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President Joe Biden waves before boarding Air Force One
Politics & Policy

Biden OKs Alaska oil project, draws ire of environmentalists

Activists say allowing oil company ConocoPhillips to move forward with the Willow drilling plan breaks Biden’s campaign promise to stop new oil drilling on public lands.

3 years ago

Fifty artifacts stolen from museums and historical sites 50 years ago were returned to their owners during a repatriation ceremony at the Museum of the American Revolution
Arts & Entertainment

16 history museums get their stolen guns back

Law enforcement spent 14 years hunting for 36 historic guns stolen 50 years ago — they turned up in Newark, Delaware.

3 years ago

Temple University campus at North Broad Street and Montgomery Avenue
Education

Temple graduate students ratify new pact, end 6-week strike

The Temple University Graduate Students Association says Monday evening that the vote was 344 to 8 in favor of ratification.

3 years ago

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., walks to the chamber
Politics & Policy

McConnell released from hospital, headed to inpatient rehab

McConnell’s office says his doctors discovered over the weekend that he had also suffered a “minor rib fracture” after he tripped and fell.

3 years ago

Temple head coach Aaron McKie walks down the sideline during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Houston
Education

Temple ousts coach Aaron McKie after 4 seasons

The Owls finished fifth in the American Athletic Conference this season with a 10-8 record and were the only AAC team to defeat No. 1 Houston in the regular season.

3 years ago

Rutgers University-Camden in Camden, N.J., Monday, July 1, 2019. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Education

Rutgers faculty authorizes a strike as negotiations continue

The union representing full- and part-time faculty hopes to avert a strike as they negotiate a contract that is economically equitable.

3 years ago

BLM Paterson Leader Zellie Thomas speaks to the crowd on Fri, March 10, 2023. (Tennyson Donyéa/WHYY)
Courts & Law

Najee Seabrooks’ family demands police release bodycam footage of shooting that killed man in mental distress

Community members in Paterson have called for police to suspend the involved officers without pay, effective immediately.

3 years ago

Former U.S. high jumper Dick Fosbury poses during the 2014 World Athletics Gala Awards, Friday, Nov. 21, 2014, in Monaco
Community

‘Fosbury Flop’ high jumper Dick Fosbury dies at 76

The lanky leaper completely revamped the technical discipline of high jump and won an Olympic gold medal with what is now the most-used technique for elite high jumpers.

3 years ago

Pottstown Hospital. (Tower Health)
Health
Spotlight PA

A Pa. hospital’s revoked property tax exemption is a ‘warning shot’ to other nonprofits, expert says

Judge Christine Fizzano Cannon found that the nonprofit Tower Health system was operating a Montco hospital with the motive of profit.

3 years ago

A police crime scene in the Summerdale section of Philadelphia
Community
6abc

15-year-old dies after being shot 10 times in the Summerdale section of Philadelphia

Police say the male victim was shot five times in the torso and five times in the leg.

3 years ago

Building 21 in Philadelphia
Politics & Policy

Philly lawmakers call for more state funding to fix city schools

A group of lawmakers says city schools need $5 billion for repairs. They want to use some of the state’s budget surplus to fund the projects.

3 years ago

Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce
Community
6abc

Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce says he’ll be back with the Birds next season

"Thank you to all my supporters and detractors for fueling me," Kelce wrote on social media.

3 years ago

A patient is getting blood drawn
Courts & Law

Delaware doctor to pay $500K to settle charge she defrauded Medicare by ordering unnecessary genetic tests

U.S. Attorney David Weiss said she ordered the tests without ‘legitimate medical justification’ after brief online consultations with senior citizens.

3 years ago

Pennsylvania Democrat Mike Zabel. (House Democratic Caucus)
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

Top Democrats knew about sexual harassment allegation against Pa. lawmaker in 2019

The Pa. House Democrats acknowledged that they were made aware of the allegations against Rep. Mike Zabel in 2019.

3 years ago

Michael Cohen standing on the street
Courts & Law

Cohen to testify before grand jury in Trump hush money probe

Cohen's closed-door testimony is coming at a critical time as the Manhattan district attorney's office closes in on a decision on whether to seek charges against Trump.

3 years ago

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