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LeRoy McCarthy holds up a street sign for the proposed Kobe Bryant Drive. (Courtesy of LeRoy McCarthy)
Community

The push for Kobe Bryant Drive and Gianna Bryant Way in Philadelphia

There’s a push to turn a part of Columbia Avenue into Gianna Bryant Way and Lancaster Avenue into Kobe Bryant Drive. Meet the driving force behind the movement.

3 years ago

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State Sen. Doug Mastriano, R-Franklin, a Republican candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania, speaks in Chambersburg, Pa., Tuesday, May 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Politics & Policy

Doug Mastriano’s insular campaign is full of dedicated supporters — and serious doubts

Doug Mastriano has more mainstream support than ever. But GOP insiders and supporters worry he’s not winning over actual swing voters.

3 years ago

Crozer-Chester Medical Center is one of the Crozer Health's four hospitals
Health

Crozer Health’s transition back to nonprofit status could come with a catch

Prospect Medical Holdings, the parent company of the four-hospital system, wants to receive a management fee from Crozer Health after the nonprofit conversion.

3 years ago

School District of Philadelphia headquarters
Education

Days before school starts, Philly district reaches deal to avert possible strike

The union representing bus drivers and building cleaners was poised to strike, but instead secured “historic” pay increases.

3 years ago

Universal Daroff Charter School (Google maps)
Education

West Philly charter school to close immediately: ‘A failure of children by adults’

Daroff Charter School, a K-8 school, will close immediately, as part of an agreement signed with Philadelphia’s school board Friday morning.

3 years ago

The Confederate flag and monument at the Marvel Carriage Museum. (WHYY file)
Community

Delaware mayor thought $25K grant to museum with Confederate flag was ‘dead in the water’ but town council had other ideas

The mayor had thought the grant was “dead in the water” because town law was violated. Instead, the Georgetown Historical Society received and cashed the check.

3 years ago

The affidavit by the FBI in support of obtaining a search warrant for former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate is photographed Friday, Aug. 26, 2022. U.S. Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart ordered the Justice Department to make public a redacted version of the affidavit it relied on when federal agents searched Trump's estate to look for classified documents. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick)
Courts & Law

Justice Dept. releases redacted Mar-a-Lago search affidavit

The document, even in its redacted form, contains new details about an ongoing criminal investigation that has brought fresh legal peril for Trump.

3 years ago

FILE - Environmental Protection Agency administrator Michael Regan speaks at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, in Greensboro, N.C., April 14, 2022. The EPA is designating some toxic industrial compounds used in cookware, carpets and firefighting foams as hazardous substances under the so-called Superfund law. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
Science

EPA to designate ‘forever chemicals’ as hazardous substances

The Environmental Protection Agency said Friday it is designating some toxic industrial compounds used in cookware, carpets and firefighting foams as hazardous substances.

3 years ago

Telehealth
Health
Spotlight PA

Major shift in medical malpractice rules in Pa. could help victims, but opponents fear the cost

Pa.’s highest court took the controversial step of reversing a rule aimed at tamping down a crisis of doctors leaving the state because of high medical malpractice insurance.

3 years ago

Graduates line up before the start of a community college commencement
Politics & Policy

Biden’s student loan plan: What we know (and what we don’t)

Here's what we know about Biden's student loan plan so far and what it means for people with outstanding debt.

3 years ago

Single-use plastic bags
Community

Radnor and Ambler ban single-use plastic bags

Organizers are working to build a foundation for a potential statewide plastic bag ban.

3 years ago

Fairfax County Public School buses are lined up at a maintenance facility
Education

Delaware school districts work to address bus driver shortage

School districts in Delaware appear to be better managing the nationwide school bus driver shortage that plagued lots of schools last year.

3 years ago

File photo: An aerial view of former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate is pictured, Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
Courts & Law

Judge orders unsealing of redacted affidavit in Trump search

The judge said the department must file its redacted version by noon Friday.

3 years ago

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Community
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5 taken to hospital after roller coaster incident at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson Twp., NJ

Six Flags reported witnesses hearing a loud bang and seeing jolting from the El Toro roller coaster as it was in operation.

3 years ago

File photo: President Joe Biden walks on the beach with daughter Ashley Biden, in Rehoboth Beach, Del., June 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)
Courts & Law

2 plead guilty in scheme to sell Biden’s daughter’s diary

Project Veritas has not been charged with any crime. The group says its activities were newsgathering and were ethical and legal.

3 years ago

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