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New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy speaks during the state's COVID briefing on Feb. 23, 2022. (Screen shot/New Jersey)
Health

COVID-19 briefings to end in New Jersey two years after first reported case

Two years after the first COVID-19 case reported in the Garden State, Gov. Phil Murphy will end regular scheduled briefings on March 4.

4 years ago

Radnor Elementary School (6abc)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Radnor Township School District votes to make masks optional, other districts switching plans too

"It's time we stop the madness," one Radnor parent said.

4 years ago

The Pa. Supreme Court in Harrisburg. (Christine Baker/PennLive)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Pa. Supreme Court picks new congressional map designed to cause ‘least change’

The map draws two Republican congressmen into the same district, preserves the voter base of most other incumbents, and offers three toss-up districts.

4 years ago

The garden at the North Philly Peace Park. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Why the Philly Peace Park sees a string of devastating burglaries as an ‘opportunity’

The nonprofit is not pressing charges after essential farming equipment was stolen, opting instead for a community-based solution to a string of burglaries.

4 years ago

A police officer drives in Philadelphia
Courts & Law

‘This is absolute insanity’: Philly police union sues to strike down ‘Driving Equality’ law

The Fraternal Order of Police says the law is ‘wholly preempted’ by state law

4 years ago

Firefighters work at the scene of forest fire near Kyuyorelyakh village
Science

As wildfires worsen globally, governments are unprepared, UN warns

The western U.S. is already seeing more blazes, and the likelihood of catastrophic wildfires globally could increase more than 50% by the turn of the century.

4 years ago

A gambler smokes while playing a slot machine
Money

Report: Atlantic City casino smoking ban may cost 2,500 jobs

The Casino Association of New Jersey commissioned the report, which determined that smokers, who account for 21% of Atlantic City gamblers, are worth more to casinos.

4 years ago

Philadelphia Deputy Chief Operating Officer Oz Hill takes questions from parents of Paul Robeson High School students.
Education
Chalkbeat Philadelphia

Parents, students, teachers at Philly’s Paul Robeson High protest building conditions

“When do the risks become too great for our children?” asked parent Sherice Workman.

4 years ago

A Ukrainian army officer looks at his phone in a local train
Politics & Policy

Russia evacuates embassy in Ukraine as crisis escalates

Hopes for a diplomatic way out of a new, potentially devastating war in Europe appeared all but sunk as the U.S. and key European allies accused Moscow of crossing a red line.

4 years ago

Hundreds arrive at Pennsauken Community Rec Center
Politics & Policy

New Jersey has struggled for centuries to talk about reparations. Can that change in 2022?

For decades, Black state lawmakers have tried unsuccessfully to move legislation that would require New Jersey to talk about reparations.

4 years ago

Color image of a gavel in a courtroom.
Courts & Law

New road map to improve diversity among Delaware lawyers, judges

Just 10.6% of Delaware judges are Black men or women, far below the state demographics, with Black residents making up 22% of the population.

4 years ago

The Douglass Student Center on the Cook-Douglass Campus of Rutgers University in New Brunswick, N.J. (Wikimedia commons)
Education

Rutgers-New Brunswick to offer free or reduced tuition

Under the Scarlet Guarantee, tuition is free for undergraduate students making less than $65,000 a year.

4 years ago

An Upper Darby School District bus. (6abc)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Upper Darby School District changes mask policy: Masks recommended but not required

Dr. Daniel McGarry, the superintendent of Pennsylvania’s ninth-largest school district, sent out a message to the school district regarding the change on Sunday.

4 years ago

Columnist E. Jean Carroll leaves federal court Tuesday Feb. 22, 2022, in New York. Carroll, who accused former President Donald Trump of raping her in the mid-1990s and then filed a defamation lawsuit against him, will not seek to depose him prior to trial because it would cause unnecessary delay, but she added that a DNA sample was still being sought. (AP Photo/Larry Neumeister)
Courts & Law

Donald Trump’s DNA, not deposition sought in defamation suit

Carroll in a June 2019 book said Trump raped her in the mid-1990s in an upscale Manhattan department store.

4 years ago

Close up of the sculpture; the face of Octavius Catto seen from the side, looking left
Education

First-time Philly college students honor the legacy of Octavius Catto

First-time students at Community College of Philadelphia honor civil rights activist Octavius Catto using a scholarship in his name to get an education.

4 years ago

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