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Candidates who attended ‘Stop the Steal’ rally before deadly insurrection win races
At least 13 candidates on Tuesday's ballots for state or local offices were in Washington, D.C., for the rally promoting the lie that the 2020 election had been stolen.
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Roll up your sleeves: Kids’ turn arrives for COVID-19 shots
Pediatricians’ offices, pharmacies, hospitals, schools and health clinics were poised to begin the shots after the final OK late Tuesday.
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Bad omens for Democrats and 4 more takeaways from Republicans’ big nights in N.J. and Va.
The first big electoral night of the Biden presidency provided a bad omen for Democrats in 2022, and Republicans may have found a way to campaign in the post-Trump era.
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What you need to know about COVID vaccines for kids ages 5-11
The CDC now recommends the COVID-19 vaccine for kids 5 to 11. Here’s what you need to know about pediatric vaccines.
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Listen 2:40Breast reconstructive surgery has historically prioritized how breasts look, but there’s been less emphasis on the numbness in women’s chests that follows.
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Decades later, a new look at Black Panthers and their legacy
Some activists and historians are taking another look at the legacy of the Panthers — harbingers of today’s identity politics.
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G-20 make mild pledges on climate neutrality, coal financing
Leaders of the world’s biggest economies made a vague commitment Sunday to seek carbon neutrality “by or around mid-century” as they wrapped up a two-day summit in Rome.
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Nearly half the Afghan evacuees are children. Here are photos of kids coming through Philadelphia.
The operation has slowed down, but planes carrying hundreds evacuated from Afghanistan are still arriving at PHL.
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Big, messy, complicated: Biden’s plan churns in Congress
Fallout was brutal Friday after Biden’s announcement of a $1.75 trillion framework still failed to produce ironclad support from two key holdout senators.
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More than 25,000 Afghan refugees have passed through Philadelphia
Following a call from the Biden administration in August, Philadelphia opened its airport to Operation Allies Welcome, receiving Afghani evacuees.
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Families of 9 killed in S.C. church settle with feds over gun purchase
The Justice Department will pay $88 million, which includes $63 million for the families of the slain and $25 million for survivors of the shooting, it was announced Thursday.
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![Heminghaus.PHL Airport PressCon_007 Philadelphia mayor Jim Kenney. A press conference at Philadelphia International Airport about the ongoing Operation Allies Welcome as the airport welcomes more than 25,000 Afghan evacuees. [DANIELLA HEMINGHAUS]](https://whyy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Heminghaus.PHL-Airport-PressCon_007-360x280.jpg)

