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Moderna will pay a Bucks County company nearly a billion dollars to settle a patent infringement case involving the COVID-19 vaccine.

Arbutus Biopharma of Warminster and a partner company accused Moderna of using their technology in the Spikevax shot.

Without their innovations, the companies argued, mRNA would quickly degrade in the body and be ineffective.

The settlement gives Moderna a license to use the tech in treatments for infectious diseases.

Arbutus could be in line for $2.25 billion in total.

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An appeals court is considering whether Moderna or taxpayers should be on the hook for part of the infringement claim.

The Philadelphia Business Journal reports Arbutus has filed a similar lawsuit against Pfizer and BioNTech over its COVID vaccine.

Police in Delaware say officers shot and killed a man after an hours-long barricade at a home in New Castle County.

The standoff began shortly before 4 p.m. Tuesday, when police say they were called to a home on the unit block of Ramsey Road in Wilmington for a report of shots fired.

Authorities say as officers arrived, they heard gunshots coming from inside the residence.

After several hours, police say a man exited the home and encountered officers who fired their weapons, striking and killing him.

Police have not yet said what prompted officers to shoot the man. So far, he has not been identified.

Authorities say the incident remains an active investigation.

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We are learning more about a mysterious substance that appeared in a creek in Chester County over the weekend.

The state Department of Environmental Protection says chlorinated water leaked into Goose Creek in West Chester, and mixed with a foaming agent, causing that milky white appearance in the water.

Officials say a pipe owned by waste management company Atmos Technologies was the source, and workers stopped the flow.

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The Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers has launched “Women, Money, & Politics Watch 2026,” a guide that follows gender implications in campaign finance in real time throughout the 2026 congressional election season. KYW Newsradio's community impact reporter Racquel Williams has more. (Image credit: Getty Images)

Gina LaPlaca, the former mayor of Lumberton Township, Burlington County, has pleaded guilty to drunk driving and child endangerment charges.

A second suspect is now in police custody in the deadly shooting outside Chickie’s and Pete’s in South Philadelphia last fall.

The war has left tens of thousands of people stranded in the Middle East, with flights canceled across the war zone. The State Department says it is preparing military and charter flights for citizens to get out safely.

KYW Newsradio's Matt Coughlin spoke with a man from our area who now lives in Tel Aviv about what it's like in the Middle East right now.

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A school bus driver in Boyertown has been charged with driving drunk while students were on board last month.

The board of the Quakertown Community School District voted to approve the superintendent’s resignation Tuesday night. This comes as the district continues to deal with the fallout of the arrest of students at an anti-ICE rally. KYW Newsradio's Tim Jimenez reports.

An estimated 20% of new mothers experience postpartum anxiety. KYW medical editor Dr. Brian McDonough has more.