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Pennsylvania's Lia Thomas is shown during the playing of the national anthem before a swim meet, Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022, in Philadelphia. The NCAA has adopted a sport-by-sport approach for transgender athletes, bringing the organization in line with the U.S. and International Olympic Committees. NCAA rules on transgender athletes returned to the forefront when Penn swimmer Lia Thomas started smashing records this year.(AP Photo/Chris Szagola)
Penn pledges to work with NCAA, support transgender swimmer

Jan. 20, 2022 08:54 PM EST

Philadelphia to give away nearly $400,000 in vaccine prizes

By Claudia Lauer Jun. 07, 2021 02:14 PM EDT
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney announced Monday that the city will be giving away cash prizes as part of a multiweek lottery to entice...

Another Pennsylvania health network vaccinates employee kin

By Michael Rubinkam Feb. 26, 2021 11:23 AM EST
A second Pennsylvania health system has acknowledged that it gave the COVID-19 vaccine to employees' family members, but said it halted the program after...

FILE - In this Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020 file photo, blood samples from volunteers participating in the last-stage testing of the COVID-19 vaccine by Moderna and the National Institutes wait to be processed in a lab at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine in Miami. Creating vaccines and properly testing them less than a year after the world discovered a never-before-seen disease is incredible. But the two U.S. frontrunners are made in a way that promises speedier development may become the norm -- especially if they prove to work long-term as well as they have in early testing. (AP Photo/Taimy Alvarez, File)
Years of research laid groundwork for speedy COVID-19 shots

By Lauran Neergaard Dec. 07, 2020 10:54 AM EST

President-elect Joe Biden speaks Monday, Nov. 9, 2020, at The Queen theater in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Bidenomics: More stimulus, tougher regulation, and gridlock

By Christopher Rugaber And Tali Arbel Nov. 10, 2020 02:46 PM EST

FILE - In this Friday, Oct. 30, 2020, file photo, Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden boards his campaign plane at New Castle Airport in New Castle, Del., to travel to Des Moines, Iowa, for scheduled rallies in Des Moines, St. Paul, Minnesota, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin. On Friday, Oct. 30, 2020, The Associated Press reported on stories circulating online incorrectly asserting that Biden will not hold any more in-person campaign events before the election. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

By The Associated Press Oct. 30, 2020 01:26 PM EDT

More Ivy League schools shut down campus over virus concerns

Aug. 11, 2020 03:03 PM EDT
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Brown University is delaying a return to in-person instruction until October and the University of Pennsylvania said Tuesday it won't...