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Voodoo doll, whoopie cushion, denture powder among bizarre trash plucked from Jersey Shore

Volunteers with the Clean Ocean Action environmental group removed over 175,000 items from the state's coastline last year, including pineapples, tires and leg hair remover.

2 years ago

Pro-bono attorneys Jeff Rosenthal, partner at Blank Rome and JPMorgan Chase's Mary McCullough work together on a pardon in West Philadelphia. (Kristen Mosbrucker-Garza/WHYY)
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Why a business coalition wants more employers to overlook criminal records in Philly

Advocates say too much talent is sitting on the sidelines because criminal records are holding some applicants back.

2 years ago

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Pennsylvania

Info about Mariner East-related water testing not public

The Pa. AG had reached a plea deal with Energy Transfer that included free water testing for residents who might have been affected by Mariner East II pipeline construction.

2 years ago

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Billy Penn

Welcoming the world to Philly: PHL preps for WWE influx

Philly airport unveils replica ring and championship belts to welcome some of the thousands of wrestling fans arriving for WrestleMania XL.

2 years ago

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Delaware
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Philadelphia
Poetry
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WrestleMania XL, Philly Theatre Week and Dine Latino in this week’s ‘Things To Do’

April 4–7: WrestleMania and Theatre Week in Philly, "Murder on the Nile" in N.J. and a celebration of Black female artists in Delaware are among this weekend’s highlights.

2 years ago

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Homelessness
Housing
Income Inequality
Pennsylvania

Chester County organizations to host ‘poverty simulation’

The simulation is intended to be a role-playing experience designed to give participants a glimpse of what someone may experience living a month in poverty.

2 years ago

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Relatives and friends mourn the death of Saifeddin Issam Ayad Abutaha, a member of the U.S.-based aid group World Central Kitchen who was killed as Israeli strikes hit its convoy delivering food in Gaza, during his funeral in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on Tuesday. (Said Khatib/AFP via Getty Images)
NPR
Food & Drink
International
Military

These are the World Central Kitchen aid workers killed by Israeli airstrike in Gaza

The food charity, which feeds people in disaster zones, identified those killed: three Britons, an Australian, a Palestinian, a Pole and a dual citizen of the U.S. and Canada.

2 years ago

Di Bruno Bros. storefront
Business
Food & Drink
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Di Bruno Bros. secures investment from Brown’s Super Stores

The brand founded in Philly in 1939 enters a new chapter with new financial backing from former mayoral candidate Jeff Brown.

2 years ago

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Philadelphia
Sports
6abc

Phillies to offer BOGO hotdogs for 1st time since replacing ‘Dollar Dog Night’

Since many fans were disappointed by the loss of the dollar-dog deal, other eateries around the city have offered up their own deal.

2 years ago

A kitten wrapped in duct tape
Animals
Crime
Pennsylvania

Kitten wrapped in duct tape, other animals rescued from Chester County home; suspect charged

According to the Brandywine Valley SPCA, officials were alerted to a maimed kitten while responding to a call about a stray dog in Coatesville last week.

2 years ago

The University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg Public Policy Center
Community Events
Environment
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Philadelphia

Hundreds of environmental journalists are coming to Philly to learn how to do their jobs better

This year’s Society of Environmental Journalists conference focuses on journalism’s role in democracy, disinformation and activism.

2 years ago

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WWE Monday Night RAW
Performing Arts
Philadelphia
Sports

WWE kicks, punches, slams marketing efforts into high gear ahead of WrestleMania in Philly

WrestleMania XL, a two-day event in Philadelphia, is just days away, but WWE’s marketing campaign for its biggest premium live event of the year began months ago.

2 years ago

Philadelphia’s Streets Department demonstrate their mechanical street and sidewalk sweepers
Philadelphia
Streets & Roads

Philly street sweeping season begins Monday. Here’s what you need to know

The warning period starts Monday and fines will be issued beginning April 29.

2 years ago

Wrestler Christian Darling pins a contender in the ring at the Monster Factory in Paulsboro, N.J. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
New Jersey
Performing Arts
Sports
TV

On the road to superstardom, the next WrestleMania headliners could be training in Philadelphia

With WrestleMania XL coming to Philly in April, lifelong fans are hoping to make it to the grand stage by training at local wrestling schools.

2 years ago

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‘No timeline’ to recover 4 bodies after Baltimore bridge collapse, as cleanup begins

The bodies of two construction workers who were on the bridge at the time of the crash were recovered last week, and a search is ongoing for four others.

2 years ago

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