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Fishtown Beer Runners say goodbye to founder
The founder of the Fishtown Beer Runners is stepping away from the club after 15 years. The group says it will continue its runs each week.
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Listen 1:08NPR cancels 4 podcasts amid major layoffs
NPR moved this week to cut 10 percent of its staff and stop production of a handful of podcasts, including Invisibilia, Louder Than a Riot and Rough Translation.
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Princeton Tigers add to their March Madness lore
New Jersey’s governor visited practice this week and many players have become social media stars.
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Police say they found a 6-year-old boy locked in a dog cage inside Philadelphia home
When police made their way inside the residence, a 6-year-old boy was found nude inside a locked dog cage with a blanket and pillow.
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Still trying to quit that gym membership? The FTC is proposing a rule that could help
The Federal Trade Commission gets thousands of complaints a year from customers trapped in memberships they don't want. Its "Click to Cancel" proposal aims to change that.
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Historic Philadelphia gas station moves to new home in Fairmount Park
At 10 p.m., workers began driving the gas station very slowly to its new home a few miles away.
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Philadelphia is pulling out of a program that pays community members to collect litter
A union grievance has thrown a wrench in the gears of a public-private partnership aimed at tackling cleaning up Philly’s pervasive trash.
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Eastwick United launches grant program to fill another gap in Isaias recovery
More than two years after a flood devastated low-lying Eastwick, a community organization is distributing funding for lingering repairs.
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‘Where does it end?’: Philly water customers are concerned about proposed rate hike
The average resident’s bill would increase more than 20% by late 2024, under a rate increase the Philadelphia Water Department wants.
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N.J. brush fires disrupt rush hour rail service between New York Penn Station and Philadelphia
New Jersey Transit said service was suspended on its Northeast Corridor Line between New York Penn Station and Trenton.
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Cries for civilian review boards grow louder in N.J. following Najee Seabrooks’ killing
A bill allowing cities to create civilian review boards with subpoena power has stalled in the Legislature.
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Listen 1:18The River Wards neighborhood may have a “reputation” for this kind of ideology, one resident said, but the area is evolving.
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Pay transparency is spreading. Here’s what you need to know
The number of U.S. job postings advertising salary information more than doubled between February 2020 and February 2023, from 18.4% to 43.7%.
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Church reduced to burned-out shell after massive 8-alarm fire in Florence Twp., New Jersey
Officials tell Action News that kids were playing basketball in the rear of the church when they reported seeing smoke.
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Firefighters battling massive blaze at Philadelphia Catholic school
The flames broke out around 3:45 p.m. at the Our Mother of Consolation School located on East Chestnut Hill Avenue.
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