
Arts & Entertainment
Sinatra’s Rat Pack, ABBA, Eagles vs. Saints, and the Philly Marathon are the weekend highlights in the Delaware Valley.
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Listen 5:09Mummers Parade will be back on Broad Street New Year’s Day
After a pandemic hiatus in 2021 and a 2020 parade marred by some members in blackface, Mummers Parade organizers are promising an event “welcoming to all.”
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Hershey’s Christian Pulisic sparks U.S. over Mexico 2-0 in World Cup qualifying
After falling to the Mexicans 2-1 in 2015 at Columbus, Ohio, the U.S. reverted to the traditional “Dos a Cero” scoreline that marked the four previous home qualifying.
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In memo, NBA tells players, coaches to act on booster shots
The league told players and coaches in a memo Friday that it is no longer advisable to wait before receiving the additional dose.
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‘You’re more than medals’: Simone Biles to Pennsylvania women on redefining success
Over 6,000 people tuned in to hear Laverne Cox speak. Later, Olympic gymnast and advocate Simone Biles delivered a keynote speech.
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Philly artists help promote small businesses owned by people of color this holiday season
The posters, designed by Philly artists and the small businesses that inspire them, will be placed in commercial corridors across the city, just in time for holiday shopping.
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Live Nation, a company behind Astroworld, has a long history of safety violations
Live Nation is the biggest live-events company in the world. Court records and federal citations show that the company was already linked to 200 other deaths and 750 injuries.
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Global superstar returns home to Philly to launch international tour for first book
The memoir is titled “Will,” and the very first stop was a small bookstore on Girard Avenue in Fishtown: Harriett’s.
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Joel Embiid enters NBA’s health and safety protocols after testing positive for COVID-19
Embiid returned a positive test for COVID-19 on Monday morning, a source tells ESPN.
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Why making movie sets safer has been so slow, especially for crews behind the camera
The deadly shooting on the set of Rust has workers in Hollywood pushing — again — for broader safety rules. But a history of complacent leadership has stood in their way.
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It was quite a year for the Northeast Philly lawn care operation.
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Astroworld Festival joins a list of historical concert tragedies
The deaths at Astroworld Festival call to mind other rare incidents at concerts and festivals in which crowding or other factors contributed to dangerous conditions.
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Delaware River takes a bite out of a waterfront art exhibit
A show of contemporary sculpture on Cherry Street Pier hit by flooding on opening night.
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8 dead, numerous injured at Astroworld Festival in Houston
Officials in Texas say at least eight people are dead and numerous others are injured following a surge of the crowd during a performance by rapper Travis Scott.
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