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Javier Garrido Martinez holds his 4-year-old son after they were reunited on July 11, 2018, in New York. (Robert Bumsted/AP)
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Politics & Policy

5 facts to know about migrant family reunification

Here are five questions about family reunification answered.

7 years ago

Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate Scott Wagner campaigns at a town hall in Glenside
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Politics & Policy

Wolf to veto abortion ban if Roe falls; Wagner won’t commit

Abortion could be a big issue in the pa gov's race as supreme court could turn issue back to the states.

7 years ago

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Fighters from the United Liberation Movement of Liberia (ULIMO) shoot their way through downtown Monrovia, LIberia Tuesday, April 16, 1996. (AP Photo/Jean-Marc Bouju)
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Philadelphia is a flashpoint for Liberian human rights advocates

The recent federal convictions of suspected Liberian war criminals in Philadelphia is fueling the demand for a war crimes court in Liberia.

7 years ago

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This Nov. 10, 2016, file photo, released by the Nevada Department of Corrections, shows the execution chamber at Ely State Prison in Ely, Nev. Nevada plans to carry out its first execution in 12 years using a never-before-tried combination of drugs that drew a court challenge over concerns that a convicted murderer could suffer during the lethal injection. Scott Raymond Dozier is scheduled to die July 11, 2018. An American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada official called for Gov. Brian Sandoval or prisons chief James Dzurenda to stop the planned execution until questions about the process and drugs are answered. (Nevada Department of Corrections via AP, File)
Science

N.J. drug company’s lawsuit could derail Nevada execution

A last-minute lawsuit filed by a drug company that doesn't want its product used in "botched" executions could derail a scheduled execution.

7 years ago

Members of the group occupying the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge headquarters hug after Ammon Bundy, center, left, one of the sons of Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy, spoke with reporters during a news conference Monday, Jan. 4, 2016, near Burns, Ore. The group calls itself Citizens for Constitutional Freedom and has sent a
NPR
Politics & Policy

President Trump pardons Oregon cattle ranchers Dwight and Steven Hammond

Protesters who rallied to support the Hammonds included Ammon Bundy, who was part of a self-styled militia in 2016.

7 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.

7 years ago

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Plastic trash is deposited at the high tide line at Monmouth Beach, New Jersey, where local merchants are banned from using plastic straws, styrofoam food containers, and plastic bags. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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Community

Monmouth Beach ban on plastics — most comprehensive in N.J. — off to smooth start

Merchants say there's been a period of adjustment since the ban started June 1, but most customers are taking it in stride.

7 years ago

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Taney Street is named for the chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court who wrote the infamous Dred Scott decision. (Google Maps)
PlanPhilly
Community
PlanPhilly

A renewed push to give Taney Street a different name

Taney Street is named after Roger B. Taney, fifth chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court and author of what is arguably its most infamous decision, Dred Scott v. Sanford.

7 years ago

A 2016 file photo of the Federal Election Commission's headquarters in Washington, D.C. The campaign finance agency is considering new disclosure rules for online political ads. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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Money

As secret money surges in elections, the FEC considers a small step for transparency

When it comes to transparency for political money there are three buckets: fully disclosed, partly disclosed and not disclosed at all.

7 years ago

A proposed constitutional amendment in Delaware seeks to safeguard the
Education

Transgender rights battle spurs Delaware GOP to seek Constitutional amendment for ‘parental rights’

Gov. John Carney’s attempts to create an anti-bias policy in Delaware schools that would protect all children, especially transgender o ...

7 years ago

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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.

7 years ago

A senior citizen's group called The Old Farts were arrested in front of Philadelphia’s ICE headquarters Friday morning in protest of the Trump administration’s family separation policy. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

‘Old Farts’ group protest results in arrest of six at ICE in Philadelphia

A group of elderly protestors blocked the ICE office in Philadelphia this morning. A half dozen decided to be arrested instead of moving.

7 years ago

Philadelphia Senator Anthony Williams, Governor Tom Wolf, and Philadelphia Representative Jordan Harris pose for pictures after signing the Clean Slate bill. (Katie Meyer/WITF)
Politics & Policy

Wolf signs law to seal certain Pa. criminal records

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf has signed a bill to wipe clean criminal records for certain low-level offenders if they go a decade without any other convictions.

7 years ago

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Courts & Law

The Supreme Court: Kennedy’s retirement and recent rulings

Guests: Lisa Tucker, David Rudovsky Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy announced this week that he would be re ...

Air Date: June 29, 2018 10:00 am

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Children and workers are seen at a tent encampment last week n Tornillo, Texas. The Trump administration was using the tent facility to house immigrant children separated from their parents. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Community

As federal court mandates migrant family reunification, Pa. lawyer questions process

For children under 5, the court has ordered reunification within 14 days. How to do so remains a mystery, says a Pennsylvania attorney representing 11 of the migrant kids.

7 years ago

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