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Paris 2024 Olympics HQ searched in third consecutive Summer Games scandal
Officials say French investigators have searched the Paris Olympic organizers’ headquarters as part of corruption investigations into contracts linked to the Games.
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4 dead in e-bike shop fire that spread to apartments in New York City
It appears to be the latest in a string of fires linked to lithium ion batteries in the city. The blaze was reported early Tuesday in the Chinatown neighborhood of Manhattan.
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Offshore wind foes in New Jersey gathering force legally and politically
The offshore project is New Jersey's first, and a U.S. subsidiary of Danish wind developer Orsted could begin construction this year if remaining approvals are obtained.
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Hunter Biden will plead guilty in a deal that likely avoids time behind bars in a tax and gun case
The deal ends a long-running Justice Department investigation into Biden’s second son, who has acknowledged struggling with addiction.
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Missing 9-year-old boy dies after being pulled from Bucks County pond
The child's bike and a fishing pole were nearby when officers arrived, but police say the boy was nowhere to be found.
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Coast Guard says extensive search has yielded no sign of missing sub
Rescuers were racing against time to find the submersible before the oxygen supply runs out for five people who were on a mission to document the wreckage of the Titanic.
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Are Philly-area Starbucks banning Pride displays? Decor varies from store to store
The coffee giant faces an NLRB complaint over the issue. In this region, some locations are full of rainbows, while others show no LGBTQ+ affirming decor.
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Listen 1:17Contemporary art ‘reanimates’ historic sculpture garden on the Schuylkill River
Maren Hassinger’s “Steel Bodies” reanimates a vision of American history at the Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial along the Schuylkill River.
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Listen 1:27Haddonfield, N.J., is a borough in South Jersey with a small Black population, but one that dates back to the 1700s, historians say.
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New report finds evidence of racial disparity in Philadelphia police stops and sentencing
The DA’s report shows Black and brown Philadelphians are much more likely to be stopped by police and charged.
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More than 1 million people are dropped from Medicaid as states start a post-pandemic purge of rolls
States were prohibited from removing people from Medicaid during the pandemic. But that ban was lifted in April.
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Wilt Chamberlain’s Philadelphia Warriors rookie home uniform sells at auction for $1.79 million
SCP Auctions says the jersey and shorts that Chamberlain wore during the 1959-60 season were sold to filmmaker Rob Gough.
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Wyndham Clark’s U.S. Open win on Father’s Day is also a tribute to his late mom
Clark’s mother, Lise, died of breast cancer in 2013, which sent him spiraling. The road back led him to leave college at Oklahoma State for a fresh start at Oregon.
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Philadelphia City Council is poised to pass a new budget tackling public safety. Here’s what’s in it
This Thursday, City Council will approve a fiscal year 2024 budget. The current proposal includes public safety items such as policing and neighborhood cleanup.
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Listen 0:57Delaware lawmakers want state to assess offshore wind potential
The legislation would direct DNREC to evaluate the potential benefits and roadblocks of offshore wind.
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