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Bill seeks to streamline faster wireless broadband, steamroll local control of the streetscape
Opponents, however, fear the bill will simply preempt local control of an inherently local issue.
8 years ago
Listen 3:44After Maria, farmers build resilience through sustainability
In Puerto Rico, a group of farmers help each other rebuild and prepare for the coming hurricane season.
8 years ago
Listen 7:06Eroding beaches weaken Puerto Rico’s storm defenses
More than half of the island's beaches are losing sand. That's a problem when most of the population lives along the coast.
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Listen 7:28Surviving Maria — from 1,500 miles away
As hurricane winds swept across Puerto Rico, journalist Syra Ortiz-Blanes watched from Philadelphia, unsure if her family back home was safe.
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Listen 5:53Enemy No. 1 for Puerto Rico’s utility: trees
One of the most complicated pieces of technology — the power grid — is no match for the forest.
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Listen 7:28Before Roe: How Pa. hospitals used a legal loophole to provide abortions
The emergency room at was a very different place 40 years ago than it is today.
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Listen 4:00Sen. Booker defies rule, releases confidential Kavanaugh emails
Booker called it an act of civil disobedience.
8 years ago
Ryan super PAC invests in Bucks County congressional race
A super PAC associated with GOP House Speaker Paul Ryan has put nearly half a million dollars into ads attacking Bucks Democratic congressional candidate Scott Wallace.
8 years ago
Listen 4:13Two more families choose sanctuary in a Philly church over separation, deportation
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has a policy of avoiding arrests in “sensitive locations,” which include houses of worship.
8 years ago
Listen 2:37Bill to keep guns out of the hands of domestic abusers stalled in Pa.
The bill passed the Pennsylvania Senate unanimously in March, but the House version never came up for a vote.
8 years ago
Listen 2:06Did Stockton U. do enough to protect students from members of ‘rogue fraternity’?
A woman filed a lawsuit Monday in N.J. st. court alleging she was sexually assaulted by a member of an off-campus fraternity at Stockton U., making it the fifth of the summer.
8 years ago
Listen 5:36Former Philly cop charged with fatally shooting Germantown man in the back
A former Philadelphia police officer has been indicted in the deadly shooting a 30-year-old Germantown man in the back last year.
8 years ago
Listen 2:15In Act II Playhouse’s ‘Biloxi Blues,’ a production that becomes a tribute
Days after Neil Simon died, the theater in Ambler opened his Tony-award winning show.
8 years ago
Listen 3:46Kavanaugh hearing a test for Sen. Cory Booker in new role
'We’re preparing for this like everything is at stake,' Booker says of confirmation hearings beginning Tuesday.
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Listen 6:24Many consumers support New Jersey proposal to ban plastic bags
Outlawing the plastic bags would mean some inconvenience, shoppers say. But most see the environmental advantage of the proposal.
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