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Still rebounding from the pandemic, Delco nonprofits hope to use grant money to expand
The Foundation for Delaware County’s latest round of grants will go to groups like Share Food Program, which will build Delco’s first ever designated food bank.
4 years ago
Heat defeat 76ers 120-85 in Game 5, take 3-2 series lead
The 76ers were down by 15 going into the fourth, then gave up 12 consecutive points to open the final quarter.
4 years ago
Leonid Kravchuk, independent Ukraine’s 1st president, dies
Zelenskyy paid tribute to him by calling him not just a historical figure but “a man who knew how to find wise words and to say them so that all Ukrainians would hear them.”
4 years ago
How four Philly students ended up working for their principal as teachers
Philadelphia Principal Marla Travis not only kept in touch with four former students: They became teachers at her school, thanks to the example she set.
4 years ago
Sen. Casey says he would support federal abortion rights bill
Casey, one of the last lawmakers on Capitol Hill calling himself a “pro-life Democrat,” says he would support a bill to write the rights into federal law.
4 years ago
Philly plans for weeks-long Welcome America festivities fully in person
The 2022 festival will feature dozens of in-person events from Juneteenth to July 4th including fireworks displays and a massive concert on the Ben Franklin Parkway.
4 years ago
Elon Musk says he would reverse Twitter’s ban of Donald Trump
Elon Musk said he will reverse Twitter’s permanent ban of former President Donald Trump if the Tesla CEO follows through with his plan to buy the social media company.
4 years ago
GOP fears far-right candidate will be Pa. governor nominee
Doug Mastriano, a state senator since 2019, has run to the right of the nine-person Republican field and against the party’s establishment.
4 years ago
Pandemic gets tougher to track as COVID testing plunges
Experts say testing has dropped by 70 to 90% worldwide from the first to the second quarter of this year.
4 years ago
Philly playwright James Ijames wins the Pulitzer Prize
The Philly playwright and co-artistic director of the Wilma Theater won for “Fat Ham,” reimagining “Hamlet” as a queer, Black southern BBQ.
4 years ago
Russia pounds vital port of Odesa, targeting supply lines
Ukrainian officials say Russian troops are pounding the port of Odesa, apparently to disrupt the supply lines and weapons shipments that have been critical for Kyiv's defense.
4 years ago
SUV driver, 2 pedestrians killed in crash at rail station
The driver of an SUV and two pedestrians are dead after the vehicle crashed into SEPTA's Allegheny station in Philadelphia.
4 years ago
Moralists in the U.S. ignore child-killing conditions while waving the pro-life banner
The fact that high rates of infant and maternal mortality persist in the richest nation on earth mocks the phrase pro-life, writes Linn Washington.
4 years ago
The unmourned will be remembered in new Philadelphia AIDS memorialization project
The William Way Center launches Remembrance, a play, funeral procession, and online portal to honor unmourned AIDS deaths.
4 years ago
Redistricting forces a contentious Democratic primary in Northwest Philly
Consensus-builder vs. status-quo-disruptor: two Democratic incumbents face off in a Northwest Philly primary for the Pa. House.
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