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Many twists could unfold before Fattah case gets to trial

It could be a year before embroiled Philadelphia Congressman Chaka Fattah heads to trial on federal corruption charges. The vetera ...

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NJ Dems pick 5th District Assembly candidates

Democratic leaders have picked two candidates to run for Assembly in southern New Jersey’s 5th Legislative District. Camden ...

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 Bernie Sanders supporters gather at 1199C Union Hall in Philadelphia for a televised address by the Democratic presidential hopeful. (Bobby Allyn/WHYY)

Sanders fans — and those on the fence — gather for campaign message in Philly

Philadelphia area supporters of Bernie Sanders are beginning to spread the word about their preferred candidate for president just as he& ...

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Former U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

Feds indict Fattah on corruption charges

Federal authorities have indicted U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah on political corruption charges. The 20-year congressman ...

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A letter from wartime China reminds us things have been much, much worse

A letter from from wartime China by my aunt (my father’s older sister), who attended the Shipley School, graduated from Bryn Mawr C ...

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Members of the Philadelphian Haitian community march down Market Street Thursday afternoon chanting ‘boycott the D.R.!’ (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)

Philly activists call attention to Haitians in danger of deportation [photos]

Haitian immigrants in Philadelphia are among many across the United States protesting the deportation of thousands of Haitians from their ...

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 Shake-ups at Reddit, like the resignation of CEO Ellen Pao, pictured in this file photo from Feb. 24, 2015,are symptomatic of the growing pains of the web site that calls itself the front page of the Internet.  (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

Two of the Web’s more rambunctious sites struggle to grow up a little

The web site that calls itself the front page of the Internet finds itself mired in tabloid-type turmoil. Meanwhile, another brash ...

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 Democratic committeewoman Donna Bullock (left) and Republican ward leader Adam Lang are in a race to represent the 195th District. (Image via donnabullock195.com and Adam Lang's Facebook Page)

Special vote set for Aug. 11 to elect three to Pa. House

A political corruption scandal and an open state Senate seat mean some Philadelphia voters are heading to the polls next month to pick ne ...

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Three big things we learned from Pew’s report on Councilmanic prerogative

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 Pa. Rep. Kate Harper, R-Montgomery, holds mailings which she says unfairly depict her views on the state budget. (Laura Benshoff/WHYY)

Philly region Republicans weigh in on severance tax, budget deadlock

Sweating under the mid-day sun, nine Republican lawmakers from southeast Pennsylvania took Gov. Tom Wolf to task on the steps of Montgome ...

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 In this photo taken on Sunday, July 12, 2015, Pope Francis waves as he boards the plane back to Rome, in Asuncion, Paraguay. Pope Francis departed after a week long trip to Ecuador, Bolivia and Paraguay. (L'Osservatore Romano/Pool Photo via AP)

Small planet, big-time visitor — connecting Pluto and the pontiff

Pope Francis will soon be flying to Philadelphia. And just last week, the questioning spirit of science did a flyby of Pluto. Our ...

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US proposing rules for streams near coal mines

The Obama administration is proposing new regulations Thursday designed to reduce the impact of coal mining on the nation’s streams ...

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Judge rejects government argument in No Fly List lawsuit

A federal judge has rejected the U.S. government’s effort to invoke its state-secrets privilege to quash a lawsuit challenging the ...

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Obama to announce high-speed Internet help for homes

President Barack Obama set a goal of bringing high-speed Internet to most schools by 2017. And on Wednesday, he’s going to O ...

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Allan Domb: From Condo King to Tax Collector?

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