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(From left to right) Delaware County Council candidates Republican Liz Piazza, Democrat Richard Womack, Republican Brian Burke and Democrat Joanne Phillips.
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Pa. election 2025: What Delaware County voters need to know about the council race

Republicans Brian Burke and Liz Piazza are challenging Democratic incumbent Richard Womack and Joanne Phillips for two seats on Delaware County Council.

7 months ago

District Attorney candidate Patrick Dugan
Elections
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Philadelphia
Billy Penn

DA candidate Dugan decries voter apathy, urges residents to go to the polls

Running as the Republican nominee, he touts a PA Forward Party endorsement.

7 months ago

(Freed Israeli hostage Avinatan Or gestures from a van as he arrives at Beilinson hospital in Petah Tikva, Israel, after he was released from Hamas captivity in the Gaza Strip, Monday, Oct. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit) / Palestinian prisoners are greeted after being released from Israeli prison following a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Monday, Oct. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
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International

Gaza ceasefire deal: roadmap for lasting peace?

What does the ceasefire deal mean for Israelis and Palestinians? What are some of the pitfalls that lie ahead? How are local Jewish and Palestinian community members feeling?

Air Date: October 13, 2025 12:00 pm

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New Jersey Libertarian gubernatorial candidate Vic Kaplan
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New Jersey

New Jersey governor’s race: What to know about Libertarian candidate Vic Kaplan

Kaplan’s top priorities include expanding affordable housing, lowering health care costs and passing the Immigrant Trust Act.

7 months ago

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Panda Bao Li eats bamboo at the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington, D.C.
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NPR

Smithsonian museums and National Zoo set to close as shutdown takes its toll

The shutdown is forcing the closure of a number of America's beloved cultural institutions starting Sunday.

7 months ago

Clockwise from top left: Carol Sabo, Carolyn Rush, Antwan L. McClellan and Erik K. Simonsen.
Elections
New Jersey

New Jersey election 2025: What voters need to know about the 1st District Assembly race

Incumbent Assemblymen Antwan L. McClellan and Erik K. Simonsen, both Republicans, face Democratic challengers Carolyn Rush and Carol Sabo.

7 months ago

Russell Vought, Office of Management and Budget director
Government
National

Firings of federal workers begin as White House seeks to pressure Democrats in government shutdown

In a court filing, the budget office said well over 4,000 employees would be fired, though it noted that the funding situation was “fluid and rapidly evolving.”

7 months ago

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justices David Wecht, Christine Donohue and Kevin Dougherty in their judicial robes
Elections
Law
Pennsylvania

Pa. election 2025: What to know about the state Supreme Court retention races

Justices Christine Donohue, Kevin Dougherty and David Wecht, all Democrats, are up for “yes-or-no” votes.

7 months ago

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US Capitol with American Flag in view
Business
Employment
Pennsylvania

Furloughed federal workers in Pa. may be eligible for unemployment during shutdown

Some employees have been instructed to continue reporting for duty, though they are not being paid for time worked after the shutdown began Oct. 1.

7 months ago

Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner (left) at a news conference in Philadelphia on March 11, 2024 and Pat Dugan at a campaign forum hosted on March 11, 2025
Elections
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia

Philadelphia election 2025: What to know about the DA race between Larry Krasner and Pat Dugan

Dugan, a former judge, lost the Democratic primary in May. This time around, he’s running as a Republican, after securing the nomination via write-in votes.

7 months ago

Looking up at the impressive building at the entrance of the State House
Health Care
New Jersey

N.J. is applying for federal grant money to expand health care options in rural areas

If the application is successful, the Garden State could be awarded $1 billion over five years to improve services for rural residents.

7 months ago

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side-by-side photos of Mikie Sherrill and Jack Ciattarelli
Medicine
New Jersey

N.J. gubernatorial race: Ciattarelli says he’s suing Sherrill over opioid death accusations

The Democratic candidate for governor accused her Republican challenger of making “millions by working with some of the worst offenders and saying that opioids were safe.”

7 months ago

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Republican Jack Ciattarelli (left) and Democrat Mikie Sherrill shake hands at the end of the final debate in the New Jersey governor's race, Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025, in New Brunswick, N.J.
Elections
Government
New Jersey

Ciattarelli and Sherrill clash over military records, immigration and Trump in final New Jersey governor’s debate

The final debate’s format allowed the candidates to trade personal jabs.

7 months ago

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Supreme Court chambers
Elections
Health Care
Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania’s doctors, warning of risk to abortion rights, join fight over state Supreme Court retention votes

The doctors also argue the November retention election could impact health care affordability, patient privacy and equal rights in Pennsylvania.

7 months ago

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Christiana Hospital entrance
Delaware
Government Accountability
Health Care

Delaware hospital cost review board would be stripped of budget approval authority in proposed settlement

The proposed legal settlement would limit sharing of some salary data. Hospitals would also have longer to comply with spending targets.

7 months ago

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