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NPR
The vaccines work against severe disease. Here’s why boosters are still a good idea
Vaccines still do a solid job at warding off hospitalization from omicron. Scientists explain how boosters help and the best timing to get one.
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‘SNL’ ditches audience, limits cast and crew amid omicron
The sketch comedy show announced Saturday afternoon that the night’s episode would tape without a live audience and with only limited cast and crew.
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Far-right using COVID-19 theories to grow reach, study shows
White supremacists and far-right extremists are using the social media platform Telegram to expand their reach and recruit followers.
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Fox stars tried to get Trump to act on Jan. 6, texts show
Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham and Brian Kilmeade all texted advice to Trump's chief of staff, Mark Meadows, as a mob of pro-Donald Trump loyalists stormed the Capitol.
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Michael Strahan flies to space with astronaut’s daughter
The Amazon founder's space company launched the former football player and co-host of ABC’s “Good Morning America” on Saturday morning from West Texas.
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NPR
Amazon announces progress after an outage disrupted sites across the internet
The company says its "network device issues" are resolved. Earlier, users were blocked from sites or apps connected to Amazon Web Services, including NPR, and Netflix.
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Talking smack and playing cards: World Series of Spades debuts in Philly
Comedian Clint Coley’s streaming tournament of playing cards and talking smack starts its 2nd season with a watch party in Fishtown.
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CNN fires Chris Cuomo for role in fighting brother’s sexual harassment scandal
Cuomo's termination follows revelations that shed light on the journalist's role in helping his brother, former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
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Be. Do. Love: A new initiative seeks career stories inspired by love
Be. Do. Love: Career Stories Inspired by Love is a new initiative that invites professionals to share what is at the heart of the work that they do.
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CNN suspends Chris Cuomo for helping brother in scandal
The network said transcripts released by New York's attorney general revealed its anchor had a greater involvement in his brother's case than they knew.
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Biden bill would give local news outlets ‘shot in the arm’
President Joe Biden’s $1.85 trillion social spending bill includes a provision that, if it becomes law, would mark the first time the f ...
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Billy Penn
Meet the person running @phillyaffirmation, the Instagram account perfectly memeing life in Philly
Followers jumped from 3k to 25k in one weekend.
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Billy Penn
40 years ago, a legendary Philly columnist helped defuse a prison hostage situatoin
The Graterford crisis was one of many negotiated by well-trusted Chuck Stone, who spent two decades at the Daily News.
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Chalkbeat Philadelphia
Proposed Philly media policy called a ‘gag order.’ District says it’s ‘standard operating procedure’
The Philadelphia Federation of Teachers said the proposed policy constituted “egregious and reprehensible attempts” to limit its members’ ability to speak to the media.
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6abc
South Jersey social media influencer, Philly-based companies sued for misleading customers
Dana Chanel co-owns and operates one company with her sister and the other with her father.
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