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Mariner East 2 pipeline construction crews work in the backyards of homes on Lisa Drive in West Whiteland Township, Chester County, on May 2, after sinkholes opened in the area. That caused one of the ME2 project's many delays. (Marie Cusick/WITF)
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Environment
Pennsylvania
Public Health

DEP fines Sunoco for damaging drinking water in Berks, Chester and Lebanon counties in 2017

Construction of the Mariner East 2 pipeline resulted in cloudy water for some; others lost use of their wells

8 years ago

Alderman James Cappleman holds his CityKey ID card, Friday, June 8, 2018, in Chicago. The city of Chicago is sending out staffers into various communities to get the municipal ID cards into the hands of undocumented immigrants, homeless people, senior citizens and others who often find it hard to obtain a valid form of identification. Officials hope that in a couple of years more than 100,000 Chicago residents will have the cards that can be used to register to vote and do things like check out a book from the library. (AP Photo/Annie Rice)
Immigration
Philadelphia
Politics

Philadelphia set to roll out municipal IDs in January

Many populations in the city are unable to access services because they lack the proper identification. Issuing municipal IDs is expected to solve that problem.

8 years ago

New Jersey Transit train
New Jersey
Transportation

New Jersey rail commuters are experiencing what some call ‘Summer of Hell 2’

New Jersey commuters trying to get into New York City this morning experienced long delays as 17 trains were cancelled.

8 years ago

Alex Jones and his Infowars channels have been removed from YouTube; Facebook and Apple's iTunes have also deleted most or all of his outlets on their services. He's seen here being escorted from a rally near the 2016 Republican National Convention.
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Media
National

YouTube, Apple and Facebook ban Infowars, which decries ‘mega purge’

"Apple does not tolerate hate speech," the company said in a statement. "We believe in representing a wide range of views, so long as people are respectful to others

8 years ago

New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal speaks during a news conference. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
New Jersey
Race & Ethnicity

Radio hosts suspended for slur against Sikh AG return to air

The hosts of a popular New Jersey radio show suspended for calling the nation's first Sikh attorney general "turban man" are back on the air.

8 years ago

Jessica Byrd, the founder of Three Point Strategies, leads a session on stump speeches at the second annual Black Campaign School in Atlanta, Ga.
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Race & Ethnicity

Black campaign school seeks to build black political power

8 years ago

President Donald Trump is seen boarding Air Force One on Saturday in New Jersey, the day before he reiterated his stance that the focus of Donald Trump Jr.'s 2016 Trump Tower meeting was to collect incriminating information on presidential opponent Hillary Clinton
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Government Accountability
National

Trump admits his son met with Russian lawyer to get dirt on Clinton

In a tweet early Sunday morning, Trump said the meeting was arranged "to get information on an opponent," and is "totally legal."

8 years ago

A demonstrator holds a
NPR
National
Race & Ethnicity
Social Justice

Majority of black Americans value social media for amplifying lesser-known issues

A new Pew study found that 8 in 10 black Americans value the platforms for magnifying issues that aren't usually discussed.

8 years ago

In this April 30, 2018 photo, Chip Kohser, the Beaver county Republican chairman, stands overlooking the construction of a chemical plant on the banks of the Ohio River near Beaver, Pa., that will help convert natural gas into plastic, creating hundreds of jobs in an area that has seen population dwindle since the collapse in the 1980's of the steel industry. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
Economy
Pennsylvania

Jobs boom favors Democratic counties, not Trump strongholds

The jobs data show an economy that is as fractured as the political landscape ahead of the 2018 midterm elections.

8 years ago

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, left, survived an
NPR
International

Venezuelan officials say president Nicolás Maduro is unharmed after drone ‘attack’

Maduro was giving a live televised speech in the capital city of Caracas on Saturday when, a government spokesman said, explosive-carrying drones went off near the president.

8 years ago

In this July 30, 2018, file photo, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis attends a swearing in ceremony for Robert Wilkie as Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. President Donald Trump wants a Space Force, a new military service he says is needed to ensure American dominance in space. But the idea is falling flat at the Pentagon, where Mattis has said it would add burdensome bureaucracy and costs. (Andrew Harnik/AP Photo)
International
Military
Space

Trump wants a Space Force, but Pentagon has different idea

The administration intends to announce next week the results of a Pentagon study.

8 years ago

President Trump in January 2018. On Friday, a federal judge ruled the administration has not provided adequate justification for ending the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. (Evan Vucci/AP)
NPR
Immigration
National

Judge orders Trump administration to fully restore DACA

The administration has 20 days to appeal, before immigrant protections are reinstated.

8 years ago

In this April 27, 2017, file photo, right wing group Patriot Prayer leader Joey Gibson speaks during a rally in support of free speech in Berkeley, Calif. The conflict between Patriot Prayer and the so-called
National

Heavy police presence as right-wing rally begins in Portland

Portland, Oregon, is bracing for what could be another round of violent clashes on Saturday.

8 years ago

In this May 16, 2012, file photo, the Facebook logo is displayed on an iPad in Philadelphia (Matt Rourke/AP Photo).
Media

Campaigns on their own as cyber threats roil midterms

Kamala Harris has been the target of social media misinformation campaigns since she became a U.S. senator.

8 years ago

In this March 18, 2014 file photo, voters cast their ballots. (M. Spencer Green/AP Photo, File)

Report: Trump commission did not find widespread voter fraud

The now-disbanded voting integrity commission launched by the Trump administration uncovered no evidence to support claims of widespread ...

8 years ago

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