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This combination of photos shows clockwise from top left the logos for Toyota, Honda, Kia, Fiat Chrysler, Mitsubishi and Hyundai. U.S. auto safety regulators have expanded an investigation into malfunctioning air bag controls to include 12.3 million vehicles because the bags may not inflate in a crash. (AP)
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Politics & Policy

Government expands air bag investigation to include more than 12 million vehicles

The government is expanding an investigation into malfunctioning air bags, to include an additional 12.3 million vehicles with air bags that could fail to inflate in a crash.

7 years ago

Penn Book Center, an independent book store on 34th Street in University City, is scheduled to close in May. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community

Writers’ petition calls on university to save Penn Book Center, a ‘watering hole for the mind’

Throughout this week, Penn Book Center supporters are marching daily from the University City campus to the bookstore — just one block away.

7 years ago

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Geoffrey S. Berman, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, speaks during a news conference announcing charges against Rochester Drug Co-Operative Laurence Doud III, Tuesday, April 23, 2019, in New York. The former head of a drug distributor has been indicted on what federal prosecutors say are the first-ever criminal charges against a drug company executive stemming from the opioid crisis. (Mary Altaffer/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

Feds: Ex-CEO is first drug exec indicted in opioid crisis

The indictment alleges former Rochester Drug Co-Operative CEO Laurence Doud III ordered subordinates to ignore red flags about pharmacy customers to maximize company revenue.

7 years ago

The Wing company, a Google spinoff, has won federal approval to operate its drone delivery system as an airline in the U.S. (Wing)
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Community

FAA certifies Google’s Wing drone delivery company to operate as an airline

By developing delivery drones — and a retail system that would connect customers with local merchants — Google's parent company is directly competing with Amazon.

7 years ago

Perhaps one day Humboldt pot will be as famous as Bordeaux wine. (Richard Vogel/AP Photo)
Money
The Conversation

Can artisanal weed compete with ‘Big Marijuana’?

The drug’s growing legalization is raising concerns among small-scale marijuana farmers and retailers that the corporatization of weed may be right around the corner.

8 years ago

The state Department of Labor and Industry reported an increase in new jobs in March. (Keith Srakocic/AP Photo)
Community

Pa. unemployment hits lowest level since 1976

Pennsylvania's unemployment rate has sunk to its lowest-ever recorded level.

8 years ago

Kendra Brooks (right) with 215  People's Alliance criticizes Philadelphia City Councilman Allan Domb for profiting from the city's 10-year tax abatement program. She is joined by council candidate Erika Almiron (left). (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Politics & Policy

Allan ‘Condo King’ Domb targeted by critics of Philly property tax abatement

A group of activists wants Allan Domb out of City Council. They say he shouldn’t be making decisions about development policy because of his lucrative second job.

8 years ago

Yvette A. Núñez, vice president of civic affairs for the Chamber of Commerce for a Greater Philadelphia speaks about the PHL Neighborhood Growth Project (Abdul Sulayman/The Philadelphia Tribune)
Community
The Philadelphia Tribune

Philly business leaders seek to combat poverty through improving education, creating jobs

The Chamber of Commerce for a Greater Philadelphia is advocating for an inclusive neighborhood growth agenda to help address the city’s stagnant poverty rate.

8 years ago

The entrance to Elmwood Park Zoo in Norristown. (Hshuvaeva via Wikimedia Commons)
Money

Norristown considers 5% tax on zoo, cultural institutions

Norristown may begin taxing concerts and events to avoid a budget shortfall.

8 years ago

The Philadelphia skyline is pictured in a file photo.
Community

WHYY acquires local news site Billy Penn

WHYY has acquired the digital news startup Billy Penn from Spirited Media. Public media companies have snapped up several such sites in recent years.

8 years ago

Top government leaders told NPR that federal agencies are years behind where they could have been if Chinese cybertheft had been openly addressed earlier. (Bill Hinton Photography/Getty Images)
NPR
Money

As China hacked, U.S. businesses turned a blind eye

Technology theft and other unfair business practices originating from China are costing the American economy more than $57 billion a year, White House officials believe.

8 years ago

(Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
Community
Marketplace

Facing a labor shortage, construction tries to rebrand

Wages are rising because employers are desperate for workers like masons, pipefitters and electricians.

8 years ago

This undated photo provided by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission shows the Fisher-Price Rock 'n Play Sleeper. Fisher-Price is recalling nearly 5 million infant sleepers after more than 30 babies rolled over in them and died since the product was introduced in 2009. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission says that anyone who bought any models of the Fisher-Price Rock 'n Play sleeper should stop using it right away and contact Fisher-Price for a refund. The recall covers about 4.7 million of the sleepers, which cost between $40 and $149. (U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission via AP)
Lifestyle

Dozens of deaths prompt Fisher-Price recall of 4.7 million sleepers

Fisher-Price says it stands by the safety of its products and issued the recall 'due to reported incidents in which the product was used contrary to warnings, instructions.'

8 years ago

City Councilman Derek Green. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Community

Councilman proposes change to Philly bidding system to boost small businesses

Philadelphia Councilman Derek Green proposes changes in the city’s bidding process to give small local businesses a better chance of winning contracts under $100,000.

8 years ago

Students from Southwest Leadership Academy are seen in this 2019 file photo navigating a sidewalk near the school congested with wrecked cars and debris associated with two auto repair shops on the block. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Community
PlanPhilly

Southwest Philly battles life in an auto zone

Auto-related businesses have taken over more than 100 former homes in a residential Elmwood, creating new health and safety hazards for residents.

8 years ago

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