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Constitutional showdown looms at Pa. voter ID trial

Pennsylvania’s voter identification law is going on trial. Civil libertarians who say the photo ID requirement violates ...

13 years ago

Scenes from the Manayunk Arts Festival on Main St.

The 24th annual Manayunk Arts Festival kicked off with more than 350 artists lining Main Street with their work in white tents Saturday.& ...

13 years ago

2 escape injury when speed boat capsizes off Atlantic City coast

Coast Guard officials say no one was injured when a speed boat capsized in the ocean off Atlantic City.     < ...

13 years ago

 Check NewsWorks this week for the a recap of the 2013 Manayunk Arts Festival. (Bas Slabbers/NewsWorks, file)

Top 5 stories to watch in NW Philly

Here’s a look at what’s to come on NewsWorks this week: 1. A smaller, more contained iteration of the West Oa ...

13 years ago

 Check NewsWorks this week for the a recap of the 2013 Manayunk Arts Festival. (Bas Slabbers/NewsWorks, file)

Top 5 stories to watch in NW Philly

Here’s a look at what’s to come on NewsWorks this week: 1. A smaller, more contained iteration of the West Oa ...

13 years ago

Pa. woman charged in faith-healing death gets bail

A Philadelphia woman who believes in faith healing over medicine and was charged with murder after a second son died of pneumonia has bee ...

13 years ago

 Efforts such as fasting to support more school funding are unlikely to have much long-term political impact, writes NewsWorks Blogger Dave Davies. (Nathaniel Hamilton/for NewsWorks)
Dave Davies: Off Mic

Guess who pays for the proposed Philly school funding deal?

These are days of miracle and wonder. Suddenly, there’s hope that Philadelphia’s school system won’t crash and ...

13 years ago

Pa. girl who fought for lung transplant now awake from medically-induced coma

A spokeswoman for the family of a 10-year-old Pennsylvania girl who underwent a double-lung transplant after a national debate over the p ...

13 years ago

Pa. cellphone tower fire caused by welder’s torch

Police say a fire at a suburban Philadelphia cellphone tower was sparked by a welder’s torch. The 75-foot-tall cellphone tow ...

13 years ago

Surveys show different directions for Pa. economy

Two separate surveys of employment in Pennsylvania last month showed the state’s economy going in different directions. ...

13 years ago

 New Jersey First Lady Mary Pat Christie (left) holds a symbolic

N.J.’s First Lady helps kick off summer on Seaside Heights’ boardwalk

New Jersey’s first lady Mary Pat Christie helped kick off the summer Friday morning by nailing a symbolic last plank into the Seasi ...

13 years ago

 Police on the scene of Friday night's fatal shooting on East Walnut Lane. (Matthew Grady/for NewsWorks)

Arrest made in West Oak Lane homicide linked to Craigslist-ad response

[UPDATED Sunday, 10:53 a.m.] Philadelphia Police report that an arrest has been made in the murder of Da ...

13 years ago

Rendell criticizes Dems over anti-fracking stance

Former Gov. Ed Rendell is criticizing Pennsylvania Democrats over their call for a moratorium on fracking. The Democratic Sta ...

13 years ago

 Still from a commercial paid for by the United Food and Commercial Workers Union, vocal opponents of state liquor store privatization.
Politics & Policy

Political ads show entrenched sides of liquor privatization debate

While it’s unclear whether the Pennsylvania legislature will vote to do away with the state store system, the contending forces in ...

13 years ago

 Valedictorian Alpha Togba smiles at the Germantown High graduation ceremony.  (Bas Slabbers/for NewsWorks)

Top 6 stories of the week in NW Philly

Here’s a look at what you may have missed on NewsWorks this week: 1. ...

13 years ago

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