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N.J. property tax relief program could expand to nearly 2 million residents — including renters
Under the governor’s proposal, the state would see the number of New Jerseyans eligible for property tax rebates more than triple.
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In-person visits to resume at Philadelphia prisons
As mask mandates and vaccine requirements are lifted due to falling COVID numbers, in-person visitation will start again March 7.
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Tatiana Poladko and her family of six live near Kyiv. Since the bombing began, they have been on the move, by car and train.
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Listen 3:37Russians besiege crucial Ukrainian energy hub and seacoast
Ukrainian leaders, meanwhile, are calling on citizens to rise up and wage guerrilla war against the invaders.
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Philly restaurant fundraiser to help children in Ukraine
For every dollar spent at Craft Hall Thursday night, $2 will be donated to Voice of Children, a foundation founded to help children in Ukraine.
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Will the U.S. Supreme Court wade into the battle over Pa.’s congressional map?
At issue is a fundamental question: Who has the power to determine how elections are run?
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Oral arguments in N.J. school desegregation trial set to begin
Plaintiffs will argue that the state has not done enough to properly integrate public schools.
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America’s oldest HBCU aims to be driving force again in producing teachers
Once heralded as a training ground for educators, Cheyney University is taking steps to increase racial diversity in the teacher workforce.
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Refugee count tops 1 million; Russians besiege Ukraine ports
The U.N. refugee agency says 1 million people have fled Ukraine since Russia's attack began, making it the swiftest exodus of refugees this century.
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Pa. grants Delaware County’s first health department final approval
The state Department of Health issued the certificate this week, allowing Delco to start official notifications to all 49 municipalities.
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Police shot and killed a 12-year-old boy in South Philadelphia on Tuesday night after their unmarked police vehicle was struck by gunfire.
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Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich confirms he will sell Premier League club Chelsea
As Russia’s war on Ukraine entered a seventh day, pressure was growing on the British government to include Abramovich among the wealthy Russians to be targeted in sanctions.
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‘100 was a monument’: 60 years later, Wilt Chamberlain’s record still inspires awe
On a cold night in Hershey, Wilt Chamberlain did the unthinkable. Amid so many sports records, why does this milestone still resonate?
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Listen 5:59Prosecution rests in trial of Amtrak engineer charged over deadly 2015 derailment
The Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office rested its case against the Amtrak engineer accused in 2015’s deadly derailment.
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Senate hearings for high court nominee to begin on March 21
As is tradition, the hearings will last four days, with opening statements on March 21 and testimony and questioning the next two days. The fourth day will include testimony f
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