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Eat Philly’s best BBQ with impressive young first responders — and no lines
The impressive group of first responders we showcased in the latest edition of Who’s Next.
6 years ago
Poll: Majority want to keep abortion legal, but they also want restrictions
The poll comes as several states have pushed to limit abortions in hopes of getting the Supreme Court to reconsider the issue.
6 years ago
It’s not enough to talk about ‘career pathways’
The minimum wage has been the same since 2009. Gov. Tom Wolf and his fellow Democrats want to more than double it. Though it looks like they are willing to settle for less.
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N.J. will offer overdose-reversing drug naloxone for free at pharmacies on June 18
It’s the latest salvo in the ongoing fight against the opioid crisis in New Jersey, which saw more than 3,100 drug-overdose deaths last year.
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Hundreds protest at Philly police HQ, call for action on intolerant Facebook posts
Hundreds showed up at Philadelphia Police headquarters on Friday for a protest calling for a response to the city officers allegedly linked to hateful Facebook posts.
6 years ago
Amid tax break fight, residents show top N.J. official the ‘real’ Camden
Economic development chief Kevin Quinn agreed to a four-hour tour of Camden, a gesture of good-will at a time of ratcheting tensions over tax breaks.
6 years ago
These moms are coming to Philly Pride for everyone who needs a hug
There’s few things as comforting as a warm, maternal embrace.
6 years ago
Those Philly police with offensive Facebook posts? Some have a long history of complaints
Several of the officers named in the Facebook database, compiled by a group called the Plain View Project, have been targets of multiple misconduct probes in the past.
6 years ago
Philly Pride is ready for its TV debut
On the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, Philadelphia’s Pride parade will be taped for a future broadcast.
6 years ago
Listen 2:11NAACP calls for firing Philly police who made offensive social media posts
The Philadelphia NAACP is calling for the city police department to fire officers who are found to have posted racist, violent, or offensive content on social media.
6 years ago
Political veteran nominated as first woman to run Delaware prisons
Claire DeMatteis was senior counsel to Joe Biden when he was a U.S. Senator. Now she is Gov. Carney’s nominee to to lead Delaware’s prison system.
6 years ago
Listen 2:02Philly’s Holocaust Memorial Plaza is ready for its closeup
The Philadelphia Holocaust Remembrance Foundation, which has been working on the project since 2006, developed an app with free self-guided tours and first-person stories from
6 years ago
On D-Day a dentist helps a wounded engineer
The fake eye an Army dentist constructed for Capt. Arthur F. Hoffmann became one of the few positive things Hoffman shared with his family about D-Day.
6 years ago
Firm to reapply for permits to build northeast gas pipeline
An company says it will reapply to build a hotly contested pipeline that would carry natural gas from Pa. through N.J., and under a bay and the ocean to New York.
6 years ago
N.J. conducting hurricane evacuation drill
New Jersey transportation and emergency agencies are conducting an annual hurricane evacuation drill Thursday.
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