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Area first responders and the military will join forces this week to run a disaster preparedness exercise in South Philadelphia.

City officials expect the additional money to be used up quickly, and help roughly 2,600 households.

A Philly teen suggests taking away her freedom under the new curfew law is not going to be the path to a safer city.

Russian missiles have struck Ukraine’s Black Sea port of Odesa just hours after Moscow and Kyiv signed deals to allow grain exports to resume from there.

Thousands of people were ordered to evacuate a fast-moving wildfire near Yosemite National Park that exploded in size into one of California's largest wildfires of the year.

Marguerite Walz was part of a racist 1920s movement worried jazz would erode “decency” and encourage race-mixing and promiscuity.

The Postal Service is looking for nearly 200 assistant mail carriers, the starting point for a career at the agency. Pay starts at almost $19 an hour.

Across from Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, mothers of those lost to gun violence surround Saunders Park in a photo essay by photographer Kathy Shorr for Mural Arts.

When the city declares a heat health emergency, new utility shut-offs are banned. But service is not automatically restored for accounts already shut off.

The cooling buses will be parked at four locations throughout the city to offer relief for Philadelphians during the record-high temperatures projected for this weekend.

City officials say opening the pool is a “major” priority, but that supply chain issues and labor shortages have delayed needed repairs.

“They should put a fence around the park and give *us* the keys,” said one fourth grader.

The employees allege an unfair work environment, intimidation, refusal to allow union reps to be present, reduced work hours, and retaliation since they voted to form a union.

The decadeslong mystery turned last year to land next to a former landfill under the Pulaski Skyway in Jersey City.

An in-person hearing is slated to take place Friday at City Hall.