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Honeysuckle chef Omar Tate has raised $50,000 for a ‘Black Trader Joe’s’ in West Philly
Tate’s vision for Honeysuckle Community Center includes a meat market, cafe library, a supper club, and grocery store.
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Defense lawyers pan N.J.’s plan to restart criminal trials
The state judiciary released guidelines last month that would allow live trials to resume in September at courthouses serving six of New Jersey’s 21 counties.
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Q&A: What’s happening at the US Postal Service, and why?
The USPS has found itself in the middle of a high-stakes election-year debate over who gets to vote in America, and how.
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Pa. private, charter schools worry bus cuts will strand students
Some districts say they’ll continue to take these students to school, as usual, even though their own campuses are closed, while other districts plan to cancel bus service.
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Pa. schools get state guidance about handling COVID-19 outbreaks
The state’s largest teachers union, the Pennsylvania State Education Association, urged schools to follow the guidelines but said they need more teeth.
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Philly Naked Bike Ride called off because of the coronavirus
The annual event, which usually draws thousands of nude cyclists for a trip around Philadelphia and its tourist sites, had been set for later this month.
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Bucks County residents show bipartisan support for police reforms, including chokehold ban
All the proposals were drawn from the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, which passed the U.S. House and awaits deliberation in the Senate.
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Pennsylvania investigating sex abuse claims at care facility
An investigative report by the Inquirer found that at least 41 children with intellectual disabilities have reported sexual assaults at Devereux over the past quarter-century.
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K. Hovnanian drops plan to build 67 townhouses by Underground Railroad site
The homebuilding company did not say why it was no longer considering the Plymouth Meeting location, which includes three historic structures and wetlands.
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Outdoor art exhibition remembers the 100th anniversary of the Pan-African flag
In “Pa’lante,” artist Heather Raquel Phillips uses a series of flags to recall Marcus Garvey’s Pan-African movement.
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Delaware hospitals have fewer and fewer COVID-19 patients
Public health officials and hospitals had feared disaster in the spring. But the number of people needing inpatient treatment has steadily declined.
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Listen 1:46Fishtown fought to save St. Laurentius church’s twin spires for 6 years. The neighborhood just lost.
Citing imminent danger of collapse, the Philadelphia Historical Commission recommended the demolition of St. Laurentius church’s twin spires.
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Tropical Storm Kyle forms off mid-Atlantic coast
The eleventh-named storm of the 2020 hurricane season formed Friday afternoon off the mid-Atlantic coast.
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Not real news: A look at false claims around Kamala Harris
A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week.
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With sharks nearby, Coast Guard crew rescues entangled sea turtle off N.J.
Coast Guard members saved a distressed sea turtle from a certain fate Thursday off the coast of Cape May.
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