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U.S. Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon recently secured $650,000 in federal funding to support the creation of mobile crisis teams in Delco. (Kenny Cooper/WHYY)
Mental Health
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‘Thinking outside of the box’: Delco leaders plan to dispatch mental health experts alongside police

After crucial federal funding was finally secured, Delco officials plan to dispatch mental health experts alongside police officers during mental health calls.

3 years ago

Abortion rights protesters hold a demonstration outside of the Supreme Court on Saturday in Washington.
(Amanda Andrade-Rhoades/AP)
NPR
Government Accountability
Health Care
Public Health

White House: Serious risk of nationwide abortion ban after McConnell floats the idea

Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said it was possible for lawmakers to pursue codifying the Supreme Court's leaked draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade.

3 years ago

The Original Tony Luke's in South Philly.
Business
Crime
Food & Drink
Taxes

Owners of The Original Tony Luke’s cheesesteak shop plead guilty to tax fraud

Prosecutors say the cheesesteak shop owners bilked the IRS out of between $550,000 and $1.5 million.

3 years ago

File photo: President Donald Trump looks at his phone during a roundtable with governors on the reopening of America's small businesses, in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, June 18, 2020. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
Government
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National

Judge rejects Trump lawsuit challenging ban from Twitter

The judge says the challenges failed in part because free speech rights don't apply to private companies and Trump failed to show it was working as a state actor.

3 years ago

In this courtroom sketch, Frank James, seated at center of right table, and on left of the screen, upper right, appears during the brief proceeding in a federal court in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Thursday, April 14, 2022. James, accused of opening fire on a crowded subway train in Brooklyn, was ordered held without bail as prosecutors told a judge Thursday he terrified all of New York City
Criminal Justice
Gun Violence
National

Grand jury indicts suspect in Brooklyn subway mass shooting

The panel charged Frank James with committing a terrorist attack or other violence against a mass transportation system and discharging a firearm during a violent crime.

3 years ago

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., speaks about Twitter, Thursday, April 28, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Elections
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Judge: Marjorie Taylor Greene is qualified for reelection

The decision will ultimately be up to Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger.

3 years ago

Nate Darnell holds a cross while surrounded by chanting abortion-rights demonstrators outside the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday in Washington, D.C. (Tom Brenner/Getty Images)
NPR
Health Care
Public Health

Roe established abortion rights. 20 years later, Casey paved the way for restrictions

"Roe and Casey are the twin pillars of the court's jurisprudence," on abortion, Melissa Murray, a professor of law at New York University, told NPR.

3 years ago

An abortion-rights activist wears a mask with text that reads in Spanish
Gender
Health Care
International

As U.S. poised to restrict abortion, other nations ease access

In February, Colombia’s Constitutional Court legalized abortion until the 24th week of pregnancy. It was Latin America’s latest shift toward legalization of abortion.

3 years ago

More than 70% of the 544 homes in Sparrow Run are rentals, and about 100 are in the Section 8 voucher program. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
Delaware
Housing
Income Inequality

Section 8 ripoff? Delaware landlord agrees to pay $430,000 to settle federal lawsuit

Authorities charged that Christopher Lukacs repeatedly filed false paperwork to justify charging higher rents than he was permitted under federal rules.

3 years ago

Demonstrators protest outside of the U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday, May 3, 2022 in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Radio Times
Health Care

The Supreme Court’s draft opinion ending abortion rights

In a leaked draft opinion, the Supreme Court conservative majority vote to overturn Roe v. Wade. If The finalized, what will this mean for reproductive rights?

Air Date: May 4, 2022 10:00 am

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Hundreds of people protest outside City Hall in support of abortion rights
Health Care
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Philadelphia

Pa. abortion rights advocates urge residents to ‘stay grounded,’ donate in light of Roe draft opinion

Abortion will remain legal in Pennsylvania, unlike at least 26 states that are certain or likely to ban abortion immediately after Roe v. Wade is overturned.

3 years ago

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A general view of The Trump International Hotel
Government Accountability
Law
Politics

D.C. reaches $750K settlement in Trump inaugural lawsuit

As part of the agreement, the defendants will pay the District of Columbia a total of $750,000, which will be used to benefit three nonprofit organizations.

3 years ago

File photo: Phoenix Mercury center Brittney Griner pauses on the court during the second half of a WNBA basketball game against the Seattle Storm Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
Criminal Justice
Government
International

U.S. officials: Brittney Griner considered wrongfully detained

Griner was detained at an airport in February after Russian authorities said a search of her bag revealed vape cartridges containing traces of cannabis oil.

3 years ago

Marchers walk from the art museum to Philadelphia City Hall as part of an abortion rights rally
Health Care
Public Health
Social Justice
Billy Penn

‘Fight like hell’: How Philly and Pa. officials are reacting to the Supreme Court abortion leak

From the governor to the mayor to representatives at all levels, elected Democrats are sounding an alarm.

3 years ago

People march around the Minnesota Capitol building protesting the U.S. Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision in St. Paul, Minn., in January. (AP)
NPR
History
Law
Public Health

The original Roe v. Wade ruling was leaked, too

In 1973, the original Roe decision was leaked to the press before the court had formally announced it.

3 years ago

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