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Christina Digiulio stands with her arms crossed in front of Marsh Creek
Politics & Policy

Mariner East pipeline motivates activist’s Green Party run for Pa. governor

Christina Digiulio, a pipeline opponent from Upper Uwchlan, said she wants to give voice to people affected by industrial pollution.

4 years ago

An in-game screenshot from ''X2: The Next Power.'' (Courtesy of Tethra64)
Arts & Entertainment

New video game from Philly creators has players battling the evil forces of the music industry

Two gamers influenced by music will show off ‘X2: The Next Power’ at the METAVERSE concert and gaming event at the Fillmore in April.

4 years ago

A Christmas Tree is lit up outside City Hall in Philadelphia
Community

Philly’s rental assistance program marks quarter billion dollar milestone

The $250 million program helped 39,000 in Philly stay in their homes and prevent an eviction to show on their record for future rentals.

4 years ago

Rowhouses line North 29th Street in Philadelphia
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Philly has over 10,000 tangled titles. Here’s what residents need to know about them

City Councilmember Katherine Gilmore Richardson and others aim to educate Philadelphians on how to find out if a title is tangled, and provide resources to fix it.

4 years ago

Montco FNB stationed in Norristown for one of their distributions. (Montco FNB)
Community

Meet the teens behind a Montco Food Not Bombs group

They cook together every other Thursday, then set up a table in Norristown the following Saturday to distribute free meals and groceries.

4 years ago

Former French Foreign Legion member identified as Mornay walks around the border crossing in Medyka, southeastern Poland, on Friday, March 11, 2022. At Poland's Medyka border, Mornay is one of seven former members of the French Foreign Legion, an elite military force, who are voluntarily providing their own security to refugees and are on the lookout for traffickers
Politics & Policy

Concern grows over traffickers targeting Ukrainian refugees

As millions of women and children flee across Ukraine’s borders, concerns grow over how to protect the most vulnerable refugees from being targeted by human traffickers.

4 years ago

A man walks through Lancaster City, Pa., with his shopping bag during a snowstorm Saturday, March 12, 2022. Much of the northeast is experiencing a late winter storm dropping snow and high winds
Weather

Late winter storm blasts South, Northeast with snow and wind

Winds gusted up to 45 mph in some areas and gale warnings were posted in coastal New Jersey and Delaware.

4 years ago

General views of Stamford Bridge stadium home of Chelsea football club in London,  Thursday, March 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
Politics & Policy

English Premier League disqualifies Abramovich from running Chelsea

The Premier League has disqualified Roman Abramovich from running Chelsea after the club owner was sanctioned by the British government over Russia’s war on Ukraine.

4 years ago

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Community
6abc

Late-night shooting results in Philadelphia’s 100th homicide of 2022

According to the Action News data journalism team, the homicide rate is now up 8% from last year, which broke a somber record.

4 years ago

A Ukrainian serviceman walks near the position he was guarding in Mariupol, Ukraine, Saturday, March 12, 2022. Ukraine’s military says Russian forces have captured the eastern outskirts of the besieged city of Mariupol. In a Facebook update Saturday, the military said the capture of Mariupol and Severodonetsk in the east were a priority for Russian forces. Mariupol has been under siege for over a week, with no electricity, gas or water
Politics & Policy

Russia strikes near Ukrainian capital; port city under siege

Russian forces are pounding the port city of Mariupol, shelling its downtown as residents hide.

4 years ago

Shown are used syringes collected at a needle exchange run by Camden Area Health Education Center in Camden, N.J., Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Health

Increase in N.J. drug overdose numbers suggests more needs to be done

While the number of overdose deaths is lower than expected for 2021, advocates say the state now needs to implement approved policies to address the crisis.

4 years ago

Whose Your Landlord CEO Ozo Ezeugwu. (Courtesty of Ozo Ezeugwu)
PlanPhilly
Community

$2.1 million raised for student-inspired web platform started in Philly that reviews landlords

Ofo Ezeugwu created ‘Whose Your Landlord’ in 2013 after talking to fellow students about their experiences living in and around the university.

4 years ago

Stacy Rangel Stec walks through a tunnel whose swirling lights create an illusion of motion at the Museum of Illusions in Philadelphia. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Don’t believe your eyes: New Museum of Illusions opens in Philadelphia

The global franchise of immersive optical and spatial trickery has opened in more than 35 cities, now including Philadelphia.

4 years ago

A man adjusts a sign near a memorial at the scene in the Columbus, Ohio neighborhood Friday, April 23, 2021 where 16-year-old Ma'Khia Bryant was fatally shot by police as she swung at two other people with a knife on Tuesday, April 20. (AP Photo/Farnoush Amiri)
Courts & Law

Ohio officer cleared in shooting of teenager Ma’Khia Bryant

Bryant was killed in April by Columbus police officer Nicholas Reardon as she swung a knife at another young woman. Bryant was Black and Reardon is white.

4 years ago

File photo: Demonstrators gather on the steps to the State Capitol to speak against transgender-related legislation bills being considered in the Texas Senate and Texas House, Thursday, May 20, 2021 in Austin, Texas. A Texas judge on Friday, March 11, 2022 blocked the state from investigating as child abuse gender confirming care for transgender youth. District Judge Amy Clark Meachum issued a temporary injunction preventing the state from enforcing Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s directive to compel the Department of Family and Protective Services to investigate.
Courts & Law

Texas judge blocks investigations of trans youth parents

The injunction broadens District Judge Amy Clark Meachum’s earlier order blocking the state’s investigation of the parents of one transgender teenager.

4 years ago

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