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Bernard Lee. (Courtesy of Cozen O' Connor)
Community
The Philadelphia Tribune

Bernard Lee, notable real estate lawyer, dies at 71

Real estate lawyer Bernard Lee died on Sunday, Nov. 7, 2021, after suffering a cardiac incident last week at a Philadelphia 76ers game. He was 71.

4 years ago

The correctional complex on State Road in Philadelphia.
Community

Philadelphia prisons to resume limited in-person visits

Philadelphia’s prison system is offering in-person visits for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic, though with restrictions.

4 years ago

This Jan. 16, 2014 file photo shows the General Electric logo at a store in Cranberry Township, Pa. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)
Money

General Electric to split into 3 public companies

General Electric is splitting itself into three public companies that concentrate on aviation, health care and energy.

4 years ago

House Speaker Bryan Cutler is seen wearing a face mask
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

Top Pa. House Republican wants to greatly expand lawmakers’ power over the governor, executive branch

A majority of lawmakers would be able to block orders, such as one requiring masks in schools, from continuing past 21 days.

4 years ago

The exterior of Philly school district headquarters
Education
Chalkbeat Philadelphia

Proposed Philly media policy called a ‘gag order.’ District says it’s ‘standard operating procedure’

The Philadelphia Federation of Teachers said the proposed policy constituted “egregious and reprehensible attempts” to limit its members’ ability to speak to the media.

4 years ago

Robert Davis of West Oak Lane looks at his collection of newspapers that chronicled the loss of lives of Vietnam War troops who were Edison High School students. (Abdul R. Sulayman / The Philadelphia Tribune)
Community
The Philadelphia Tribune

New documentary honors Edison High School’s fallen Vietnam War troops

For Veterans Day 2021, a new documentary is being released on the 64 alumni of Thomas Edison High School who lost their lives from November 1965 to January 1971 while serving

4 years ago

A Comcast van is pictured on a Philly street
Community

Internet outage impacts Comcast customers in Philly area, other states

The service issues appear to be far-reaching as users across the country, including Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan, have also reported connectivity problems.

4 years ago

Pre-K students wear face masks
Education
NJ Spotlight

Murphy: Mask mandate goes if parents vaccinate kids

Gov. Phil Murphy said that every student and educator immunized brings the state closer to lifting the mask requirement he put in place last summer.

4 years ago

On Nov. 8, at the Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery in Pennsauken, Jassan Lindsey's paternal grandmother, Alma Lindsey, talks about how much her grandson meant to her at his casket; at right, Jassan's younger brother, Kason Lindsey, 4 — too young to comprehend the loss — holds a flower. (April Saul for WHYY)
Community

14-year-old’s shooting death in Camden sends shockwaves through South Jersey community

Jassan Lindsey was the youngest person to die from gunfire in Camden in five years. Hundreds of people attended his funeral Monday, remembering his "beautiful spirit."

4 years ago

File photo: Shown is a mail-in ballot return box in Willow Grove, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Politics & Policy

Montco GOP alleges ‘lack of trust’ in election results, but says there’s no evidence of fraud

Republicans are upset that a printing error caused delays in counting ballots, but say they have no reason not to trust the results.

4 years ago

Chef Tyler Akin talks outside his restaurant Le Cavalier about plans for Wilmington restaurants to team up with celebrity chefs to raise money to support the Independent Restaurant Coalition’s efforts to help eateries damaged by the pandemic. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
Community

Delaware restaurants getting help from nationally-known chefs to combat COVID challenges

An all-star lineup of chefs is coming to Wilmington to help raise funds for independent restaurants still struggling to get back losses caused by the pandemic.

4 years ago

Heeding God’s Call to End Gun Violence installed their memorial to the lost at Trinity Episcopal Church in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. in September 2018. The memorial travels around Delaware County.
Education

Swarthmore College students, faculty launch Delco’s first homicide database

Advocates hope the Delaware County Homicide Database will help reduce gun violence. It documents 503 homicides from 2005 to 2019.

4 years ago

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Will Smith
Arts & Entertainment

Global superstar returns home to Philly to launch international tour for first book

The memoir is titled “Will,” and the very first stop was a small bookstore on Girard Avenue in Fishtown: Harriett’s.

4 years ago

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney presents a Liberty Bell award to Kahleah Copper, the 2021 WNBA Finals MVP, at a ceremony at City Hall. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community

‘Shining for our city’: Philly honors WNBA Finals MVP Kahleah Copper

Copper, who grew up in North Philly, helped boost the Chicago Sky over the Phoenix Mercury, 80 to 74, in game four of the WNBA Finals to win their first-ever championship.

4 years ago

File photo: New Jersey State Capitol building in Trenton. (Alan Tu/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Social justice groups say N.J. needs a person of color as the next Senate president

Leaders from several social justice groups say the time is long overdue for a person of color to assume the second most powerful position in New Jersey government.

4 years ago

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