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No parties, no trips: Colleges set COVID-19 rules for fall
Critics question whether it's realistic to demand that college students not act like typical college students. The push illustrates the high stakes for universities this fall.
5 years ago
How fast is the coronavirus spreading (or not) in Philadelphia? Check this chart
Contact tracing is key to keeping a community's positivity rate below 1.
5 years ago
Trump executive orders encroach on Congress’ powers, invite challenges
Trump’s embrace of executive actions to sidestep Congress ran in sharp contrast to his criticism of former President Obama’s use of executive orders on a more limited basis.
5 years ago
US reaches 5 million confirmed coronavirus cases
The milestone was reached as new cases run at about 54,000 a day. Cases are rising in nearly 20 states, and deaths are climbing in most.
5 years ago
Schools face big virus test as students return to classroom
Reopening schools is easy. Keeping them open will be the hard part.
5 years ago
Doctors, hospitals launch voter registration efforts
Amid the dual public health crises of COVID-19 and racism, some in the medical community are prescribing a somewhat nontraditional remedy: voting.
5 years ago
Trump orders more unemployment pay, a payroll tax deferral
Extra aid for the unemployed will total $400 a week, a cut from the $600 that just expired.
5 years ago
Vote-by-mail worries: A ‘leaky pipeline’ in many states
Brace yourself for what’s expected to be the first U.S. presidential election conducted mostly by mail. It’s likely to be a wild ride.
5 years ago
3,000 Philadelphians applied for emergency weddings, only 20% got approved
The city limited pandemic licenses to frontline workers and others at risk.
5 years ago
Pandemics are hard. Investing in community-based artists could help.
Philadelphia is facing a long road to recovery. History shows us that public spending on the arts can bolster the economy — and the health of communities.
5 years ago
Their struggle is to keep children and families safe while keeping their doors open.
5 years ago
U.S. reports show racial disparities in kids with COVID-19
Racial fractures in the U.S. health care system have been exposed, as Black, Hispanic and Native Americans have been hospitalized and killed by COVID-19 at far higher rates.
5 years ago
Postal Service loses $2.2B in 3 months as virus woes persist
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, disputed reports that his agency is slowing down election mail or any other mail and said it has “ample capacity to deliver all election mail.
5 years ago
Please Touch Museum cuts staff, plans to stay closed until 2021
The Philadelphia children’s museum in Fairmount Park believes the public is not yet ready to come back.
5 years ago
How arguments in Washington are holding up coronavirus relief in Pennsylvania
Key players in the Capitol say they won’t make any decisions about how to spend $1 billion in remaining stimulus cash until Washington finishes negotiating a second stimulus.
5 years ago
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