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Secret Service agent
Courts & Law

Secret Service agents protecting Biden’s granddaughter open fire when 3 people try to break into SUV

The agents, assigned to protect Naomi Biden, were out with her in the Georgetown neighborhood late Sunday night.

2 years ago

Pa. Capitol building
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

As partisan tensions thaw in Harrisburg, Pa. lawmakers eye unfunded housing, school priorities

Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro has recently signed several bills that chip away at Pennsylvania’s five-month-old budget impasse.

2 years ago

Cells in an Alzheimer’s affected brain, with abnormal levels of the beta-amyloid protein clumping together to form plaques, brown, that collect between neurons and disrupt cell function
Health

Alzheimer’s Foundation of America brings its ‘Educating America Tour’ to Philadelphia this week

The Philadelphia tour date is scheduled for Nov. 15 in Center City. The educational conference is designed for professionals and caregivers.

2 years ago

Dover Police officers
Courts & Law

Man’s head injury during arrest by Dover police tests fragile bonds the force has forged with residents

Some claim Michael Jarrett was the victim of police brutality. Dover’s chief says his review doesn’t reveal misconduct, but he welcomes investigations.

2 years ago

Listen 1:53
Wilmington skyline
Urban Planning

Wilmington to receive $3 million to upgrade sewer system

The funding will help the city upgrade 120-year-old pipes in an effort to prevent flooding.

2 years ago

A sign reads Philadelphia Gas works
PlanPhilly
Community

PGW gets OK to increase rates

PGW customers’ gas bills go up at the end of November. But the rate increase regulators OK’d is much smaller than what PGW asked for.

2 years ago

Vashti DuBois on the porch of Th Colored Girls Museum
PlanPhilly
Community

‘I want her to be wanted’: Zoning decision could jeopardize Philly’s Colored Girls Museum

The museum needs variances to continue operating out of private residence in Germantown.

2 years ago

''Regular Division of the Plane III [Horseman],'' 1957, woodcut. (Cory Sharber/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Front St. Gallery’s M.C. Escher exhibit lets people ‘re-see reality’

“Escher's work teaches you how to re-see reality,” art collector and dealer Rock Walker said.

2 years ago

Listen 1:06
NJ/NY Gotham defender Ali Krieger holds the trophy after NJ/NY Gotham defeated OL Reign 2-1 in the NWSL Championship soccer game, Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023, in San Diego.
Community

Ali Krieger, Gotham win NWSL championship after Megan Rapinoe’s career ends with an injury

In the opening minutes, Megan Rapinoe hobbled off the pitch with an apparent Achilles injury in a heartbreaking end to her career.

2 years ago

Philadelphia 76ers' Kelly Oubre Jr. plays during an NBA basketball game, Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023, in Philadelphia.
Community
6abc

76ers guard Kelly Oubre Jr. struck, injured by driver in Philadelphia

Police say after the crash, a driver in a silver vehicle fled the scene. An investigation into this incident is still ongoing.

2 years ago

A child feeds a horse
Community

N.J. foundation strives to find homes for abused and discarded standardbred racehorses

Standardbred Retirement Foundation provides new hope for abused and neglected standardbred horses that can’t race any more.

2 years ago

Frank Hughes fixes a piece of adaptive play equipment
Community

Delaware teacher creates ‘bocce ramp’ to support play for students of all abilities

Frank Hughes started with building a catapult in 2012. Since then, he’s built more than 50 devices to help students of all abilities to play.

2 years ago

Swarthmore community members listen together to a podcast episode
Community

Eroded by gentrification, Swarthmore’s historically Black neighborhood is working to preserve a 100-year history

For newcomers, Saturday’s podcast listening party was a history lesson. But for Swarthmore’s historically Black neighborhood, storytelling is a way of resisting erasure.

2 years ago

SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher, hugs a member of the TV/Theatrical Negotiating Committee member
Arts & Entertainment

Hollywood actors union board approves strike-ending deal as leaders tout money gains and AI rights

The three-year contract agreement next goes to a vote from the union's members.

2 years ago

A house
Community

Nonprofits making progress in tackling homelessness among veterans, but challenges remain

There are still more than 33,000 homeless veterans in the U.S.

2 years ago

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