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Civil rights advocates in our area are remembering the life and legacy of civil rights icon Rev. Jesse Jackson. Jackson died today at his home in Chicago at age 84. KYW Newsradio Community Impact Reporter Racquel Williams has more on the mark he left on some in our region.

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The case against George Norcross is dead. New Jersey’s acting attorney general won’t be appealing to the state Supreme Court. More on this from KYW Newsradio South Jersey reporter Mike Dougherty.

City Council members don't have a vote on the School District's facilities plan, but they're flexing their influence at a daylong hearing. We get the story from KYW education reporter Mike DeNardo.

A recent Gallup poll shows what adults think about life in the future, and for many it doesn’t look too promising. KYW Newsradio Community Impact Reporter Racquel Williams spoke with a University of Pennsylvania professor to learn more.

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Investigators say a lithium battery in an outdoor storage container started the fire that killed a 92-year-old woman at the Jersey Shore.

It happened early Friday morning in Stafford Township, Ocean County.

Two other people were able to escape.

Firefighters say you should only buy batteries that are listed by a nationally recognized testing laboratory, like UL. Take lithium batteries off the charger once they're fully charged, and don't keep them in places that are too hot or too cold.

City Council will grill school district officials today about the plan to close 20 schools. Meanwhile, the district is highlighting a list of investments it would make in schools across the city. We get the story from KYW Newsradio education reporter Mike DeNardo.

The warning period starts today for new speed cameras at five school zones in Philadelphia. KYW Newsradio's Tim Jimenez reports live from West Philly with the story.

Could text messaging be used to help people gain access to care? KYW medical editor Dr. Brian McDonough has more.

After one of the regions longest cold stretches on record, staff at Project Home in Philadelphia is still working to make the most of what they say could have been a deadly winter event.

KYW Newsradio's Shara Dae Howard spoke with the organization’s out reach coordinator about their current and future programming.

A couple of dozen people were outside 30th Street Station on Monday, after police told them they couldn’t demonstrate inside the building or at the drop-off area.

As KYW's Vik Raghupathi tells us, there’s been a push in cities across the nation to call out Enterprise Rent-A-Car, whose parent is Enterprise Mobility. Anti-ICE protesters say Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have been using Enterprise during its heightened policing of immigrants in the last year-plus.

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