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Michael Vick sparked protests when he joined the Eagles in ’09. Some fans can’t forgive his cruelty
Michael Vick's signing with the Eagles in 2009 sparked outrage among fans due to his dogfighting conviction. Some fans have moved on, but others remain upset.
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Halloween weekend, Third Eye Blind, an Afrofuturism exhibit and more in this week’s ‘Things To Do’
Oct. 30 - Nov. 2: Día de los Muertos celebrations in Delaware, a pierogi festival in Philly and John Fogerty in South Jersey are among the highlights.
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Listen 4:53Congress remains deadlocked over extending federal health insurance subsidies and Pennsylvania makes contingency plans for disruption in the marketplace later.
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How the Pa. Supreme Court retention race could impact environmental protection
In the typically sleepy Supreme Court retention election, the focus is on voting rights and abortion. But the court also decides major environmental cases.
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Listen 1:14Anti-abortion activists face significant hurdles in their efforts to limit reproductive health rights. But accomplishing that is far from impossible.
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Listen 1:15Suspect identified in 1962 murder of a 9-year-old girl in Bucks County
The announcement comes 63 years after 9-year-old Carol Ann Dougherty was murdered at St. Mark's Roman Catholic Church.
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Fentanyl has far surpassed heroin as the most common opioid found in the commonwealth, said state Attorney General Dave Sunday.
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Listen 0:47President Donald Trump’s administration is withholding food stamp funding, something never done before during a government shutdown.
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Listen 0:52Philly DJ Pierre Robert, the ‘heart and soul of WMMR,’ has died
One of the most recognized voices in the region, Robert spent 44 years on the air in Philadelphia, all with WMMR.
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Food aid at risk of expiring as effort to fund SNAP benefits fails in Senate
Democrats have repeatedly voted against reopening the government as they demand that Republicans negotiate with them to extend expiring health care subsidies.
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More time? SEPTA asks for extension of federal deadline to inspect aging Silverliner railcars
Less than half of SEPTA’s 50-year-old fleet of Silverliner cars have been inspected. And out of 108 inspected cars, only 35 have returned to service.
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About 1 in 8 Americans relies on the food assistance program. Among them are more than 800,000 New Jerseyans, with approximately 75,000 recipients in Camden County.
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Pa. man who spent 43 years in prison before his conviction was overturned now faces deportation
The Trump administration plans to act on a 1999 deportation order despite his murder conviction being overturned because Subramanyam Vedam also has a drug conviction.
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Trump says ‘it’s too bad’ he can’t run for a third term
President Donald Trump has acknowledged that he cannot run for a third term, citing constitutional limits, despite his interest in staying in the White House.
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Here’s why Philadelphia chocolatiers are optimistic despite inflation
Cocoa prices are climbing but Philly’s Craft Chocolate Makers say they are not worried about losing customers.
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