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Tracing your family’s roots may soon get a lot more expensive
Dec. 30 is the deadline to submit a comment to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services over a proposed fee hike to access some records.
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The global stories of 2019 that you probably missed
Sure, everybody thinks it's great when a story is read by many hundreds of thousands of folks. That's definitely a success.
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‘Somebody’s on my side’: 3 men who escaped poverty help others find a way out
Paul Collins-Hackett sits in Albany's Youth Opportunity Office trying to guide a teenage boy through the ins and outs of getting a job.
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Hundreds of accused clergy left off church’s sex abuse lists
Richard J. Poster served time for possessing child pornography, violated his probation by having contact with children and in 2005 was put on a sex offender registry.
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It’s Patriots Week in Trenton, and thousands celebrate a Revolutionary War win like it’s 1777
The annual Patriots Week events mark the battle that turned serial loser George Washington into a superstar of military strategy.
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From a hashtag to a movement: #NatSecGirlSquad empowers women in national security
Dozens of national security specialists clustered inside a Washington hotel, warming up with coffee and checking out booths set up by intelligence agencies.
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19 Philadelphia stories you hated to see in 2019
From injured Eagles to corrupt politicians, there’s plenty of reasons to look forward to a fresh start in the new year.
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People can’t even agree on when the decade ends
Confusion over the answer is similar to the uncertainty that hung over watershed events from the millennium to the 2009-2010 changeover.
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Man in ‘I Believe’ hat swipes $250, tip jar on Christmas Day
Police in Philadelphia are looking for a thief who sported a hat that said “I Believe” as he swiped a tip jar stuffed with $250 on Christmas Day.
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The Wawa data breach: What happens now?
Typically, a long process of corporate accountability unfolds after a breach like the one Wawa announced Dec. 20, affecting 850 stores.
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Four questions Pa. needs to answer to avert election chaos in 2020
Pick an issue, any issue. Environmental health? Fiscal conservatism? Probation reform?
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Historians Fight to Preserve New Jersey’s Endangered Lifesaving Stations
A little-known but colorful slice of maritime history can still be found in a few places
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Huge turnout lights up Kwanzaa celebration at African American Museum in Philadelphia
More than triple the expected number of folks showed up to dance, draw and sing.
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Region’s cultural attractions develop resources for sensory-sensitive visitors
Various companies offer consultation and accreditation to museums for their ability to welcome people with sensory sensitivities.
4 years ago
New Delaware flight program aims to lessen pilot shortage, reduce costs
Airlines need 800,000 new pilots in the next 20 years, but flight schools and air time are expensive. A new aviation program hopes to change that.
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