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New York Yankees' Aaron Judge connects for a solo home run, his 62nd of the season, off as Texas Rangers catcher Sam Huff and umpire Randy Rosenberg look on in the first inning of the second baseball game of a doubleheader in Arlington, Texas, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022. With the home run, Judge set the AL record for home runs in a season, passing Roger Maris.  (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Arts & Entertainment

Yankees star Judge hits 62nd homer to break Maris’ AL record

Judge hit a 1-1 slider from Texas right-hander Jesús Tinoco into the first row of seats in left field when leading off the second game of New York’s day-night doubleheader.

3 years ago

(6abc)
Education
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Lead detected in water from 22 Delaware schools

The building once known as Wallace Wallin School had the most violations at 17.

3 years ago

Philadelphia School District Superintendent Dr. Tony Watlington reported findings from his first 100 days on the job at a press conference on October 4, 2022. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Education

Watlington announces big leadership changes in the School District of Philadelphia after first 110 days

Two new deputy roles will reduce the number of individuals who report directly to the superintendent, freeing him up to spend more time in the community and Harrisburg.

3 years ago

In documents filed in court Friday, lawyers for former President Trump and the Department of Justice listed their preferred candidates for the role of special master. (Steve Helber/AP)
Courts & Law

Trump asks Supreme Court to intervene in Mar-a-Lago dispute

A three-judge panel last month limited the review to the much larger tranche of non-classified documents.

3 years ago

From top left clockwise: Doug Mastriano, Josh Shapiro, Mehmet Oz, John Fetterman (AP Photos)
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

Elecciones de Pa. 2022: Una guía básica para investigar a los candidatos al Senado, a gobernador y a otros cargos

Todas las miradas estarán puestas en Pensylvania en las elecciones de noviembre, ya que una serie de pugnas electorales contenciosas determinarán el futuro político del estado

3 years ago

In this 2018 file photo, Energy Transfer, the parent company of Mariner East 2 pipeline builder, Sunoco, works at Snitz Creek in West Cornwall Township, Lebanon County after a drilling mud spill during the summer. (Marie Cusick/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

Pa. election 2022: Where governor candidates Mastriano, Shapiro stand on energy and the environment

Polling shows that voters in the state are increasingly concerned about climate change driven by the burning of fossil fuels and the industry’s impacts on the environment.

3 years ago

Loretta Walsh is stepping down midway through her eighth term on Wilmington City Council. (City of Wilmington)
Politics & Policy

After 30 years, a ‘champion of our seniors’ steps down from Wilmington City Council

City voters elected Loretta Walsh to an at-large Council seat eight times over nearly four decades. She urges council members to “remember why they ran.”

3 years ago

Rowhouses line North 29th Street in Philadelphia
Politics & Policy

Philly’s eviction diversion effort closer to extension

The effort is designed to keep harmful evictions off the tenants’ records and prevent landlords from having to find another tenant.

3 years ago

FILE - A sign is pictured outside the Twitter headquarters in San Francisco, Monday, April 25, 2022. Trading in shares of Twitter were halted, Tuesday, Oct. 4,  after the stock spiked on reports that Elon Musk would proceed with his $44 billion deal to buy the company after months of legal battles.(AP Photo/Jed Jacobsohn, File)
Community

A Musk retweet: Tesla CEO says he’ll pay $44B to buy Twitter

Musk made the proposal in a letter to Twitter that the company disclosed in a filing Tuesday with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

3 years ago

Investigators work the scene where multiple people were shot near a high school in Philadelphia
Courts & Law

Police search for people of interest in deadly shooting near Roxborough HS

Prosecutors charged a 16-year-old suspect with murder, attempted murder. Investigators also revealed they have identified seven other people in connection to the shooting.

3 years ago

FILE - Country music great Loretta Lynn poses for a portrait in September 2000 in Nashville, Tenn. Lynn, the Kentucky coal miner’s daughter who became a pillar of country music, died Tuesday at her home in Hurricane Mills, Tenn. She was 90. (AP Photo/Christoper Berkey, File)
Arts & Entertainment

Loretta Lynn, coal miner’s daughter and country queen, dies

Loretta Lynn, the Kentucky coal miner’s daughter whose frank songs about life and love as a woman in Appalachia pulled her out of poverty.

3 years ago

Philadelphia Phillies' Kyle Schwarber is doused in beer in celebration
Community

Phillies down Astros for 1st playoff berth since 2011

“This is the goal,” Harper said. “This is what you play for.”

3 years ago

Signs at the loading zones will have a QR code that drivers can scan to download the app. (Cory Sharber/WHYY)
Urban Planning

Philadelphia to launch ‘Smart Loading Zones’ pilot program

Later this month, 21 zones throughout Center City will be available to reserve through the Pebble Driver App.

3 years ago

FILE — The Biogen Inc., headquarters is shown March 11, 2020, in Cambridge, Mass.  Shares of Biogen and other drugmakers researching Alzheimer’s disease soared early Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022, after Japan’s Eisai Co. said its potential treatment appeared to slow the fatal disease’s progress in a late-stage study. Eisai announced results late Tuesday from a global study of nearly 1,800 people with early-stage Alzheimer’s (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)
Health

New potential drug treatment for Alzheimer’s disease has Pa. patients, advocates, and doctors hopeful

Two biotech companies announced last week that preliminary trial data show their new Alzheimer’s drug, lecanemab, slowed cognitive decline.

3 years ago

N.J. Capitol building
Politics & Policy

‘Bill of rights’ for temporary workers back in play after Murphy’s veto

The measure would require temporary work agencies to provide contracted temporary workers with pertinent information such as job location, terms, and compensation.

3 years ago

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