, Jr., center, a student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, holds candles with his mother Lavinia Zapata, and father Jorge Zapata, Sr., during a candlelight vigil for the victims of the Wednesday shooting at the school, in Parkland, Fla., Thursd
Community

Linked by pain: 2 school massacre survivors, dad kill selves

The father of a Sandy Hook victim killed himself Monday, just days after two Stoneman Douglas students also took their lives.

8 years ago

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