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Kirk Franklin, Fringe Festival, Brazilian Day and more in this week’s ‘Things To Do’
Sept. 5–8: Pearl Jam in Philly, The Killers in New Jersey and “House Party” in Delaware are among the weekend’s highlights.
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Listen 5:07Feds renew warnings as phone and email scams continue to rise
Scams cost Americans billions of dollars each year. The Federal Trade Commission is warning consumers to beware.
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Pennsylvania law allows schools to skip lead testing, report says
PennEnvironment says school districts skip lead testing, don’t test all of their outlets and, in some cases, fail to report test results.
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Human trafficking is a growing problem in New Jersey. Many teen runaways are lured, manipulated and controlled by ruthless traffickers.
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Fringe Festival 2024 launches by announcing its new CEO
Nell Bang-Jensen, of Theatre Horizon in Norristown, has been tapped to be next leader of the Philly Fringe Festival.
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Listen 6:15ABC News releases rules for presidential debate between Harris, Trump in Philadelphia
The 90-minute debate will have two seated moderators. Microphones will be live only for the candidate whose turn it is to speak, and there will be no audience.
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Authorities say Russian-backed companies used internet domains meant to mimic legitimate American media companies to spread U.S. election misinformation.
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Eagles in São Paulo: Commentators educate audience about NFL in soccer-crazy Brazil
Local commentators and experts in Brazil are seeking to draw attention to NFL football by using funny metaphors, catchy stories about players and loud celebrations on air.
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White House signaling it will likely stop Nippon Steel’s plans to buy U.S. Steel
Biden had already voiced his objections to the merger, backing his supporters in the United Steelworkers union who oppose the deal.
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Fmr. 8th-grade math teacher at Philadelphia school charged with sex abuse of teenage girl
The victim is 16 years old and was previously taught by the suspect at the K-8 school.
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‘It isn’t just Chinatown’: Citywide poll shows little support for Sixers arena proposal
The results come as the team seeks the necessary legislation to move forward with demolition and construction.
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Due Diligence: Reproductive health takes top billing as issue in race for president
Donald Trump and Republicans are trying to distance themselves from anti-IVF proposals as Democrats work to pin them to fetal personhood laws.
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Philly city officials vow to keep the city clean after a summer-long cleanup effort
“We completed over 60,000 quality-of-life services throughout the entire city of Philadelphia, block by block,” Mayor Cherelle Parker said Wednesday.
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UAW to pull out of AFL-CIO over New Jersey casino smoking loophole
United Auto Workers’ director is furious at other unions for supporting indoor smoking in Atlantic City casinos, despite the health risk it poses to workers.
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A 14-year-old student fatally shot 4 people in a rampage at a Georgia high school, officials say
At least nine other people — eight students and one teacher — were taken to hospitals with injuries.
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