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Addiction
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Philadelphia
Public Health

South Philly residents discuss supervised injection sites at Bridging Blocks event

Opponents and supporters of supervised injection sites gathered at South Philadelphia Library to plead their case on the best solutions for opioid addiction.

3 years ago

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Waterdogs' Michael Sowers during a game
Philadelphia
Sports

Philly Waterdogs announced as the city’s new Premier Lacrosse League team

The Philly Waterdogs will represent the City of Brotherly Love in the Premier Lacrosse League next season. The team’s schedule will be announced Jan. 1.

3 years ago

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A customer replaces the pump dispenser at a Chevron gas station in Columbus, Miss., on Oct. 23. The average price of regular gas has fallen more than 40 cents from a year ago.
NPR
Business
Economy
National

As gasoline prices fall, U.S. inflation cools to 3.2%

Consumer prices last month were 3.2% higher than the month before — a smaller annual increase than the previous month.

3 years ago

Leon Brantley and Vanessa Morbeck posing for a photo
Homelessness
Housing
Military
Philadelphia

Philly’s Veterans Village seeks to curb veteran homelessness by being ‘a template’

Veteran homelessness has decreased in recent years, but needs remain. This independent living center wants to be the model of what could be.

3 years ago

Listen 2:14
Workers wearing hard hats look at a machine
Employment
Government
New Jersey

N.J. apprenticeship programs are creating new opportunities for job seekers and businesses

Many N.J. residents are expanding job opportunities through participation in apprenticeship programs.

3 years ago

Listen 1:04
The Route 15 trolley is seen on Girard Avenue
Philadelphia
Streets & Roads
Transportation

SEPTA’s historic Route 15 trolleys ‘very close’ to returning

The green and cream trolleys were supposed to hit the tracks back in September, but a set date for their return is “within a month or two.”

3 years ago

Listen 1:10
Kelly Oubre on the court
Crime
Philadelphia
Public Safety
Streets & Roads
6abc

Search continues for driver after 76ers guard Kelly Oubre Jr. hit by car in Philly

Police said they are searching for a silver vehicle that was seen leaving the scene.

3 years ago

A sign reads Philadelphia Gas works
PlanPhilly
Energy
Philadelphia

PGW gets OK to increase rates

PGW customers’ gas bills go up at the end of November. But the rate increase regulators OK’d is much smaller than what PGW asked for.

3 years ago

Vashti DuBois on the porch of Th Colored Girls Museum
PlanPhilly
History
Philadelphia
Preservation

‘I want her to be wanted’: Zoning decision could jeopardize Philly’s Colored Girls Museum

The museum needs variances to continue operating out of private residence in Germantown.

3 years ago

Philadelphia Phillies President of Baseball Operations Dave Dombrowski speaks during the Major League Baseball's general manager meetings, Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023, in Scottsdale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Matt York)
Philadelphia
Sports
Billy Penn

Building a winner the Dave Dombrowski way: Can he get his third ring with the Phillies?

Filling out Philadelphia’s roster is in the hands of a man with a lot of experience — some of it good, some of it bad.

3 years ago

2802 Kensington Ave., a 1930s building that for over a half-century has been home to Phil's Appliances on the ground floor, with apartments above. (Google Street View)
Movies
Neighborhoods
Philadelphia
Public Safety
Billy Penn

Repair shop that starred in ‘12 Monkeys’ devastated by fire that exemplifies Kensington problems

Phil’s Appliances, which opened in the late 1960s, was recently boarded up, and people are thought to have been living inside.

3 years ago

Patients and internally displaced people are pictured at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City on Nov. 10, 2023, amid ongoing battles between Israel and Hamas.
NPR
International
Military

International outcry grows over ‘unbearably desperate’ situation in Gaza hospitals

The UN and World Health organization plead in a joint statement for "decisive international action" to preserve what's left of the health care system in Gaza.

3 years ago

NJ/NY Gotham defender Ali Krieger holds the trophy after NJ/NY Gotham defeated OL Reign 2-1 in the NWSL Championship soccer game, Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023, in San Diego.
National
Sports

Ali Krieger, Gotham win NWSL championship after Megan Rapinoe’s career ends with an injury

In the opening minutes, Megan Rapinoe hobbled off the pitch with an apparent Achilles injury in a heartbreaking end to her career.

3 years ago

Philadelphia 76ers' Kelly Oubre Jr. plays during an NBA basketball game, Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023, in Philadelphia.
Philadelphia
Public Safety
Sports
Streets & Roads
6abc

76ers guard Kelly Oubre Jr. struck, injured by driver in Philadelphia

Police say after the crash, a driver in a silver vehicle fled the scene. An investigation into this incident is still ongoing.

3 years ago

A child feeds a horse
Animals
Community Events
New Jersey

N.J. foundation strives to find homes for abused and discarded standardbred racehorses

Standardbred Retirement Foundation provides new hope for abused and neglected standardbred horses that can’t race any more.

3 years ago

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