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Philly delays vaccine mandate for city workers (again) due to union disputes
Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney has indefinitely postponed the vaccine mandate for the city’s unionized employees.
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Wanted: After pandemic hiring crunch, SEPTA hiring hundreds of people to fill open jobs
The transit agency is on a hiring binge that it hopes will restore its workforce after two years of pandemic-related attrition and hiring freezes.
4 years ago
Anti-abortion protesters optimistic at March for Life in DC
Thousands of anti-abortion protesters marched in the nation’s capital with a growing sense of optimism about the prospects this year of a sweeping rollback of abortion rights.
4 years ago
Inspired by Jasper Johns, a dance performance will debut at PMA this weekend
The performances of ‘Finally Unfinished’ by world-renowned choreographer Pam Tanowitz are free with museum admission and will only be seen in Philadelphia, only this weekend.
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Delaware State Rep. Gerald Brady will resign after sending racist, sexist email
State Rep. Gerald Brady will step down Feb. 4 more than six months after using anti-Asian language in an email.
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Meat Loaf, ‘Bat Out of Hell’ rock superstar, dies at 74
Meat Loaf, the rock superstar loved by millions for his “Bat Out of Hell” album, has died at age 74.
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Dunking in the metaverse: The strange saga of a Sixers corporate partnership that went awry
The Sixers recently announced a partnership with a Chinese technology company. After reporters and fans dug into the company, the team backed out.
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Wilmington council votes ‘no confidence’ in police chief over lack of officer diversity
Wilmington City Council says the city’s police chief hasn’t done enough to improve diversity on the force.
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Social media photo of student with gun prompted lockdown at Academy Park High School
The teen in custody posted the photo from inside the school, investigators say.
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Booster shots needed against omicron, CDC studies show
Three new U.S. studies offer more evidence that the COVID-19 vaccines are standing up to the omicron variant, at least among people who have gotten booster shots.
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Company that opened pop-up COVID-19 testing site in Philly faces lawsuit
The lawsuit filed in Minnesota alleges Center for COVID Control either failed to deliver results or delivered inaccurate results.
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Homebuyers have paid a premium to live in the Penn Alexander catchment. Will the same trend reshape the Lea school catchment if Penn invests there?
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Doing it for the Gram: Showcasing the ‘Imperfect History’ of America’s oldest lending library
The Library Company of Philadelphia partnered with Kwasi Hope Agyeman to make an online “Hidden History” video about an exhibition on historic racism.
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After tragic fire, firefighters and Temple football players teamed up to install smoke alarms
The Valiants of Philadelphia, a fraternal society of Black and Latino firefighters in Pennsylvania, helped organize the safety effort.
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Fighting to be ‘an independent voice’ in Camden politics: Behind the #IMWITHER coalition
The inside story of three women who’ve formed a coalition on Camden City Council to challenge the South Jersey Democratic machine — and what’s at stake for the city.
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