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Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., left, listens as President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with lawmakers about trade policy in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018, in Washington.
Politics & Policy

U.S. Senate approves ceremonial bill from Toomey sending trade message to Trump

The measure states that the president can’t use the national security concerns to invoke tariffs — known as Section 232 — without congressional approval

8 years ago

Ten states and the District of Columbia are investigating Wendy's and other fast-food chains over the use of
NPR
Courts & Law

Pa. AG joins investigation into ‘noncompete’ clauses at fast-food chains

The goal of the probe is to help quantify how many people are affected and how it affects workers' ability to move up the ladder, says Shapiro.

8 years ago

In a statement, Pfizer said it will return prices on dozens of the company's drugs to where they were before July 1
NPR
Money

Pfizer agrees to postpone drug price hikes after Trump tweet

Pfizer says its decision is aimed at giving the president the opportunity to work on his proposals to lower prices.

8 years ago

Moshe Porat, dean of Temple's Fox School of Business at the 2012 Musser Excellence in Leadership Award dinner.
Education

Temple ousts business dean after report finds false data was submitted for years for online MBA rankings

Temple University ousted Moshe Porat, dean of its Fox School of Business after a ...

8 years ago

People walk by a Starbucks store in Chicago on May 29. Starbucks announced it plans on removing plastic straws from its 28,000 stores worldwide by 2020.
NPR
Money

Starbucks: Goodbye plastic straws

Starbucks announced on Monday it plans to eliminate plastic straws from its 28,000 stores worldwide by 2020.

8 years ago

The New Jersey Hair Braiding Freedom Coalition assembles outside the the State House in Trenton before a committee hearing in May. (Courtesy of Brooke Fallon)
Community

New Jersey hair braiders want an end to licensing laws

The natural braiding technique — requiring no coloring, cutting or special tools — appears headed to an exemption from N.J. law requiring practitioners have a license.

8 years ago

Listen 1:49
Robert Davidson finished his Las Vegas statue of Lady Liberty in 1996. A federal judge ruled last week that Davidson's replica was different enough from the original Statue of Liberty to hold a copyright. (John Locher/AP)
NPR
Money

Stamp-size mistake costs U.S. Postal Service $3.5 million

For years, a U.S. Postal Service stamp mistakenly bore the image of a Lady Liberty replica.

8 years ago

The FAA declined to regulate seat size and pitch on airlines, saying current dimensions do not present a safety hazard. (Ted S. Warren/AP)
NPR
Community

FAA to passengers: Not our job to regulate seat size, legroom on planes

The decision came in the form of a letter responding to a lawsuit brought by the group Flyers Rights.

8 years ago

Beachwood Beach
Down the Shore
Community

Vendor apologizes to communities after failing to deliver fireworks

Fourth of July fireworks shows didn't go off as planned in two New Jersey communities after a vendor failed to deliver the fireworks.

8 years ago

The former GM plant near Newport, Delaware has been vacant since 2009. New plans for a logistics and fulfillment center at the site could bring 2,000 new jobs to the area. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
First
Community

Hopes for rebirth at former Delaware auto plant

After a decade of dormancy, the former GM vehicle assembly plant near Newport is about to get a multi-million dollar overhaul.

8 years ago

Listen 5:32
Located in a remote spot on the Delaware River tubing route, the Famouse River Hot Dog Man is the only game in town for tubers, whose lazy journeys can last four to six hours.
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

24 days of summer: The business of being the Famous River Hot Dog Man

Since 1987, Greg Crance has run a hot dog stand in the middle of the Delaware River. It's a beautiful office, but a fickle business.

8 years ago

Listen 4:23
(Bigstock)
Courts & Law

Fireworks are (mostly) legal now in the tri-state area. Here’s what you need to know.

Over the last year, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware have all relaxed their consumer fireworks laws.

8 years ago

Penn Presbyterian Medical Center (https://goo.gl/maps/eirwk2nuHCu)
Health

Injectable opioid shortages put hospitals on brink of public health crisis

After Pfizer cut back on production, Philly's Penn Presbyterian Medical Center is getting 30 percent less injectable morphine, fentanyl, and Dilaudid than it did a year ago.

8 years ago

Celebrities and VIPs smash guitars as part of the grand opening celebration at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City Thursday. Movie stars lent an air of celebrity glitz to the gritty seaside gambling resort as two of its shuttered casinos reopened with more than 6,000 of the 11,000 jobs it lost during a brutal stretch of casino shutdowns. (Seth Wenig/AP Photo)
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

Rebounding from a losing streak, Atlantic City celebrates two new casinos

The Hard Rock Hotel & Casino and the Ocean Resort Casino both hosted festivities Thursday to officially open their doors to gamblers and hotel guests.

8 years ago

Listen 2:14
At some point this year, Pennsylvanians will be able to legally gamble on sports. (AP)
Politics & Policy

Pa. gradually laying out structure for legal sports betting

Lawmakers legalized the gambling expansion last year, but it wasn't permitted under federal law until a U.S. Supreme Court decision last month.

8 years ago

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