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Health

Extreme heat and some medicines can be a risky combo. Here’s what to know

Hot weather, too, can damage medicines such as insulin that require refrigeration. Inhalers can explode. Epinephrine injectors such as EpiPens can malfunction. \

1 year ago

Philadelphia City Hall
Community

Philadelphia workers have to show up in the office today, flying birds or not

The City of Philadelphia has ordered all city workers to return to the office five days a week starting July 15.

1 year ago

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Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

Legal marijuana, big tax cuts, and minimum wage: This year’s Pa. budget losers

Major goals for both Democrats and Republicans fell by the wayside in Pennsylvania’s new $47.6 billion budget.

1 year ago

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump addresses the crowd at a campaign event in Butler, Pa., on Saturday, July 13, 2024.
Politics & Policy

What to know about the Trump assassination attempt and its aftermath

The FBI is investigating the shooting as a potential act of domestic terrorism and questions abounded about how the gunman got so close in the first place.

1 year ago

Color guard rehearsing
Politics & Policy

RNC Day 1: Trump enters with a bandage over his ear, Vance tapped as VP pick

Trump and his allies face the nation during their four-day convention in Milwaukee unquestionably united and ready to “fight.”

1 year ago

Aftermath of shooting at Trump rally
Politics & Policy

Pa. at the RNC: What to expect at the convention in the wake of Trump assassination attempt

Carmen Russell-Sluchansky, WHYY News’ political reporter, joined “Morning Edition” host Jennifer Lynn to give voters a preview.

1 year ago

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Jim Worthington at the watch party
Politics & Policy

An expected 67 Pa. delegates join the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee

Jim Worthington, chair of the Republican delegation to the Republican National Convention is one of delegates in Milwaukee.

1 year ago

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This image, contained in the indictment against former President Donald Trump, shows boxes of records stored in a bathroom and shower in the Lake Room at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla. A federal judge is set to hear arguments on whether to dismiss the classified documents prosecution of Donald Trump. His lawyers say the former president was entitled under the Presidential Records Act to keep the sensitive documents with him when he left the White House and headed to Florida.
Courts & Law

Federal judge dismisses Trump classified documents case over concerns with prosecutor’s appointment

Trump faced dozens of felony counts accusing him of illegally hoarding classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate, and obstructing FBI efforts to get them back.

1 year ago

Bob Menendez leaving the courthouse
Courts & Law

Jury finishes 2nd day of deliberations without a verdict at Sen. Bob Menendez’s bribery trial

Menendez, 70, is accused of engaging in a bribery scheme from 2018 to 2023 to benefit three New Jersey businessman, including by serving as a foreign agent.

1 year ago

A campaign rally site for Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is empty and littered with debris Saturday, July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pa.
Politics & Policy

Authorities hunt for clues, but motive of man who tried to assassinate Trump remains elusive

“I urge everyone — everyone, please, don’t make assumptions about his motives or his affiliations," President Joe Biden said in remarks Sunday from the White House.

1 year ago

The artists of the Baltimore-based Painted Screen Society created a group of paintiings for the ''Art From the Yard'' exhibit at the Institute of Contemporary Art. The society is dedicated to documenting and preserving the city's tradition of painting mesh screens, which dates back to the early 1900s. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

‘Do whatever you want’: Philly’s Institute of Contemporary Art brings the freedom of the yard into the gallery

An exhibition of yard art at Penn ties urban artists to a mostly Southern creative vernacular.

1 year ago

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David Rohrer of The Farm tends to marijuana plants. The company is eligible for a conversion license. 
 (Courtesy of Bill Rohrer)
Politics & Policy

Delaware moves to kick-start retail weed industry and give $6.2M to social equity licensees

State officials say letting medical providers begin growing marijuana this fall will let the retail industry open in April. Others say it gives them an unfair boost.

1 year ago

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President Joe Biden speaks from the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Sunday, July 14, 2024, about the apparent assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania
Politics & Policy

In prime-time address, Biden asks Americans to reject political violence and ‘cool it down’

The president said “we must never descend into violence,” condemning the attempted assassination of Donald Trump. He also said he is ordering a security review of the attack.

1 year ago

Corey Comperatore poses in a photo from a GoFundMe page dedicated to his daughter Allyson in the aftermath of his death.
Politics & Policy

Gov. Shapiro says Pa. man killed at Trump rally was former fire chief who ‘died a hero’

Corey Comperatore died Saturday during an attempt to kill Trump at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.

1 year ago

Law enforcement officers gather at the campaign rally site for Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump  Saturday, July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pa. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Politics & Policy

What we know about the suspect in the assassination attempt on Donald Trump

Officials say bomb-making materials were found inside the vehicle and home of the suspected shooter, Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.

1 year ago

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