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File photo: Comedian Louie Anderson appears in Los Angeles in July 1987.   (AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac, File)
Arts & Entertainment

Louie Anderson, comic, Emmy winner for ‘Baskets,’ dies at 68

Anderson’s publicist Glenn Schwartz says the comedian died Friday in Las Vegas.

4 years ago

Pharmacist Kenni Clark prepares a booster dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine during a vaccination clinic at City of Lawrence's
Health

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.

4 years ago

(Oak Leaf Media/ Courtesy University City District)
PlanPhilly
Money

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

People attend the March for Life rally on the National Mall in Washington, Friday, Jan. 21, 2022. The March for Life, for decades an annual protest against abortion, arrives this year as the Supreme Court has indicated it will allow states to impose tighter restrictions on abortion with a ruling in the coming months. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Courts & Law

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

Dancer Melissa Toogood performs ''Finally, Unfinished'' in front of people at the Philadelphia Art Museum’s Williams Forum.
Arts & Entertainment

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.

4 years ago

State Rep. Gerald Brady (D-Wilmington) sent a racial slur referring to Chinese women in an email from his official legislative account. (Rep. Brady/Facebook)
Politics & Policy

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.

4 years ago

File photo: Singer Meat Loaf performs in support of Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney at the football stadium at Defiance High School in Defiance, Ohio, Thursday, Oct. 25, 2012. Meat Loaf, whose
Arts & Entertainment

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.

4 years ago

An aerial view of a Sixers game at Wells Fargo Center
Community

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.

4 years ago

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Tracy was the first outsider hired to run the Wilmington police force. (City of Wilmington)
Politics & Policy

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.

4 years ago

A section of the Academy Park High School football stadium.
(Daniella Heminghaus for WHYY)
Community
6abc

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.

4 years ago

Silhouette of a COVID-19 vaccine being prepared.
Health

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.

4 years ago

Health care workers administer nasal swabs to drivers and passengers at a drive-thru COVID-19 testing site
Courts & Law
6abc

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.

4 years ago

A gate with signage for Henry C. Lea Elementary School
PlanPhilly
Education

As West Philly home values climb, Penn’s plan to invest in a second public school elicits displacement fears

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?

4 years ago

Kwasi Hope Agyeman records an episode of his virtual series, ''Hidden History,'' at the Library Company of Philadelphia
Arts & Entertainment

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.

4 years ago

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Members of Temple University's football team and Philadelphia firefighters volunteered on Martin Luther King Jr. Day to install smoke alarms in North Philly
PlanPhilly
Community

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.

4 years ago

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