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File photo: Secretary of State John Kerry stands onstage against a video backdrop of ocean life during the Our Ocean, One Future conference at the State Department in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 15, 2016. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)
Politics & Policy

Nations fail to reach deal on UN treaty to protect sea life

A fifth round of talks ended in impasse early Saturday when negotiations at United Nations headquarters in New York were suspended after two weeks.

3 years ago

(Shutterstock)
Courts & Law
6abc

Man dead, 2 injured in Toms River shopping center shooting

Police found three individuals suffering from gunshot wounds near Anchorage Square Plaza.

3 years ago

This combination of photos show Britney Spears at the 29th annual GLAAD Media Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif., on April 12, 2018, left, and Elton John at the iHeartRadio Music Awards on Thursday, May 27, 2021, in Los Angeles. Spears and John have collaborated for the first time, creating the slinky, club-ready single
Arts & Entertainment

Elton John and Britney Spears unite on a new dance single

The song represents Spears' first new music since her 2016 album “Glory” and her first offering since the ending of her contentious conservatorship.

3 years ago

The Allentown Art Museum is doing away with admission fees. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

The Allentown Art Museum is now free to all, every day, forever

The 88 year-old downtown institution has eliminated admission prices to become more equitable and inclusive.

3 years ago

New Jersey Sen. Ron Rice taking care of his late mom, Mary Sue, who passed away earlier this year. (Courtesy of Sen. Ron Rice)
Politics & Policy

Sen. Ron Rice, longest serving Black N.J. lawmaker, amplified women’s voices, colleagues say

Rice, who chaired the N.J. Legislative Black Caucus for 18 years, will retire at the end of August. He wanted a woman to succeed him as chair.

3 years ago

A trail in FDR park leads into the distance, with green grass and trees on either side. It's dusk and the sun is setting.
PlanPhilly
Community

Tree clearing for FDR park wetland sparks outrage

Site clearing is the latest concern community groups have with the FDR park renovations. Those leading the project say it’s necessary to fix flooding.

3 years ago

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

Listen 6:00
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

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