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Local civilians line up to get humanitarian aid distributed in the United Humanitarian Center in Mariupol
Community

Ukrainian fighters: Russian forces storming Mariupol plant

The assault began almost two weeks after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his military not to storm the plant to finish off the defenders but to seal it off.

3 years ago

The exterior of the Supreme Court
Politics & Policy
6abc

‘A truly dark day’: Murphy, Wolf react to Supreme Court draft opinion on Roe v. Wade

Kitty Kolbert, a public-interest attorney who was part of the team that argued Planned Parenthood v. Casey, spokes to the ramifications of the draft opinion.

3 years ago

NJ Transit’s 551 bus travels on Market Street in Philadelphia.
Urban Planning

NJ Transit buses will return to Philly in June

After being pulled from the Greyhound terminal in April, agency officials said five NJ Transit buses will once again cross the Delaware River.

3 years ago

hot blaring sun
Weather

Philly’s sweltering heat to get real-world measurement this summer

Federal agencies mapping the nation’s heat island effects will help Philadelphia measure just how hot it really is this summer.

3 years ago

Protesters hold signs in support of Roe v. Wade outside the U.S. Supreme Court
Courts & Law

Report: Draft opinion suggests Supreme Court will overturn Roe

A decision to overrule Roe would lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states and could have huge ramifications for this year's elections.

3 years ago

People fish on the shore of the Chesapeake Bay, with a bridge visible in the background.
Politics & Policy

Pa. among states to receive millions in federal funding to restore the Chesapeake Bay

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced $40 million to help restore the Chesapeake Bay. The funding comes from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

3 years ago

File photo: Christian Smalls, president of the Amazon Labor Union, speaks at a rally outside an Amazon facility on Staten Island in New York, Sunday, April 24, 2022. Amazon and the nascent group that successfully organized the company’s first-ever U.S. union are headed for a rematch Monday, May 2, 2022, when a federal labor board will tally votes cast by warehouse workers in yet another election on Staten Island.
Community

Amazon workers in NYC reject union in a reversal of fortune

Amazon warehouse workers overwhelmingly rejected a union bid on Monday, dealing a blow to organizers who last month pulled off the first successful U.S. Amazon unionization.

3 years ago

The historical marker that honors Dr. John Fryer at 13th and Locust Streets in Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

Doctor who challenged LGBTQ psychiatric diagnosis 50 years ago honored in Philadelphia

Dr. John Fryer who testified at ‘Dr. Henry Anonymous’ before the APA is recognized for removing the stigma of being gay on the 50th anniversary of his testimony.

3 years ago

Business members and officials gather outside New Olympia House Restaurant to celebrate small biz week.
Community

Small biz week comes with a call for relief from Philly’s COVID regulations

The owners of small businesses are hoping the city will not go back to the masking regulations that cut their sales — especially for establishments selling food.

3 years ago

EPA chief Michael Regan (left) talks with U.S. Sen. Tom Carper and an unidentified woman at The Warehouse for teens in Wilmington. Behind them is the center's electric bus.
Community

New ‘American standard’: EPA chief Regan touts zero emission school buses at Wilmington teen center

Clean energy and electric vehicles took center stage in Wilmington on Monday when the head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency visited a teen center.

3 years ago

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis
Courts & Law

Trump election probe special grand jury selected in Atlanta

A special grand jury was selected Monday for the investigation into whether former President Donald Trump and others illegally tried to influence the 2020 election in Georgia.

3 years ago

This still frame from Metropolitan Police Department body worn camera video shows Thomas Webster, in red jacket, at a barricade line at on the west front of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington.
Courts & Law

NYPD veteran convicted of assaulting officer in Capitol riot

A federal jury has convicted a New York Police Department veteran of assaulting an officer during the U.S. Capitol riot.

3 years ago

The National Constitution Center in Philadelphia.
Education

How the Constitution teaches students to disagree civilly

A recent RAND Corporation survey found that nearly 75% of school district leaders nationwide felt political polarization interfered with their ability to teach their students.

3 years ago

Students walk on their way to school in the early morning. The school building is visible in the background.
Keystone Crossroads
Education
Chalkbeat Philadelphia

Want to know the condition of a Philly school building? New map to help

As part of an effort to address aging buildings, the Philadelphia district says a new interactive map will help communities learn more about local schools.

3 years ago

A pediatrician examines a newborn baby
Health

American Academy of Pediatrics moves to abandon race-based guidance

The American Academy of Pediatrics says it is putting all its guidance under the microscope to eliminate “race-based” medicine and resulting health disparities.

3 years ago

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