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Politics & Policy

Beverly Jaker of Woodbridge (right) and her sister, Marilyn, lounge under beach umbrellas in Manasquan on July 29, 2019. (Nicholas Pugliese/WHYY)
New Jersey
Outdoors
Public Safety

Beach umbrella impalements spur Sen. Menendez to call for action

Wind can turn the sunshades into “projectile spears,” U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez said. He wants a federal agency to issue safety guidelines.

7 years ago

Environmental Protection Agency administrator Andrew Wheeler (left) and U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) visit Monroe refinery in Trainor, Pa., to discuss eliminating the federal regulation that requires blending ethanol with gasoline. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Business
Energy
Environment

At Delco refinery, Toomey pushes to reverse ethanol mandate

The Pa. Republican co-sponsored a bill with California Democrat Feinstein to dump the mandate that the fuel made from corn be mixed into transportation fuel.

7 years ago

 Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton speak during the second presidential debate last year at Washington University in St. Louis. Your political beliefs may be influencing your perception. (AP file photo)
National Interest
National Interest

Remember 2016? When beating Trump in the debates didn’t matter?

He went 0 for 3 against Clinton, but won anyway. So much for the importance of debates. Perhaps 2016 was an outlier.

7 years ago

More than 100 people gathered at the Mother Bethel AME Church in Center City Sunday vowing to fight for reform of a police force they say isn’t accountable to the city’s people. (Ximena Conde/WHYY)
Philadelphia
Policing

Philly police will sign a new city contract in 2020. These activists want a seat at the negotiating table.

Recent revelations of Philadelphia police sharing bigoted Facebook posts have stirred anger over a city police department that has paid out $18 million in misconduct suits.

7 years ago

Rafael Robb is escorted from court to a waiting car in King of Prussia Pa. on Feb. 1, 2007, after he was ordered to stand trial on charges of first- and third-degree murder. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
The Why
Criminal Justice
Pennsylvania

The Pa. loophole a Penn prof and confessed killer almost slipped through

Penn economist Rafael Robb bludgeoned his wife, Ellen to death in 2006 and was released after only 10 years. Why his case revealed cracks in Pa.'s criminal justice system.

Air Date: July 29, 2019

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Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats testifies before the Senate Intelligence Committee in January. Coats often operated behind the scenes, but when he spoke publicly, his assessments were often at odds with President Trump. (Jose Luis Magana/AP Photo)
NPR
National

Dan Coats, who challenged President Trump, is ousted from top intelligence job

The departure of the director of national intelligence means that almost every senior member of President Trump's original national security team is gone from his or her job.

7 years ago

A Border Patrol officer guards the U.S.-Mexico border fence in Nogales, Ariz., in February. The Supreme Court on Friday said the Trump administration could continue with its plan to use military funds to build a wall along sections of the southern border. (Ariana Drehsler/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
Immigration

Supreme Court lets Trump border wall move forward, but legal fight still looms

The Supreme Court has allowed the Trump administration to use military funds to build sections of the president's desired border wall while litigation is ongoing.

7 years ago

Smyrna School District Superintendent Patrick Williams (third from left)talks about legislation allowing police to inform school leaders when a student experiences a traumatic event. (From left) Gov. John Carney, Lt. Gov. Bethany Hall-Long, and Smryna Police Chief Torrie James stand alongside Williams in Carney’s Dover office. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
Behavioral Health
Delaware
Kids

Del. police to notify schools when a student experiences trauma at home

Delaware Gov. Carney has signed legislation requiring police to notify schools if a student has experienced or witnessed a traumatic event.

7 years ago

Senate intelligence committee Chairman Richard Burr, R-N.C., praised the work of state and local election officials in the past few years, but said,
NPR
Elections

Senate Intel Committee unveils election security report in wake of Mueller hearings

The report appeared as the 2020 presidential race gets underway after the former special counsel said to expect continued Russian interference.

7 years ago

Centre County introduced new ES&S voting machines in the primary on May 21, 2019. (Min Xian/WPSU)
Elections
Government Accountability

Election upgrades could come with hidden costs for Pa. taxpayers

Already facing $100M+ in upfront costs for machines, counties are struggling to pin vendors down on pricing for software updates.

7 years ago

In this Thursday, Nov. 3, 2016, photo, pedestrians in Newburgh, an upstate New York city already struggling with poverty and violent crime were told to have their blood tested for a toxic chemical because its water supply was found to have high levels of the cancer-linked chemical PFOS that was used for firefighting at the nearby military base. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)
Radio Times
Environment
Public Health
Race & Ethnicity
Social Justice

Environmental racism / Mueller testimony

We talk about why environmental health hazards disproportionately affect communities of color and we get analysis of Robert Mueller's testimony before Congress.

Air Date: July 25, 2019 10:00 am

Listen 49:04
Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló announced late Wednesday that he is resigning from office amid a scandal over hundreds of pages of text messages he exchanged with his inner circle that included sexist, homophobic and other insulting material. (Carolyn Kaster/AP Photo)
NPR
Government Accountability
International

Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló resigns in wake of text message scandal

His resignation comes after nearly two weeks of street protests. On Monday, hundreds of thousands of people shut down a large highway.

7 years ago

The remains of Clarkson
The Why
Aging
Public Health

Why so many bodies go unclaimed in the Philly suburbs

Hundreds of unclaimed dead are lying in morgues and unmarked graves in the Philly suburbs. Who are they and why is no one claiming their remains?

Air Date: July 25, 2019

Listen 13:23
Former special counsel Robert Mueller, checks pages in the report as he testifies before the House Judiciary Committee hearing on his report on Russian election interference, on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, July 24, 2019 in Washington. (Alex Brandon/AP Photo)
National

Pa. representatives stick to party line in Mueller hearing

Three Pennsylvania members of Congress had a chance to question former Special Counsel Robert Mueller Wednesday.

7 years ago

Former special counsel Robert Mueller is sworn in to testify to the House Judiciary Committee about his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 24, 2019. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)
National Interest
Elections
National
National Interest

Robert Mueller performs in congressional Kabuki theater

His tendentious terminology, coupled with his stoic reticence, will not move the ball forward.

7 years ago

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