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Republicans inside and outside Pennsylvania government say that despite a disastrous midterm election, they don’t see signs that their party is shifting its electoral or governing strategies. (Amanda Berg for Spotlight PA)
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

Despite midterm losses, Pa. Republicans appear unlikely to abandon combative agenda

Some party insiders say that trend is a bad sign for GOP prospects.

3 years ago

Crews removed the box surrounding the Christopher Columbus statue in South Philadelphia's Marconi Plaza on Sunday night. (6abc)
Community

Crews remove box around Christopher Columbus statue in South Philadelphia

The box has surrounded the statue for two years. On Friday, a judge ruled it needed to be removed.

3 years ago

Moms Bonded by Grief's founder (fourth from right) with the moms who attended the organization's holiday party
Community

Moms Bonded by Grief host holiday party for those who lost loved ones to gun violence

A holiday party in South Philadelphia Sunday sought to empower and unite mothers and young kids who’ve lost loved ones to gun violence.

3 years ago

Norristown, Pa. in Montgomery County. (Wikimedia Commons)
Politics & Policy

Montgomery County proposes a real estate tax hike and employee salary bump in 2023 budget

Montgomery County officials have been collecting community input on the proposed real estate tax increase. The final 2023 budget is due by Dec. 15.

3 years ago

Wilmington, Delaware (Tim Kiser/Wikimedia Commons)
Politics & Policy

Wilmington City Council has named a task force to consider reparations

The group will make recommendations on compensation for institutional discrimination against African Americans by mid-2023.

3 years ago

Tina Sandri, CEO of Forest Hills of DC senior living facility, passes a COVID-19 informational sign while walking to her office on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nathan Howard)
Health

Hospitalizations signal rising COVID-19 risk for U.S. seniors

Nursing homes leaders are redoubling efforts to get staff and residents boosted with the new version of the COVID-19 vaccine.

3 years ago

Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts (1) scores a touchdown against the New York Giants during the third quarter of an NFL football game, Sunday, Dec. 11, 2022, in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Bryan Woolston)
Arts & Entertainment

Hurts, Eagles clinch playoffs with 48-22 win over Giants

The league's best team improved to 12-1 on Sunday with a 48-22 thrashing of the New York Giants.

3 years ago

(6abc)
Community
6abc

SUV crashes into Delaware nursing home

The SUV narrowly missed oxygen tanks, which can explode.

3 years ago

A tribute to journalist Grant Wahl is seen on his previously assigned seat at the World Cup quarterfinal soccer match between England and France, at the Al Bayt Stadium in Al Khor, Qatar, Saturday, Dec. 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Graham Dunbar)
Community

Memorial to American writer Grant Wahl placed at World Cup game

Wahl fell ill while working during extra time of the Argentina-Netherlands game on Friday at Lusail Stadium.

3 years ago

File photo: Gloria Steinem and Dorothy Pitman Hughes attend the Ms. Foundation for Women Gloria Awards at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York, May 1, 2014. (Photo by Scott Roth/Invision/AP, File)
Community

Pioneering Black feminist Dorothy Pitman Hughes dies at 84

Hughes died Dec. 1 in Tampa, Florida.

3 years ago

A fence displays the words
PlanPhilly
Community

A winter festival is coming to McPherson Square. It’s part of a months-long effort to ‘reclaim space’ in Kensington

A winter festival and toy drive are coming to Kensington’s McPherson Square. The events are part of a collaboration between the city and residents to make the park safer.

3 years ago

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An aerial view of items displayed on a table.
Arts & Entertainment

The history of the Philadelphia Orchestra now lives at Penn

More than 1,000 boxes containing the complete 175-year archive of the Orchestra and the Academy of Music have moved across town to Penn Library.

3 years ago

File photo: Pennsylvania House Speaker Bryan Cutler, R-Lancaster, speaker at the Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022. Democrats in the Pennsylvania House moved to control the chamber, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022 after they barely won back a majority of seats in November but one of their incumbents died and two others won higher office. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
Courts & Law

GOP sues over special elections in Pa. House majority battle

Rep. Bryan Cutler of Lancaster in a lawsuit filed late Friday asked Commonwealth Court to issue an injunction against special elections his Democratic counterpart scheduled.

3 years ago

A man holds hands with his children next to a giant Nutcracker statue.
Arts & Entertainment

Philadelphia Ballet invites Black dads to bring their kids to the Nutcracker

Response to the Philadelphia Ballet’s “Daddy and Me” initiative welcoming fathers this weekend has been “overwhelming.”

3 years ago

Tracy was the first outsider hired to run the Wilmington police force. (City of Wilmington)
Courts & Law

‘He will be missed’: Wilmington police chief hired to lead St. Louis PD

Chief Robert Tracy started his tenure in 2017, during a record year for shootings. Gun violence has fallen, risen, and fallen again during that time.

3 years ago

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