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The former PES refinery site in South Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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‘We don’t see the refinery starting’: PES site’s new owner envisions an ‘environmentally conscious’ commercial hub

The $225.5 million deal is done. Chicago-based Hilco plans to turn the 1,300-acre site in Southwest Philly into a distribution and logistics center.

5 years ago

Eden Park's pool is one of four public swimming facilities in Wilmington that open Wednesday with COVID-19 restrictions. (City of Wilmington)
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Del. coronavirus recovery: Wilmington to open public pools next week

The pools will open for about five weeks, and for now be limited to 60 percent of capacity. COVID-19 health and safety precautions are required.

5 years ago

Students participate in an Advanced Placement government class at Hightstown High School in Hightstown, N.J., Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2019. (Seth Wenig/AP Photo)
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N.J. coronavirus recovery: Schools to reopen in the fall; lawmakers weigh three-month budget

New Jersey schools will offer some form of in-person instruction this fall, but many students may also learn remotely, Gov. Phil Murphy announced Friday.

5 years ago

(Dan Nott for Spotlight PA)
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Spotlight PA

Politics, fear keep some COVID-positive people from disclosing contacts. What’s the solution?

Some counties are leaning on trusted community messengers to improve contact tracing success.

5 years ago

Automobiles drive into the Fort Washington Interchange of the Pennsylvania Turnpike (AP, file)
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Pa. coronavirus recovery: Philly may not go green July 3; PennDot again extends driver’s license dates

COVID-19 cases are on the rise, says Health Commissioner Thomas Farley, who announced a mandatory mask order.

5 years ago

Tubers prepare to float the Comal River in New Braunfels, Texas, on Thursday, despite the recent spike in COVID-19 cases. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Wednesday that the state is facing a
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U.S. sets daily record for new COVID-19 cases

With numbers spiking across southern states, the U.S. set a daily record for new COVID-19 cases Thursday in a return to figures not seen since late April.

5 years ago

New Normal
The Pulse
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What’s Here to Stay or Gone Forever?

COVID-19 hasn’t just changed the world — it’s transformed the way we live. On a national scale, it has upended politics and flatten ...

Air Date: June 26, 2020

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The Pulse
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Can coronavirus ‘Victory Gardens’ quell post-pandemic hunger?

With rampant unemployment and several meat-packing plants linked to COVID-19 outbreaks, many people are turning to at-home horticulture for relief.

5 years ago

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A jogger can be seen in the distance running in Wilmington
Health

Gov. Carney delays Delaware’s next phase of reopening the state

Delaware will not move into phase three just yet — which would allow bars to reopen and visits to senior living facilities and hospitals.

5 years ago

A North Atlantic right whale leaps out of the water.
Down the Shore
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Critically endangered whale found dead off N.J. coast

The carcass of a critically endangered whale species was found floating off the coast of New Jersey on Thursday, federal authorities said.

5 years ago

Children gather on the playground at Titus Elementary School, playing and talking to news reporters about the threat of the virus that shut down their school and four others in Central Bucks County. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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Pa. coronavirus recovery: Philly suburbs prepare to go ‘green’

Coronavirus update: Counties prep to loosen restrictions - WHYY

5 years ago

National Guard soldiers and airmen assist with a drive-thru COVID-19 testing site.
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Pa. revises death toll during pandemic months upward by 2,000 fatalities

The mortality rate during the pandemic’s apex rose by 30% compared to the same period in 2018 and 2019.

5 years ago

Protesters in scrubs and lab coats
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Broke in Philly

The loss of Hahnemann resonates a year later as COVID-19 and Black Lives Matter protests roil Philadelphia

The imposing shell of the shuttered safety-net facility has become a symbol of inequity in health care amid a pandemic that has hit Philly's Black population especially hard.

5 years ago

National Guard soldiers help with coronavirus response
Health

U.S. health officials believe 20M Americans have had coronavirus

The estimation comes as the Trump administration works to tamp down nationwide concern about the pandemic and about a dozen states are seeing worrisome case increases.

5 years ago

A man carrying a brick is confronted by protesters inside the Capitol Hill Organized Protest in Seattle on June 14.
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Parties — not protests — are causing spikes in coronavirus

As coronavirus clusters have popped up, states are using contact tracing to learn more about how they're contributing to the spread of the virus.

5 years ago

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