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A Philadelphia Phillies fan arrives for a spring training exhibition baseball game between the Phillies and the Toronto Blue Jays in Clearwater, Fla., Tuesday, March 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
Philadelphia
Sports
Travel

Phillies fans who booked trips to Clearwater for Spring Training frustrated by MLB lockout

Phillies fans traveling to Clearwater, FL for Spring Training are frustrated by the MLB’s lockout and cancellation of games.

3 years ago

A view of the central square following shelling of the City Hall building in Kharkiv
International
Military

Russian forces step up attacks on Ukraine’s civilian areas

Russian forces shelled Ukraine's second-largest city on Monday, rocking a residential neighborhood, and closed in on the capital, Kyiv.

3 years ago

Brooklyn Nets forward Ben Simmons sits on the bench during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the New York Knicks, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Philadelphia
Sports

Simmons not practicing, making game in Philadelphia unlikely

His back began bothering him as he tried to increase his workload, and Nash said Monday before the Nets played Toronto that Simmons is unlikely to practice this week.

3 years ago

Protesters stoning a trolley car attempting to break a 1910 strike
History
Philadelphia
Transportation
Billy Penn

Transit workers in 1910 sparked a general strike that brought Philadelphia to a standstill

Upwards of 75k people walked off the job.

3 years ago

A baby is seen sleeping inside Lviv railway station
Immigration
International
Public Safety

UN: 500,000+ people have fled Ukraine since Russia invaded

The mass exodus of refugees from Ukraine to the eastern edge of the European Union has shown no signs of stopping.

3 years ago

Quinta Brunson and Sheryl Lee Ralph in Abbott Elementary. (Gilles Mingasson/ABC)
Radio Times
Politics
Sports
TV

The Regional Roundup – February 28th

Abbott Elementary star Sheryl Lee Ralph joins the Radio Times Regional Roundup to talk about her storied career spanning four decades, from Broadway to Abbott on ABC.

Air Date: February 28, 2022 10:00 am

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Hill Freedman World Academy
K-12
LGBTQ
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Northwest Philly students took the lead, organizing an assembly to school teachers on queer and trans issues

The professional development session provided a list of tangible tips.

3 years ago

A woman reacts to sirens sound announcing new attacks in Kyiv
International
Military
Public Safety

Ukraine seeks to join EU as round of talks with Russia ends

The talks come after Moscow unleashed the biggest land war in Europe since World War II but met unexpectedly stiff resistance.

3 years ago

A view of the St. Petersburg Stadium prior to the Confederations Cup, Group A soccer match between New Zealand and Portugal, in St. Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, June 24, 2017. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)
International
Sports

Euro backlash as FIFA refuses to expel Russia from football

Protesting against FIFA's response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Poland said it would still refuse to play the country in a World Cup playoff semifinal.

3 years ago

Hundreds of people rallied on Sunday, February 27 at Independence Mall to show solidarity with Ukraine. (Tennyson Donyéa / WHYY)
International
Protests
Race & Ethnicity

Ukrainians in Philadelphia rally to show support and condemn the Russian invasion

Ukrainians in Philadelphia rally, worried about their loved ones under Russian attack but also staying strong to show support.

3 years ago

Smoke rise from an air defence base in the aftermath of an apparent Russian strike in Mariupol, Ukraine
Business
Food & Drink
International
6abc

Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board removes Russian-made products from state stores

"As of today, these products will no longer be sold or procured by the PLCB," said Board Chairman Tim Holden.

3 years ago

Some of the supplies Oleg Bogdanovych has gathered for his trip. (INSTAGRAM / @OLEGDANCEPARTY)
International
Billy Penn

This Philly resident is heading to Ukraine to help his family survive, bringing medical supplies, water filters, socks — and body armor

Oleg Bogdanovych, who’s lived in the U.S. since he was a teenager, is accepting donations from anyone who wants to help.

3 years ago

Rev. Al Sharpton, left, president of the National Action Network (NAN), and Mayor Eric Adams, right, stand next to Sybrina Fulton, center, the mother of Trayvon Martin, as she address a rally commemorating the 10th anniversary of her son’s killing, Saturday Feb. 26, 2022, at NAN’s Harlem headquarters in New York. “Today is a bittersweet day,” said Fulton, who with her family created the Trayvon Martin Foundation to raise awareness of gun violence
Black Lives Matter
Gun Violence
Race & Ethnicity

Trayvon Martin’s mother: ‘Don’t give up’ fight for justice

Sybrina Fulton attended Saturday's meeting of the National Action Network, the civil rights organization founded by the Rev. Al Sharpton in New York City.

3 years ago

File photo: This Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017, file photo shows the Las Vegas skyline.  (AP Photo/John Locher, File)
Gun Violence
National

14 shot at Vegas hookah parlor; 1 dead and 2 critically hurt

Las Vegas police say 14 people were shot before dawn at a hookah parlor and that one man died and two people suffered critical injuries.

3 years ago

A boat sails on the Delaware River in view of the Walt Whitman Bridge, in Philadelphia, Monday, Sept. 27, 2021
Environment
Higher Education
Sustainability

Got an idea to address the impacts of climate change along the Delaware? You could win money to make it happen

The Penn initiative has produced projects including a giant Brita filter for the Schuylkill River and a kids book about friendly river creatures.

3 years ago

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