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Community

Kimmel Cultural Campus, Philadelphia Orchestra bridge cultures with Taller Puertorriqueño

Kimmel Cultural Campus and the Philadelphia Orchestra are asking audiences to bring donations to support Taller Puertorriqueño’s annual gift drive.

5 years ago

Shoppers wearing face masks wait in line to enter a store
Health

‘The fire that’s here’: U.S. is still battling delta variant

For now, the extra-contagious delta variant continues to inflict misery at a time when many hospitals are struggling with shortages of nurses.

5 years ago

Police are on the scene following an incident at 69th Street Transportation Center
Community
6abc

Man opens fire on officers near 69th Street Transportation Center in Upper Darby: Police

A suspect is in custody after police say he opened fire on officers near SEPTA's 69th Street Transportation Center.

5 years ago

Workers pump water from a flooded section of Interstate 676 in Philadelphia Friday, Sept. 3, 2021
PlanPhilly
Weather

Philadelphians have gotten more Ida aid than residents of any other Pa. county

FEMA’s Individual Assistance program helps households pay for repairs to property damaged in disasters like Ida. The deadline for applications is Jan. 10.

5 years ago

File Photo: Safe injection site supporters in Philadelphia rallied outside a federal hearing to determine if the proposed Safehouse would violate the federal Controlled Substances Act.
Health

Time for Safehouse to ask forgiveness, not permission, on Philly supervised injection site, experts say

Once the national leader in the charge to open a supervised injection site, the nonprofit group is mired in legal battles, with no clear path out.

5 years ago

Jane Lynch, winner of the award for outstanding performance by an ensemble in a comedy series for
Things To Do
Arts & Entertainment

Charlie Brown Christmas onstage, Jane Lynch swings, and more in this week’s ‘Things to Do’

Jane Lynch and Charlie Brown’s musical Christmas anchor this weekend’s events in and around Philadelphia.

5 years ago

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Nathalie Stutzman conducts the Philadelphia Orchestra
Arts & Entertainment

Groundbreaking conductor Nathalie Stutzmann debuts new role with Philadelphia Orchestra

America’s only woman director of a major orchestra (the Atlanta Symphony), Nathalie Stutzmann debuts as principal guest conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra.

5 years ago

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Philadelphia Councilmember Katherine Gilmore Richardson (right) and Krista Gilmore-Murray (left) in front of their family home
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

A Philly Council member nearly lost her family home. Now she has a bill to help others avoid that plight

Philadelphia lawmakers are enlisting funeral homes to help solve a tangled title problem that affects real estate worth more than $1.1 billion.

5 years ago

Pro-choice and anti-abortion activists rally outside the Supreme Court, Monday, Nov. 1, 2021, as arguments are set to begin about abortion by the court, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Health

N.J.’s abortion bill would do more than codify Roe v. Wade

Gov. Phil Murphy recently expressed hope that he’d sign the bill before the end of the year.

5 years ago

The storefront of the new Juniata Supermarket in Juniata, Philadelphia
Community

A new supermarket is a big hit in Juniata Park

A major private investment provides a public benefit in the form of a new supermarket in Juniata Park.

5 years ago

Former Bordentown Police Chief Frank Nucera Jr.
Courts & Law

Mistrial declared again in hate crime case against former South Jersey police chief

This is the second time a jury has been deadlocked on the charges of hate crime assault and civil rights deprivation against former Bordentown Chief Frank Nucera Jr.

5 years ago

Chris Williams is accompanied by his attorney and supporters at a press confernece
Courts & Law

Man exonerated after 30 years in prison sues the city of Philadelphia

Christopher Williams was released in Feb. after the Philly DA’s Office found that the prosecution had coerced an informant to lie and had hidden other evidence.

5 years ago

Pastors David Landow (left) and Alan Hines want an injunction to prevent the state from restricting churches in future emergencies. (The Neuberger Firm)
Health

Pastors seek court order barring limits on churches in future emergencies

The lawyer for one of the pastors said the Delaware Constitution took health emergencies into account when it mandated the “free exercise of religious worship.”

5 years ago

Closeup of a police vehicle in Philadelphia
Courts & Law
6abc

Off-duty Philadelphia police officer shot multiple times

The shooting happened near the intersection of N. 13th and W. Pike streets in North Philadelphia.

5 years ago

President Joe Biden speaks at Dakota County Technical College, in Rosemount, Minn., Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Health

Biden HIV/AIDS strategy calls racism ‘public health threat’

Nearly 38 million people are living with HIV, including 1.2 million in the U.S.

5 years ago

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