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Government

Rally-goers hold up signs at the rally in defense of abortion rights at Philadelphia’s National Constitution Center on June 25, 2022. (Emily Rizzo/WHYY)
Health

Philly sends $500,000 in emergency funding to the Abortion Liberation Fund of PA

Even though abortion remains legal in Pennsylvania, the money is designed to support Philadelphians seeking access to an abortion.

4 years ago

Russian President Vladimir Putin hands flowers to Alina Kabaeva after awarding her with an Order of Friendship during a ceremony at the Kremlin in June 2001. (Sergei Chirikov/AFP via Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

The U.S. has sanctioned Vladimir Putin’s long-rumored romantic partner

Rumors of a relationship between Putin, 69, and Alina Kabaeva, 39, date back more than a decade.

4 years ago

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. (center) is flanked by Paivi Nevala, minister counselor of the Finnish Embassy (left) and Karin Olofsdotter, Sweden's ambassador to the U.S., as he welcomes diplomats just before the Senate vote to ratify NATO membership for the two nations in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Politics & Policy

Senate backs Finland, Sweden for NATO 95-1, rebuking Russia

Lawmakers call Wednesday's 95-1 vote to expand the Western defensive bloc a “slam-dunk” for U.S. national security and a day of reckoning for Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

4 years ago

File photo: In this July 19, 2018, photo, Rep. Jackie Walorski, R-Ind., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Walorski's office says that she was killed Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022, in a car accident.  (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
Politics & Policy

Indiana Rep. Jackie Walorski killed in car crash, her office says

She previously served three terms in the state’s legislature. Walorski, 58, was born in South Bend and lived near Elkhart, Indiana.

4 years ago

Governor Phil Murphy stands next to Frank Giampa of Vesta Wood-Fired Pizza and Bar in East Rutherford. (Edwin J. Torres/NJ Governor’s Office).
Politics & Policy

Gov. Murphy signs law extending expanded outdoor dining rules

Recent surveys have found that a high percentage of restaurant patrons would like to see COVID-inspired outdoor dining continue.

4 years ago

A close-up of someone handling a mail-in ballot.
Politics & Policy

Pa. is giving counties cash for elections. But some say the strings attached might make their jobs harder

Pennsylvania’s latest budget included new funding for counties to administer elections. But counties say it includes strings that make their jobs harder.

4 years ago

Jon Steward (center) walks with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y. (left) and Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., to a news conference after the Senate passed a bill designed to help millions of veterans exposed to toxic substances during their military service, Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Politics & Policy

Senate approves bill to aid vets exposed to toxic burn pits

The GOP objections delayed final passage, infuriating veterans groups and advocates, including comedian Jon Stewart.

4 years ago

This handout photo taken and released by Malaysia’s Department of Information, U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, center, waves to media as she tours the parliament house in Kuala Lumpur, Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2022. Pelosi arrived in Malaysia on Tuesday for the second leg of an Asian tour that has been clouded by an expected stop in Taiwan, which would escalate tensions with Beijing. (Malaysia’s Department of Information via AP)
Politics & Policy

U.S. Speaker Pelosi arrives in Taiwan, raising China tensions

Nancy Pelosi arrived in Taiwan on Tuesday night, becoming the highest-ranking American official to visit the self-ruled island that is claimed by China in 25 years.

4 years ago

Parkway Central Branch of the Free Library of Philadelphia
Community

Video: What’s the future for Philly’s libraries?

WHYY student interns Dre'Mere Reyes and Lamar Reed explore the challenges facing the Free Library of Philadelphia.

4 years ago

President Joe Biden speaks from the Blue Room Balcony of the White House Monday, Aug. 1, 2022, in Washington, as he announces that a U.S. airstrike killed al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri in Afghanistan. (Jim Watson/Pool via AP)
Politics & Policy

Biden’s COVID sequel: back on the balcony, dog for company

It’s back to the White House balcony and the Treaty Room for President Joe Biden as he contends with a “rebound” case of COVID-19.

4 years ago

The U.S. Capitol is shown from afar on a sunny day.
Politics & Policy

Dems seem headed for climate, health win after ups and downs

The package would save consumers and the government money by curbing prescription drug prices, and it would subsidize private health insurance for millions of people.

4 years ago

The White House is seen from afar, surrounded by trees.
Politics & Policy

Doctor: Biden tests positive for COVID for 2nd day in a row

President Joe Biden has tested positive for COVID-19 for the second straight day, in what appears to be a rare case of “rebound” following treatment with an anti-viral drug.

4 years ago

A woman sits in an armchair with a laptop in front of her.
NPR
Health

Millions of Americans have long COVID. Many of them are no longer working

An estimated 4 million workers in the U.S. are struggling to work due to debilitating symptoms from long COVID.

4 years ago

Would earning this sticker motivate you to vote? (Hudson Rowan)
NPR
Politics & Policy

A teenager’s ‘I Voted’ sticker design hits a nerve, and now everyone wants one

When 14-year-old Hudson Rowan drew his spider-robot-humanoid character for an "I Voted" sticker competition, he didn't realize just how far the illustration would travel.

4 years ago

File photo: President Joe Biden removes his face mask as he arrives to speak about the economy during a meeting with CEOs in the South Court Auditorium on the White House complex in Washington, Thursday, July 28, 2022. Biden tested positive for COVID-19 again Saturday, July 30, slightly more than three days after he was cleared to exit coronavirus isolation, the White House said, in a rare case of “rebound” following treatment with an anti-viral drug. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
Politics & Policy

Biden tests positive for COVID-19, returns to isolation

White House physician Dr. Kevin O’Connor says in a letter that Biden “has experienced no reemergence of symptoms, and continues to feel quite well.”

4 years ago

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