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Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Senator Pat Toomey has reintroduced the Thin Blue Line Act. Some say it will bring justice for slain cops. Others think it’s an empty political gesture. (Avi Wolfman-Arent/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Backing the blue or empty gesture? Toomey boosts bill to punish cop killers

Pennsylvania Senator Pat Toomey has reintroduced the Thin Blue Line Act. Some say it will bring justice for slain cops. Others think it’s an empty political gesture.

7 years ago

Christina Paravecchia, plays with daughter Madelyn Rose as her dad, Albert “Two-pops” Catarro helps out by holding baby Amelia Grace who was born March 20. Christina had half her brain removed in 1996, when she was eight-years-old. (William Johnson/The Intelligencer via AP)
Health

For brain surgery patient, greatest challenge is motherhood

To many people, she is remembered as the girl with half a brain. But Christina Santhouse knows there are two little girls who will only know her as something else: Mom.

7 years ago

Day-hikers scramble over rocky boulders on the Appalachian Trail below the summit of Mt. Katahdin in Baxter State Park in Maine. (Robert F. Bukaty/AP Photo)
Community
PA Post

After a new killing on the Appalachian Trail, the 1990 death of hikers in Pa. haunts their friend anew

29 years later, Swift is shocked at the news of another killing. James Jordan was charged last week in the Appalachian Trail stabbing death of an Army veteran.

7 years ago

Martin Tower, former world headquarters of Bethlehem Steel, implodes Sunday May 19, 2019 in Bethlehem, Pa. Crowds gathered to watch the demolition of the area's tallest building, a 21-story monolith that opened at the height of Bethlehem Steel's power and profitability but had stood vacant for a dozen years after America's second-largest steelmaker went out of business. (Jacqueline Larma/AP Photo)
Urban Planning

Defunct steelmaker’s 21-story headquarters in Bethlehem imploded

Crowds gathered to watch the demolition of the Pa. area's tallest building, a 21-story monolith that opened at the height of Bethlehem Steel's power and profitability.

7 years ago

Lieutenance Governor John Fetterman asks the audience who is in favor of the legalization of recreational marijuana and the majority of attendees raise their hands. (Jonathan Wilson for WHYY)
Community

Curiosity about legalizing recreational pot as Fetterman’s listening tour stops in Philly

People on all sides of the debate joined Lt. Gov. Fetterman’s listening tour. Even some favoring medical marijuana wondered about legal recreational use.

7 years ago

WHYY received citations for Outstanding News Operation, Best Continuing Coverage, and Best Spot News Coverage, winning the media editors’ Joe Snyder Award for Outstanding News Service. (WHYY)
Community

WHYY wins top radio news honors from AP media editors group

Citations for Outstanding News Operation, Best Continuing Coverage, and Best Spot News Coverage are among those received.

7 years ago

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf, left, speaks as John H. Taggart School Principal Nelson R. Reyes looks on during a news conference at the school's library, Thursday, March 21, 2019, in Philadelphia. Wolf discussed his infrastructure package, Restore Pennsylvania, to help remediate contaminants from Pennsylvania schools. (Matt Slocum/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Wolf still trying to sell GOP lawmakers on lofty infrastructure plan

Since January, Governor Tom Wolf has been traveling around the state shopping his new infrastructure plan to municipal and county officials.

7 years ago

The Pottstown Mercury and the Times Herald of Norristown, both owned by Alden Global Capital, often publish the same stories by the same reporters. On a recent Monday, Evan Brandt had front page stories in both papers. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community

In Philly suburbs, readers see more ‘ghost newspapers’ as hedge funds cut costs

After years of newspaper mergers and layoffs across the Philly region, the ripple effects in Montgomery County explain what you may be seeing in your town.

7 years ago

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Plans to close the 128 civil beds at Norristown State Hospital were announced in 2017. (Keira McGuire/PA Post)
Health
PA Post

Pennsylvania’s state hospitals: A ‘long history of evolution’ continues with Norristown unit closure

The civil unit at Norristown State Hospital was reserved for civilians, with no criminal record, in need of mental health services. It's expected to close by fall of 2019.

7 years ago

Emergency Dr. Jeanmarie Perrone (right) joins Pennsylvania Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine to announce new prescription guidelines for emergency room doctors dealing with opioids and opioid addiction. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Health

3 medical marijuana changes being considered in Pa.

Department of Health Secretary Dr. Rachel Levine led a discussion around adding anxiety and Tourette syndrome to the list of conditions to be treated with medical cannabis.

7 years ago

A man waves for a tow truck after getting swamped trying to cross a flooded section of the Cobbs Creek Parkway, Wednesday, April 30, 2014, in Philadelphia. Cobbs Creek and Darby Creek merge in the Eastwick section of Philadelphia where flooding is expected to get worse due to rising sea levels. (AP Photo)
Science
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Poll finds most Pennsylvanians think climate change is major public health risk

A majority of Pennsylvanians view the warming climate as a major public health risk, according to a new poll from the Muhlenberg College Public Health Program.

7 years ago

 The Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility on State Road in Philadelphia (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Courts & Law

Prison guards indicted in alleged beating of inmate at Curran-Fromhold

Federal prosecutors have announced charges against two Philadelphia prison guards in an alleged beating of an inmate last fall.

7 years ago

Pennsylvania House of Representatives at the state Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa.
Politics & Policy
PA Post

Pa. House passes veto-bound abortion bill amid constitutionality questions

Governor Tom Wolf has said he will veto the measure if the Senate passes it to him.

7 years ago

Bill Cosby walks from the Montgomery County Courthouse during his sexual assault trial in Norristown, Pa., Thursday, June 8, 2017. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

Judge: Cosby accusers’ testimony points to ‘signature’ crime

The judge who presided over Bill Cosby's criminal case said he let five other accusers testify at the sex-assault trial because their accounts had "chilling similarities."

7 years ago

John F. Hartranft Elementary students listen to speakers at a ceremony honoring the announcement of this year's school progress reports. (Brad Larrison for WHYY)
Education

Pa. House takes first step toward charter school overhaul

 A state House committee has moved a group of bills that would significantly change how Pennsylvania oversees its charter schools.

7 years ago

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