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Philly Parenting

Teaching science and math through Legos at Independence Seaport Museum

In September my two young reporters and I had the distinct privilege to interview a ...

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 Volunteers come together to build a playground at Manayunk's North Light Community Center on Tuesday. (Bas Slabbers/for NewsWorks)

Top 5 stories of the week in Northwest Philly

Here’s a look at the top stories you may have missed in Northwest Philadelphia this week. ...

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Down the Shore

Cuddle alert! Coolest weather of autumn arrives Saturday night

Get the flannel pajamas and firewood ready. After a strong cold front sweeps through the region Saturday afternoon, temperatures w ...

12 years ago

In this photo taken Tuesday

IRS, NSA, Congress, now the Secret Service — what’s to like about American government?

Given director Julia Pierson’ resignation this week amid security lapses at the White House, add the Secret Service to the list of ...

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Keystone Crossroads

Researchers call for cumulative approach to measuring Pa. pollution

It’s long been known that environmental pollution disproportionately hurts the health of residents of low-income and minority commu ...

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Money

Marriott fined $600,000 for jamming guests’ Wi-Fi

Marriott International will pay the government a $600,000 fine for jamming conference attendees’ own Wi-Fi networks at one of its h ...

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Barrier still at White House two weeks after jumper

Before an intruder jumped the White House fence two weeks ago, sightseers could lean into the fence and snap an obstructed photograph. ...

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Pa. told to release info on oil trains

The Pennsylvania Office of Open Records has told state emergency officials to release details on trains carrying crude oil from the North ...

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Police seize ambush suspect’s food supplies

Pennsylvania State Police say they have seized supplies of food belonging to the survivalist charged with ambushing a rural police barrac ...

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Money

SEPTA, rail union to resume talks Monday

Philadelphia transit officials say there won’t be another rail strike for at least four months. The Southeastern Pennsylvani ...

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Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane will step down Wednesday after she was convicted by a Montgomery County jury of perjury and other charges.(Jessica Griffin/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP

Some see political motive in Kane’s handling of raunchy emails

For the past week, Democratic Attorney General Kathleen Kane has released information in a piecemeal fashion about bawdy emails exchanged ...

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Politics & Policy

Automatic deletion of Philly emails leads to bureaucratic tangles, city officials say

NewsWorks reported last week ...

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Soldiers traveling to Vietnam aboard crowded troop ships doodled on their canvas bunks, now on display at the Independence Seaport Museum. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Scraps of graffiti left by troops on voyage to Vietnam now at Seaport Museum

“This bunk is the death bed,” wrote a soldier while on a troop ship heading to Vietnam in 1967, scrawling the letters on the ...

12 years ago

(Image courtesy of Drexel University)

Drexel opens low-cost, mental health training clinic in West Philly

Mental health services can be difficult to access even with insurance.  “The most vulnerable populations are those low- ...

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Manan Trivedi (left) and Ryan Costello are running for Congress in Pennsylvania's 6th Congressional District. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo and ryancostelloforcongress.com)
Politics & Policy

National Dems’ PAC retreats on ads supporting Trivedi in 6th District race against Costello

A super PAC backing Democrats in Congress has walked away from ad reservations in a race in the Philadelphia suburbs. The House Ma ...

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