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Flash flooding fears with Friday storm system

A bout of heavy rain is expected to drench the region throughout the day on Friday bringing the potential for flash flooding in some neig ...

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Manhole cover blasts off in Center City

Two separate underground blasts caused at least one manhole cover to blow off and Philadelphia Police to block off a major intersection t ...

12 years ago

 Pennsylvania's gubernatorial candidates (from left) York businessman Tom Wolf, U.S. Rep. Allyson Schwartz, former Department of Environmental Protection Secretary Katie McGinty, and state Treasurer Rob McCord (NewsWorks Image)
Politics & Policy

How the candidates stack up on education

Polls are showing that education is the hands-down most important issue for voters heading to the polls later this month. The gube ...

12 years ago

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Marco Rubio sounds like a member of the Flat Earth Society. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari, File)
National Interest

A climate change denier had a very bad week

I’ll cut to the chase: Any politician who disses science and disputes the reality of man-made climate change has no business aspiri ...

12 years ago

 City Council President Darrell Clarke and others have sought to divide the revenue from a one-percent City sales tax to pay toward both the schools and pensions. (NewsWorks, file art)
The Philadelphia Experiment

To support Philly children and pensioners, we must vote in large numbers on Tuesday

Philadelphia City Council and state lawmakers are seeking ways to fill a $216 million school-funding gap and address the city’s tro ...

12 years ago

 A SEPTA train passes as the Mural Arts installation crew paints one of the seven sites of Katharina Grosse's psychylustro in Philadelphia, Pa.  (Nathaniel Hamilton/For NewsWorks)
Arts & Entertainment

Animating ghostly landscape along Philly rail corridor with lustrous color

What once served the factories that made Philadelphia the “Workshop of the World,” the rail corridor between 30th Street Stat ...

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 Bags of heroin seized in Wilmington (Photo courtesy Wilmington PD)

Bad heroin batch claims five more lives in Delaware

Fentanyl-laced heroin is being blamed for the deaths of six Delawareans so far this year.  The Office of the Chief Medical Ex ...

12 years ago

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Urban Planning

Back to the future to renew Fairmount Park

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Urban Planning

590-foot hotel/condo tower for Broad and Spruce clears last hurdle

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Urban Planning

May 16-18: Trenton Ave clean-up | Kinetic Sculpture Derby | Garden workshop | Clark Park party | Stenton garden tour | Society Hill home tour | Dog park clean-up, repairs

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Urban Planning

Philly Bike Share must pass City Council to advance

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Urban Planning

May 16: Art Museum renovations | Girard Square demolition | Parking Authority OKs fluctuating surcharges | Gubernatorial candidates on biking, arts, culture | Concealed utility meters

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 U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman speaks with reporters after former Trenton Mayor Tony Mack was sentenced to 58 months in prison. (Phil Gregory/for NewsWorks)

Ending ‘sad chapter’ in Trenton history, former Mayor Tony Mack gets prison time

Former Trenton Mayor Tony Mack has been sentenced to 58 months in prison following his conviction on corruption charges. Mack was ...

12 years ago

Jobless rates related to risk of obesity during Great Recession

The Great Recession and unemployment didn’t just slim down wallets – they also expanded waistlines, according to a new study. ...

12 years ago

 Congressional candidates Valerie Arkoosh, Daylin Leach, and Brendan Boyle join moderator Will Bunch (right) at a forum in January. (Dave Davies/WHYY, file)
Politics & Policy

Four Democrats rumble for Schwartz’s Pa. congressional seat

An open congressional seat is a rare thing in politics, and U.S. Rep. Allyson Schwartz’s decision to run for  governor rather ...

12 years ago

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