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Politics & Policy

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra speaks during a press conference at the California State Capitol
NPR
Medicine
Public Health

Biden names health secretary, COVID czar, other key members to health team

President-elect Joe Biden has said addressing the coronavirus pandemic is his top priority. Here are some of the people he is putting in charge of that big task.

5 years ago

Rudy Giuliani looks on during an appearance before the Michigan House Oversight Committee
NPR
National
Public Health

Rudy Giuliani tests positive for coronavirus, Trump says

Giuliani has spent the last several weeks leading failed legal challenges to try to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.

5 years ago

Supporters of President Trump attend pro-Trump marches outside the Supreme Court building in Washington on Nov. 14.
NPR
Elections
Law
National

Trump’s legal losses come fast and furious

The Trump campaign and allied Republicans had sought to overturn results in six states. "We don't need courts," Rudy Giuliani told Fox News.

5 years ago

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump walk on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Saturday, Dec. 5, 2020, before boarding Marine One for a short trip to Andrews Air Force Base, Md. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Elections
National

Trump presses Georgia governor to help subvert election

According to a tweet from the Georgia governor, Trump also asked him to order an audit of signatures on absentee ballot envelopes from the presidential race in his state.

5 years ago

Signs promoting the 2020 census hang on a fence in Reading, Pa., in September. The Census Bureau has found irregularities in this year's census responses that could affect the counting of millions of people. (Ben Hasty/MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle via Getty Images)
NPR
National

Millions of census records may be flawed, jeopardizing Trump’s bid to alter count

The number of 2020 census records requiring quality checks has ballooned into the millions. That may stop Trump from getting control of a key count before leaving office.

5 years ago

The Pennsylvania state Capitol
Economy
Public Health

Pa. Senate Dems offer $4 billion pandemic relief plan

Pennsylvania Senate Democrats proposed a plan to provide financial aid to restaurants, hospitals and other sectors that are expected to continue struggling.

5 years ago

President-elect Joe Biden speaks about jobs at The Queen theater, Friday, Dec. 4, 2020, in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Elections

Biden officially secures enough electors to become president

California certified its presidential election Friday and appointed 55 electors pledged to vote for Joe Biden, officially handing him the Electoral College majority.

5 years ago

A supporter of President-elect Joe Biden holds up his mobile phone to display the electoral college map outside the Philadelphia Convention Center
Keystone Crossroads
Elections
National
Pennsylvania
Politics

Pa. GOP leaders urge Congress to ‘object’ to Electoral College vote — Dems call it ‘desperation’

A group of Pa. Republican lawmakers are urging Congress to take an extreme, last-ditch, and likely ineffective step to overturn President-Elect Joe Biden’s victory.

5 years ago

Former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani speaks during the news conference in the parking lot of Four Seasons Total Landscaping.
Elections
Philadelphia
NBC10

Trump’s Four Seasons Total Landscaping bill: On the house

President Trump’s campaign filings list more than 100 payments for facility rentals – but none to the Philadelphia company that hosted his most memorable press conference

5 years ago

In this Friday, March 22, 2019, file photo, a marijuana plant is visible at Compassionate Care Foundation's medical marijuana dispensary in Egg Harbor Township, N.J. (Julio Cortez/AP Photo)
Criminal Justice
Law

House votes to decriminalize marijuana at federal level

Supporters say the pot bill would help reverse adverse effects of the decades-long “war on drugs.”

5 years ago

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell are now in direct talks about coronavirus relief aid, after weeks of pushing competing proposals. (Brendan Smialowski/AP Photo)
NPR
Economy
Public Health

Momentum for coronavirus relief bill builds, but time short as parties work on deal

With days left before Congress aims to wrap for the year, Republicans and Democrats appear more willing to negotiate on a COVID-19 relief bill. But key sticking points remain.

5 years ago

With indoor dining on hold, some restaurants have gone to great lengths to make outdoor dining work in the winter. (Mark Henninger/Imagic Digital)
Business
Food & Drink
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Philly passes 180-day ban on restaurant evictions, throwing struggling industry a lifeline

Other retail businesses are still looking for relief, as landlords demand rent payments.

5 years ago

The Horsham Air Guard Station in Bucks County, Pa. where the use of PFAS chemicals in firefighting foam has been linked with contamination of local water supplies. (Jon Hurdle/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Environment
Pennsylvania
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Plans for PFAS probe move forward in southeast Pennsylvania townships

Starting next year, the project aims to look for signs of illness in the blood of 1,000 adults and 300 children in and around Horsham, Warrington and Warminster townships.

5 years ago

Radio Times
Policing
Race & Ethnicity

“Long Time Coming:” Michael Eric Dyson on today’s racial reckoning

Professor, minister and author Michael Eric Dyson on his book, "Long Time Coming," written as letters to victims of police violence from Emmett Till to George Floyd.

Air Date: December 4, 2020 10:00 am

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In this file photo, water is tested after a chemical spill. (Alex Sanz/AP Photo)
Environment
New Jersey
NJ Spotlight

N.J. water watchdog chief says industry should face tighter regulation on chemical leaks

Dr. Keith Cooper, chairman of the Drinking Water Quality Institute, said existing regulations have not done enough to prevent pollution by industry.

5 years ago

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