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Abortion, infrastructure and ‘tax fairness’: What to expect from Biden’s State of the Union address
The White House offered WHYY News a sneak peek of Biden's third State of the Union speech.
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Listen 1:11‘Fix the mix’: Climate activists want PECO to buy more renewable energy
Climate activists want PECO to add more renewables to its energy sources and say solar and wind energy are cheap enough to make them viable for ratepayers and the environment.
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Wilmington schools to add $18 million resource center with gym, theater and early learning center
The new facility will make resources more accessible to students going to school in downtown Wilmington.
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Married LGBTQ leaders were taking car for repairs before their arrest in Philadelphia traffic stop
Celena Morrison, who leads the city’s Office of LGBT Affairs and is a top aide to Mayor Cherelle Parker, and her husband were detained Saturday for about 12 hours.
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New York will send National Guard to subways after a string of violent crimes
The deployment of the National Guard would bolster an enhanced presence of NYPD officers in the subway system
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Counties must report how they spent tens of millions of dollars they received in the first rounds of opioid settlement payments.
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‘We will not be held hostage’: Philly police seek 4 suspects after 8 teens injured in mass shooting
Nearly a dozen children have been hurt in the recent string of shootings. Mayor Parker vowed to “use every legal tool in the toolbox" to address the violence.
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Listen 1:23From ‘SNL’ to Philly? City considers asking youth to help fight crime via social media
The goal is to use young people to do what they do all the time: Surf the web and review social media posts to identify potential crimes before they happen.
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Listen 1:07Man freed from prison after 34 years after judge vacates conviction in 1990 murder
61-year-old Ronald Johnson was released from SCI-Phoenix on Monday night following a Philadelphia judge's decision and the prosecutor's move to dismiss charges.
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Who is Jason Palmer? A previously unknown Democrat beats Biden in American Samoa’s Democratic caucus
Palmer says he never visited the territory before the caucus.
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Man fatally shot aboard Philadelphia bus in 3rd fatal bus-related shooting in 3 days
Tuesday's shooting marked the third time in three days that someone was killed while riding, entering or leaving a SEPTA bus.
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McConnell endorses Trump for president. He once blamed Trump for ‘disgraceful’ Jan. 6, 2021, attack
McConnell announced his decision after Super Tuesday wins pushed Trump, who is the GOP front-runner, closer to the party nomination.
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The beatings and deprivation were captured on video cameras Mary and Charles Vinson put in the boys’ bedroom. Charles Vinson was sentenced to 49 years behind bars.
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Nikki Haley suspends her campaign and leaves Donald Trump as the last major Republican candidate
Haley has made clear she doesn’t want to serve as Trump’s vice president or run on a third-party ticket arranged by the group No Labels.
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Incarcerated artists from different prison systems collaborate in ‘The View From Here’
In a rare exhibition, incarcerated artists from SCI Phoenix, Pa., and San Quentin, Calif., form a group show at Philadelphia’s Paradigm Gallery.
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