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The Philadelphia Tribune

Renee Amoore, former Republican Party leader and health care executive, dies at 67

Amoore was the Deputy Chair of the Pennsylvania Republican Party and founder and president of The Amoore Group.

5 years ago

Philadelphia skyline
Income Inequality
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity
Billy Penn

Buy local: How Philly’s biggest institutions can help create a more equitable post-coronavirus region

We need to start laying recovery groundwork now.

5 years ago

Melonie Johnson
Gender
New Jersey
Race & Ethnicity

Melonie Johnson to be new president of Borgata casino

Melonie Johnson is believed to be Atlantic City's Borgata casino first African-American woman to serve as a casino president.

5 years ago

The 76ers practice at Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Public Health
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Flyers and Sixers are set to offer refunds

The Philadelphia Flyers and 76ers are set to offer refunds or credits for unplayed regular-season games at their shared arena because of the coronavirus pandemic.

5 years ago

(Cortesía de Tameka Bost)
Business
Philadelphia
Kensington Voice

¿Necesita dinero para mantener su pequeño negocio a flote? Aquí está una guía de cómo hacerlo.

Aquí hay algunos consejos de expertos financieros locales y de algunos dueños de negocios.

5 years ago

Kierah Rigney, 14, packs strawberry water to to go essential workers at the University of Pennsylvania’s hospital in Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Food & Drink
Philadelphia
Public Health
Billy Penn

500 scoops of cool, sweet water ice cheer hospital workers at Penn

West Philly staple Siddiq’s brought enough for maintenance staff and patients, too.

5 years ago

Matthew Nelson watches Russian table tennis in the lobby of his apartment building after placing a bet. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Pennsylvania
Public Health
Sports

Pandemic Ping Pong: Pa. sports fans double down on table tennis during shutdown

Thousands of Pa. sports fans have begun placing bets on table tennis, darts, and the other obscure competitions that have soldiered on while the rest of the world is on pause.

5 years ago

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Homelessness
Housing
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Gov. Wolf hasn’t answered their letter, so foster youth plan Twitter onslaught

A tweetstorm will call on Pennsylvania to extend services during the pandemic.

5 years ago

The Osprey Nightclub in Manasquan
Down the Shore
Food & Drink
New Jersey
Public Health

Iconic Jersey Shore nightclub won’t open this summer due to pandemic

The Osprey Nightclub will be "back to normal" in 2021, according to management.

5 years ago

Sylvia Simms (far right) is getting people psyched for daily doorway dancing. (Facebook)
Philadelphia
Public Health
Billy Penn

Philly kicks off citywide doorway dance party to celebrate essential workers

Get your grove on at 6:30 p.m. nightly with the “Rocky” theme song and “Ain’t No Stopping Us Now.”

5 years ago

Radio Times
Immigration
Race & Ethnicity

Regional Roundup – 05/04/20

Congressman Dwight Evans on COVID testing needs in African American neighborhoods. The pandemic's impact on employment among undocumented workers. And birding while isolating.

Air Date: May 4, 2020 10:00 am

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NPR
Public Health

When a beloved life ends, virtual hugs can’t replace human touch

Four days before she died of respiratory failure unrelated to COVID-19, I was forced to leave my mother’s hospital bedside, thanks to new visitor restrictions.

5 years ago

A man wearing a mask walks by a window display at a J Crew store in Rockefeller Center, Saturday, May 2, 2020, in New York. On April 30, the company announced it would apply for bankruptcy protection amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.  (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
Business
Economy

J.Crew files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

The owner of J.Crew is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, two months after the first person in New York tested positive for COVID-19.

5 years ago

Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, Penn Medicine Chaplain Camille Turner has to call her patients to provide comfort, rather than meeting them at their bedsides. (Provided by Camille Turner)
Delaware
Public Health
Religion

The comfort of touch, and the clergy’s new challenge to minister without it

Religious leaders have become accustomed to hugging and holding hands to comfort congregants. But during social distancing, they must find other ways to console.

5 years ago

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In this Wednesday, April 22, 2020, RUSH Hospital respiratory therapist Jumana Azam puts on a surgical mask after standing before a face temperature scanner as she reports for her early morning shift at the hospital in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
Public Health
Religion

In US, a virus-era Ramadan presents obstacles, opportunities

For Muslims in the United States, there is no other time more centered around gathering in congregation than the holy month of Ramadan.

5 years ago

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