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Trump uses coronavirus crisis to push his broader agenda
President Donald Trump is taking an old political adage to heart: Never let a crisis go to waste.
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"This portal will help facilitate the connections businesses need to get critical COVID-19-related products to market or retrofit their operations."
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Coronavirus update: Trump declares ‘major disaster’ in Del.; Feds give N.J. 500 more ventilators
New Jersey has now been granted half of the 2,500 ventilators Gov. Phil Murphy has asked of the federal government.
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Spreading the Philly love: 1,000 cheesesteaks donated to hospital workers around the region
Pat’s is sending sandwiches to medical staff in Philadelphia, Baltimore and NYC.
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Business groups, state and federal programs try to help N.J’s small businesses stay afloat
The question is whether loans, grants, tax credits and expanded unemployment benefits will be able to fully meet the growing demand for help
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Setting the record straight in another week of Trump and coronavirus
Easter is next Sunday, April 12. But the country isn’t close to being “opened up” by then, as President Trump said he’d like to see during a March 24 press conference.
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Counting toilet paper squares, composting: This how we deal with pandemic-era trash
Stay-at-home rules raise lots of new questions: How to manage all those delivery bags? Dispose of sanitizing spray and paper goods, or reuse them?
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Listen 1:20Tenants fear eviction. Landlords fear bankruptcy. How can Philly balance the two?
Tenants' rights groups want to extend a moratorium on evictions, but landlords say they're feeling the financial burden too.
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Take the virtual quiz: Test your Philly knowledge and beat the high score
Local trivia’s even more fun when you’re in lockdown.
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Another 4,331 New Jersey residents tested positive for coronavirus since Friday, and an additional 200 residents have died, the governor said.
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Coronavirus will accelerate EMS crisis in Pa.’s small towns and rural areas, experts say
When an EMT fell ill with the coronavirus in Upper Merion Township, the department saw its ranks suddenly dwindle. In all, 22 emergency personnel, including the fire chief.
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As Philly supermarkets feel scary and sparse, Reading Terminal Market delivers
“Once people find out we have product, they’re coming here,” said a butcher at Giunta’s Prime.
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Pa. officials: Play alone so parks can stay open
City and state officials are weighing the risks of keeping parks open as they work to enforce social distancing rules triggered by the coronavirus pandemic.
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Puzzles growing more popular ‘while stuck at home and going stir crazy’
Puzzle demand peaked during the Great Depression. With the economy in free fall and people under “stay at home’’ orders, puzzles are back in vogue.
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Listen 1:26Scientists probe how coronavirus might travel through the air
Simply talking could produce tiny particles of mucus and saliva that might carry the coronavirus, experts say.
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