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Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh and quarterback J.J. McCarthy celebrate with the trophy after their win against Washington in the national championship NCAA College Football Playoff game Monday, Jan. 8, 2024, in Houston.
Community

Michigan overpowers Washington 34-13 as Jim Harbaugh delivers a national title

Harbaugh delivered the title so many expected when he took over a struggling powerhouse in 2015.

2 years ago

White Clay Creek State Park
Community

Expansion for major Delaware state park to add 275 acres for recreation and preservation

A $26 million project is set to add 275 acres to White Clay Creek State Park in a strategic three-phase expansion.

2 years ago

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Pedestrians carry plastic bags in Philadelphia
PlanPhilly
Politics & Policy

After Kenney pocket veto, future of single-use bag fee in Philly uncertain

A 15-cent bag fee passed City Council, then died on Mayor Kenney’s desk. Proponents aren’t giving up, but the new mayor’s stance isn’t clear.

2 years ago

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Larry Krasner speaking at a podium
Courts & Law

Philly DA wants city’s crime-fighting efforts to go more high-tech

The money would go towards bolstering everything from the crime lab to the cold case unit.

2 years ago

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New Jersey's Democrat-led Assembly comes into session on the final day of the current term, Monday, Jan. 8, 2024, in Trenton, N.J. Among the dozens of bills lawmakers are set to consider on Monday is a bill that will raise their pay from $49,000 to $82,000 a year, along with increases for the governor and other senior state officials. If enacted, the raises won't go into effect until 2026. (AP Photo/Mike Catalini)
Politics & Policy

New Jersey lawmakers pass pay raises for themselves, the governor and other officials

If signed by Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy, the bill won’t go into effect until 2026, after Murphy leaves office and lawmakers face voters in the regular 2025 general election.

2 years ago

Philadelphia Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni watches play from the sidelines during the second quarter of an NFL football game against the New York Giants, Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024, in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Community

Eagles coach Nick Sirianni downplays suggestion he’s fighting for his job in the playoffs

The Philadelphia Eagles have lost five of their last six games heading into an NFC playoff matchup with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

2 years ago

File photo: A medical helicopter rests next to the Drexel Hill United Methodist Church after it crashed the day before in the Drexel Hill section of Upper Darby, Pa., Jan. 12, 2022.
Community

Federal investigators can’t determine exact cause of 2022 helicopter crash in Upper Darby

No one lost their lives as the pilot somehow avoided a web of power lines and buildings and crash-landed next to a church's day-care center.

2 years ago

MMR — the modern combination vaccine against measles, mumps and rubella — provides stronger, longer-lasting protection against measles than the stand-alone measles vaccine typically given in the U.S. in the early 1960s. (Eric Risberg/AP Photo)
Health

Philadelphia measles outbreak reaches 8 confirmed cases as city offers walk-in vaccine clinics

The list of potential exposure locations has grown to include health care sites in Delaware and Montgomery County, Pa.

2 years ago

A person walks during a winter storm in Philadelphia.
Weather

Delaware Valley braces for damaging winds, rain and flooding; New Jersey issues state of emergency

“Please do not underestimate this storm,” said Gov. Murphy. Up to four inches of rain and 65+ mph wind gusts are possible for parts of the region.

2 years ago

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KYW radio's mic flag
Community

Here’s what to know about the bankruptcy of KYW radio’s parent company Audacy

Fewer flustered commuters on the roadways nationwide since the COVID-19 pandemic is one reason Audacy says it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

2 years ago

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Da'Vine Joy Randolph poses in the press room with the award for best performance by an actress in a supporting role in any motion picture for ''The Holdovers'' at the 81st Golden Globe Awards on Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024, at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif.
Arts & Entertainment

‘Oppenheimer’ dominates Golden Globes, ‘Poor Things’ upsets ‘Barbie’ in comedy

Philly native Da'Vine Joy Randolph and Paul Giamatti both won for Alexander Payne’s “The Holdovers.”

2 years ago

West Germany captain Franz Beckenbauer holds up the World Cup trophy after his team defeated the Netherlands by 2-1, in the World Cup soccer final at Munich's Olympic stadium, in West Germany, on Jul. 7, 1974. German soccer great Franz Beckenbauer has died at 78, news agency dpa reports.
Community

Franz Beckenbauer, who won the World Cup both as player and coach for Germany, has died at 78

The son of a post official from the working-class Munich district of Giesing, Beckenbauer became one of the greatest players to grace the game.

2 years ago

William Penn statue
Urban Planning
6abc

William Penn statue won’t be removed from Philadelphia’s Welcome Park after all

No changes to the William Penn statue are planned, according to park authorities.

2 years ago

The Pa. Capitol building
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

School funding, permitting at top of Pa. legislature’s 2024 agenda

Looming over the legislature is a court ruling that declared the state’s education funding system to be unconstitutionally inequitable and ordered lawmakers to correct it.

2 years ago

Police officers sitting in an auditorium
Courts & Law
6abc

Philadelphia Police Department kicks off efforts to recruit more officers

The starting salary is $61,888, plus a $2,000 signing bonus.

2 years ago

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