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This Hummer was parked near the Pennsylvania Convention Center in November 2020. Inside, police found a semi-automatic rifle, ammunition, a lock-pick kit, among other items. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Courts & Law

Philly judge to consider revoking bail for men accused of election interference

A lower court judge denied bail revocation for Joshua Macias and Antonio LaMotta last week. The district attorney’s office hopes a different judge will do the opposite.

36 mins ago

Neighbors Allison Sacks (left), Brayden Varr (center) and Christie Vazquez (right) outside the Station Bar at 16th and McKean streets in South Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Community
Eyes on the Street

4 broken windows, 150 311 calls: What needs to happen before a bad bar is shut down?

We fear how many other businesses in the city are breaking laws and impairing the quality of life for residents without any consequences.

2 hours ago

De’Wayne Drummond, president of the Mantua Civic Association, at 34th and Wallace streets in Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

After a surge in crashes, safety fixes are coming to 34th St. in Mantua

Mantua residents are working with city transportation planners to improve safety on a dangerous corridor. Changes are expected to come later this year.

2 hours ago

Marie Watt, Skywalker/Skyscraper (Allegory), 2012. Featured in PAFA's Taking Space: Contemporary Women Artists and the Politics of Scale exhibit. (PAFA)
Things To Do
Community
January 21 - 27, 2021

Pop-up dining, a tribute to Clifford Brown, and new exhibits at PAFA and Penn in this week’s ‘Things to Do’

This week’s Things to Do includes cultural and educational events outdoors and online.

3 hours ago

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Philly Fighting COVID CEO Andrei Doroshin speaks at the opening of the community vaccine clinic at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Health

Group entrusted with Philly vaccine clinic abandoned testing, stranding communities

Many in the city’s medical community were surprised when Philly Fighting COVID opened a mass vaccination site — and stopped offering free neighborhood tests.

12 hours ago

A crowd of about 50 presses towards the security barrier in an unsuccessful attempt to hear parts of the inauguration program. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY News)
Politics & Policy

Outside the gates, hundreds gather in D.C. to see Biden and Harris make history

Though security barricades kept visitors blocks away from the Capitol, hundreds tried their best to catch a glimpse of President Joe Biden’s inauguration.

13 hours ago

Abdulazeem Sheikh, 22, leads others from the group Young Muslims in afternoon prayer. Thousands of protesters gathered at Thomas Paine Plaza for a March for Humanity in support of refugees and immigrants in Philadelphia on Feb. 4, 2017.  (Emily Cohen for WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

‘People can breathe easier’: Philly immigration advocates react to Biden executive orders

Some are hopeful. Some are cautious. Some said simply having a president who is not actively hostile to immigrants could have a major positive effect.

13 hours ago

President-elect Joe Biden’s and Dr. Jill Biden arrive his inauguration
Politics & Policy

On Day One, Biden targets Trump policies on climate, virus

Biden on Wednesday will end construction on Trump’s U.S.-Mexico border wall, end the ban on travel from some Muslim-majority countries, and rejoin the Paris Climate Accord.

13 hours ago

In this image from video, Vice President Kamala Harris swears in Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., and Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., on the floor of the Senate Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Senate Television via AP)
Politics & Policy

Democrats gaining Senate control as new members take oath

The three Democrats join a Senate narrowly split 50-50 between the parties, but giving Democrats the majority with Harris able to cast the tie-breaking vote.

14 hours ago

President-elect Joe Biden, his wife Jill Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris and her husband Doug Emhoff arrive at the steps of the U.S. Capitol
Politics & Policy

Pa., Del. Democrats host joint virtual celebration of Biden/Harris inauguration

Pennsylvania and Delaware democratic lawmakers gathered virtually to celebrate the inauguration of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.

15 hours ago

Amy Roe went all out in decorating her 1955 Ford for Biden's inauguration. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Her vintage pink Ford decorated for inaugural, Delaware woman goes ridin’ for Biden

Amy Roe wheeled around northern New Castle County in her 1955 Ford to commemorate Joe Biden’s inauguration as the first president from Delaware.

15 hours ago

Vice President-elect Kamala Harris looks on during the inauguration of U.S. President-elect Joe Biden on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, Jan.  20, 2021 in Washington. (Tasos Katopodis/Pool Photo via AP)
Community

‘Motivates the whole community’: South Asian residents from Philly react to VP Kamala Harris

“It is very inspiring for all of us, especially for South Asians who are not necessarily politically engaged,” said one supporter. “Perhaps it will inspire some of our younger

15 hours ago

Alpha Kappa Alpha member Brandee Anderson is ecstatic for fellow AKA member and Vice President Kamala Harris at her home in Philadelphia on Inauguration Day 2021. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

‘The first but not the last’: Philly-area Black women celebrate VP Harris with pearls and pride

Dressed in pearls and Chucks, AKA sisters and elected officials cheered the historic moment. “She’s the first, but she won’t be the last,” said Philly's Dr. Ala Stanford.

15 hours ago

Pat Moore, with the Chester County, Pa., Health Department, fills a syringe with Moderna COVID-19 vaccine before administering it to emergency medical workers and healthcare personnel at the Chester County Government Services Center, Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2020, in West Chester, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Health

Pa. coronavirus update: Montco commissioners call new vaccine distribution plan ‘tremendously unfair’

The plan could keep some of the most vulnerable in Montco from getting the vaccine for months.

17 hours ago

American poet Amanda Gorman reads a poem during the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, Pool)
Politics & Policy

Inaugural poet Amanda Gorman: ‘Even as we grieved, we grew.’

Inaugural poet Amanda Gorman summoned images dire and triumphant Wednesday as she called out to the world “even as we grieved, we grew."

19 hours ago

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    ‘People can breathe easier’: Philly immigration advocates react to Biden executive orders

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