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A woman attends an abortion-rights rally at the Utah State Capitol Saturday, May 14, 2022, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
Courts & Law

Abortion rights backers rally in anger over post-Roe future

In the nation’s capital, thousands gathered at the Washington Monument before marching to the Supreme Court.

4 years ago

This March 11, 2019 photo shows the Fiserv Forum, Milwaukee's new downtown arena that opened in the summer of 2018. (AP Photo/Carrie Antlfinger)
Community

Curfew for young people after Milwaukee shootings injure 21

Three people were injured in the first shooting, one in the second, and 17 in what police described as an exchange of gunfire between two groups of people.

4 years ago

Close-up of Doug Mastriano smiling.
Politics & Policy

Trump backs Mastriano in Pennsylvania GOP governor primary

There are growing fears from party leaders that Mastriano, a state senator and retired U.S. Army colonel, is too extreme to win the general election in November

4 years ago

Scenes from the 2nd Street Festival in 2019
Community

Northern Liberties Night Market returns for first-ever spring edition

After a damp test launch in the fall, the spring edition will bring 50 food trucks, food tents, and vendors back to Northern Liberties.

4 years ago

Chris Bartlett. (Courtesy of The William Way LGBT Community Center)
Community

The story behind Remembrance, an alternative memorial to Philadelphia’s HIV/AIDS crisis

Ron taught me the path to hope, and resilience is to ensure we don’t forget, or under-mourn, these tremendous losses incurred in our community, writes Chris Barlett.

4 years ago

Penn GRASP Lab student Lilian Stoesser works on a robotic flower that is programmed to open and close in response to the music of ''Beyond the Binary.''
Arts & Entertainment

For their 100th anniversary, robots go ‘Beyond the Binary’ in Philly choral performance

Autonomous technologies help the Mendelssohn Chorus perform a new work about the ethics of robotics.

4 years ago

Philadelphia 76ers' Doc Rivers speaks during a news conference at the team's NBA basketball practice facility, Friday, May 13, 2022, in Camden, N.J. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Arts & Entertainment

76ers need better Harden, healthy Embiid to contend in East next season

Sixers basketball President Daryl Morey said Doc Rivers will return for a third season as coach.

4 years ago

File photo: Former national security adviser Robert C. McFarlane gestures while testifying before the House-Senate panel investigating the Iran-Contra affair on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 13, 1987. (AP Photo/Lana Harris, File)
Politics & Policy

Former national security adviser Robert McFarlane dies at 84

McFarlane died Thursday from complications of a previous lung condition at a hospital in Michigan.

4 years ago

Deputy Police Commissioner Ben Naish addresses an increase in carjackings in Philadelphia.
Courts & Law

Philly police set to surpass last year’s total for carjacking arrests just five months into 2022

The department has recorded more than 500 carjacking incidents so far this year.

4 years ago

Philadelphia City Hall is visible in a view of the Philadelphia skyline.
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

City Council passes measure that gives city workers affordable housing preference

The news comes as Philadelphia contends with an affordable housing crisis and a tight housing market that has kept home prices high.

4 years ago

Orange cones at the Lukoil gas station on Route 1 South in West Windsor altering motorists that the gas pump would be open for self-service if New Jersey allowed it. It was part of a demonstration to support a bill in the Assembly that would allow a self-serve option. (P. Kenneth Burns/WHYY)
Money

Some N.J. gas stations lower price to demonstrate self-serve savings at the pump

More than 75 gas stations throughout the state demonstrate how much money motorists can save, if the legislature passes a bill permitting self-serve gas.

4 years ago

Philadelphia City Council chambers. (Tom MacDonald/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Technical and supply chain issued delay Philadelphia City Council’s return to live meetings

The issues range from crawl space wiring to problems with a newly purchased wireless microphone system for councilmembers.

4 years ago

A sign advertises the Wilmington Airport.
Community

Delaware loses commercial airline service

The state’s on-again/off-again relationship with commercial airlines is about to be off again. Frontier Airlines plans to end the state’s only commercial flights in June.

4 years ago

Kathy Barnette, a Republican candidate for a Pennsylvania U.S. Senate seat, speaks during a forum in Newtown, Pennsylvania, on Wednesday, May 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey)
Politics & Policy

Barnette, surging in polls, tries to avoid mainstream attention and rebuff GOP attacks

Kathy Barnette is newly competitive in the GOP U.S. Senate primary. With days to go, she’s avoiding mainstream press and fighting GOP insiders.

4 years ago

A view of the Delaware State University's women's lacrosse team
Courts & Law

Delaware State University to file federal civil rights complaint over drug search of lacrosse team’s luggage

The April 20 traffic stop and search has generated national media coverage. University President Tony Allen says the police engaged in misconduct.

4 years ago

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