Tabla de contenidos para November 7, 2025 en ScoopUSA Digital

ScoopUSA Digital|November 7, 2025

Independence Blue Cross offers variety of options as Open Enrollment for individual and family health plans begins

PHILADELPHIA, PA, November 1, 2025 — Independence Blue Cross (IBX), the hometown health insurer for the Philadelphia region for over 85 years, is introducing a variety of health plan options for individuals and families for 2026. Open Enrollment for these plans began on November 1, 2025. From November 1 to December 15, consumers can enroll in health care coverage that starts on January 1, 2026. Enrollment will continue through January 15, 2026, for coverage that begins on February 1, 2026. This is the only time each year when individuals and families can enroll in or change their health plans, unless they experience a qualifying life event. “At Independence Blue Cross, accessibility is our promise, and affordability is our goal,” said Koleen Cavanaugh, Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer at…

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ScoopUSA Digital|November 7, 2025

Our Mission and Values

Scoop is a for-profit Community Media Company that prides itself on its dedication to Community. We have been in the business of educating our communities since February 1960. From our first publication to our publication this week, our focus is to provide information that will EDUCATE, ENCOURAGE, ENGAGE, INFORM, AND MOTIVATE our readers. We believe that people need to see and hear that: regardless of time, space, and personal life circumstances, people are working toward better. Our mission is to leave, through Scoop's content, an ability for our readers to understand three things: 1) They are not limited to their current position in life, and that position does not define them, 2) Many people in the world may be struggling--to understand the environment and to achieve within it, as our…

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ScoopUSA Digital|November 7, 2025

Governor Shapiro, First Lady Shapiro, Lieutenant Governor Davis, and Second Lady Holmes Davis honor everyday Pennsylvanians who have made a lasting difference in their communities

HARRISBURG, PA, October 27, 2025 – Governor Josh Shapiro, First Lady Lori Shapiro, Lieutenant Governor Austin Davis, and Second Lady Blayre Holmes Davis held the second State Dinner at the Governor’s Residence to honor 17 Pennsylvanians—eight individuals and two groups—who have made a lasting difference in their communities. The event celebrated the stories of these honorees, who have dedicated their time, knowledge, and talents to serving others across the Commonwealth. The highlight of the evening was the presentation of the Governor’s Keystone Award, which recognizes everyday Pennsylvanians for their significant contributions to their communities through volunteerism and service. Marc Zumoff, a former Philadelphia 76ers television broadcaster and current Associate Director of the Claire Smith Center for Sports Media, served as the evening’s emcee. This dinner represents an important milestone in…

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ScoopUSA Digital|November 7, 2025

How to cope with the chaos

Donald Trump is incapable of allowing tensions and stresses to ease without creating new ones. Case in point: After meeting with China’s President Xi Jinping this past week, he announced that China and the United States — the most significant and second-largest economies in the world — will de-escalate the trade war. Sounds good, I suppose (until you realize that the two nations are now back to where they were before Trump created the trade war in the first place). Not content to calm any waters, Trump also announces that the United States will immediately restart nuclear weapons testing, after not doing so for more than 30 years. Why? He doesn’t explain except to say “other nations” are doing so. (None of the world’s three major military powers has conducted…

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ScoopUSA Digital|November 7, 2025

Free MRI brain scans for Philadelphia residents

NEW YORK - November 4, 2025 - The Brain Tumor Foundation (BTF) has announced that it will offer free early detection brain tumor MRI screenings for residents of Philadelphia and the surrounding areas. These screenings will take place at the Triumph Baptist Church of Philadelphia (parking lot), located at 1648 W Hunting Park Avenue, on November 11, 12, 13, and 15, throughout the day. Appointments are required for the screenings. Individuals wishing to make an appointment should visit https://scanbtf.org. This initiative is part of the Foundation’s ongoing early detection program and research project. The screenings have been made possible through the sponsorship of Alexandra Schreiber Ferman, who received support from her donors during the NYC Marathon. BTF President Nelson Oyesiku, MD, MSc, PhD, FACS, a Professor and Chair in the…

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ScoopUSA Digital|November 7, 2025

The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society hosts Fall Tree Planting event

PHILADELPHIA, November 4, 2025 — The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS), in partnership with over 75 Tree Tenders groups, community organizations, and neighborhood volunteers, is set to enhance the Philadelphia region’s greenery during its Fall 2025 tree planting event from November 11-17, 2025. This semi-annual initiative begins with a tree unloading and distribution event at the Philabundance Warehouse (401 Domino Lane, Philadelphia, PA) from November 11 to 14, where hundreds of trees will be prepared for planting by local volunteers and PHS Tree Tenders groups. Tree Tenders groups are integral to PHS’s mission of growing and maintaining the region’s urban forest. Throughout the tree planting week and the planting season, over 75 community groups will be actively involved in planting and caring for new trees. These dedicated Tree Tenders provide essential…

