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Science

Opposition to data center construction is rising sharply, survey says

Opposition has jumped significantly among both Democrats and Republicans, according to a recent Penn poll.

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Courts & Law

Montgomery County sues social media companies over youth mental health harm

Research shows using social media for three or more hours a day doubles the risk of certain mental health problems for teens.

12 hours ago

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Courts & Law

Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday sues TikTok over youth addictiveness and exposure to mature content

Pennsylvania joins more than a dozen other states suing the social media company.

2 days ago

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Zach Peckman is jumping rope at the competition in Buffalo, NY. He is hunched forward and is whipping the rope so quickly it is barely visible. A crowd of onlookers watch.
Community

This Bucks County teenager is taking competitive jump rope to new heights

17-year-old Zach Peckman, a U.S. national champion and world record holder in competitive jump rope, hopes the sport will be added to the Olympics.

3 days ago

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Science

Plymouth Township, Conshohocken-area residents shout, boo, as hearing for data center begins

Residents say they’re concerned the new data center will reduce property values and impact their quality of life in the suburban Pennsylvania towns.

6 days ago

Otto-Eldred students Jack Sherry and Alexis Prince boot up their refurbished, school-issued laptops
Education

How the costly digital age is leaving behind Pa.’s rural, underfunded schools

Students in remote school districts like Otto-Eldred are using failing, outdated technology. In some cases, it's costing them their futures.

1 week ago

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Health

‘Your days are numbered’: DOJ, federal agencies target health care fraud, Medicaid schemers in Pennsylvania

Federal agencies and state partners announced criminal charges against 19 people who allegedly defrauded Medicaid with home health schemes.

1 week ago

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A woman wearing gloves drops off a mail ballot at a drop box in Hackensack, N.J., on July 7, 2020.
Courts & Law

Pennsylvania joins states asking Supreme Court to block Trump administration’s mail ballot rules

Pennsylvania and Philadelphia election officials warn that imposing new federal mail-ballot rules before the midterms could sow confusion and disenfranchise eligible voters.

1 week ago

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Courts & Law

Cheltenham Township appoints Richard Schaffer as police chief

Richard Schaffer started his career with the Cheltenham Township Police Department as a patrol officer in 2000. He’ll now be leading the department.

1 week ago

Pediatricians at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia “prescribe” books to young patients
Health

Pennsylvania pediatricians want to help improve child literacy rates by ‘prescribing’ books at health visits

The Reach Out and Read model targets literacy rates among young kids. A new Pennsylvania affiliate is expanding services in the commonwealth.

1 week ago

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Politics & Policy

Democrats haven’t held the Pa. Senate in nearly 50 years. Philly’s suburban swing districts may change that

Democrats have big policy plans if they win the three seats they need for a majority in the state Senate.

1 week ago

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Community

‘You are somebody’: West Philadelphia festival pays tribute to Martin Luther King Jr.’s local civil rights activism

The annual “Freedom Now” festival commemorates King’s 1965 speech to 10,000 Philadelphians.

2 weeks ago

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Courts & Law

4 coaches, 6 students charged in Cheltenham High School hazing scandal

Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin Steele accused the former coaches of engaging in a cover-up to prevent the student victim from telling his mother.

2 weeks ago

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Science

Pennsylvania takes aggressive stance to prevent flesh-eating New World screwworm fly from coming into the state

Eradicated in the U.S. for 60 years, the fly returned in June with new cases in Texas. It can infect any warm-blooded mammal.

2 weeks ago

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Siddiq Kamara speaks at a press conference
Courts & Law

Havertown man charged with threatening Sheriff Siddiq Kamara, Delco DA says

The man allegedly phoned the sheriff and left two threatening voicemails, in which he said “death to Islam” and called Kamara a racial slur.

2 weeks ago

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