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To get people to put down their phones while driving, make it a game, Penn study suggests
Changing human behavior around phone use can be hard, but Penn researchers found that competition, rewards and regular feedback works.
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For safer streets, Philly advocates have legislative priorities for fall session
Road safety advocates have hit the streets demanding change, but the battle goes on in another venue –– state and local legislatures.
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Aramark workers at Citizens Bank Park vote to authorize a strike
Workers, represented by Unite Here Philly Local 274, are demanding better wages and year-round health benefits.
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Moms for Liberty fully embraces Trump and widens role in national politics
The nonpartisan, nonprofit group says it’s open to anyone, but over the weekend, the group’s co-founder urged members to “fight like a mother” against Kamala Harris.
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Sean Higgins is being held at Salem County Correctional Facility until a Sept. 5 detention hearing. Johnny Gaudreau and his brother, Matthew, were killed Thursday.
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GOP network props up liberal third-party candidates in battleground states
Republican political operatives and lawyers are propping up liberal third-party candidates in states like Pennsylvania and Georgia, hoping to take votes from Kamala Harris.
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Samples collected over Labor Day weekend 2022 found increased chemicals from sunscreens, shampoos, drugs and fecal matter, according to a newly published Johns Hopkins study.
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‘Feels like family’: Project Libertad supports immigrant youth in suburban Philly schools
Rachel Rutter founded Project Libertad in 2015 to provide a “holistic approach to meeting all the different needs that immigrant youth have.”
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Youngest member of Congress campaigns for Harris in Pa. to bring out youth vote
U.S. Representative Maxwell Alejandro Frost made a stop in Philly, his final on a tour of swing states in an effort to turn the youth vote out for Vice President Harris.
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Air pollution at Philadelphia’s 15th Street subway station ‘considerably higher’ than EPA standard
Local researchers say it’s unclear what the health impact is, but public transit is still preferable to driving.
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Middle Thorofare Bridge reopens in Lower Township after being hit by boat
The bridge connects Lower Township's Diamond Beach and Wildwood Crest to Cape May.
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A Philly photographer captures the glory days of the Black cowboy
Ron Tarver has been taking pictures of Black horse culture for 30 years, in town and country.
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Pennsylvania made some key changes to state contracting to increase participation from minority-owned businesses under the Shapiro-Davis administration.
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Registration opens to give Philly adults a second chance to earn high school diploma
The School District of Philadelphia announced that it will offer students of any age the opportunity to earn a high school diploma for free. Registration opens on September 3.
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Listen 0:58Court stops Pennsylvania counties from throwing out mail-in votes over incorrect envelope dates
A state court is halting enforcement of a requirement that voters include accurate, handwritten dates on envelopes used to submit mail-in ballots.
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