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Chemical companies to pay Pennsylvania $100 million for PCB contamination
PCBs were banned in 1979 for their potential dangers to human and environmental health.
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Hall-Long hopes to become the first nurse elected to the state’s top spot in Dover.
2 years ago
CDC panel recommends updated COVID vaccines. Shots could be ready this week
The agency’s director is expected to sign off on the panel’s recommendation and the vaccines could be available this week.
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WHYY is hosting a ‘pop-up’ newsroom in Media, Pa.
The “pop-up” newsrooms are a continued effort to deepen our relationship with the communities we serve.
2 years ago
6 protesters arrested as onshore testing work for New Jersey wind farm begins
Ocean City has become the hub of resistance to offshore wind projects in New Jersey and elsewhere along the U.S. East Coast.
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The shooting left a man and two children wounded. One of the youths, Micah Tennant, was shot in the neck and died five days later.
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5 former officers charged with federal civil rights violations in Tyre Nichols beating death
The new charges come nine months after the violent beating of Nichols by officers during a Jan. 7 traffic stop near his Memphis home. Nichols died three days later.
2 years ago
Stray dog recovers at ACCT Philly after construction workers rescue her on I-95 ramp
ACCT officials say they wouldn't have been able to save her without the workers.
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North Korea’s leader is in Russia to meet Putin, with both locked in standoffs with the West
Kim is expected to seek economic aid and military technology for his impoverished country.
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Wells Fargo Center adding LED screens, lights in final phase of transformation project
New LED screens, lighting, and canopies at the Wells Fargo Center will be completed by early 2024.
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Contemporary Lenape artists offer their perspective on Lenape history
“Never Broken” at Michener Museum in Doylestown, Pa., asked Indigenous artists to tell the history of the Lenape people.
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Listen 1:27Rip currents, minor flooding expected at Jersey Shore from Hurricane Lee
As Hurricane Lee makes its way north, forecasters are watching for impacts on the Jersey Shore this week.
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Trump lawyers seek recusal of judge in DC presiding over federal election subversion case
They say her past public statements about the former president and his connection to the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol call into question whether she can be fair.
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The U.S. marks 22 years since 9/11 with tributes and tears, from ground zero to Alaska
People gathered Monday at memorials, firehouses, city halls, campuses and elsewhere to observe the 22nd anniversary of the deadliest terror attack on U.S. soil.
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Escaped Chester County prisoner stole rifle, fled homeowner’s gunfire; remains at large
Residents in East Nantmeal and South Coventry townships are asked to lock all external doors and windows, secure vehicles, and remain indoors.
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