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Rip current risk increases this weekend as Hurricane Isaias tracks northward
Beachgoers at the Jersey Shore will likely face dangerous rip currents this weekend and early next week as Hurricane Isaias tracks northward, forecasters say.
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N.J. coronavirus recovery: Jump in positive cases sets off ‘alarms’
Airbnb announced Friday that it had suspended or removed 35 listings across New Jersey as part of a crackdown on house parties during the pandemic.
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Massive Chester County apartment fire displaces 100 people, injures at least 7
The fire started at the Ashwood Apartments on 782 Worth Road shortly before 7:45 p.m. Thursday night.
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Fundraiser vigil celebrates life and birthday of murdered trans woman Dominque Rem’mie Fells
“Dominique was always one to give, no matter what she had,” said Fells’ mother.
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Phillies cancel all ballpark activity after 2 staffers test positive for COVID-19
All activity at Citizens Bank Park has been canceled "until further notice," the Phillies said in a brief statement Thursday.
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Made by students, ‘Our Philadelphia’ offers a look at how boys talk about gun violence
A group of West Philly teens who lost friends to shootings created a must-watch documentary.
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The best car-buying incentives are over, but you may still find a good deal
April’s record-breaking rebates are long gone as car sales pick up, but experts say that doesn’t mean potential buyers can’t get a good deal.
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Meet the ‘trash man’ working to solve Philly’s sanitation woes with PPE and Instagram
Terrill Haigler always wanted to be a Philly trashman. Now, the sanitation worker is helping his colleagues, and helping others understand the grueling job.
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The tear gassing of West Philly — a history told in police dispatches
A UPenn historian uses police records to write a new chronology of the violence that overtook West Philly’s 52nd Street on May 31, 2020.
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Scavenging Fairmount Park and masking up for the Delaware State Fair in this week’s ‘Things to Do’
In the Philadelphia region, people are finding new ways to enjoy the outdoors and public spaces with coronavirus mitigation efforts in place.
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Listen 4:29Bucks County school board president calls Black Lives Matter ‘anti American’
Steve Pirritano shared his opinion in response to a Facebook post from a conservative author.
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Coronavirus-related deaths at Delaware long-term care facilities stubbornly high
A WHYY analysis found that fewer than 0.7% of Delawareans live in long-term care facilities, but those residents account for 8.2% of COVID cases and 62.3% of related deaths.
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Listen 1:48N.J. coronavirus recovery: Bill would demand fully online learning to start the fall
Three Democrats from the Assembly want all classes in New Jersey to start online this fall.
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Climate change, structural racism pose double threat to Black parents. Birth workers can help
A recent scientific review showed the effects of climate change can worsen the systemic racism Black parents already face.
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Coast Guard rescues fishing crew from life raft off N.J. coast
U.S. Coast Guard personnel rescued two people after a fishing vessel began sinking Tuesday off the New Jersey coast.
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