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It’s not unusual to get mustard on a cheesesteak, Philly shop owners say

Tobias Harris sparked the latest edition of the city’s eternal sandwich debate.

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Felicia Harris-Williams and husband Craig Williams own Gynger Tea, one of the 50 vendors participating in the LOVE Park pop-up market. (Aaron Moselle/WHYY)
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LOVE Park is back with a fresh fall pop-up market, complete with live music

More than 50 vendors make up the new pop-up market, which will feature Black and Latino businesses in LOVE Park through mid-October.

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More than 17,000 deaths caused by police have been misclassified since 1980

Public health data experts have a new way to calculate the under-reporting of people killed by police. Criminologists call the results "interesting," but are reserving judgmen

4 years ago

Kelly Richards, former director of the Muskegon Area District Library, has been elected to lead the Free Library of Philadelphia (Michigan Public Library Association)
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Free Library picks a new director: Kelly Richards, a Black career librarian from Michigan

He’ll assume leadership 15 months after the previous library director resigned over widespread allegations of discrimination.

4 years ago

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Philadelphia
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Roosevelt Boulevard crash takes down SEPTA wires, repairs to take hours

The crash happened in the southbound outer lanes at 7th Street.

4 years ago

This combination of photos shows, from left, Kendrick Lamar, Mary J. Blige, Snoop Dogg, Eminem and Dr, Dre, who will perform for the first time together on stage at the 2022 Pepsi Super Bowl Halftime Show. NFL, Pepsi and Roc Nation announced Thursday that the five music icons will perform on Feb. 13 at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, Calif.
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Dre, Snoop, Eminem, Blige, Lamar to perform at Super Bowl

The NFL, Pepsi, and Roc Nation announced Thursday that the five music icons will perform on Feb. 13 at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California.

4 years ago

A historical marker celebrating the life of broadcaster Ed Bradley is unveiled at Fairmount Park West. Bradley’s wife, Patricia Blanchet (second from right) was in attendance along with city and state officials
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Philly honors ‘60 Minutes’ journalist Ed Bradley with historical marker in his hometown

A grove of trees with an official state plaque has been erected in Philadelphia’s Fairmount Park, where Bradley got his start in broadcast news.

4 years ago

A spotted lanternfly at a vineyard in Kutztown, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Billy Penn

Philly advice for New Yorkers freaking out over spotted lanternflies

Yes, the bugs are back. But we've got this.

4 years ago

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Delaware
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Mental Health

Restoring ‘respect and dignity’ to 777 souls who died at Delaware psychiatric hospital and were buried in numbered graves

A 2016 monument identifying hundreds of previously unnamed graves near the Delaware psychiatric hospital is getting a facelift to better honor those buried there.

4 years ago

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My dad is homeless. I don’t think Philly is doing enough to help him

My mom and my aunt occasionally see my dad under the Market-Frankford El in Kensington. I’m grateful I haven’t seen him that way.

4 years ago

Carolyn Boxmeyer just sold her rental property in Fishtown. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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Philadelphia

As more Philly landlords move to sell and hold off on repairs, analysts see a threat

Nearly 21% of Philadelphia landlords listed a property for sale in 2020, according to a study by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and Harvard.

4 years ago

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‘Mad or nah?’: Philly residents react to diminished services caused by labor shortages

P.O.C. of Revive Radio hit the streets of Philadelphia to see how residents are coping with diminished government services caused by widespread labor shortages.

4 years ago

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Body bags represent Philadelphians killed by gun violence
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Gun Violence
Public Safety

Philly announces $900K in microgrants to fight gun violence

The announcement comes on the heels of the city recording its 400th homicide over the weekend.

4 years ago

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Philadelphia

Philly native Eve, Don Lemon headline B. PHL Innovation Festival

Now in its third year, the B. PHL Innovation Festival kicks off Wednesday and runs through Friday, Oct. 1.

4 years ago

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NPR
Infrastructure
National

Mail delivery is about to get slower and pricier just in time for the holidays

Beginning Friday, the U.S. Postal Service will start to "implement new service standards" for first class mail and periodicals — slowing its target delivery time by about 30%.

4 years ago

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