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Politics

President Biden stands under a black umbrella at a podium, with a somber expression on his face.
Community

Biden honors 9/11 victims, vows commitment to thwart terror

President Joe Biden marked the 21st anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, taking part in a somber wreath-laying ceremony at the Pentagon.

3 years ago

File photo: Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner speaks during a news conference in Philadelphia, Monday, Jan. 31, 2022
Courts & Law

Krasner says he’s working to ensure a safe and secure voting experience in November

DA Larry Krasner says city, state, and federal officials will be on the lookout for vote tampering in Philly during the upcoming midterms.

3 years ago

File photo: Actor Marsha Hunt arrives at the Hollywood Foreign Press Association Luncheon in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Aug. 13, 2013. Hunt, one of the last surviving actors from Hollywood’s so-called Golden Age of the 1930s and 1940s who worked with performers ranging from Laurence Olivier to Andy Griffith in a career disrupted for a time by the McCarthy-era blacklist, has died. She was 104.  Hunt died Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022 at her home in Sherman Oaks, Calif. said Roger Memos, the writer-director of the 2015 documentary “Marsha Hunt’s Sweet Adversity.
Arts & Entertainment

Marsha Hunt, ’40s star and blacklist victim, dies at 104

Hunt was an established actor and was a rising star in the new medium of television when the work dried up because of allegations about her liberal activism.

3 years ago

In documents filed in court Friday, lawyers for former President Trump and the Department of Justice listed their preferred candidates for the role of special master. (Steve Helber/AP)
NPR
Courts & Law

Justice Dept. and Trump lawyers dispute how the Mar-A-Lago special master should work

Lawyers for former President Trump and the Department of Justice released different names for who they would want to review documents found in the court-authorized search.

3 years ago

Joseph Lazaro Rodriguez crouches beneath his digital projection, ''Chromatherapeutics: Veritas DS,'' on display at the National Liberty Museum. Rodriquez's works complement the museum's exhibit about truth. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

National Liberty Museum shines a light on truth

In its new civic dialogue exhibition, the museum asked video installation artists for work about the truth and its slippery surface.

3 years ago

Former President Donald Trump speaks at a rally in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
Courts & Law

Judge tosses Trump’s Russia probe suit against Clinton, FBI

The judge said in a sharply worded ruling that Trump’s lawsuit contained “glaring structural deficiencies” and that many of the “characterizations of events are implausible.”

3 years ago

File photo: Doug Mastriano, speaks at an event on July 1, 2022, at the state Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa. (AP Photo/Marc Levy, File)
Politics & Policy

Support of false election claims runs deep in 2022 GOP field

Nearly 1 in 3 Republican candidates for statewide offices that play a role in overseeing or certifying elections supported overturning the 2020 presidential election.

3 years ago

File photo: Insurrectionists loyal to former President Donald Trump breach the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6.  (John Minchillo/AP)
Courts & Law

Pa. man turned in by ex-girlfriend gets 9 months in Capitol riot

Twenty-nine-year-old Richard Michetti of Ridley Park pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting obstruction of an official proceeding.

3 years ago

File photo: Former Councilmember Derek Green. (Tom MacDonald, WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Councilmember Derek Green resigns, enters race for Philly mayor

Democratic Councilmember Derek Green has decided to run for mayor, saying he wants to run on his record.

3 years ago

Queen Elizabeth, facing the camera, shakes the hand of Liz Truss, who is faced away from the camera.
Politics & Policy

Liz Truss becomes Britain’s new prime minister

Liz Truss became U.K. prime minister on Tuesday and immediately confronted the enormous task ahead of her.

3 years ago

At issue in the Pennsylvania lawsuit is a citizen-submitted congressional map picked by the state Supreme Court in February. (Amanda Berg/Spotlight PA)
Courts & Law
Spotlight PA

Pa. lawmakers spent at least $3 million on private lawyers, experts during redistricting battle, invoices show

The new districts have the potential to change the balance of power in both Harrisburg and Washington, so it’s not surprising that legal action played a major role.

3 years ago

Maria Quiñones Sánchez speaks at a podium outdoors.
Politics & Policy
Billy Penn

Maria Quiñones Sánchez is running for mayor: What to know about the Democratic party insurgent

The four-term council member on Tuesday resigned her seat and announced her candidacy.

3 years ago

Obama speaks on stage, with an image of Obama showing in the background.
Arts & Entertainment

Barack Obama wins Emmy for narrating national parks series

The former president won the best narrator award at Saturday's Creative Arts Emmys for his work on the Netflix documentary series, “Our Great National Parks.”

3 years ago

People form a line outside of a building.
Politics & Policy

Chile votes on proposed constitution with big changes

Chileans are voting in a plebiscite to decide whether to adopt a far-reaching new constitution that would fundamentally change the South American country.

3 years ago

President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden walk out from Independence Hall lit with red and blue lights.
Politics & Policy
Billy Penn

Why one of the ‘most important speeches’ of Biden’s presidency took place in Philadelphia

The 46th president praised Independence Hall as a symbol of his subject matter: the “fundamentals” of U.S. democracy.

3 years ago

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