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Committee ranking member Sen. Tim Scott
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Sen. Tim Scott files paperwork to run for president in the 2024 election

This decision arose after Sen Scott's "Faith in America" tour, where he traveled the country, sharing his vision for America.

2 years ago

Workers haul away the carcass of a dead whale on the beach in Seaside Park N.J.
Animals
Energy
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New Jersey

New Jersey official says recent spate of whale deaths is linked to climate change

Outcry over whale deaths has intensified, and everyone is looking for an explanation.

2 years ago

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., is assisted to a wheelchair by staff as she returns to the Senate after a more than two-month absence, at the Capitol in Washington
Government Accountability
National

Feinstein’s office details previously unknown complications from shingles illness

Feinstein's office on Thursday said she contracted encephalitis while recovering from the singles virus earlier this year.

2 years ago

Alice Coughlin of Fairview, Pa. takes a Saturday morning walk along the shore of Lake Erie in Erie, Pa.
Environment
Pennsylvania
Public Spaces
Sustainability

Lake Erie along Pennsylvania’s shoreline on its way to becoming national marine sanctuary

A formal designation could still take several years and it wouldn’t change existing regulations around the use of the lake.

2 years ago

Cherelle Parker speaks at a podium.
Elections
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Philadelphia
Politics

Parker delivers quasi-victory speech in radio interview after hospitalization

Parker was quick to point out that the election is not over. She’s now focusing on her general election opponent, David Oh.

2 years ago

Christiane Amanpour
Media
Politics

CNN’s Amanpour criticizes network’s decision to hold Trump town hall

Amanpour became the network's most prominent journalist to publicly criticize the decision to host Donald Trump for a town hall in New Hampshire last week.

2 years ago

he Pentagon is seen from Air Force One as it flies over Washington, March 2, 2022
Government Accountability
Military
Public Safety

Pentagon leak suspect was warned multiple times about mishandling of classified information

Justice Department lawyers made the disclosure Wednesday in a court papers urging a magistrate judge to keep Jack Teixeira behind bars while he awaits trial.

2 years ago

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Philadelphia
Billy Penn

How national media framed the Philadelphia mayor’s race: A potential ‘progressive takeover’

In the weeks before the primary, the local contest was hot political news.

2 years ago

Hosptial building
Elections
Health Care
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

What might constitute a dental emergency, anyway?

There’s nothing like a toothache to take you out of your own celebration.

2 years ago

Sarah McBride standing next to an electric vehicle charging station.
Delaware
Energy
Environment
Housing
Sustainability

New Delaware homes would have capability to charge electric vehicles under Senate bill

The measure piggybacks off one already in effect in the state’s most populous county. Even skeptics say it saves consumers thousands of dollars in upfront costs.

2 years ago

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Representative Cori Bush speaks during a press conference held by Just Majority on May 8, 2023 in St Louis, Missouri.
NPR
Government
National
Race & Ethnicity

Rep. Cori Bush introduces bill on reparations for Black Americans

The bill, Reparations NOW, calls for $14 trillion to Black Americans as compensation for slavery and Jim Crow.

2 years ago

The icon for the video sharing TikTok app is seen on a smartphone, Feb. 28, 2023, in Marple Township, Pa.
Law
National
Technology

Montana becomes 1st state to ban TikTok; law likely to be challenged

The measure is more sweeping than bans put in place in nearly half the states and by the U.S. federal government that prohibit TikTok on government devices.

2 years ago

A sign reads
Elections
Infrastructure
Pennsylvania
Politics

The Towamencin fight to stop a sewer sale continues: Voters support a new local law that prohibits privatization

The suburban Philadelphia township is one of the many Pennsylvania communities battling the privatization of public water and sewer systems.

2 years ago

A street in Reading, Pa.
Economy
Government
Pennsylvania
Spotlight PA

Proposed Pa. budget nearly quadruples funding for local government cooperation

In his first budget as governor, Shapiro has pitched a 266% funding boost to the Municipal Assistance Program.

2 years ago

Workers load grain at a port in Izmail, Ukraine, on April 26. A United Nations-backed deal has been extended allowing shipments of Ukrainian grain through the Black Sea to parts of the world struggling with hunger.
NPR
Food & Drink
International
Military

The Ukraine grain deal is extended 2 months, helping ease the global food crisis

An agreement allowing Ukrainian grain to ship through the Black Sea has been extended for two months just a day before its expiration.

2 years ago

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