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outside Philadelphia Juvenile Justice Services Cente
Courts & Law

Philly’s juvenile justice center workers take overcrowding plight to City Council

The Juvenile Services Center has a capacity of 180, but its current population fluctuates between 220 to 280 young people.

3 years ago

Misrach Ewunetie (6abc)
Community

Missing Princeton University student Misrach Ewunetie found dead

Authorities found the student's body at about 1 p.m. Thursday outside on the facilities grounds behind some tennis courts.

3 years ago

Delaware State Capitol Building in Dover. (Paul Brady/Bigstock)
Politics & Policy

Delaware’s new interim auditor is a throwback, Dennis Greenhouse first held the seat in 1982

Gov. Carney says he’s “confident” former auditor Dennis Greenhouse is the right person to fill in for Kathy McGuinnness, who resigned her post Wednesday.

3 years ago

Mehmet Oz, a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, speaks during a Republican Jewish Coalition event in Philadelphia, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Politics & Policy

Dr. Oz made reputation as a surgeon, a fortune promoting questionable products

The race could turn on whether voters view the first-time candidate as the trusted doctor he portrayed on TV or a pitchman who repeatedly promoted questionable products.

3 years ago

Members of the Philadelphia Eagles have teamed up with luminaries from Philly's music scene to create A Philly Special Christmas with proceeds from the album going to charity. (9.14 Pictures)
Community

Philadelphia Eagles players link up to create ‘A Philly Special Christmas’

Jason Kelce and other players are expanding their repertoire beyond the Eagles fight song this holiday season.

3 years ago

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A closeup of Pete Buttigieg
Politics & Policy

At Philly forum, Buttigieg hears calls to diversify federal contracting

With $1 trillion at stake, U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said the Biden administration is looking to diversify infrastructure spending.

3 years ago

Survey responses from more than 20 Pennsylvania jails described a growing number of incarcerated people with serious mental health needs, a lack of medical staff, and a complex system for accessing state resources. (Elizabeth Robertson/Philadelphia Inquirer)
Courts & Law
Spotlight PA

Jail officials across Pa. sound alarm as mental health crisis puts people at risk, survey finds

County jails across Pennsylvania lack the resources to address a growing mental health crisis, putting some of the most vulnerable incarcerated people at heightened risk.

3 years ago

U.S. Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester and Lee Murphy
Politics & Policy

Watch live: Delaware’s lone U.S. Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester debates GOP challenger Lee Murphy

Lisa Blunt Rochester is running for her fourth term as Delaware’s lone member of the U.S. House. She debates GOP challenger Lee Murphy Thursday night.

3 years ago

Outdoor dining at a Philadelphia restaurant.
Urban Planning
6abc

Philadelphia drops new regulations on streeteries: Here’s what you should know

While the regulations go into effect immediately, restaurant owners will have a period of time to review options available to them, and prepare.

3 years ago

Britain's Prime Minister Liz Truss addresses the media on Downing Street
Politics & Policy

UK’s Truss resigns after turmoil obliterated her authority

Just a day earlier Truss had vowed to stay in power, saying she was “a fighter and not a quitter.”

3 years ago

Philadelphia Union goalkeeper Andre Blake (left )and FC Cincinnati forward Brandon Vazquez. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum and Jeff Dean)
Arts & Entertainment

Top-seeded Philadelphia Union battles FC Cincinnati in conference semis

For the third time this year, the Philadelphia Union will face FC Cincinnati, with both clubs aiming to advance to the MLS Eastern Conference final.

3 years ago

Billy Corgan of the Smashing Pumpkins performs at the Metro on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022, in Chicago. (Photo by Rob Grabowski/Invision/AP)
Things To Do
Arts & Entertainment

Smashing Pumpkins, Philly Film Fest, and The Great Pumpkin Carve in this week’s ‘Things To Do’

Oct. 20 - Oct. 23: Made In Jersey Fest in N.J., Smashing Pumpkins in Philly, and Dracula in Delaware are among this week's highlights.

3 years ago

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A view from below of a large building with columns.
Arts & Entertainment

‘A Philadelphia story’: Art museum traces Matisse’s transformative decade

Once used as fighting words during the recent PMA strike, “Matisse in the 1930s” opens, tracing a transformative decade in the life of Henri Matisse.

3 years ago

The exterior of Delaware County Memorial Hospital
Politics & Policy

Pennsylvania’s hospitals are in crisis. How will Shapiro, Mastriano address this growing issue?

The bills created to save Pennsylvania’s hospitals will likely die in Harrisburg. Pennsylvania’s new governor could have the power to revive them.

3 years ago

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A lockable pouch that people can put their cell phone in
Education

Philly school district could spend $5 million to lock up student cell phones

Philly’s school board is considering a five-year contract to provide locking cell phone pouches to every district school that wants them.

3 years ago

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