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President Biden speaks at a podium
Politics & Policy

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.

2 years ago

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A building with a sign that reads PECO
Money

‘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.

2 years ago

A rendering of a building with a playground in front of it.
Education

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.

2 years ago

Celena Morrison, Philadelphia's executive director of LGBT Affairs is arrested along with her husband following a traffic stop on I-76.
Courts & Law

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.

2 years ago

Members of the Armed Forces including the National Guard wait in the lobby of the New York City Mass Transit Authority Rail Control Center before the start of a news conference with Gov. Hochul, Wednesday, March 6, 2024, in New York.
Community

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

2 years ago

Boxes of the opioid remediation medication Narcan
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

Oversight board will secretly review how Pa. counties spent millions of dollars to fight opioid crisis

Counties must report how they spent tens of millions of dollars they received in the first rounds of opioid settlement payments.

2 years ago

Philadelphia Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel speaks with members of the media following a shooting in Northeast Philadelphia on Wednesday, March 6, 2024.
Community

‘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.

2 years ago

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Cell phone with variety of social media apps on the screen
Politics & Policy

From ‘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.

2 years ago

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A housing unit in the west section of the State Correctional Institution at Phoenix
Courts & Law

Man 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.

2 years ago

Democratic presidential candidate Jason Palmer poses for a photo at a Washington hotel in Washington, Tuesday, March 5, 2024.
Politics & Policy

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.

2 years ago

Police at a crime scene at night
Community

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.

2 years ago

File photo: Then President Donald Trump (left) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., greet each other during a campaign rally in Lexington, Ky., Nov. 4, 2019. McConnell has endorsed Donald Trump for president.
Politics & Policy

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.

2 years ago

A closeup of a Delaware State Police vehicle
Courts & Law

‘One child was near death’: Delaware woman sentenced to more than a century behind bars for abusing stepsons

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.

2 years ago

Nikki Haley speaks at a campaign event in Forth Worth, Texas
Politics & Policy

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.

2 years ago

''The View From Here'
Arts & Entertainment

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.

2 years ago

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