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Courts & Law

Defense lawyers ask judge to rule in their favor in lawsuit involving fatal police shooting

Attorneys for Delaware’s largest county and three police officers are asking a federal judge to rule in their favor in a lawsuit stemming from a fatal police shooting in 2021.

3 years ago

The state house floor inside the Capital building in Harrisburg, Pa. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Pa. House passes bill to require electronically filed campaign finance reports

The bill passed Tuesday, 102-101, on party lines, with Democrats voting for it.

3 years ago

A student puts his water bottle under a filtering station.
Education

After three-year debacle, Delaware has plan to remove lead from school drinking water

It’s taken two rounds of testing, and the process was marred by sloppiness and a lack of transparency, but a $3.8 million “shot of adrenaline’’ is coming.

3 years ago

Listen 2:04
Della Clark speaks at a podium.
PlanPhilly
Money

Philly nonprofit to help small businesses buy property

The Enterprise Center has a new revolving loan pool earmarked for minority owned small businesses making a major capital investment.

3 years ago

Listen 1:28
Crozer-Chester Medical Center is one of the Crozer Health's four hospitals
Health

Crozer Health, Prospect unable to pay for ambulance repairs

A spokesperson for Crozer Health said it is working to address the issue and expects the vehicles to be “returned to service over the course of two weeks.”

3 years ago

Joe Khan smiles, posing for a photo.
Politics & Policy

Former Bucks County Solicitor Joe Khan announces run for 2024 Pennsylvania attorney general

Khan says he wants to tackle corporate and political corruption as the state’s top prosecutor.

3 years ago

Listen 1:12
Chris Christie addresses a crowd
Politics & Policy

Christie goes after Trump in presidential campaign launch, calling him a ‘self-serving mirror hog’

Republican former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has formally launched his presidential campaign.

3 years ago

Solar panels from a project at a water treatment plant are shown Tuesday, June 6, 2023, in Millburn, N.J., that provides enough electricity to power 95% of the treatment facilities electrical needs
Science

N.J. utilities float solar panels on reservoir, powering water treatment plant

Two New Jersey utilities have joined forces on a clean energy project to pump water from a reservoir to 84,000 homes and businesses.

3 years ago

Haze over the baseball stadium.
Weather

Canada wildfires are leading to air-quality alerts in US. Here’s how to stay safe

Last week, U.S. officials as far south as Maryland, Virginia, and Pennsylvania reported being impacted by the wildfires.

3 years ago

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Community
6abc

Philadelphia school placed on lockdown after gun found in student’s backpack

A Philadelphia school was placed on lockdown Tuesday morning after a gun was found in a student's backpack.

3 years ago

U.S. District Court building is shown, Friday, April 30, 2021, in Tallahassee, Fla
Courts & Law

U.S. judge blocks Florida ban on trans minor care in narrow ruling, says ‘gender identity is real’

Judge Robert Hinkle has temporarily blocked portions of a new Florida law that bans transgender minors from receiving puberty blockers.

3 years ago

A cyclist rides in the day’s diminishing light
PlanPhilly
Weather

Pennsylvania and New Jersey are under fire risk warning Tuesday

Be careful when discarding cigarette butts, keep vehicles off of dry grass, and consider skipping the campfire.

3 years ago

Listen 0:58
Desks are shown in a classroom (Tim Tia/Philadelphia Inquirer)
Education
Spotlight PA

Pa. officials spent $12.6M on private lawyers to fight challenge to state’s education funding

The legal battle, two state officials privately acknowledged, carries one of the highest price tags for outside lawyers in decades.

3 years ago

A local resident makes her way through a flooded road after the walls of the Kakhovka dam collapsed overnight, in Kherson, Ukraine
Politics & Policy

Collapse of major dam in southern Ukraine triggers emergency as Moscow and Kyiv trade blame

Both sides in the war are rushing to evacuate residents and blaming each other for the destruction.

3 years ago

Signage for LIV Golf is displayed during the pro-am round of the Bedminster Invitational LIV Golf tournament in Bedminster, NJ. and The PGA Tour logo is shown during a press conference in Tokyo.
Community

PGA Tour, Europe to merge with Saudis and end LIV Golf litigation

As part of the agreement, all sides are immediately dropping litigation involving LIV Golf.

3 years ago

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