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Police stop traffic on Broad Street
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Rules of the road: Car stops for minor traffic offenses will be off-limits in Philly

The goal of the new law is to reduce racial profiling and use police resources more efficiently.

4 years ago

FILE - Then-President Donald Trump gestures as he arrives to speak at a rally in Washington, on Jan. 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
Radio Times

Trump, the insurrection and the search for justice

700 Trump documents, 475 witness interviews, 100 subpoenas -- what are we learning about the former president's and his allies' involvement in Jan. 6?

Air Date: February 9, 2022 10:00 am

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House passes stopgap bill to avoid government shutdown

This is the third stopgap spending bill to keep the federal government afloat since October.

4 years ago

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McConnell rebukes RNC, calls Jan. 6 ‘violent insurrection’

As former President Donald Trump has downplayed the attack, the RNC took a voice vote to approve censuring Reps. Liz Cheney of Wyoming and Adam Kinzinger of Illinois.

4 years ago

In this 2014 file photo, then-Wilmington City Councilman Bud Freel is interviewed on WHYY’s ‘First.’ (WHYY)
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Delaware Dems pick candidate to replace State Rep. Brady, who resigned after racist emails

Former Wilmington City Councilman Bud Freel won the Democratic Party’s nomination to run in next month’s special election to replace State Rep. Gerald Brady.

4 years ago

A view of the Upper Darby Township building
Government Accountability
Pennsylvania

Upper Darby narrowly avoids government shutdown amid claim of missing American Rescue Plan funds

Factions of the township government were at odds over an allocation of American Rescue Plan Act funds to keep things running and pay township workers.

4 years ago

(Left to right): The Turnpike map vs. the Parkway map
Elections
Government
New Jersey
NJ Spotlight

Parkway or Turnpike? For first time, N.J. residents will get to comment on new legislative district maps before final vote

The Democratic and Republican redistricting plans had formerly been kept confidential until the Apportionment Commission made its final decision.

4 years ago

The National Archives and Records Administration said it retrieved 15 boxes of documents and other items from former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence last month.
(Lynne Sladky/AP)
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Crime
Government
Government Accountability

15 boxes of White House records have been recovered at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago

According to the Washington Post, the boxes of records at Mar-a-Lago violated the Presidential Records Act.

4 years ago

Gov. Tom Wolf, wearing a face mask, speaks to the press from behind a podium
Government
Pennsylvania
Taxes

What to watch for in Wolf’s budget proposal

The details of Wolf’s budget plan for the 2022-23 fiscal year starting July 1 remain under wraps, but he has made it plain that public school funding is his top priority.

4 years ago

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New Jersey
Race & Ethnicity
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N.J. lawmakers (again) push bills to study reparations, school desegregation

While the Legislature has recently moved on some measures, like efforts to integrate public schools, others have stalled for years.

4 years ago

File photo: IBEW Local 98 headquarters at 17th and Spring Garden streets. (Erin Reynolds/WHYY)
Elections
Philadelphia

After a few rocky years, IBEW Local 98 has more campaign cash than ever

Convictions of union chief John Dougherty and Councilmember Bobby Henon haven't impeded fundraising power. Local 98 has $13.3 million on hand.

4 years ago

A church is seen in the Russian village of Shebekino outside Belgorod, a few miles from the Ukrainian border, on Jan. 27, 2022. (Alexander Nemenov/AFP via Getty Images)
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International
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U.S. says Russia has amassed about 75% of the troops it would need to invade Ukraine

The situation along the Ukrainian border has grown even more dire, according to top U.S. officials.

4 years ago

FILE - New York Attorney General Letitia James speaks during a rally in support of home care workers in New York, Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2021. James asked a judge Wednesday to dismiss a lawsuit by former President Donald Trump aimed at halting her yearslong probe into his business practices. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
Government Accountability
Race & Ethnicity

Trump tirade on ‘racist’ DAs echoes other racist tropes

“These prosecutors are vicious, horrible people. They’re racists and they’re very sick, they’re mentally sick,” Trump said.

4 years ago

The Pennsylvania Capitol is shown in Harrisburg, Pa., Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021.
Elections
Government
Pennsylvania
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Pa. GOP won’t endorse in big primary fields for governor, Senate

The primary field for governor is double-digits deep, while the fields for U.S. Senate and lieutenant governor each feature at least a half-dozen candidates.

4 years ago

US troops deploy for Europe from Pope Army Airfield at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, on February 3, 2022. (Photo by Allison Joyce / AFP) (Photo by ALLISON JOYCE/AFP via Getty Images)
NPR
International
Military

Newly deployed U.S. troops arrive in Europe as Russia bolsters its own forces

New satellite images show the buildup of Russian forces and equipment along Ukraine's borders with western Russia, Belarus and Crimea.

4 years ago

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