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TikTok announced an update to its community guidelines to ban deadnaming, misgendering and misogyny. (Anjum Naveed/AP)
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TikTok bans misgendering, deadnaming from its content

TikTok is updating its community guidelines to ban deadnaming, misgendering, and misogyny.

4 years ago

Lia Thomas swims in a pool
Gender
Higher Education
LGBTQ
Sports
Billy Penn

Penn swimmer Lia Thomas cleared to compete in NCAA Championships after rule change on trans athletes

“It's unfortunate that she is under this incredible microscope,” said a researcher about the flurry of debate over Thomas’ participation.

4 years ago

Kids swim at the James Finnegan Playground pool
Employment
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Philadelphia

Philly kicks off lifeguard recruitment effort after challenging 2021

The recruitment effort follows a difficult 2021 summer season, which saw fewer than 70% of the city’s roughly 70 outdoor pools open due to a lifeguard shortage.

4 years ago

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Business
Food & Drink
Billy Penn

Famed Philly vegan destination Blackbird Pizzeria to close after more than a decade

The plant-based restaurant became known for its cheesesteaks, sandwiches, and wings.

4 years ago

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Philadelphia
Public Safety
Billy Penn

‘Watch Out Philly’ posts warnings about potentially harmful people around the city, helping victims spread the word

Sorry harassers, there’s a new sheriff in town.

4 years ago

A massive hole at South 56th and Springfield Avenue
Infrastructure
Philadelphia
Public Safety
Streets & Roads

Massive water main break leads to flooding, evacuations in Kingsessing

"It's one of the largest mains that the City of Philadelphia has," a fire official said.

4 years ago

Sadiq Sellers leans against a fence in Philly
Gun Violence
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity

Humanity behind the headlines: Black men on surviving in Philly

On the heels of Philly’s most violent year in decades, Tyler Campbell spoke to fellow Black men about the city’s gun violence crisis, survival, and kinship.

4 years ago

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Curator of the Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection Diane Turner holds a copy of the graphic novel BLAM! (Abdul Sulayman / The Philadelphia Tribune)
Black Lives Matter
Books
Race & Ethnicity
The Philadelphia Tribune

Temple’s Blockson collection publishes graphic novel to encourage youth

High school students in the School District of Philadelphia will soon have access to Philadelphia’s rich history of local African American heroes and trailblazers.

4 years ago

People sit at a bar in Philadelphia.
Business
LGBTQ
Billy Penn

When your ID doesn’t match the name on your vax card, it can be hard to enter Philly restaurants

It's especially an issue for trans people, who often have to use their dead name or out themselves.

4 years ago

police car lights flashing
New Jersey
Public Safety
Transportation

Six people injured after NJ Transit bus hits tree off Atlantic City Expressway

Ten people, including the driver, were aboard the Route 551 bus when the vehicle left the roadway and struck the tree, authorities said.

4 years ago

Single Water Meter
Income Inequality
Philadelphia

As Philadelphia resumes residential water shut-offs, here’s how to avoid losing service

The Philadelphia Water Department offers online consultations to help customers who are behind on their bills avoid losing water after March 31.

4 years ago

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Crime
Military
New Jersey

The Navy is investigating the death of a SEAL candidate from N.J. who finished ‘Hell Week’

Kyle Mullen, a 24-year-old man from Manalapan, N.J., was pronounced dead at Sharp Coronado Hospital in Coronado, Calif., the Navy said.

4 years ago

The concourse of SEPTA’s 15th Street Station
Crime
Philadelphia
Transportation

SEPTA police arrest five accused in weekend assaults, armed robberies

SEPTA officials say more than 28,000 cameras will help them make sure criminals face charges when they commit crimes on the transit system.

4 years ago

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Mental Health
Philadelphia

The Regional Roundup: February 7th

Seasonal Affective Disorder has millions of Americans feeling depressed this winter. A cure for Leukemia comes from a Penn scientist. And, the Free library has a new director.

Air Date: February 7, 2022 10:00 am

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Charles L. Blockson in his home office in 1971
History
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity
Billy Penn

How Charles L. Blockson turned childhood disrespect into a mission to create Black history collections

He donated thousands of items to Temple University and Penn State.

4 years ago

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