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‘We’re ready when you’re ready’: SEPTA invites riders to return as Philly reopens
SEPTA and city officials invited riders to return after more than a year of shutdowns and restrictions to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
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Philly is closing the city’s only rec center designed for people with disabilities
The Fairmount Park building that’s home to Carousel House is damaged beyond repair, officials say.
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How Tulsa race massacre shaped today’s most successful Black CEOs
Ariel Investments CEO John Rogers, TIAA CEO Thasunda Duckett, and former American Express CEO Kenneth Chenault reflect on what the Tulsa events has meant to them.
3 years ago
The unofficial start of summer has arrived, but many businesses are having a hard time staffing up, leaving them frustrated as they face the rest of the season.
3 years ago
1 dead after car crashes into Bucks Co. senior rehabilitation center
Authorities say a car slammed into an outside wall of the administration building of the Langhorne Gardens Health & Rehabilitation Center on the 300 block of Manor Avenue.
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Artist’s Black Wall Street project is about Tulsa 100 years ago — and today
Paul Rucker's multimedia work tackles mass incarceration, lynching, police brutality and the ways America has been shaped by slavery.
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Mysterious neighborhood war memorial reconnects WWI vet’s family
Powelton Village has been honoring its unknown WWI soldier for years. His descendants have now been found and will join the ceremony this year.
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Amid growing anti-Asian racism, a call for more research into its health effects
Many Asian Americans live daily with the corrosive effects of racism and racialized violence, yet there's very little research funded on Asian American health.
3 years ago
Police: 2 dead, 20+ injured in Florida banquet hall shooting
The banquet hall had been rented out for a concert. Police say three people got out of an SUV and opened fire into a crowd outside with assault rifles and handguns.
3 years ago
‘Toughest day of the year’: Biden remembers son Beau, speaks at Memorial Day ceremony in Delaware
President Joe Biden has attended the annual observance at the Delaware Memorial Bridge for decades. He returned Sunday for his first as commander-in-chief.
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Historic Montgomery County farmstead recognized as an Underground Railroad site
The Worcester Township property will join more than 680 other places in the National Park Service’s Network to Freedom database.
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How Tulsa massacre spent most of last century unremembered
Even this year, with the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa massacre recognized, it’s still an unfamiliar history to many — something historians say has broader repercussions.
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The buffet can stay: What the future of the cruise line industry looks like
Now, emboldened by the CDC's green light and a pent-up demand, the industry has high hopes for a quick recovery.
3 years ago
Ferry link means big business for beach towns in Delaware and New Jersey
New study shows the multi-million dollar impact the Cape May/Lewes Ferry has on the local economy — an impact beach businesses hope ramps up post-pandemic.
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The FAA has seen a ‘significantly higher’ number of unruly passenger reports in 2021
The number of unruly passengers on U.S flights has taken off in 2021, with many more people boarding planes as the pandemic eases.
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