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Politics & Policy

2022 Pennsylvania primary election results

Polls are now closed. We’ll have all of the results live as they come in.

3 years ago

Mehmet Oz speaks with a campaign event attendee
Politics & Policy

Trump’s influence over GOP faces fresh tests in 2022 primaries

Trump's preferred Senate candidate in Pennsylvania, Mehmet Oz, has divided conservatives who are typically in lockstep with Trump.

3 years ago

Cecelia Peterson and Dan Pollock move a table at a polling place
Politics & Policy

Pennsylvanians cast first ballots under redistricted maps

Some voters are casting their ballots in new districts, under the revised set of maps that helped prod some lawmakers into retirement.

3 years ago

A nurse's hands hold two different vials of COVID-19 vaccine
Health

FDA clears COVID booster shot for healthy kids ages 5 to 11

The Food and Drug Administration’s action Tuesday now opens a third shot to elementary-age kids, too — at least five months after their last dose.

3 years ago

Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro speaks at a press conference.
Politics & Policy

Josh Shapiro, Dem. candidate for Pa. gov., tests positive for COVID-19

Pennsylvania’s attorney general is experiencing mild symptoms and isolating at home.

3 years ago

Delaware Gov. John Carney speaks at a podium
Politics & Policy

Delaware Gov. Carney tests positive for COVID-19, says his symptoms are mild

The governor says he’s “feeling well” but will follow CDC guidelines and work remotely. Cases and hospitalizations have risen sharply since late March.

3 years ago

Sen. Doug Mastriano is seen in a crowd
Politics & Policy

Pennsylvania governor race divides Republicans, unites Dems

They are vying for the right to succeed Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf, who is constitutionally term-limited after entering office in 2015.

3 years ago

The former refinery is visible in the distance, with a bare, dirt field in the foreground.
PlanPhilly
Community

Years after shutdown, cancer-causing chemical still detected at former refinery site

Nearly three years after the PES refinery closed, levels of cancer-causing benzene found at its property line are still higher than many operating refineries.

3 years ago

Firefighter coats are lined up, with an ambulance in the background
Politics & Policy

N.J. firefighters get $10 million for COVID masks and other protective gear

Firefighters throughout New Jersey will share $10 million in federal funding to protect them from both on-the-job hazards and exposure to COVID-19.

3 years ago

Presley Barner works with tutor Stephanie Schechner at YEAH Philly. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community

Nonprofits, schools train teens to settle their own arguments in hopes of preventing gun violence

Across Philadelphia, nonprofits are building a network of trained conflict mediators. That includes teaching teens to settle their own arguments without picking up a gun.

3 years ago

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UNCH staff speak to an elderly Ukrainian refugee woman during a visit by U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to a refugee facility housing Ukrainian refugees in Chisinau, Moldova, Tuesday, May 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Aurel Obreja)
Community

Europe accused of ‘double-standard’ on Ukrainian refugees

The quick acceptance of Ukrainians fleeing Russia's aggression puts a spotlight on Europe's “double standard” for migrants.

3 years ago

Philadelphia University of the Arts
Education

Philly’s University of the Arts workers form second union in two years

Professional and non-professional staff voted to form a bargaining unit. Two years ago the UArts teaching faculty unionized its own unit.

3 years ago

The state's recently completed nourishment project in Pickering Beach, showing a wide beach berm and newly planted beach grass, largely held its ground and kept the storm from causing damage further inland. (DNREC photo)
Urban Planning

Damaged Delaware beaches face long restoration process

Spring storms have caused significant sand loss for some Delaware beaches, especially in hardest hit South Bethany.

3 years ago

Hector Gomez, left, and Jordi Poblete, worship leaders at the Mariners Church Irvine, leave flowers outside the Geneva Presbyterian Church in Laguna Woods, Calif., Sunday, May 15, 2022, after a fatal shooting.
Community

Authorities: Hate against Taiwanese led to church attack

A former neighbor says the California church shooting suspect’s life unraveled after he was nearly beaten to death several years ago.

3 years ago

Upclose view of John Fetterman
Politics & Policy

Fetterman in hospital, other candidates scrambling before Pa. primary

The last full day of campaigning in Pennsylvania's hotly contested primaries for governor and U.S. Senate began Monday with a top Senate candidate in the hospital.

3 years ago

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