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Recount Ordered for Oz-McCormick Race. History Is Not on McCormick's Side
The Pennsylvania secretary of state announced Wednesday that all 67 counties must recount the ballots cast in the May 17 primary involving Dave McCormick and Mehmet Oz because the election results show the two are separated by less than 0.1% of the more than 1.3 million votes cast.
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Photos Emerge of Pennsylvania Candidate for US Senate Marching in D.C. on Jan. 6, 2021
Kathy Barnette, a Republican from Montgomery County who is among the frontrunners in the Pennsylvania primary for U.S. Senate, can be seen marching during the day of protests in 2021, NBC News has confirmed.
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European Energy Giants Still Dominate Future of Offshore Wind in US
The federal government auctioned off 762 square miles of Atlantic Ocean real estate last week for future offshore wind farms. Most of the businesses willing to pay very high prices are based in Europe, continuing a dominance by foreign energy giants. One American bidder said he hopes the U.S. government changes the way the auctions are conducted.
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3 Pa. Police Officers Charged in Shooting Death of 8-Year-Old Girl
Five months after an 8-year-old girl was shot dead in a town just south of Philadelphia by what investigators believe was police gunfire, the local district attorney announced manslaughter charges against three local officers.
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4 People, Including Infant, Survive Helicopter Crash Outside Philly
A medical helicopter went down right next to a Delaware County, Pennsylvania, church Tuesday afternoon.
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‘Smallpox' Vials Found at Merck Lab in Suburban Philadelphia Facility
A batch of vials labeled “smallpox,” a deadly disease eradicated since the 1970s, was found in a freezer and immediately quarantined, the Centers for Disease Control told NBC10. An investigation into why they were there is underway.
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Woman Raped on Pa. Train as Fellow Riders Looked on and ‘Did Nothing,' Police Say
A man was arrested late Thursday night for allegedly attacking a woman on a SEPTA train at 69th Street Station in Upper Darby, the transit agency said.
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The Box Stays: Court Rules to Keep Cardboard Box Covering Columbus Statue
A controversial Christopher Columbus statue in South Philadelphia encased in a wooden box since last year could have its makeshift shroud removed soon after a judge’s ruling Friday.
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What Biden's New Offshore ‘Wind Energy Area' Means for NJ, NY and US Clean Energy
The White House on Monday designated a portion of the Atlantic Ocean off of New Jersey and New York as a “wind energy area,” assuring hundreds of wind turbines will be coming this decade. Here’s what it really means.
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1,500 Wind Turbines. 2,700 Square Miles. Offshore Wind in the Atlantic Will Be Big. Really Big
American offshore wind farms, of which there are 17 in the works for the Atlantic Ocean, are no longer far off on the horizon. The overall magnitude of this emerging renewable energy industry is starting to take shape.
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Who Is John Fetterman, Pa.'s Mountain-Sized Democrat Running for U.S. Senate?
Pennsylvania’s lieutenant governor who comes in Paul Bunyan proportions made his mark as mayor of a Rust Belt city outside Pittsburgh. More recently, he’s become one of the most progressive politicians in the state.
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Pa. Man Charged with Assaulting an Officer During US Capitol Riot
A 37-year-old man already wanted in a separate assault case in New Jersey has been charged by federal authorities for allegedly causing a U.S. Capitol police officer to be knocked unconscious Jan. 6.
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How Did Philly Vet ‘Philly Fighting COVID' Group Before Giving It 1,000s of Vaccines?
On Tuesday, amid questions of the vetting process that the Philadelphia Public Health Department uses to evaluate vaccine partners, a city spokesman told NBC10 that there are no contracts with organizations administering the vaccine using doses provided by the city.
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Here's What 99 Wind Turbines Will Look Like Off the Jersey Shore
The company building New Jersey’s first offshore wind farm is providing a glimpse into the future — what beachgoers and residents will see when turbines are erected.
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Here's How Long Coronavirus Lasts on Surfaces. But Does It Really Matter?
A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine gives hours by which the virus can last on surfaces. A Drexel University epidemiologist says spreading the infection has little to do with cereal boxes and dollar bills.
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‘Testing Is Becoming Less Valuable': Philadelphia Signals Change in Coronavirus Strategy
But as sites ramped up Monday, a bigger focus of testing is becoming clear: health care workers, first responders and those already hospitalized. That’s in part because testing potential cases among the general public may be losing steam as a containment strategy.
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‘I Was Numb': Family Secrets Come to Light as DNA Testing Gains Popularity
Two families with lifelong secrets unearthed because of home DNA test kits are now dealing with the truth. Here’s what their stories tell us about the shock that can come from new ancestry technology, and how to deal with it.
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‘No Way We Can Know': Philadelphia Gun Dealer Sold Shotgun to Suspect in Family's Killing
A Northeast Philadelphia firearms dealer sold a shotgun Tuesday to the man suspected of killing four of his family members later that same day. The owner said the suspect seemed “perfectly A-okay” when he bought the gun.
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Philadelphia Refinery Explosions Seen From Facility Cameras
Cameras inside the Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery caught on video the massive blasts early June 21 from just yards away.
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7 Philadelphia Officers Named in a Report on Racist Social Media Posts Have Resigned in Recent Weeks
Seven Philadelphia police officers named in a report that linked offensive and racist social media posts to cops in departments across the country have left the department in the last two weeks.