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Jon Combes holds his bottle of buprenorphine
Health

Burlington County receives $900K for opioid addiction programs

The U.S. Justice Department grant will be used, in part, to get people into treatment. And, to help children of substance abusers.

3 years ago

F.I.S.H. Night at Camden's Adventure Aquarium. (Adventure Aquarium)
Science

Climate change could significantly impact commercial fishing, Rutgers study says

Climate change is causing fish species to travel in search of suitable temperatures, and it’s impacting the marine food web, a Rutgers study finds.

3 years ago

Customers wearing face masks at Reading Terminal Market.
Courts & Law

Suit seeks to overturn renewed Philadelphia mask mandate

Attorney Thomas W. King III said the city’s emergency order went against Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendations and “imposed a renegade standard."

3 years ago

Authorities stage in a parking lot at Columbiana Centre mall in Columbia, S.C., following a shooting, Saturday, April 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Sean Rayford)
Community

12 injured in shooting at South Carolina mall; 3 detained

Authorities said no fatalities have been reported but that eight of the shooting victims were taken to the hospital. Of those eight, two were in critical condition.

3 years ago

This photo provided by the Village of Ruidoso shows a fire fighting air tanker dropping fire retardant across the mountains near the Village of Ruidoso, N.M., on Wednesday, April 13, 2022. (Kerry Gladden/Village of Ruidoso via AP)
Weather

Crews fight New Mexico fires as some evacuations lift

Firefighters are working Saturday to contain a wind-driven blaze that killed two people and destroyed over 200 homes.

3 years ago

Giant pandas Mei Xiang (left) and her cub Xiao Qi Ji eat a fruitsicle cake in celebration of the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, 50 years of achievement in the care, conservation, breeding and study of giant pandas at The Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington, Saturday, April 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Community

Pandas devour ice cake to celebrate 50 years at National Zoo

The National Zoo’s most famous tenants had an enthusiastic breakfast Saturday in front of adoring crowds as the zoo celebrated 50 years of its iconic panda exchange agreement.

3 years ago

President Biden speaks in front of an American flag
Politics & Policy

Biden to host Southeast Asian leaders for May 12-13 summit

The May 12-13 gathering is part of an effort by the administration to show the United States is committed to being a partner with the Indo-Pacific region.

3 years ago

Prince Harry (right) and Meghan Markle (rear left) Duke and Duchess of Sussex, attend the Land Rover Driving Challenge at the Invictus Games venue in The Hague, Netherlands, Saturday, April 16, 2022. The week-long games for active servicemen and veterans who are ill, injured or wounded opens Saturday in this Dutch city that calls itself the global center of peace and justice
Arts & Entertainment

Drive time: Harry and Meghan ride in miniature Land Rovers

Competition at the Invictus Games has begun with a driving challenge around an automotive obstacle course ahead of an evening opening ceremony.

3 years ago

Volodymyr Bondar, 61, mourns next to the grave of her son Oleksandr, 32, after burying him at the cemetery in Bucha, in the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine on Saturday, April 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Politics & Policy

Russia renews strikes on Ukraine capital, hits other cities

The strikes on Saturday were a reminder to Ukrainians and their Western supporters that the whole country remains under threat.

3 years ago

File photo: President Joe Biden appears with first lady Jill Biden and the Easter Bunny on the Blue Room balcony at the White House April 5, 2021, in Washington. The White House Easter Egg Roll is returning on April 18, 2022, after a 2-year, COVID-induced hiatus. The Biden's will welcome some 30,000 kids and their adult chaperones for the egg roll, an egg hunt and other activities.
Politics & Policy

White House Easter Egg Roll returns Monday after 2-year hiatus

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will welcome 30,000 kids and adults for the egg roll, an egg hunt and other activities.

3 years ago

PECO truck in the foreground, PECO worker in the background
Community

Bills for suburban customers could go up 13% as PECO requests natural gas rate hikes

The utility says the increased revenue would help pay for replacing aging cast-iron pipes with newer plastic pipes.

3 years ago

Rutgers University (Marcus Biddle for WHYY)
Courts & Law

Rutgers Business School accused of trying to boost ranking by padding job numbers

Two lawsuits from the same New Jersey law firm claim the school lied about the job placement success of its MBA program to gain prestige.

3 years ago

File photo: Food trucks line Locust Street at a 2016 Dining Out for Life pop-up. (Image courtesy of Laura Weber)
Community

Philly’s Local Nonprofits Support Those Living with HIV and AIDS, a fundraiser for people living with HIV, returns in person

The event’s organizers are hoping for a ‘comeback year’ after a pandemic hiatus.

3 years ago

People are playing volleyball onstage in the Wilma Theater's production of
Arts & Entertainment

Russian director reimagines classic Russian play ‘The Cherry Orchard’ for the Wilma Theater

The Wilma Theater brought Dmitry Krymov over from Moscow to direct the classic Russian play “The Cherry Orchard” as the Russian war in Ukraine continues.

3 years ago

(Jerry Seinfeld/Twitter)
Arts & Entertainment

Liz Sheridan, Jerry’s doting mom on ‘Seinfeld,’ dies at 93

Sheridan’s “Seinfeld” role as Helen was her best known but followed decades of work on stage and screen.

3 years ago

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