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 Hundreds gather on Independence Mall to celebrate the Supreme Court decision supporting same-sex marriage. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

Supreme Court says same-sex couples have right to marry in all 50 states

The Supreme Court declared Friday that same-sex couples have a right to marry anywhere in the United States. Gay and lesbian coupl ...

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New civic group looks to bring another voice to the table in East Falls

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 Earlier this month, advocates call for closing the Berks Family Detention Center and the release of its residents. (Bill Hangley/WHYY)

Judge orders return of undocumented immigrant deported from Pa. detention facility

A federal judge has ordered immigration officials to bring back an undocumented immigrant who was deported from a federal detention cente ...

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 Harriet Tubman on a $20?  (Image via WomenOn20s.org)

Time for a woman on U.S. currency, but how?

There’s a growing consensus that it’s time for a woman to appear on U.S. currency, but there’s been no agreement on how ...

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Obama planned to hire 3,100 new federal employees to legalize illegal immigrants before being enjoined by federal courts.

            Now we know that President Obama’s plan to unilaterally legalize mil ...

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Clinton calls for ‘common-sense’ gun control, decries racism

Issuing an emotional plea following the South Carolina church shooting, Hillary Rodham Clinton called for “common-sense” gun ...

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N.J. Governor Chris Christie speaks at the 2015 Northeast Republican Leadership conference. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)

GOP presidential hopefuls courting support at Philadelphia conference

At least a dozen Republicans are officially running for president, with many more openly considering making a bid for the White House. So ...

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U.S. to pay millions for Agent Orange claims

In a turn-around, the government has agreed to provide millions of dollars in disability benefits to as many as 2,100 Air Force reservist ...

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 Michael Brown Sr. holds up a plaque honoring his son, Michael Brown, to show volunteers as they remove items left at a makeshift memorial last month in Ferguson, Missouri. The memorial that has marked the place where Brown was fatally shot by a police officer in August has been removed and will be replaced with the permanent plaque. (Jeff Roberson/AP Photo)

All U.S. states out of step with U.N. standards on police use of deadly force

Pennsylvania is one of nine states allowing police to use deadly force against rioters who’ve been told to disperse. And in Delawar ...

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Crying shame — laureate’s comments take the prize for nonsense

Well, here’s one hypothesis for which we, sadly, now have proof. It is possible to be a Nobel laureate in medicine and also ...

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Council approves plan to restructure planning and development agencies

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House panel calls out nuke officials for repeated failures

Members of a U.S. House panel say they’re frustrated with decades of security and safety lapses at the sites that make up the natio ...

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 Erika Almiron, executive director of Juntos, a Latino community advocacy organization, calls for the closing the Berks Family Detention Center and the release of its residents. (Bill Hangley/WHYY)

Protesters call for closing immigrant family detention center in Berks

Ten women at a Pennsylvania detention center for undocumented immigrants are staging a work stoppage to protest what they say are inhuman ...

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GOP-controlled Hill panel backs state medical marijuana laws

The federal government would be unable to block state laws permitting the use of medical marijuana under legislation that has been approv ...

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Hillary Clinton to hold fundraiser with Jon Bon Jovi

Hillary Clinton will hold her first fundraiser in New Jersey since launching her campaign for the Democratic nomination for president lat ...

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