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BlackStar Film Festival, Fall Out Boy, and 2nd Street Festival in this week’s ‘Things To Do’
Aug. 3 - Aug. 6: BlackStar Film Festival in Philly, Fall Out Boy in N.J., and Dean Ford & The Beautiful Ones in Delaware are among the weekend’s highlights.
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Archaeologists are digging to the bottom of Philadelphia’s Black Bottom
An urban archaeological excavation is searching for artifacts from the West Philly neighborhood destroyed 50 years ago.
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‘Hearing somebody’s voice and feeling safe’: How Philly’s ‘heatline’ offers help during heat waves
Callers to the heatline tend to seek tips on staying safe, ask about free air conditioners, or report symptoms of heat-related illness, its director said.
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Drexel University men’s basketball player found dead inside on-campus apartment
Terrence Butler was a native of Upper Marlboro, Maryland, according to the school's website.
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Wildwood, N.J. mayor sentenced in federal tax fraud case
Mayor Pete Byron, 67, learned his fate before a federal judge in Camden on Wednesday.
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Wall Street tumbles to its worst loss in months
Yields were mixed after Fitch cut the U.S. government’s credit rating. The downgrade strikes at the core of the financial system.
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New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy leaving Italy vacation early after death of lieutenant governor
Lt. Gov. Oliver died after a short stay at a hospital for an undisclosed medical issue. Senate President Nicholas Scutari is serving as acting governor until Murphy returns.
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Philly landlord-tenant officer expected to resume evictions ‘within weeks,’ sources say
Marisa Shuter had agreed to temporarily stop performing evictions after a string of shootings involving her deputies.
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The Pittsburgh synagogue gunman will be sentenced to death for the nation’s worst antisemitic attack
A federal jury recommended Wednesday that Robert Bowers be sent to death row. A judge must formally impose the sentence.
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Pence fought an order to testify but now is a central figure in his former boss’s indictment
On Tuesday, Pence said that the indictment “serves as an important reminder: Anyone who puts himself over the Constitution should never be President of the United States."
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Pa. counties face uncertainty as they grapple with how to spend opioid settlement funds
A drug task force, a county detective, and body scanner at a county jail are some of the proposed uses that county officials across the state have sought clarity on.
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In Philadelphia, a city with one of the highest concentrations of Black residents in the U.S., the proportion of Black teachers has been sliding.
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Two Northeast pharmacies fined $3.5 million to settle charges of Medicare Fraud
The alleged scheme was carried out from 2012 to 2016, and the medication that the government was billed for included treatments for asthma, depression, and some anesthetics.
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Trump indictment spells out connections to Pennsylvania in efforts to overturn election
Tuesday's indictment lists a co-conspirator who spread disinformation at a November 2020 meeting in Pa. The meeting was arranged by Giuliani and presided over by Mastriano.
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A campaign of ‘fraud and deceit’: 7 takeaways from Trump’s 3rd indictment
The newest charges include conspiracy to defraud the U.S. government and conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, the congressional certification of Biden's victory.
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