Community
Flags ordered to half-staff to honor 7 dead in West Reading factory blast
The announcement Monday came the morning after the remaining bodies were found at the R.M. Palmer Co. plant in West Reading.
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Bottled water frenzy: Scenes from Philly stores after the city’s warning about drinking from the tap
Sunday afternoon brought a mad rush for H2O.
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All 7 Pennsylvania chocolate factory explosion victims recovered
“Please understand this is a devastating loss," said Mayor Samantha Kaag. "But we are truly grateful to bring closure to the families involved in the upcoming days."
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Child shootings doubled in Philly during the pandemic. Black children bore the brunt
A national study found that gun assaults in four cities doubled across all racial groups during the pandemic, but spiked more severely for Black children.
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Listen 1:17Delaware County law enforcement plans to build a ‘real-time crime center’
The law enforcement community envisions eventually asking the public to give police live access to their own private security feeds.
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Listen 1:1012 injured in apartment floor collapse near Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Authorities say a dozen people were injured in the collapse of a second-story floor inside an apartment complex near a western Pennsylvania university over the weekend.
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Drinking water advisory: What we know about the hazardous spill in a Delaware River tributary
City officials haven’t announced any contamination, but say residents may want to switch to bottled water for drinking and cooking.
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Officials say the new timeline is based on how long it will take river water to reach customers after entering a Northeast Philly treatment plant.
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Listen 1:28It hasn’t been easy to adjust after escaping Kabul when the Taliban took over, but Najia and Danish see a bright future for their girls.
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N.J. environmentalists credit plastic bag ban with reducing litter along the shore
Plastics still top the list of litter collected along the shoreline. But the number of plastic bags and straws has dropped in the wake of the state’s bag ban.
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140 years ago, a group of Philly women set out to advance gender equity
A descendant of the New Century Guild is still active in philanthropic grantmaking today.
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5 dead, 2 missing in factory blast; family of missing woman ‘holding on to faith’
"We're holding onto faith and hope. It just gets more antagonizing as the time goes one," the cousin of a missing woman said.
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‘Credible Messenger’ program manager works to alleviate the negative impact of gun crisis reporting
Maxayn Gooden is the Credible Messenger Community Manager at the Philadelphia Center for Gun Violence Reporting.
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SEPTA to install new gates to deter fare jumpers
SEPTA says anyone trying to get out of paying would not be able to go over or under the gates.
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Philly hopes to add new restaurant at Love Park
A deal to convert the space fell apart during the pandemic. Now the Parks and Rec Department is hoping for a new concept to move in.
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