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Fox News logo is seen on a reporter's microphone in Przemysl, Poland on March 5, 2022. (Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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2 Fox News team members in Ukraine were killed in an attack

A veteran video journalist for Fox News, Pierre Zakrzewski, and freelance journalist Oleksandra Kuvshynova died when their vehicle was hit by incoming fire.

4 years ago

FILE - Sarah Bloom Raskin, a nominee to be the Federal Reserve's Board of Governors vice chair for supervision, speaks during the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee confirmation hearing on Feb. 3, 2022, in Washington. Raskin has withdrawn her nomination to the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors, according to a person familiar with the matter. (Ken Cedeno/Pool via AP, File)
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Fed nominee Sarah Bloom Raskin withdraws after fight over her climate change stance

She attracted Republican opposition after calling on bank regulators to monitor the financial risks from climate change.

4 years ago

A close-up of President Joe Biden.
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White House: Biden will travel to Europe for Ukraine talks

Biden will meet with NATO and European leaders in Brussels on March 24.

4 years ago

Sunlight shines on the U.S. Capitol dome on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Feb. 21, 2022.
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Senate approves bill to make daylight saving time permanent

The bill still needs to pass the House and win the signature of President Joe Biden to become law.

4 years ago

Reusable bags in a grocery aisle
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Enforcement of Philadelphia’s plastic bag ban set to begin April 1

The city will issue fines to stores for single-use plastic bags starting next month. A two-week awareness campaign is underway.

4 years ago

A firefighter walks outside a destroyed apartment building after a bombing in a residential area in Kyiv
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Russia steps up bombardment of Kyiv, civilians flee Mariupol

A series of strikes hit a residential neighborhood in a western district of the capital and ignited a huge fire and a frantic rescue effort.

4 years ago

Gas prices are shown on a Sheetz billboard, with prices listed as $4.19 a gallon.
Economy
Energy
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National

Yes, prices at the pump are high. Republican primary candidates in Pa. have noticed too

They’re blaming the party in power: Biden and down-ballot Democrats. It’s a political strategy that can sting, as the 1970s energy crises showed.

4 years ago

The exterior of Philadelphia City Hall
Economy
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Philadelphia

Philly finances OK for now, but the city’s budget is not ready for a rainy day

A review of Philadelphia’s spending shows the city is following its budget blueprint and making ends meet with help from federal pandemic funds.

4 years ago

Jennifer Smith, secretary for the Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs, is wearing a plaid sweater and speaking at a podium.
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Spotlight PA

Top Pa. drug official denies blame for botched medical marijuana guidance, but her claims don’t add up

Despite records and interviews that contradict her account, Jennifer Smith continues to contend the state’s drug oversight agency was not responsible for the confusion.

4 years ago

A group of people gather behind Delaware State Sen. Sarah McBride as she speaks at a podium.
Delaware
Employment
Home & Family

Paid family and medical leave poised to become law in Delaware

The original paid family and medical leave bill has been revised to push back the start of benefits until 2026. Workers could get up to $900 weekly.

4 years ago

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People protesting against the ongoing war in Ukraine gather on March 13, 2022 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Hannibal Hanschke/Getty Images)
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A new stamp honors the Ukrainian soldiers who profanely told off a Russian warship

Ukraine introduced the design for a postage stamp that memorializes a now-famous battle cry rallying the country in its fight against the Russian invasion.

4 years ago

People listen as the New Jersey Assembly considers and votes on a half-dozen gun control bills Monday, March 26, 2018, in the Statehouse in Trenton, N.J.
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New Jersey

School funding formula likely an area of concern as N.J. budget appropriations process begins, analysts say

Gov. Murphy has proposed an N.J. state budget. Now comes the hard part. Legislative hearings begin this week.

4 years ago

White House press secretary Jen Psaki speaks during a press briefing at the White House, Thursday, March 10, 2022, in Washington
Government
International
Politics

U.S., China officials to meet as tensions mount over Russia

President Joe Biden is sending his national security adviser for talks with a senior Chinese official in Rome on Monday.

4 years ago

People walk by a house damaged by an Iranian ballistic missile attack in Irbil, Iraq, Sunday, March 23, 2022. Iran has claimed responsibility for a missile barrage that struck early Sunday near a sprawling U.S. consulate complex in the northern Iraqi city of Irbil, saying it was retaliation for an Israeli strike in Syria that killed two members of its Revolutionary Guard
International
Military
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Iran claims missile barrage near U.S. consulate in Iraq

The attack was retaliation for an Israeli strike in Syria that killed two members of Iran's Revolutionary Guard.

4 years ago

A Ukrainian serviceman guards his position in Mariupol, Ukraine, Saturday, March 12, 2022. Ukraine’s military says Russian forces have captured the eastern outskirts of the besieged city of Mariupol. In a Facebook update Saturday, the military said the capture of Mariupol and Severodonetsk in the east were a priority for Russian forces. Mariupol has been under siege for over a week, with no electricity, gas or water
International
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Russian airstrike escalates offensive in western Ukraine

An American journalist was killed and another wounded when their car was fired upon at a Russian checkpoint Sunday, according to police.

4 years ago

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