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Law enforcement stand at the scene of a fatal shooting at Delaware County Linen, Wednesday, May 22, 2024, in Chester, Pa.
Community

2 dead, 3 injured in shooting at Delaware County Linen in Chester

DA Stollsteimer described the incident as a “workplace shooting” where an employee “took out his anger.”

1 year ago

Managing Director Leigh Goldenberg and Co-Artistic Directors Lindsay Smiling, Morgan Green and Yury Umov.
Arts & Entertainment

Philadelphia’s Wilma Theater wins a Tony Award

The Regional Theater Award recognizes the company’s unique creative structure and risk-taking productions over the last 45 years.

1 year ago

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Waxahatchee by a tree
Community

Philly Music Fest returns this October with 21 different acts across 7 days

This year’s festival will feature headliners Waxahatchee on Oct. 22 and singer-songwriter Amos Lee on Oct. 24.

1 year ago

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Tree on the park grounds
Urban Planning

From Don Guanella to Delco Woods — to mental health facility? The dispute over Delaware County’s largest park

Delaware County Council is at odds with Marple Township over the county’s attempt to assess a building on the site for possible use as a mental health facility.

1 year ago

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Philadelphia City Hall
Community

Philly could get a consumer protection office inside City Hall

The proposed consumer protection office would help the city hold businesses accountable for unfair or deceptive trade practices.

1 year ago

Listen 1:09
A doctor's office. (Martha Dominguez de Gouveia/Unsplash)
Politics & Policy

Delaware lawmakers OK bill enabling board of political appointees to oversee hospital budgets

The legislation passed the House on a 24-16 vote Tuesday after the medical community dropped its opposition when the bill was amended.

1 year ago

New Jersey State Police
Politics & Policy

New Jersey State Police ‘never meaningfully grappled’ with discriminatory practices, official finds

According to a report by the state’s comptroller office, leaders never tackled data trends indicating "persistent, adverse treatment of racial and ethnic minority motorists."

1 year ago

Bob Menendez
Courts & Law

Trial of Sen. Bob Menendez takes a weeklong break after jurors get stuck in elevator

Judge Sidney H. Stein said jurors were trapped in an elevator for several minutes during what was supposed to be a 10-minute afternoon break that lasted almost a half hour.

1 year ago

Joe Biden
Urban Planning

Biden releasing 1 million barrels of gasoline from Northeast reserve in bid to lower prices at pump

The sale is from storage sites in New Jersey and Maine and will be allocated in increments of 100,000 barrels at a time.

1 year ago

Inside the Franklin Institute near the Ben Franklin memorial
Community

TED Talks coming to Philly as part of 250th celebration of America’s independence

The speakers series now joins other 2026 events in Philly, including the World Cup, the MLB All-Star contest and March Madness.

1 year ago

Listen 1:11
packet of birth control pills
Health
6abc

Pharmacies in New Jersey now allowed to sell birth control without a prescription

Gov. Phil Murphy signed a bill into law that removes the prescription requirements for products, including pills, patches, rings and injectable contraceptives.

1 year ago

Police car
Courts & Law

‘Purgatory is on the roll again’: Indictment details online group’s alleged ‘swatting’ crimes in Delaware, other states

One caller reported an active shooter inside a Delaware high school, where another said he was going to kill a teacher and students, the FBI charges.

1 year ago

Listen 2:03
Donald Trump close-up
Politics & Policy

Trump account posts, then deletes, social media video about election victory referencing ‘Unified Reich’

“He attacks his opponents as vermin,” Biden said. “He says immigrants are poisoning the blood of America. That’s a line used in Hitler’s Germany, not an American president.”

1 year ago

Pa. State Trooper car
Courts & Law
Spotlight PA

Race data from traffic stops by State Police, other departments won’t be available under Pa.’s public records law

Pennsylvania State Police will be directed to release an annual report on traffic stop data, but public information experts say that’s not enough.

1 year ago

Trump in the courtroom
Courts & Law

Defense rests without ex-President Trump taking the witness stand in his New York hush money trial

The judge has said he expects closing arguments to happen on May 28, the Tuesday after Memorial Day.

1 year ago

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