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The Royal Theater. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)

Carl Dranoff was a consultant on a project for which Johnson helped get new zoning. Prosecutors say the lawmaker did that after receiving bribes.

3 years ago

Corinne's Place, a mainstay of Camden's Haddon Ave. for decades, recently won an award from the James Beard Foundation. (Sophia Schmidt/WHYY)

Community

‘Legendary’ Camden soul food restaurant owner gets key to the city

For more than 30 years, Corinne’s Place has been a beloved mainstay of Camden. The latest honor for its award-winning owner: a key to the city.

3 years ago

First term legislators of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives are sworn-in, Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021, at the state Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa. The ceremony marks the convening of the 2021-2022 legislative session of the General Assembly of Pennsylvania. (Laurence Kesterson/AP Photo)

Politics & Policy

WITF

Pennsylvania’s Latinos want more state lawmakers from their communities. New district maps offer that chance

“Look, this means that they listened to us, they respected us and they tended to us,” Maria Gutierrez said

3 years ago

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas sits with his wife and conservative activist Virginia Thomas while he waits to speak at the Heritage Foundation on October 21, 2021 in Washington, DC.

NPR

Politics & Policy

Ginni Thomas reportedly pressed Trump’s chief of staff on overturning the election

The wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas reportedly urged former President Donald Trump's top aide to overturn the results of the 2020 election.

3 years ago

U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright shakes hands with U.S. soldiers during her visit to Air Base Eagle near Tuzla, Aug, 30, 1998. Albright has died of cancer, her family said Wednesday, March 23, 2022.(AP Photo/Amel Emric, File)

Radio Times

Politics & Policy

Special Archive Edition: Former Sec. of State Madeleine Albright

On this special edition of the Radio Times podcast, we revisit our interview with former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, who died Wednesday at the age of 84.

Air Date: March 24, 2022 6:00 pm

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Former US President Donald Trump speaks to the crowd during a rally at the Florence Regional Airport on March 12, 2022 in Florence, South Carolina. (Sean Rayford/Getty Images)

NPR

Courts & Law

Trump files lawsuit against Clinton, Democrats for Russia claims

It alleges that Trump, as a result of defendants' actions, has sustained losses of at least $24 million.

3 years ago

A person works on their laptop at George Bush Intercontinental Airport on December 03, 2021 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

NPR

Politics & Policy

U.S. airline CEOs call on President Biden to end the federal mask mandate on planes

The CEOs argue that the increase in vaccinations and the lifting of restrictions in other countries should make the Biden administration reconsider the policy for travelers.

3 years ago

File photo: Virginia Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, arrives to watch Amy Coney Barrett take the Constitutional Oath on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington,Oct. 26, 2020, after Barrett was confirmed by the Senate earlier in the evening. Virginia Thomas sent a series of increasingly urgent text messages imploring White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows to act to overturn the 2020 presidential election according to copies of the messages obtained by The Washington Post and CBS News

Politics & Policy

Report: Justice Thomas’ wife urged overturning 2020 election

Virginia Thomas sent weeks of text messages imploring White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows to act to overturn the 2020 presidential election.

3 years ago

New Jersey Assembly chambers. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

Politics & Policy

N.J. Assembly passes bill to create a memorial for frontline workers who died from coronavirus

The measure passed in both houses of the state Legislature. Now it heads to Gov. Phil Murphy’s desk.

3 years ago

File photo: Attorney Mark Pomerantz leaves court in New York Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2004. Pomerantz, who had been leading a criminal investigation into Donald Trump before quitting last month, said in his resignation letter that he believes the former president is “guilty of numerous felony violations” and he disagreed with the Manhattan district attorney’s decision not to seek an indictment

Ex-prosecutor: Trump ‘guilty of numerous felony violations’

In the letter published Wednesday by The New York Times, Mark Pomerantz said he disagreed with the Manhattan district attorney’s decision not to seek an indictment.

3 years ago

U.S. President Joe Biden steps off Air Force One as he arrives at Melsbroek military airport in Brussels, Wednesday, March 23, 2022. Western leaders are arriving in Brussels for Thursday's summits taking place at NATO and EU headquarters where they will seek to highlight their sense of unity in the face of the Russian invasion in Ukraine

Politics & Policy

Biden seeks new sanctions, help for Ukrainians in Europe

Biden arrived Wednesday in Brussels, where on Thursday he will meet with allies from NATO, the European Union and the Group of Seven nations.

3 years ago

Courts & Law

Jury selected in federal bribery trial of City Councilmember Kenyatta Johnson

Opening statements in the trial of Johnson and three co-defendants begin Thursday.

3 years ago

File photo: Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright speaks during the second day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, July 26, 2016. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Politics & Policy

Madeleine Albright, 1st female U.S. secretary of state, dies

President Bill Clinton chose Albright as America’s top diplomat in 1996, and she served in that capacity for the last four years of the Clinton administration.

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