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Pa. primary 2026 | Track results live

Politics & Policy

Radio Times
Elections
Pennsylvania

Pa. primary election results and analysis

Guests: Dave Davies, Chris Borick, Chris Potter 2018 is a particularly fascinating year for primary elections for ...

Air Date: May 16, 2018 10:00 am

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Gov. Tom Wolf has designated eight schools in Pennsylvania as certified academic clinical research centers to help bulk up the meager federal research on medical marijuana. (AP file photo)
Health Care
Higher Education
Public Health

Wolf OKs clinical research on medical marijuana at 8 Pa. schools

Designating the schools as certified academic clinical research centers will help bulk up the meager federal research on medical marijuana, governor says.

8 years ago

Madeleine Dean celebrates a victory in the Democratic primary for Pennsylvania’s 4th Congressional District with Rabbi Larry Sernovitz and granddaughter Aubrey Cunnane, 6.
Dave Davies: Off Mic
Elections
Pennsylvania

Pa. women lead charge for Congress

Three women will lead local Democrats into a potentially game-changing general election

8 years ago

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In this April 27, 2018 file photo, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, (left), and South Korean President Moon Jae-in shake hands after signing on a joint statement at the border village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone, South Korea. The two Koreas will hold a high-level meeting on Wednesday, May 16, 2018, to discuss setting up military and Red Cross talks aimed at reducing border tension and restarting reunions between families separated by the Korean War. (Korea Summit Press Pool via AP, File)
International

South Korea news agency: North Korea threatens to cancel U.S. summit

North Korea canceled a high-level meeting Wednesday with South Korea and threatened also to call off a historic summit planned next month with the United States.

8 years ago

Palestinian demonstrators run or take cover from tear gas fired by Israeli forces at the Israel-Gaza border. (Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters)
NPR
International

With 60 killed in Gaza, U.N. Rights Commissioner criticizes Israel

On Monday, the White House blamed the death toll on the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas.

8 years ago

 The former Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Willow Grove and present day Horsham Air Guard Station is shown Thursday, March 10, 2016, in Horsham, Pa. The military is checking whether chemicals from firefighting foam might have contaminated groundwater near its bases nationwide. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Environment
National

White House feared PR ‘nightmare’ over agency’s stricter chemical limits, emails show

Emails show that the federal Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Control is planning to publish recommendations that EPA officials warned would fuel public alarm.

8 years ago

(WHYY file photo)
Keystone Crossroads
Elections
Government Accountability
Pennsylvania

Primary day is first test of Pa.’s redrawn congressional map

Pennsylvania voters are heading to the polls Tuesday for the first election under a new congressional map that’s expected to yield ...

8 years ago

An audience member holds a fake news sign during a President Donald Trump campaign rally in Washington Township, Mich., Saturday, April 28, 2018.
National Interest

Trump voters say they get no respect (gee, I wonder why)

Much time and effort is being devoted to "understanding" the typical Trump voter

8 years ago

George Soros, founder and chairman of the Open Society Foundations, before the start of a meeting at EU headquarters in Brussels in 2017. (Olivier Hoslet/AP)
NPR
International

George Soros group leaves Hungary, citing ‘hate campaign’

Billionaire George Soros' pro-democracy Open Society Foundations will pull out of Hungary following growing pressure from the right-wing government there.

8 years ago

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents gather before serving a employment audit notice at a 7-Eleven convenience store in Los Angeles in January.
NPR
Immigration

Trump administration doubles worksite investigations to combat illegal immigration

Immigration officials say they have launched more than 3,500 worksite investigations, already doubling the number of cases compared to the previous fiscal year.

8 years ago

Cars and trucks parked in the bike lanes on Spruce and Pine streets force cyclists to take risky dodges into traffic.
Philadelphia

City Council moves to monitor dangerous Philly intersections

In 2017, 96 people suffered fatal injuries in traffic crashes. The toll included 40 pedestrians and three cyclists.

8 years ago

Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner (center) with Philadelphia City Commissioner Lisa M. Deeley; Minister Rodney Muhammad, president of the Philadelphia NAACP; and Assistant District Attorney Peter Berson. They say the city is ready to respond to any Primary Election Day issues through the Election Fraud Task Force. (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)
Elections
Philadelphia

Philly mobilizing to deter fraud at polls during primaries

In preparation for Tuesday's primary election, the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office is mobilizing a special task force to keep an eye on the polls.

8 years ago

The flag of Israel is raised above City Hall in Philadelphia Monday. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Philadelphia

Israeli flag raised at Philadelphia City Hall

As the U.S. opened its embassy in Jerusalem, Philadelphia officials raised Israel's flag at City Hall Monday to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the nation.

8 years ago

First lady Melania Trump will remain in Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for the rest of the week after undergoing a procedure to treat a benign kidney condition.  (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Melania Trump hospitalized for kidney condition

The White House said Monday that Melania Trump was hospitalized after undergoing a procedure to treat a benign kidney condition.

8 years ago

Senate Armed Services Chairman John McCain, R-Ariz., arrives for votes on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday evening, Nov. 27, 2017.
National Interest

Care to guess why the Trumpists hate John McCain?

When the news leaked on Thursday that a Trump aide had despicably dissed John McCain (he "doesn't matter, he's dying anyway"), it triggered a firestorm that's still burning.

8 years ago

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