Philly’s largest bank flip-flops on mortgage assistance, leaving homeowners hanging
Wells Fargo, which recently settled a predatory loan lawsuit, reversed a decision to pull out of Pa.’s CARES Act program.
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Theatre Horizon casting for households to create virtual pandemic performances
With Theatre Horizon’s Norristown stage dark, the company’s latest idea for pandemic-era entertainment: What if the audiences did the performing?
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Working parents build community, grapple with fairness of virtual school ‘pandemic pods’
The pod experiment has bolstered a sense of community among parents grappling to juggle the demands of work and virtual school. It’s also raised equity questions.
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Listen 5:00Leaders to UN: If coronavirus doesn’t kill us, climate change will
With enormous chunks of ice caps in Greenland and Canada sliding into the sea, countries are acutely aware there's no vaccine for global warming.
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COVID-19 daily cases on the rise in nearly half of US states
The U.S. reported more than 55,000 infections Friday, pushing the total case number to over 7 million. Some two dozen states saw new cases continue to rise this past week.
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Tiny airborne particles may pose a big coronavirus problem
One study is trying to help scientists and researchers answer one big question: Just how does the virus that causes COVID-19 spread from one person to another?
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Social media and COVID shaming: Fighting a toxic combination
Shaming people who get sick or don’t follow the rules in a public health crisis has been a thing since well before coronavirus, researchers say.
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What to know about those $200 drug cards President Trump promised
Health policy researchers say Trump may not be able to pay for the cards, which fall short of lasting policy changes to curb high drug prices.
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2020 is killing small businesses. Philly won’t recover if we let them die
There are things the city can do to support struggling small businesses — and keep Philadelphia from falling deeper into poverty.
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Penn Med, PHMC lead coalition to save Mercy Philadelphia Hospital
The 153-bed West Philly safety-net facility, and its ER, will operate as a satellite of the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.
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N.J. coronavirus: Cases rise in Ocean County; state budget inches closer to law
COVID-19 numbers are also spiking in Monmouth, Gloucester, Middlesex, and Bergen counties.
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COVID-19 can’t crush human rights, UN gathering declares
In a diminished spotlight because of COVID-19, leading human rights defenders on Friday urged people in these fractured times to connect through politics — and vote, too.
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Upside to Philly’s tailgating ban? FDR Park free of cars and noise, nature lovers say
The South Philadelphia park located near Lincoln Financial Field is closed to cars on Sunday because of the ban on tailgating. Nature lovers aren’t mad about it.
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Philly City Council wants to keep expanded outdoor dining options through 2021
“We still don’t know where COVID-19 will take us,” the bill’s sponsor, Allan Domb, said.
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Pa. coronavirus recovery: Wolf slams GOP for trying to thwart COVID-19 mitigation
Governor Tom Wolf is defending the COVID-19 mitigation measures his administration has put in place, and condemning Republicans for trying to repeal them.
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