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N.J. woman opens ‘Uncomfortable Conversation’ to model ways of talking about sexual assault
Launching “The Uncomfortable Conversation” is ...
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ListenJudge frees mom, toddler from Berks immigrant detention center after 22 months
A mother from Honduras and her 3-year-old son are free after nearly two years in an immigrant detention center in Berks County, Pennsylva ...
8 years ago
Listen 5:25In town hall meeting, U.S. Rep. Costello calls for calm, cooperation on polarizing issues
U.S. Rep. Ryan Costello, R-Pennsylvania, showed his independence from the top elected official in his party at a town hall meeting Monday ...
8 years ago
As new school year nears, advocates working to help college students who lack necessities
A few weeks ago, special-education advocate Debra Isaacs Schaefer was tutoring a group of teenagers in foster care. “We were ...
8 years ago
Beyond ‘repeal and replace,’ area GOP lawmakers offer prescription for improving ACA
After years of promising to “repeal and replace” the Affordable Care Act, some Republicans in Congress are now using the R ...
8 years ago
ListenEMILY’s List targeting Philadelphia area Republicans in 2018
The 2018 congressional elections are still 16 months away — but a PAC that backs women candidates who support abortion right ...
8 years ago
House bills have Chesco mushroom farmers hopeful a labor fix is around the corner
More than half of all mushrooms grown in the US come from Pennsylvania, primarily southern Chester County. But finding enough ...
8 years ago
ListenViolent crime is down in Norristown, but its unsafe reputation remains
“I wouldn’t live in Norristown for all the money in the world,” said Chuck Rutledge, as he sat in his wheelchair, smoki ...
8 years ago
Listen 5:31With 20 homicides in 2017, Chester could surpass recent murder record
Since Friday, two people have been shot and killed in the Chester, Pa. A third, an 11-year-old boy, was struck by a stray bullet bu ...
8 years ago
Listen15,000 new seasonal guest-worker visas simply a ‘Band-Aid’ for labor shortage, say employers
On January 2, Carl Hemphill, president of Three Seasons Landscaping in Upper Darby, applied to the U.S. Department of Labor for ten worke ...
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Listen4 responding to Bucks emergency treated for exposure to suspected opioid
On July 10, Bucks County first responders received a call about a cardiac arrest taking place in a car pulled to the side of the road on ...
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Cousin charged along with DiNardo in deaths of 4 Bucks men
Another man has been arrested in the deaths of four Bucks County men, culminating a weeklong investigation into their mysterious disappea ...
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