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Dancers line up in front of the Moulin Rouge cabaret
Arts & Entertainment
6abc

The Academy of Music set to stage ‘Moulin Rouge! The Musical’ from July 5-23

The Tony Award Winning Musical, Directed by Tony Award® winner Alex Timbers, runs July 5 - 23 at the Academy of Music.

2 years ago

Police officers patrol
Courts & Law

Delaware to make some police misconduct records public. Reform advocates say it’s not ‘true transparency’

During the three years since George Floyd’s murder, the law enforcement lobby succeeded in eroding the initial bill’s expansive provisions.

2 years ago

The Statue of Liberty, covered in a haze
Community

Climate change keeps making wildfires and smoke worse. Scientists call it the ‘new abnormal’

As smoky as the summer has been so far, scientists say it will likely be worse in future years because of climate change.

2 years ago

Members of the Daniels drag family pose for a photograph
Community

Drag queens are out, proud and loud in a string of coal towns, from a bingo hall to blue-collar bars

In red communities across America, lawmakers are pushing to restrict drag performances and, in some cases, broader trans and gay rights.

2 years ago

Open Door Of Wood-burning Stove
Politics & Policy

New Jersey is among 10 states planning to sue EPA over standards for residential wood-burning stoves

They say EPA's failure to review and ensure emissions standards for residential wood-burning stoves has allowed the continued sale of appliances that could worsen pollution.

2 years ago

Lawrence Phillips sitting and looking out on the ocean and icebergs.
Community

‘I feel freer’: Concerned about the dangers of being Black in America, some are searching for freedom abroad

Some have waited decades to explore the world out of fear they’ll be targeted and discriminated against, while others have chosen to be expats.

2 years ago

Listen 6:16
Plant manager Ryan Gregor holds handfuls of crushed glass
Community

New Jersey recycling plant supplied glass for temporary I-95 fix

Fill material for the I-95 emergency fix was made with recycled glass from Burlington County.

2 years ago

(NWS Mount Holly/ Twitter)
Weather
6abc

NWS issues severe thunderstorm watch in Del., NJ, Pa.

Storms Sunday will be capable of producing damaging wind gusts up to 70 mph, hail and flooding downpours.

2 years ago

Multiple arrests were made this weekend during Moms For Liberty Summit protests, including six on Sunday for blocking traffic outside of the Marriott Hotel in Center City.
Politics & Policy

7 people arrested during protests at Moms for Liberty Summit, Philadelphia Police say

ACT UP Philadelphia said Sunday’s “civil disobedience action” was “organized by an autonomous group of activists in solidarity.”

2 years ago

Listen 1:18
Venus Williams takes part in a practice session ahead of the Wimbledon tennis championships at Wimbledon,
Community

Venus Williams is back at Wimbledon at age 43 and ready to play on Centre Court again

She will be in action on Day 1 at the All England Club on Centre Court against Elina Svitolina.

2 years ago

Philadelphia Phillies' Alec Bohm hits an RBI-single off Washington Nationals' Thaddeus Ward during the fifth inning of a baseball game, Saturday, July 1, 2023, in Philadelphia.
Community

Bohm has 6 RBIs as Phillies score most runs in 5 years with 19-4 rout of Nationals

Philadelphia had 18 hits, including four by Bohm, who matched his career best.

2 years ago

In this photo released by the Baltimore Police Department, police tape cordons off the area of a mass shooting incident in the Southern District of Baltimore, Maryland, early Sunday, July 2, 2023.
Community

Baltimore block party shooting leaves 2 dead and 28 injured, including 3 critically hurt, police say

Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott has asked anyone with information about the shooting to assist investigators.

2 years ago

Delaware State University
Education

Delaware State University researchers to study initiative bringing housing and health care to people experiencing homelessness

The $300,000 study will evaluate Catholic Charities’ Healthy Housing Initiative, which aims to combat homelessness through collaboration.

2 years ago

People are seated at round tables in a large conference room.
Politics & Policy

Day 3 of Moms for Liberty’s National Summit: Attendees share lessons learned, trans rights advocates respond

Some attendees said transgender children should not partake in gender-affirming healthcare. “No child is born in the wrong body,” said Gays against Groomers founder.

2 years ago

Kirby Evers, a 31-year-old bisexual Lawrence, Kan., resident, displays the red flag of the Democratic Socialists of America and a Pride flag during a rally outside the Kansas Statehouse in favor of transgender rights, Friday, June 30, 2023, in Topeka, Kan.
Courts & Law

Wider than websites? LGBTQ+ advocates fear broader discrimination after Supreme Court ruling

One of the court’s liberal justices wrote in a dissent that the decision’s effect is to “mark gays and lesbians for second-class status."

2 years ago

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