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If there’s one thing the corporate media has told us about the Democratic Party’s proposed Build Back Better agenda — the major initiative of the Biden administration, featuring significant investments in education, …
One Bill in Texas Legislature Would Ease Extreme Heat in Texas Prisons. Another Makes It Worse.
Last spring, Texas legislators came closer than ever to passing a bill that would protect people incarcerated in state prisons from summer temperatures that routinely breach 100 degrees and are due to keep rising with the climate crisis.
“It’s like …
Termination of Scientists Sparks Concerns About Possible China-Related Probe
Two Chinese American scientists at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston were removed from their jobs on the same day last month, raising concerns among colleagues that they may have been targeted in fallout from the Justice Department’s controversial China …
How Moderate Democrats Derailed Police Reform
Bipartisan negotiations on police reform fell apart once and for all this week, four months after Congress missed its symbolic deadline to pass a package designed to raise standards for accountability and transparency in law enforcement. Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., …
What to know about COVID vaccine boosters in Philly: Where to get it, who’s eligible, and what to bring
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If it’s been six months since you got your second dose of the Pfizer vaccine for COVID-19 in …
College is back in session: Philly’s best study spots that let you explore the city
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With Philly’s many universities and colleges wading through in-person classes and careening through midterm seasons, studying is back. …
Chicago police officer shot in South Shore; 1 man dead, teen wounded
CHICAGO — One person is dead and two more were injured, including a Chicago police officer and a teen, after a shooting in the South Shore neighborhood.
Officers responded to calls of shots fired on the 7200 block of South …
4 people injured after car crashes into Near North Side restaurant
CHICAGO — Four people who were eating inside a 24-hour diner were injured when a car crashed into the restaurant on the Near North Side.
The crash happened just before three this morning, at Griddle 24 near Chicago and Orleans …
Woman, 65, killed in Jefferson Park hit-and-run
CHICAGO — Police are investigating a deadly hit-and-run in Jefferson Park.
A 65-year-old woman was killed while crossing the street just before 11 Friday night. Police said a tan Jeep traveling northbound struck her on the 4900 block of North …
Salmonella outbreak from unidentified source expands to 29 states; CDC says strain found in takeout container
(NEXSTAR) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recorded a “significant” number of new infections amid a multi-state outbreak of salmonella stemming from an unknown food source.
At least 279 infections have been linked to the strain observed …