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Archives: Articles

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Politics & Policy

Pa. Supreme Court Justice Seamus McCaffery retires under email cloud

Embattled Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Seamus McCaffery has called it quits. McCaffery has resigned his post after being suspe ...

12 years ago

 Tom Corbett is shown at WHYY studios. (Emma Lee/WHYY, file)

Tom Corbett: the reluctant governor?

So how is it that Tom Corbett, a man who’s political outlook isn’t outside the mainstream for Pennsylvania, could make dubiou ...

12 years ago

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 Michael Scrudato with Munich Reinsurance America voices support for the measure at Senate Transportation Committee hearing. (Phil Gregory/for NewsWorks)

N.J. paving the way for self-driven cars

New Jersey could become the third state to permit the testing and licensing of self-driving vehicles. This doesn’t mean you ca ...

12 years ago

Wilmington man arrested in police impersonation

New Castle County Police have arrested a Wilmington man on charges of impersonating a police officer. Police said Monday that they ...

12 years ago

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Philly Parking Authority impounds Uber-X cars, vows to continue

After pushing for legislation in Harrisburg and striking out, the ride-sharing service Uber hit the Philadelphia streets over the weekend ...

12 years ago

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 (From left to right) Jack, Maddie, Erin and Matthew from Cranberry Pines Elementary School happy to stay up late and watch the parade (Natavan Werbock/for NewsWorks)

Photos of the 2014 Medford Halloween parade

Turnout was huge this past Saturday for the annaul Halloween Parade in Medford, N.J. It has been a tradition since 1946. The first ...

12 years ago

Governors stress home quarantine for Ebola workers

State leaders in New York and New Jersey are at odds with scientists over Ebola as the states’ governors back 21-day quarantines fo ...

12 years ago

 SEPTA has added 12 new articulated hybrid buses to Route 48 that runs through North Philadelphia, Brewerytown, and Fairmount to Center City. (Tom MacDonald/WHYY)

SEPTA rolls out hybrid buses in Philly

SEPTA is adding some new buses to the fleet and they are better for the environment and the transit agency’s budget. Spokesm ...

12 years ago

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Money

Closed Trump Plaza selling off its slot machines

The parent company of the former Trump Plaza casino is selling off its slot machines. Trump Entertainment Resorts is asking a bank ...

12 years ago

 Walter D. Palmer Leadership Learning Partners Charter School is shown in April 2014. (NewsWorks, file)
Education

Hundreds of Philly students displaced as Walter Palmer Charter shuts its high school

Two months into the school year, Walter Palmer Leadership Learning Partners Charter has shuttered its high school — displacing the 286 ...

12 years ago

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Pastor who performed gay marriage keeps ordination

A Methodist pastor who was disciplined after he officiated at the wedding of his gay son will be allowed to remain an ordained minister.< ...

12 years ago

Sea Witch Festival celebrates 25 years in Rehoboth [gallery]

Hundreds turned out to celebrate the 25th annual Sea Witch Halloween and Fiddlers Festival in Rehoboth this weekend.   ...

12 years ago

Md. man dies after being attacked at Del. grocery

A Maryland man has died after being violently beaten in a Delaware grocery store parking lot. Delaware State Police said Monday th ...

12 years ago

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Debunking some man-made myths about Pennsylvania Porngate

Many news stories have been written about the scandal enveloping Harrisburg — you know, the one about the hundreds of raunchy, sexist a ...

12 years ago

Constitution Center names gallery for Bush 41

The National Constitution Center will display copies of the nation’s three founding documents in a new gallery named for former Pre ...

12 years ago

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