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Tourism group gives funds to reopen Liberty Bell for 3 days

Tourists in Philadelphia for the holidays will be able to see the Liberty Bell this weekend despite a partial federal government shutdown.

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Courts & Law

Delaware targeted by another abandoned property lawsuit

Being the corporate home to many of the biggest companies in the world carries certain valuable perks for Delaware — along with a lot of bickering.

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In this Monday, Dec. 10, 2018, photo, Psychologist Hilarie Cash walks on a forest path at a rehab center for adolescents in a rural area outside Redmond, Wash. The complex is part of reSTART Life, a residential program for adolescents and adults who have serious issues with excessive tech use, including video games. Disconnecting from tech and getting outside is part of the rehabilitation process. The organization, which began about a decade ago, also is adding outpatient services due to high demand. Cash is chief clinical officer and a co-founder at reSTART. (AP Photo/Martha Irvine)

Lifestyle

‘Tech addicts’ seek solace in 12 steps and rehab

We like to say we're addicted to our phones or an app or some show on a streaming video service. But for some people, tech gets in the way of daily functioning and self-care.

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In this Jan. 25, 2017, file photo, an agent from the border patrol, observes near the Mexico-US border fence, on the Mexican side, separating the towns of Anapra, Mexico and Sunland Park, N.M. An 8-year-old boy from Guatemala died in government custody early Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2018, U.S. immigration authorities said. (AP Photo/Christian Torres, File)

Courts & Law

U.S. says 2nd Guatemalan child dies in immigration custody

The death came during an ongoing dispute over border security and with a partial government shutdown underway over President Donald Trump's request for border wall funding.

7 years ago

On Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2018, GoFundMe says it has made refunds to everyone who contributed to a campaign involving homeless veteran Bobbitt who prosecutors allege schemed with a New Jersey couple, McClure and D'Amico, to scam donors out of $400,000. (Elizabeth Robertson/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)

Courts & Law

GoFundMe says donors in alleged homeless scam refunded

GoFundMe says it has refunded everyone who contributed to a campaign involving a homeless veteran from Philadelphia.

7 years ago

Visitors to the National Christmas Tree on the Ellipse look at holiday decorations as National Park Service employees briefly open the venue before quickly having to close again due to electrical problems, Monday, Dec. 24, 2018, in Washington. Repairs were delayed because of a partial government shutdown. Both sides in the long-running fight over funding President Donald Trump's U.S.-Mexico border wall appear to have moved toward each other, but a shutdown of one-fourth of the federal government entered Christmas without a clear resolution in sight. (Andrew Harnik/AP)

Community

An icon of Christmas cheer went dark, some parks close

Federal workers at the agencies affected by the gap in appropriations go unpaid as long as the shutdown lasts.

7 years ago

Politics & Policy

Trump assails Fed as the ‘only problem our economy has’

Trump lashed out at the Federal Reserve on Monday after administration officials spent the weekend trying to reassure the public and financial markets.

7 years ago

Science

Did 2018 usher in a creeping tech dystopia?

The list is long: High-tech tools for immigration crackdowns. Fears of smartphone addiction. YouTube algorithms that steer youths into extremism. Gene-edited babies.

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The setting sun illuminates clouds behind the White House during a partial federal shutdown, Saturday, Dec. 22, 2018, in Washington. The partial federal shutdown was expected to drag into Christmas as President Donald Trump and congressional leaders remained stuck in a standoff over his border wall with Mexico. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Politics & Policy

Government unlikely to get fully back to business for days

The federal government is expected to remain partially closed past Christmas Day in a standoff over President Donald Trump's demand for funds to build a border wall.

7 years ago

Residents inspect a house damaged by a tsunami, in Carita, Indonesia, Sunday, Dec. 23, 2018. The tsunami apparently caused by the eruption of an island volcano killed a number of people around Indonesia's Sunda Strait, sending a wall of water crashing some 65 feet (20 meters) inland and sweeping away hundreds of houses including hotels, the government and witnesses said. (AP Photo)

Community

Tsunami set off by volcanic eruption kills 222 in Indonesia

More than 800 people were injured and dozens more missing after the tsunami hit around the Sunda Strait.

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People stand near a statue of George Washington, adjacent to the New York Stock Exchange, background, Saturday, Dec. 22, 2018, at the closed Federal Hall National Memorial in New York. Now in its 10th year, America's economic expansion still looks sturdy. Yet the partial shutdown of the government that began Saturday has added another threat to a growing list of risks. (Craig Ruttle/AP Photo)

Money

Partial government shutdown compounds risks for U.S. economy

Now in its 10th year, America's economic expansion still looks sturdy. Yet the partial shutdown of the government that began Saturday has added another threat.

7 years ago

In this image taken from a Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2018 video provided by SNJTODAY.COM, Buena Regional High School wrestler Andrew Johnson gets his hair cut courtside minutes before his match in Buena, N.J. (Michael Frankel/SNJTODAY.COM via AP)

Community

ACLU: N.J. wrestling incident isn’t about hair, but rather about race

A New Jersey high school wrestler had his dreadlocks cut off minutes before his match after a referee told him to lose the hairstyle or forfeit his bout.

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