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ScoopUSA Digital|November 7, 2025

Black History Corner

SAGITTARIUS - OCTOBER 23 - NOVEMBER 21 SCORPIO – The Intense One Very energetic. Intelligent. Can be jealous and/or possessive. Hardworking. Great kisser. It can become obsessive or secretive. Holds grudges. Attractive. Determined. Loves being in long relationships. Talkative. Romantic. Can be self-centered at times. Passionate and emotional. The Opal is the stone for the month of October Opal has been called the Cupid stone because it reflects the complexion of Eros, the Greek god of love. In the Middle Ages, opal was thought to render the wearer invisible, thus it was recommended for thieves to wear opals. Ancient Arab culture believed opals fell from heaven, acquiring their play of color from flashes of lighting. To the Romans, the opal was the symbol of hope and purity. They called it…

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ScoopUSA Digital|November 7, 2025

God is enough

Lord, We Give You All The Honor, Glory, And Praise Because You Are All We Really Need In Our Lives. Amen. ’Tis far, far better to let Him choose The way that we should take; If only we leave our lives to Him. He will guide without mistake We, in our blindness, would never choose A pathway dark and rough, And so we should ever find in him, “The God Who Is Enough” In my sickness, God is enough.In my loneliness, God is enough.In my weakness, God is enough.In my sinfulness, God is enough.In my hopelessness, God is enough.In my fragility, God is enough.In my ignorance, God is enough.In my forgetfulness, God is enough.In my brokenness, God is enough.In my faithfulness, God is enough.In my lovingness, God is enough.In my…

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ScoopUSA Digital|November 7, 2025

Pennsylvania reelects Supreme Court justices, extending a Democratic majority on its highest court

HARRISBURG, PA. (AP) — All three of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court justices who sought reelection Tuesday will get another term, ensuring Democratic jurists keep their majority on the presidential battleground state’s highest court — one at the center of pivotal fights over voting rights, redistricting, and elections. The result shapes the makeup of the seven-member court through the next presidential election in 2028. The three justices had been elected as Democrats, and voters were deciding whether to extend the court’s Democratic majority. Rejecting all three could have plunged the court into a partisan deadlock if the state’s politically divided government could not agree on temporary appointees to fill in. Justices Christine Donohue, Kevin Dougherty, and David Wecht won new terms, with support from the Democratic Party and allies including Planned…

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ScoopUSA Digital|November 7, 2025

One Philly, A United City Citywide Cleaning Program continues

PHILADELPHIA, November 3, 2025 - The Office of Clean and Green Initiatives is advancing Mayor Parker’s One Philly, United City Cleaning Initiative by continuing the One Philly, United City Citywide Cleaning Program. To date, over 200,000 quality-of-life services have been completed across the city as part of this initiative. The Office of Clean and Green Initiatives, in collaboration with various city departments, quasi-governmental agencies, and nonprofits, will continue to address ongoing quality-of-life issues such as litter, illegal dumping, graffiti, abandoned vehicles, vacant lots, and nuisance properties as part of the fall edition of the program, running from November 3, 2025, through January 30, 2026. Due to the program’s success over the past year and a half, along with the dedicated efforts of each agency’s employees, the initiative has become a…

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ScoopUSA Digital|November 7, 2025

Dr. Alexa Irene Canady

Alexa Canady was born in Lansing, Michigan, as the second of two children. Her mother, Elizabeth Hortense, was an educator, while her father, Clinton Canady Jr., was a dentist, providing the family with a comfortable middle-class lifestyle. While growing up just outside Lansing, Alexa and her older brother were the only Black children in their elementary school. Their mother encouraged them to ignore those who might see them as “tokens” and to make the most of the opportunities that came their way. During the summer after second grade, Canady’s grandmother visited from Tennessee, where she was a professor. While in town, Canady participated in a testing course her grandmother was taking. When Canady excelled in the initial exam, she was invited to take additional tests. Her grandmother’s professor later informed…

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ScoopUSA Digital|November 7, 2025

With pharaoh-like fanfare, Egypt unveils a huge new museum dedicated to its ancient civilization

CAIRO (AP) — In an extravaganza of pharaonic imagery, complete with a drone light show depicting ancient gods and pyramids in the sky, Egypt inaugurated its long-delayed Grand Egyptian Museum on Saturday. The megaproject aims to showcase the country’s millennia-old heritage in a rich, modern light. Two decades in the making, the museum, situated near the Giza Pyramids and the Sphinx, is the centerpiece of the government’s effort to boost Egypt’s tourism industry and inject cash into the troubled economy. At the elaborate grand opening ceremony, attended by numerous European and Arab royals, as well as other presidents and prime ministers, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi sought to give the event an international scale. He called on attendees to “make this museum a platform for dialogue, a destination for knowledge,…

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