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Review: After ‘Macbeth,’ it’s back indoors

It’s difficult enough to produce a plausible “Macbeth” on a stage inside a theater, so hats off to Revolution Shakespea ...

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Webcomic: The two different types of birders

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Juniper Driscoll in a cargo bike at Firth & Wilson. (Dena Driscoll/for NewsWorks)
Philly Parenting

How and where to bike share in Philly before bike share opens

In spring 2015 Philadelphia is slated to ...

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After Sandy, N.J. gas stations get generator grants

A group of 33 New Jersey gas stations on and near storm evacuation routes have been approved for grant money by the state to install back ...

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West Philly mural tells tales of teens searching for home

On 42 Street in West Philadelphia, a block off Lancaster Avenue,  a green lawn marks the place where half a dozen houses once stood. ...

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Superstorm Sandy recovery documentary to screen in Seaside Park Saturday

It’s been almost two years since Superstorm Sandy slammed into the Jersey Shore. For many, the recovery has been slow, dealing ...

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Fire at assisted living center kills one

Authorities say a fire at an assisted living facility for the disabled in suburban Philadelphia claimed the life of one person. Of ...

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Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus gestures as he speaks during a news conference and meeting with state Republican Hispanics
National Interest

Decoding the GOP’s anti-women spin, in four easy steps

I have a question for you: If the government stepped into your personal life and decreed that you had to drive hundreds of miles just to ...

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 Ocean View's Brian Caselli demonstrates the Narcan nasal spary. (Gene Ashley/WHYY)

Teaching heroin overdose response in Delaware

Classes to teach people how to administer the overdose-reversing drug naloxone will start later this month. The classes are part o ...

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The Philadelphia Experiment

It’s time for the School Reform Commission to go

On Monday, Philadelphia public-school teachers reported to work, as they always do, in a workplace fraught with the most dangerous of all ...

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After 8 years, NW Philly nurse relishes newly-obtained US citizenship

Inside an unremarkable classroom in West Philadelphia, Aurora Hermoso’s dream came true. In early September, after eight yea ...

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October 9: Templetown landlord oversight | Germantown Town Hall conversations | DRPA funding PATCO work | SEPTA regional rail strained, overnight subway service to stay

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LENS: Dilworth Park

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Blackwell on proposal at 43rd and Baltimore: “Go to the zoning board”

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 Making their sentiments known, supporters for Gov. Tom Corbett and candidate Tom Wolf gather early this month in Philadelphia as the candidates debate at
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Corbett, Wolf scrap to draw in final debate

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett and Democratic challenger Tom Wolf traded familiar shots and battled to a draw in their final debate last n ...

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