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Hoagies are coming to the Midwest as Wawa announces expansion to Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio
Currently the 29th largest privately owned company in the U.S. — and the largest in Pa. — Wawa is hoping to do double its store count by the end of this decade.
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Philadelphia police identify victim in city’s oldest unsolved homicide case
The boy, discovered in a box in Northeast Philadelphia more than 60 years ago, has been identified as 4-year-old Joseph Augustus Zarelli.
3 years ago
Delaware River Basin Commission votes to ban fracking wastewater discharges
After banning fracking in 2021, the DRBC now also prohibits wastewater disposal in the basin. But environmentalists say the new rules leave room for loopholes.
3 years ago
Delaware’s 149 traffic fatalities this year are the most since 1988
With only a few weeks till the New Year, it’s been an especially deadly year on Delaware highways with 149 deaths — a number not seen since 1988.
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Philadelphia gas station owner hires armed agents to patrol property
Neil Patel says the crime targeting customers and his store and employees is rampant.
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Delaware town holding Christmas party at controversial museum that flies Confederate flag
A council member who shepherded funds to the museum says the party doesn’t aim to “stir up anything.” An NAACP leader says it doubles down on “white supremacy.”
3 years ago
Deadly house fire in Darby Township, Delaware County now being investigated as suspicious
The cause of the fire remains under investigation, but officials said Monday the incident appears suspicious.
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Trea Turner, Phillies reach $300M, 11-year deal: AP source
The Philadelphia Phillies have landed Trea Turner, agreeing to a $300 million, 11-year contract with the dynamic shortstop.
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Racial bias affects media coverage of missing people. A new tool illustrates how
The database tool estimates that younger, white women will get increasingly more news coverage than other racial groups — such as Black, Latino and Indigenous people.
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Amtrak promises 30th Street’s iconic flipboard will return, but (still) only as decoration
Philadelphia travelers continue to lament the disappearance of the clickety-clack display.
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Deshaun Watson returns from ban with some support, many boos
Watson heard jeers before taking each snap on his first series in his first game Sunday since returning from an 11-game suspension for sexual misconduct.
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Inside Biederman’s Specialty Foods, South Philly’s Jewish ‘appetizing store’
Think smoked trout, salmon, whitefish, and matzo ball soup — anything that goes with bagels.
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Deadly house fire claims life of person with disability in Darby Township
The flames were so intense, firefighters had to evacuate the home two different times.
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American fans captivated by U.S. team’s World Cup run
The American audience tuned into the U.S.'s first three matches in record numbers to watch the second-youngest team at the World Cup.
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Antisemitic celebrities stoke fears of normalizing hate
Leaders of the Jewish community in the U.S. and extremism experts have been alarmed to see celebrities with massive followings spew antisemitic tropes.
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