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Study finds air purifiers significantly improve air quality at Philly day cares
Philly’s asthma rate among kids is almost three times the national average. Researchers say air purifiers could help curb the impact of poor air quality.
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Listen 1:16Guilty: Trump becomes first former U.S. president convicted of felony crimes
Jurors convicted Trump on all 34 counts after deliberating for 9.5 hours.
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Pride March and Festival, Roots Picnic, Philly Beer Week and more in this week’s ‘Things To Do’
May 30–June 2: Roots Picnic in Philly, Snoop Dogg in N.J. and Ladybug Music Festival in Delaware are among the weekend’s highlights.
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Listen 5:22Ladybug Music Festival returns to Wilmington to empower women in music and address gender inequality
The annual festival returns Friday with a lineup of more than 30 women artists spanning the genres of hip-hop, R&B, rock and country.
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Listen 1:12Delaware count finds ‘unsurprising’ 9% increase state’s homeless population
With homelessness rising, trends include an increase in homeless children, individuals aged 55 and older and Black communities accounting for 60% of the affected population.
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Listen 1:21David McCormick joins Betsy DeVos at Moms for Liberty event in Nazareth
The Republican Senate candidate and the former secretary of education during the Trump administration discussed education, Title IX and “woke ideology.”
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Pa. attorney general candidates rebuild campaign coffers after pricey primaries
Democrat Eugene DePasquale and Republican Dave Sunday each spent more than $300,000 to fight contested primaries. Both campaigns are now rebuilding their cash reserves.
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Odunde Festival returns to Philly for its 49th year of celebrating African American culture
The street festival will be on Sunday, June 9, spanning about 15 blocks in the area of 23rd and South streets in Center City.
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Listen 1:09Orlando ‘Lonnie’ George, former Delaware speaker and Del. Tech president, dies at 78
George was president of Delaware Technical Community College for 19 years before retiring in 2014.
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The new deal arrives ahead of a June 30 final deadline when patients would have lost coverage for CHOP services under AmeriHealth Caritas plans.
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Alito rejects calls to quit Supreme Court cases on Trump and Jan. 6 because of flag controversies
Justice Samuel Alito says his wife was responsible for an upside-down flag at his Virginia home in 2021 and an “Appeal to Heaven” flag at his New Jersey beach house last year.
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‘A huge deterrent effect’: Philly City Council seeks to strengthen anti-discrimination law
The Fair Practices Ordinance prohibits landlords from rejecting potential tenants based on how they would pay rent.
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Josh Gibson becomes MLB career and season batting leader as Negro Leagues statistics incorporated
After a three-year research project, Negro Leagues statistics for more than 2,300 players were incorporated into Major League Baseball's official records.
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Prosecutors build their case at bribery trial of Sen. Bob Menendez with emails and texts
Jurors were shown texts, emails and phone records showing that Menendez requested information that was allegedly being passed on to the Egyptian government.
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Talia Schlanger once interviewed performers for a living — Sting, Lizzo, Macy Gray and Willie Nelson among them. Now she’s on the other side of the microphone.
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