When the news dropped around 9 p.m. on Monday, one woman said she’d stomped around her house, cussing. Another said she cried. Only 20 hours after the unprecedented leak of a looming Supreme Court decision to undo nearly a half-century of abortion righ…
How can classical music be more like Netflix? The Curtis Institute’s bold experiment is one answer
PHILADELPHIA — If only the American symphony orchestra could be a bit more like Netflix. As the recorded sounds of Philadelphia’s Curtis Institute orchestra last weekend poured through speakers and video of instrumentalists glowed on 18-foot-tall scre…
How COVID is helping us move away from white-centered clinical trials to reach more patients
PHILADELPHIA — Rutgers researchers made a startling discovery when the pandemic curtailed routine medical visits: Going virtual to test cutting-edge therapies reached more diverse patients. Clinical trials test the effectiveness and safety of new medi…
Buddy the cat was facing certain death. Now he’s helping ensure other Philly animals survive
PHILADELPHIA — Things looked bleak for Buddy. The Philly street cat was the victim of a brutal attack a month ago. Captured on video, it was shocking even by this tough town’s standards. The odds of him making it weren’t good. Flash forward: Buddy was …
Ex-Temple employees sentenced to probation for fraud tied to business school rankings
PHILADELPHIA — A former administrator and a retired statistics professor at Temple University were sentenced to probation this week for assisting the former dean of its business school in a scheme to inflate its position in national rankings publicatio…
Dolly Parton’s week: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction one day, Delaware the next
WILMINGTON, Del. — The crowd of lawmakers, librarians, parents, and a few young children were enthralled as Dolly Parton’s angelic voice filled the room at the Wilmington Public Library. On stage, just feet away, Parton — clad in a multicolor vest and …
Doug Mastriano embodies a Christian nationalist movement as he runs for Pa. governor: ‘We have the power of God’
PHILADELPHIA — The Shofar Army took the stage, nine white men and one woman draped in fringed Jewish prayer shawls, each clutching a ram’s horn — the instrument traditionally sounded on the Jewish high holidays. “Blow the trumpet in Zion! Sound the ala…
‘It’s my team’: Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts looks ahead to 2022 season, discusses his training regimen and the A.J. Brown trade
PHILADELPHIA — Jalen Hurts has received public support from his bosses on multiple instances this offseason. During the NFL’s scouting combine, Eagles coach Nick Sirianni and general manager Howie Roseman exuded their confidence in Hurts as the team’s …
Thirty years ago, the Supreme Court nearly struck down Roe v. Wade in a Pennsylvania case. The justices chose another way
PHILADELPHIA — It was months before a pivotal national election. A strong conservative majority had been cemented on the U.S. Supreme Court, and legislators in one state had passed a law restricting abortion access that they hoped, through the court ch…
Bob Casey is one of the last ‘pro-life’ Democrats. The Supreme Court decision is going to test his views
WASHINGTON — When the Sandy Hook school shooting rocked the country, Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey changed his longtime stance on the Second Amendment, becoming a fierce advocate for stricter gun laws. When a Supreme Court decision neared that would make…