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I Voted stickers are seen at a polling station in Philadelphia
Politics & Policy

How the electorate has changed in key states and what it could mean this election

Significant U.S. population changes in the last two decades have already made an impact on politics. Here's how it's playing out in the seven most closely watched states.

2 years ago

Donald Trump and Kamala Harris
Politics & Policy

Raise taxes on the rich or cut them? Harris, Trump differ on how to boost the U.S. economy

The two presidential nominees are using the week before their debate to sharpen their economic messages about who could do more for the middle class.

2 years ago

Delaware voters waited in line to cast their ballots at Skyline Middle School in Pike Creek. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

‘Discouraging’: Hundreds of Delaware voters told they’re ineligible to vote after clerical error

The Delaware Department of Elections said about 750 voters had incorrect party affiliations due to DMV “glitch.” Some say voters were unable to vote.

2 years ago

Two people wearing Gaudreau jerseys sit and hold a kid at the memorial
Community
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Funeral for Gaudreau brothers to be held Monday at church in Media, Pa.

A memorial service for family and close friends of Johnny and Matthew Gaudreau will be held at Saint Mary Magdalen Church in Media, Pennsylvania.

2 years ago

Erika Guadalupe Nuñez, executive director of Juntos, speaks at a Sept. 4 press conference at Temple's Law School.
Courts & Law

‘Inhumane conditions’: Report finds Pa.’s largest immigrant detention center ‘riddled with human rights violations’

“The truth is, Moshannon is a place where they don’t treat you like an immigrant," said one former detainee, "but as if you were a criminal."

2 years ago

Depasquale Sunday 2 box c (1) (1)
Politics & Policy

Race to watch: Pennsylvania’s 2024 general election for attorney general

Democrat Eugene DePasquale and Republican Dave Sunday are representing the major parties. Four other minor party candidates are in the race.

2 years ago

A scene from a rehearsal of the play
Arts & Entertainment

A new musical about a Jenkintown Holocaust survivor is premiering at Gratz College in Elkins Park

Ruth Kapp Hartz evaded Nazis as a young Jewish girl in France during WWII. Now, she is watching her story onstage through the musical “Hidden.”

2 years ago

A resident is pictured using a wheelchair inside a nursing home.
Courts & Law

Investigators will test DNA found on a wipe removed from a care home choking victim’s throat

Pa. AG’s office plans to test DNA from a hair found on a wipe that was pulled from the throat of a woman who lived at a care home for people with developmental difficulties.

2 years ago

Fred Daibes walking
Courts & Law

N.J. developer convicted with Bob Menendez pleads guilty to bank fraud

Prosecutors said Thursday that 67-year-old Fred Daibes entered the plea in U.S. District Court in Newark. He was charged with making false statements concerning a 2008 loan.

2 years ago

Billie Jean King stands and cheers
Politics & Policy

U.S. House members from Pa., N.J. closer to honoring Billie Jean King with Congressional Gold Medal

Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick and Mikie Sherrill — representing Bucks County and North Jersey, respectively — said Thursday they have lined up enough votes to make the honor happen.

2 years ago

Linda Carter, of Grayson, Ga., kneels near Apalachee High School to place flowers as she mourns for the slain students and teachers on Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024, in Winder, Ga.
Courts & Law

Father of Georgia school shooting suspect arrested on charges including second-degree murder

Authorities in Georgia say the father of the teen charged with opening fire at a high school has been arrested on charges including second-degree murder.

2 years ago

Emil Bove and Todd Blanche
Politics & Policy

Prosecutors in Trump election case get judge’s OK to lay out fresh evidence in court filing

The order came hours after a court hearing, the first in the case in nearly a year, in which U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan sparred with a Trump lawyer.

2 years ago

Wasim Muhammad looking on as people call on him to step down from the Camden City School District Advisory Board.
Education

Camden School District superintendent calls on Wasim Muhammad to step down

State District Superintendent Katrina McCombs called on the school advisory board president to step down following public outcry over a lawsuit that cost $2 million.

2 years ago

Mail-in and absentee ballots
Politics & Policy

Pennsylvania voters can cast a provisional ballot if their mail ballot is rejected, court says

Democrats typically outvote Republicans by mail by about 3-to-1 in Pa., and the decision could mean that hundreds or thousands more votes are counted in November’s election.

2 years ago

A water researcher pours a water sample into a smaller glass container for experimentation as part of drinking water and PFAS research
Science

Attorneys plan to sue Del. company under federal environmental act

Gore, known for the Gore-Tex fabric, is accused of improperly disposing of hazardous waste into sewers and the air.

2 years ago

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