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A ''Help Wanted'' sign is seen at a business on the Wildwood boardwalk.
Politics & Policy

New Jersey law expands summer working hours for teenagers

The new regulations make permanent a 2021 law which expanded summer working hours for residents between 16 to 18 years old to up to 50 hours per week.

4 years ago

Musicians perform on a stage.
Community

Hispanic Fiesta celebrates 40 years in Philadelphia

The festival is a celebration of local Latin American and Hispanic culture. And this year’s event featured iconic musical guests.

4 years ago

Djokovic holds the Wimbledon trophy up in the air with one hand as he raises his arms.
Arts & Entertainment

Djokovic tops Kyrgios for 7th Wimbledon, 21st Slam trophy

The top-seeded Djokovic has won 28 matches in a row at Wimbledon and raised his career haul to 21 major trophies.

4 years ago

The Jan. 6 commission presents evidence below a screen which shows former President Donald Trump speaking with his Chief of Staff Mark Meadows.
Politics & Policy

Jan. 6 panel sets prime-time hearing on Trump, awaits Bannon

The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot is returning to prime time with a Thursday evening hearing.

4 years ago

Rescue workers in Ukraine stand on a pile of rubble.
Community

Russian rocket attack kills 15 in Ukraine; others trapped

Ukrainian officials say at least 15 people were killed when a Russian rocket hit an apartment building in the eastern town of Chasiv Yar.

4 years ago

A man stands, speaking, in the foreground of the photo, with a red car and the American flag visible behind him.
Money

Crypto plunge is cautionary tale for public pension funds

The plunge in prices for Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies provides a cautionary tale for the few public pension funds that have dipped their toes into the crypto pool.

4 years ago

City Hall is pictured from afar
Politics & Policy

Agency that oversees Philly finances gets an extension until 2047

The agency was supposed to end its work after city bonds were repaid in 2023, but a new extension will keep PICA around until 2047.

4 years ago

Sean Dooley, a first time participant in the Tiny Room for Elephants art festival, prepares his canvas at the Cherry Street Pier. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

‘Nothing like this happens in the city’: Watch artists in action at Cherry Street Pier’s Tiny Room for Elephants festival

A three-week arts festival on the Cherry Street Pier shows the public how art gets made.

4 years ago

File photo: Luis Echeverria Alvarez speaks to party members after becoming the official nominee for the 1970-76 presidential race, during the closing session of the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party's conventional at the Olympic Sports Palace in Mexico City, Nov. 16, 1969. Current President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador confirmed the death of Echeverria on Saturday, July 9, 2022. Echeverria, who governed from 1970 to 1976, was 100. (AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Luis Echeverria, Mexico leader blamed for massacres, dies

Current President Andrés Manuel López Obrador confirmed the death Saturday.

4 years ago

This Dec. 2, 2021, photo provided by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources shows an endangered North Atlantic right whale entangled in fishing rope being sighted with a newborn calf in waters near Cumberland Island, Ga. (Georgia Department of Natural Resources/NOAA Permit #20556 via AP)
Courts & Law

Weak protection for vanishing whale violates law, judge says

Judge Boasberg ruled the government has violated both the Endangered Species Act and the Marine Mammal Protection Act by failing to protect the North Atlantic right whale.

4 years ago

Kazakhstan's Elena Rybakina holds the trophy as she celebrates after beating Tunisia's Ons Jabeur to win the final of the women's singles on day thirteen of the Wimbledon tennis championships in London, Saturday, July 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Arts & Entertainment

Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan wins Wimbledon final, 1st Slam

Rybakina used her big serve and powerful forehand to overcome Jabeur’s mix of spins and slices at Centre Court on Saturday.

4 years ago

Protesters stand on a vandalised police water canon truck and shout slogans at the entrance to president's official residence in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, July 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
Politics & Policy

Sri Lanka president, Prime Minister to resign after tumultuous protests

Wickremesinghe said that he will leave office once a new government is in place, and hours later the speaker of Parliament said President Rajapaksa would step down Wednesday.

4 years ago

Philadelphia Union's Julian Carranza reacts to his goal against D.C. United during the first half of an MLS soccer match Friday, July 8, 2022, in Chester, Pa. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola)
Arts & Entertainment

Philadelphia Union ties MLS record for victory margin with 7-0 rout of D.C.

Philadelphia set a team record for goals and was one shy of the league record.

4 years ago

File photo: Michael Imperioli (left) and Tony Sirico attend HBO's ''The Sopranos'' 20th anniversary at the SVA Theatre on Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2019, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)
Arts & Entertainment

‘Sopranos’ actor Tony Sirico, ‘Paulie Walnuts,’ dies at 79

Among his other film credits are Woody Allen's “Bullets over Broadway” and “Mighty Aphrodite.”

4 years ago

(From left) Yolanda Van de Krol, the Chester County Clerk of Courts; Renee Merion, the Deputy District Attorney in charge of the Juvenile Unit; and Don Corry, the county Chief Juvenile Probation Officer all played a role in putting together the program. (Courtesy of Chester County)
Community

‘One mistake should not be a life sentence’: Chester County’s juvenile record expungement program receives national recognition

The National Association of Counties has recognized Chester County’s Fresh Start Juvenile Record Expungement with an Achievement Award.

4 years ago

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