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Joyful kids were welcomed into the pool for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic closed city amenities at the James Finnegan Playground in Southwest Philadelphia on June 30, 2021
Community Events
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Philly expands summer activities to help young people stay busy in creative ways

From camp experiences to extended hours at PAL locations, city officials are looking to provide a creative outlet for Philly young people this summer.

4 years ago

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Crime
Delaware
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Armored vehicle carjacked in Wilmington, Delaware; suspect at large

Police say a male suspect, disguised in a dark blue Garda uniform, assaulted two female employees as they left the business.

4 years ago

Riley Matties poses for a portrait
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‘Youthphoria’ project celebrates trans and nonbinary joy in Philadelphia

Philadelphia-based photographer Shannon Collins aims to affirm and capture trans and nonbinary joy through Youthphoria photo project.

4 years ago

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A sign reads,
Black Lives Matter
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Philly releases independent report on city’s mishandling of MOVE bombing victims’ remains

The report focused on the city’s possession of human remains from the 1985 MOVE bombing and the policies and procedures of the city’s Medical Examiner’s Office.

4 years ago

Police stand near where a man opened fire at a business, killing three people before the suspect and a state trooper were wounded in a shootout, according to authorities, in Smithsburg, Md., Thursday, June 9, 2022. The Washington County (Md.) Sheriff's Office said in a news release that three victims were found dead at Columbia Machine Inc. and a fourth victim was critically injured. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark)
Crime
Gun Violence

Authorities: 3 dead, trooper wounded in Maryland shooting

The Washington County sheriff said the victims of Thursday's shooting and the suspect all worked at Columbia Machine Inc. in Smithsburg.

4 years ago

A rendering of what Filbert Street might look like this fall when the transformation is complete. (Courtesy of Ground Reconsidered)
Business
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Philadelphia
Billy Penn

The street next to Reading Terminal Market is becoming a ‘festival’ area with expanded sidewalks and outdoor dining

The project isn’t quite as ambitious as originally planned — no retractable bollards, for example — but it should all be done by fall.

4 years ago

A bee looks for nectar in a blossom
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‘We’re all abuzz’: Media Borough nationally certified as a ‘Bee City’

The national initiative designed to save the bees has found a partner community in Delaware County. Media wants other communities to follow in its steps.

4 years ago

A Philadelphia firefighter washes blood off the sidewalk at the scene of a fatal overnight shooting on South Street in Philadelphia, Sunday, June 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Michael Perez)
Gun Violence
Philadelphia
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Philly police believe more officers could prevent an escalation of violence this summer. Advocates say the problem runs deeper

Philadelphia police say they need more help, but they’ll be more proactive about traffic control this summer.

4 years ago

Maureen May holds a protest sign and speaker at a protest outside Suburban Community Hospital
Employment
Health Care
Pennsylvania

Suburban Community Hospital nurses protest against Prime Healthcare denying health care bills

Nurses at Suburban Community Hospital say they are concerned about staffing shortages, pay inequalities, and unpaid health care benefits.

4 years ago

Saijai Sabayjit (center) of Saijai Thai sets out samples of her fried tofu. She is one of three vendors from the Southeast Asian Market at FDR Park chosen to serve food at the Philadelphia Flower Show. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Food & Drink
Public Spaces
Race & Ethnicity

Cambodian vendors to become permanent part of FDR Park

The city has granted $100K toward a planning process to figure out what the weekly Cambodian marketplace in FDR Park needs to thrive.

4 years ago

People dance in Detroit as the sun sets behind the skyline in November 2020. (David Goldman/AP Photo)
Business
Government
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

What can Philly learn from Detroit? Local leaders are heading to the Midwest to find out

The two cities have a lot in common, so organizers say this year’s GPLEX conference has a ton of potential.

4 years ago

Zeneta Everhart, whose son, Zaire Goodman, 20, was shot during the Buffalo Tops supermarket mass shooting and survived, testifies during a House Committee on Oversight and Reform hearing on gun violence on Capitol Hill on Wednesday. (Andrew Harnik/AP)
NPR
Government Accountability
Gun Violence
Public Safety

Parents of recent mass shooting victims urge Congress to act on gun control

Parents of children injured and killed during last month's mass shootings in Buffalo, N.Y., and Uvalde, Texas, implored members of the House Oversight Committee to act quickly

4 years ago

Philadelphia police investigators work the scene of a fatal overnight shooting on South Street in Philadelphia, Sunday, June 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Michael Perez)
Radio Times
Gun Violence
Policing
Race & Ethnicity

Philadelphia’s cycle of gun violence: trauma, healing and possible solutions

After Saturday's mass shooting in Philadelphia, Police Commissioner Outlaw and three anti-gun violence advocates talk about how to make Philly streets safe.

Air Date: June 8, 2022 10:00 am

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A burger from Shake Shack
Business
Food & Drink
Pennsylvania
Billy Penn

Shake Shack declines to drop Martin’s, but says they’re in ‘active conversations’ about the bakery’s ties to Mastriano

Other food businesses, like Philly’s Federal Donuts, are seeking alternate potato roll vendors.

4 years ago

Hayden Gould, Executive Project  Manager, Seabin North America, holds up a container of micro plastics collected out of the Delaware River Watershed at a demonstration of their trash collecting devices at Bartrams’ Gardens on June 7, 2022. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Environment
Philadelphia
Sustainability

Could these simple ‘Seabins’ give us better information about the plastics hiding in Philly’s rivers?

The “Seabin” trash capture devices will help the EPA, along with the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary, to gather important data on what types of plastics are in the water.

4 years ago

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