Pennsylvania officials are still on the search to locate 6-year-old Lin’ajah Brooker after she fell into a rain-swollen creek, getting swept away with the violent current. They say the longest a person could survive in cold, fast-moving water would be three hours. It’s been almost […]
After the University of Pennsylvania announced the reburial of the 19 Black people whose bones were used for racist scientific research, the community criticized officials at the Philadelphia school for their lack of involvement in the decision. Spearheaded by physician Samuel George Morton in the 1830s, The Associated Press […]
A Pennsylvania man’s death on the medical block of a detention center has raised the record number of fatalities in the facility and brought on questions about the treatment of people being detained there. Richard Carter, 63, died in the Dauphin County Prison after a “medical […]
Source: Anthony Barboza / Getty Prayers are in order as it is being reported that the pioneering Queen of Funk, singer, Betty Davis, has passed away at the age of 77 from natural causes in Homestead, Pennsylvania. Betty Davis passing was confirmed by her close friend Danielle […]
In early December, Tawainna Anderson of Chester, Pennsylvania, checked on her daughter, 10-year-old Nyla Anderson, and discovered her unconscious. Nyla passed away days later after participating in the risky “blackout challenge,” a veteran game that has recently resurfaced online. According to TODAY, Nyla was admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit on Dec. […]
By Viviane Faver The new administration must dismantle Trump’s deportation machine and end family detention and separation. Only in Pennsylvania, more than twenty-three black and Latino families, including 28 children, face hasty deportations. Due to the violence from which they fled, and are likely to […]
By Viviane Faver On Monday, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court rejected Trump’s request to block the counting of votes with missing dates or names, paving the way for 10,000 votes to be counted in Philadelphia and Allegheny counties. President-elect Joe Biden leads the state of […]
HARRISBURG — Gov. Tom Wolf on Thursday extended a statewide moratorium on foreclosures and evictions until Aug. 31, saying renters need more breathing room in the midst of the pandemic. The Wolf administration has been facing growing calls to extend the four-month-old moratorium — which […]
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