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Can we afford the Roosevelt Blvd. subway? Maybe now is the time
The idea of a speedy trip from Northeast Philly to City Hall has been suggested for decades. It should be part of the new infrastructure funding.
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A new place to gather: Pottstown community is reviving a historic cemetery
Artists and volunteers came together on Saturday in Montgomery County to celebrate, revive, and raise funds for Pottstown’s Edgewood Historic Cemetery.
4 years ago
Listen 1:17Angelina Jolie makes surprise Ukraine visit, meets children
The area's regional governor said Jolie had come to speak Saturday with displaced Ukrainians who had found refuge in Lviv.
4 years ago
‘There’s hope’: 76ers waiting to see if Embiid can come back
The 76ers and Heat both hit the practice floor Saturday to begin the process of adjusting for a playoff series that won’t have Embiid at the start -- at minimum.
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Naomi Judd, of Grammy-winning duo The Judds, dies at 76
The Judds were to be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame on Sunday.
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Late Del. Gov. du Pont remembered for bipartisanship, humor
Friday’s memorial service at a Wilmington theater had been delayed due to COVID-19 safety concerns.
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Rutgers women’s basketball coach C. Vivian Stringer announces retirement
She led the Scarlet Knights to the NCAA title game in 2007 when they lost to Tennessee.
4 years ago
Ukrainians plead for Mariupol rescue; Russian advance crawls
Ukrainian forces are fighting to hold off a Russian advance aimed at capturing an eastern industrial region along with Ukraine’s last holdout in the southern city of Mairupol.
4 years ago
First new sculpture in 70 years for Philly’s 30th Street Station
Amtrak built a wall on wheels to accommodate Virginia Maksymowicz’s “Tools of the Trade,” honoring hand labor in the national rail system.
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New Jersey launches license plate cameras to combat soaring car theft rate
New Jersey will use $10 million in federal funds to install license plate readers along highways and on police cars in hopes of tracking down stolen vehicles.
4 years ago
Sixers’ Embiid has broken orbital bone, as East semis loom
Embiid was injured late in Philadelphia’s victory at Toronto on Thursday night, when the 76ers were closing out the Raptors and finishing off a six-game win.
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PGW has requested changes to public participation in budgetary processes calling them “overburdensome” and “inefficient.”
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Circle honoring victims of sexual assault closes out Philly advocacy event
The event came as Sexual Assault Awareness Month winds down.
4 years ago
Tech stocks sink again, Nasdaq has worst month since 2008
The Nasdaq fell 4% for the second time this week and finished April down 13.3%, its biggest monthly loss since 2008.
4 years ago
Ilya Tlumach was 7 when he arrived in Lancaster County in 1989 from western Ukraine. His family was fleeing religious persecution under the former Soviet Union.
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