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Pa. Supreme Court to hear arguments over whether Philly can enact its own, stricter gun laws
“This is a novel issue, but that doesn’t mean it’s not a winnable issue,” said Shaundra Kellam Lewis.
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Listen 1:10South Street businesses lend a hand to Fringe Festival’s queer-friendly cabaret
Late Night Snacks, now in its sixth year, has popped up in a vacant storefront. The business district would like the property to be a performance space permanently.
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Listen 1:14The new West Philadelphia location marks the city’s fifth crisis response center for people experiencing mental health emergencies.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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