Erin Brockovich has fallen into the permanent grift trap
Few people are famous enough to have a biopic. Environmental activist Erin Brockovich is one of them. Brockovich became a household name for her role in the $333 million settlement…
MyChart Medicare phishing scam raises concern among Philadelphia health systems
Listen to article • 0:00 minPhiladelphia-area health systems are warning residents to beware of an online phishing scam that mimics MyChart, the secure online patient portal used by most leading…
Get creative with the best books to help you learn to draw
Which books to help you learn to draw are best? Learn-to-draw books all teach amateur artists how to master the basic skills. All of them have lots of beautiful drawings,…
A man seeking asylum was detained during a routine ICE appointment in Philly. He fears being tortured or killed if deported.
Listen to article • 0:00 minJhon Perez Romero carries a driver’s license, Social Security card, and an employment permit, working as a Spark Driver for Walmart in York, Pa.He also…
‘I wanted the pregnancy. It was just so scary’: Personal stories from anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers
By Sofia Resnick and Shalina Chatlani, Stateline.org Hailey Allred and Jessica Perigo don’t know each other, but last year they were both financially insecure and living in abortion-ban states, where…
How this Massachusetts sanctuary takes in hundreds of guinea pigs from across the US
By KIMBERLEE KRUESI SALISBURY, Mass. (AP) — Kimie Smothermon begins each day greeted by the squeals, chirps and purrs of nearly 400 guinea pigs. Depending on who you ask, tending…
Todd Spitzer: Continuing case review – even when no one is watching
The violation of a single defendant’s constitutional rights calls into question the fairness of the entire criminal justice system. There has been no other issue in the history of Orange…
How severe drought is affecting Colorado, from record fishing restrictions to threatened power supplies
Drought has raked its fingers across Colorado. By mid-summer, its mark is difficult to ignore. Some reservoirs have fallen so low that they instead look more like the rivers they…
Facing a statewide OB-GYN shortage, midwives become an ‘untapped resource’
Annie is having a baby. She’s crying out as she has contractions. Her stomach rises and falls with labored breaths. A monitor tracking her vital signs beeps in the background.…
Student wounded and young suspect is in custody after shooting at Georgia high school, police say
WARNER ROBINS, Ga. (AP) — A shooting at a Georgia high school Wednesday left one student wounded, and a teenage suspect who fled was later taken into custody, police said.…