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Philly announces supervised sites for families who need child care this fall
The 31 “Access Centers” are supposed to be safe, supervised space where students can complete their online assignments while parents are at work.
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One dead in boating accident near N.J. inlet
One person was killed and another injured in a boating accident near Ocean City Wednesday, authorities said.
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Ex-White House adviser Steve Bannon charged in border wall scam
Federal prosecutors alleged that Bannon and three others “orchestrated a scheme to defraud hundreds of thousands of donors” in connection with an online crowdfunding campaign.
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Obama, in scathing Trump rebuke, warns democracy on the line
Former President Obama spoke from Philadelphia, where the United States Constitution was drafted and signed.
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City Planning Commission rejects plans for affordable housing on ‘very small lots’
Asociación Puertorriqueños en Marcha and Scannapieco Development Corporation want to build small, two-family rowhomes on vacant city-owned lots.
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Is urbanism a fantasy of racialized capitalism?
Why is a movement dedicated to the vitality of cities so focused on commercial real estate?
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When it comes to its gun violence epidemic, Philly is struggling to control the spread
The city has some pieces of a public health strategy in place, but experts and community leaders say it needs to do more to quell gun violence long term.
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Things to do this week in the Delaware Valley include the BlackStar film fest, drive-in concerts, and Family Fun Month.
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Listen 5:25Pa. lawmakers concerned ‘guidance’ for schools could open the door to COVID-19 lawsuits
Potential liability should students or staff become infected with COVID-19 at school is a top concern among some education leaders.
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News of Obama DNC speech draws 200 outside Philly’s American Revolution Museum
Last-minute news Obama would give his DNC speech from one of the galleries drew a crowd outside the museum to get a glimpse of the former president.
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Democrats pound their message: To oust Trump, you must vote
Tonight's speakers include Elizabeth Warren, Nancy Pelosi, Hillary Clinton, Sen. Kamala Harris, and Barack Obama.
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How your commute will get worse if the state yanks SEPTA funding
SEPTA GM Leslie Richards told lawmakers that transit services, including the Broad-Ridge Spur, would vanish without funding from Harrisburg.
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City officials investigate COVID-19 outbreak at Northeast Philly church
Nine members of City Reach Philly Church in the Tacony section of Northeast Philadelphia have tested positive for COVID-19.
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AG backs Delaware officers who killed Black man
The report cleared Milford police officers Nigel Golding and Brandon Karpin of criminal wrongdoing in the fatal shooting of Brandon Roberts, 27.
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Drexel University undergraduate students to stay home this fall
Drexel will also cancel the tuition increase and implement a tuition freeze for all undergraduate students in the fall 2020 term to help them deal with financial difficulties.
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