Maria Murray
Founder, President and CEO at thereadingleague.org
The Reading League, @reading_league founder and CEO, former literacy professor turned advocate for change, personal account and views.
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1 week ago |
whyy.org | Maria Murray
From Delco to Chesco and Montco to Bucks, what about life in Philly’s suburbs do you want WHYY News to cover? Let us know!Cheltenham School District’s board of directors unanimously approved a plan Tuesday evening to shutter Elkins Park School at the end of the academic year. The school is the only one in the district currently serving fifth- and sixth-grade students, but the aging building on the 10-acre campus is deteriorating.
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1 week ago |
whyy.org | Maria Murray
This story originally appeared on 6abc. Two people are dead and nine others were wounded after a mass shooting in Philadelphia’s Fairmount Park late Monday night. The victims killed include an adult man and an adult woman, Philadelphia Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel said. Three teenagers, between 15 and 17 years old, are among the wounded. The gunfire erupted around 10:27 p.m. on Lemon Hill Drive at Poplar Drive.
Democratic Rep. McIver charged with assault after skirmish at ICE center, New Jersey prosecutor says
2 weeks ago |
whyy.org | Maria Murray
Democratic Rep. LaMonica McIver is being charged with assault after a skirmish with federal officers outside an immigration detention center, said New Jersey’s top federal prosecutor, who also announced Monday that she was dropping a trespassing case against the Newark mayor whose arrest led to the disturbance.
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1 month ago |
whyy.org | Maria Murray
President Donald Trump is circumspect about his duties to uphold due process rights laid out in the Constitution, saying in a new interview that he does not know whether U.S. citizens and noncitizens alike deserve that guarantee. He also said he does not think military force will be needed to make Canada the “51st state” and played down the possibility he would look to run for a third term in the White House.
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1 month ago |
whyy.org | Maria Murray
Pope Francis, history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor but alienated conservatives with critiques of capitalism and climate change, died Monday. He was 88. Bells tolled in church towers across Rome after the announcement, which was read out by Cardinal Kevin Farrell from the chapel of the Domus Santa Marta, where Francis lived. “At 7:35 this morning, the Bishop of Rome, Francis, returned to the home of the Father.
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