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Health

Alcohol’s link to cancer

US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy wants cancer warnings on alcohol labels. Could updated labels, taxes, fewer liquor stores or advertising bans make Americans drink less?

Air Date: January 7, 2025 12:00 pm

Listen 51:41
A utility meter
PlanPhilly
Money

A Pa. utility shutoff law is expiring. Here’s what you need to know

A state law governing utility termination expires Dec. 31. But the winter shutoff moratorium stays in effect.

1 year ago

Listen 1:02
Night falls on the dome of the Capitol in Washington.
Politics & Policy

Closures, Social Security checks, furloughs: What a government shutdown might mean

Congress has until midnight Friday to come up with a way to fund the government, or federal agencies will shutter.

1 year ago

Donald Trump and JD Vance stand and smile
Courts & Law

ABC News agrees to give $15 million to Donald Trump’s presidential library to settle defamation lawsuit

The lawsuit pertains to anchor George Stephanopoulos' inaccurate, on-air misstatements about verdicts in E. Jean Carroll’s two civil lawsuits against the president-elect.

1 year ago

Cherelle Parker signs legislation as other look on
Politics & Policy
Billy Penn

Cars prohibited from stopping in bike lanes in Philly

Mayor Parker signed the new law Wednesday. It’s a big win for bike safety advocates.

1 year ago

Elon Musk
Courts & Law

Delaware judge reaffirms ruling that invalidated massive Tesla pay package for Elon Musk

The judge ruled in January that Musk engineered a pay package potentially worth $56 billion in sham negotiations with directors who were not independent.

1 year ago

The Port of Wilmington in Delaware.
Courts & Law

Pa. district judge delivers another setback to Delaware on Edgemoor port expansion project

This is the latest stumbling block for the new Edgemoor terminal at the Port of Wilmington. Delaware argued it should be allowed to intervene in the lawsuit.

1 year ago

Carter Hart skating
Courts & Law

Court hears legal arguments in sex assault case of 5 hockey players, including ex-Flyers goalie

Arguments will continue for weeks in the case involving Carter Hart, who left the Flyers in January, and four other members of Canada’s 2018 world junior hockey team.

1 year ago

Donald Trump and Amy Coney Barrett
Politics & Policy

President-elect set to shape ‘Trump judiciary’ for next generation

Legal experts predict President-elect Donald Trump will move quickly next year to cement and extend his legacy in appointing federal judges.

1 year ago

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
Studio 2
Politics & Policy

RFK’s promise to ‘Make America Healthy Again’

Why has Trump's presumptive HHS nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s message on vaccines, pharmaceuticals and ultraprocessed foods resonated with so many Americans?

Air Date: November 19, 2024 12:00 pm

Listen 51:14
Immigration discussion in Philadelphia
Politics & Policy
Billy Penn

Local immigration lawyers weigh in on the election’s hot button issue

They push back on the negative portrayal and hearken to our history. “It’s who we are as Americans,” says one.

1 year ago

mail ballots on a shelf
Politics & Policy

Republicans ask Pennsylvania court to put on hold decision on mail ballot envelope rules

The national and state Republican parties are appealing a Pennsylvania court ruling that would relax the rules for mail ballots.

1 year ago

a sign for the Loysville Youth Development Center
Courts & Law

Lawsuits claim dozens of children were sexually abused inside Pennsylvania juvenile facilities

A law firm said Wednesday it filed claims on behalf of more than 60 people. More than 200 people have launched such cases since May.

1 year ago

Elon Musk speaks onstage
Politics & Policy

Elon Musk said he’d give away $1M a day until Election Day for signing his PAC’s Constitution-backing petition. Is that legal?

The billionaire X owner promised Saturday to give away $1 million a day until Nov. 5 for people signing the petition. Some election experts say it's a violation of the law.

1 year ago

Donald Trump
Courts & Law

This could have been a year of a federal court reckoning for Trump. Judges had other ideas

A year that began with the prospect of a federal court reckoning for Trump will end without any chance of a trial.

1 year ago

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