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In December, Johnny Bobbitt stands during a hearing Burlington County Courthouse in Mt. Holly, New Jersey. (David Swanson /The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP, Pool, File)
Courts & Law

Woman, homeless man in GoFundMe scheme plead guilty

Prosecutors say Bobbitt conspired with McClure and her then-boyfriend D'Amico to concoct a story about Bobbitt giving McClure his last $20 for gas when she was stranded.

8 years ago

Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro speaks to reporters with Police Commissioner Richard Ross (left) and District Attorney Larry Krasner at his side (Tom MacDonald/WHYY)
Community

8 arrested after investigation into 43 gang-related shootings in Philly

Members of two violent gangs were arrested by a joint task force of more than 100 officers who fanned out through South Philadelphia, especially in Grays Ferry.

8 years ago

Department of Health Secretary Dr. Rachel Levine speaks at a press event March 2019. (Provided)
Money

Struggling Pa. hospitals to test new funding model

Five rural Pennsylvania hospitals are testing a pilot program that aims to keep them financially viable and help them better target resources to patients.

8 years ago

Developer Ken Weinstein at a lot he tried to purchase from the city in Philadelphia’s Wayne Junction neighborhood. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

How City Council broke Philly’s app for selling blighted land

At the current pace, it will take the City of Philadelphia 50 years to sell off its publicly owned vacant land.

8 years ago

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., walks through an underground tunnel at the Capitol as top House Democrats plan to offer a measure that condemns anti-Semitism in the wake of controversial remarks by the freshman congresswoman, in Washington, Wednesday, March 6, 2019. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Dissent among Dems over response to Omar’s Israel remarks

A meeting of House Democrats turned contentious as some new members confronted leaders over a resolution implicitly rebuking Rep. Ilhan Omar over her comments on Israel.

8 years ago

This Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017 photo shows an arrangement of pills of the opioid oxycodone-acetaminophen in New York. (Patrick Sison/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

U.S. attorney flags over 300 Pa. doctors for opioid prescriptions

The U.S. Attorney for Pennsylvania's Middle District has flagged more than 300 doctors for potentially overprescribing opioids. 

8 years ago

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy speaks to a joint meeting of the Democratic-led Assembly and Senate in Trenton, N.J., Tuesday, March 5, 2019. Murphy unveiled his second budget Tuesday, calling for about $1 billion in increased spending that would be financed by higher income tax rates on wealthy residents and savings in public worker benefits. (Seth Wenig/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Gov. Murphy on raising NJ Transit funding in the budget: ‘We’re open to that’

The day after he proposed increasing NJ Transit’s budget by $25 million, Gov. Phil Murphy says he’s open to boosting it even more.

8 years ago

Cooper University Hospital in Camden
Health
NJ Spotlight

Camden city EMS reports more calls, quicker response times in 2018

Three years after taking over from Virtua, Cooper is meeting a national benchmark for timeliness.

8 years ago

An Army Corps of Engineers aerial photograph shows the devastation from the March storm of 1962 in Harvey Cedars. The storm opened up a new inlet to Barnegat Bay near 79th street. The Army Corps of Engineers listed closing the inlet as a priority project in the expansive repairs the corps made along the Mid-Atlantic coast following the storm. (Courtesy of the Army Corps of Engineers)
Down the Shore
Community

57 years ago today, the ‘Ash Wednesday’ nor’easter was lashing N.J.

The Jersey Shore was in the grips of one of the most powerful storms to hit the state in recorded history 57 years ago today. 

8 years ago

Amanda Vendetti of Tullytown
Health

Neighbors urge DEP to deny permits for Bucks County industrial-waste plant

A controversial proposal to build an industrial-wastewater treatment facility in Falls Township is close to regulatory approval after years of contention.

8 years ago

House Judiciary Committee ranking member Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., talks to media during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Sept. 28, 2018. (Carolyn Kaster/AP Photo)
National Interest
Politics & Policy

Welcome to the Watergate era 2.0

Some Democrats fear that the committee — helmed by Jerry Nadler, thanks to the midterm surge that threw the House Republicans out of power — is playing with fire.

8 years ago

David Kitner works inside his pizza shop in Middletown on Friday, March 1, 2019. (Ed Mahon/PA Pos)
Keystone Crossroads
Community

Why one pizza shop owner is worried about Three Mile Island closing — but some don’t see a major impact

Three Mile Island accounts for 10 to 15 percent of the annual revenue at Roberto’s Pizza & Subs in Middletown.

8 years ago

This Feb. 28, 2019, photo combination shows trace fossils on paving stones at the Valley Forge National Historical Park in Valley Forge, Pa. A volunteer at the park outside Philadelphia recently discovered dozens of fossilized footprints on flat rocks installed to pave a section of hiking trail. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Science

Dinosaur tracks make fresh impression at Valley Forge park

The trace fossils, as they are known, are scattered along a winding trail at Valley Forge National Historical Park, on slabs purchased in 2011 from a nearby commercial quarry.

8 years ago

Malcolm Flowers (left) checks a trash can as Cristina
Money
Broke in Philly

From panhandling to a paycheck: How day labor can provide opportunity to Philly’s homeless

Work Now, a day-labor program launched a year and a half ago aims to combat panhandling by challenging people holding “will work for food” signs to do just that.

8 years ago

In this July 16, 2015, file photo, Pennsylvania state Rep. Gene DiGirolamo, R-Bucks, discusses a state budget stalemate during a news conference at the State Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa. (Marc Levy/AP Photo, File)
Politics & Policy

Another moderate Pa. Republican may be hitting the road

Gene DiGirolamo is running for Bucks County Commissioner this year. If he wins, he'll join a lengthening list of southeastern GOP-ers heading out of Harrisburg.

8 years ago

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