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Pennsylvania

Cooling towers at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Middletown (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Money
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Three Mile Island Unit 2, site of nation’s worst nuclear accident, to be sold, dismantled

A Salt Lake City-based company is in talks to purchase and dismantle Three Mile Island’s long-mothballed Unit 2 reactor — the site of the nation’s worst nuclear accident.

6 years ago

Bill Cosby
Courts & Law

Cosby appeal to focus on other women’s testimony, quaaludes

Cosby's lawyers have raised a long list of alleged trial errors as they try to get last year's verdict overturned.

6 years ago

Shapiro and supporters of his Track and Trace initiative on the state Capitol steps Thursday. (Katie Meyer/WITF)
Courts & Law

Pa. AG Shapiro works to drum up support for gun tracking among police, sellers

Pennsylvania's attorney general is trying to convince firearms dealers and police precincts around the commonwealth to do a more effective job tracking guns.

6 years ago

Regional rail train
PlanPhilly
Community
PlanPhilly

SEPTA’s solar-powered train signals expected to improve safety in severe weather

With the new solar technology, SEPTA train engineers should be able to keep Regional Rail lines running safely when the main energy grid goes down.

6 years ago

Nikkole Salter and Renika Williams perform in Dominique Morisseau's
Arts & Entertainment

‘Mud Row’ tells the story of black history in West Chester’s east end

Award-winning playwright Dominique Morisseau chooses West Chester’s east end for a play about gentrification.

6 years ago

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Secretary of Defense Mark Esper speaks during a full honors welcoming ceremony for him at the Pentagon, Thursday, July 25, 2019, in Washington. President Donald Trump attended the ceremony. (Alex Brandon/AP Photo)
Community

Bucks and Montco activists skeptical about Pentagon PFAS task force

The new Secretary of Defense says he wants to review how chemicals in firefighting foam contaminated groundwater near military bases nationwide.

6 years ago

Keith and Keren Byrne are pictured with their youngest child. (Courtesy of Keren Byrne)
Courts & Law

Judge orders ICE to release Irish man slated for deportation after decade in Montco

After two weeks in ICE custody, Irish national Keith Byrne, who had been living in Montco for more than a decade, will be released on a judge’s orders.

6 years ago

A nurse's aide helps nursing home patient Louise Irving on Wednesday, March 25, 2015. (Richard Drew/AP Photo)
Community

Audit shows Pa. nursing homes understaffed, problem projected to get worse

An audit of Pennsylvania nursing homes warns that staffing levels at these facilities are insufficient and on track to get worse.

6 years ago

Nikolaos Tzima Hatziefstathiou, also known as “Nik the Hat.”  (Nik Tzima Hatziefstathiou Facebook page)
Courts & Law

DA says Delco man faked racist email, impersonated national journalists

The Delco DA’s Office says Nikolaos Tzima Hatziefstathiou, 25, faked the premises of articles, doctored government documents, and impersonated the press.

6 years ago

Amy Wax teaches a class at the University of Pennsylvania.
Education
The Philadelphia Tribune

Penn Law dean: Prof’s comments were ‘bigoted’

The dean of the UPenn Law School issued a statement Tuesday, condemning a professor’s assertion that America “will be better off with more whites and fewer nonwhites."

6 years ago

Attorney Richard Serbin (left) and Don Asbee (right) announce the lawsuit at the state Capitol in Harrisburg. David Clohessy, with the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, is at center.
Courts & Law

Harrisburg diocese sued for conspiracy, fraud related to child abuse

A lawsuit has been filed against Harrisburg's Roman Catholic diocese for covering up alleged brutal sexual abuse of a boy more than 40 years ago.

6 years ago

A pedestrian walks by the state Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., Friday, June 28, 2019.  (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Politics & Policy

Advocacy groups attempt to halt imminent General Assistance repeal

Two advocacy groups are suing Pennsylvania's Department of Human Services over the repeal of a small cash assistance program for poor people who don't qualify for other aid.

6 years ago

Pennsylvania Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa.
Politics & Policy

New oversight in place after Pa. GOP chair’s resignation

The new chairman of the Pennsylvania Republican Party is kicking off his tenure with at least one major change.

6 years ago

The Fort Indiantown Gap National Guard training center in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania is the only known habitat for the Regal Fritillary butterfly in the eastern U.S. (Marie Cusick/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Science
StateImpact Pennsylvania

This rare butterfly has found refuge at an unlikely place: A Pennsylvania military base

The regal fritillary, a rare butterfly that’s nearly disappeared from the eastern United States, has found refuge in a surprising place — a National Guard training center.

6 years ago

Martha Stringer holds a photo of her daughter, Kim, from when she was in high school. Kim is 27 now. (Brett Sholtis/WITF)
The Why
Health

Bucks family’s struggle with Pa.’s mental health system

Kim Stringer has struggled with mental illness for a decade, but her parents can't get her committed. Why a recent change in state law meant to help doesn't go far enough.

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