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Brandon Watkins, a member of PA-Task Force 1, hugs his kids, Nicholas, 5, and Jackson, 7, in Philadelphia on July 16, 2021, after he returned from assisting in the search and recuse mission in Surfside City, Florida. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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Rescue group returns home after digging through rubble of Florida condo collapse

A southeast Pennsylvania-based urban rescue team returns after working in Surfside collapse.

5 years ago

Protesters with the Philly Water Protectors gathered at 15th and JFK Boulevard outside TD Bank to rally against the Line 3 tar sands pipeline in Minnesota, which is being financed by TD, on July 16, 2021. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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Philly environmental groups picket TD Bank over investment in tar sands pipeline

Environmental groups in Philadelphia picketed outside a TD Bank branch to call on the finance giant to end investments in the controversial Line 3 tar sands pipeline project.

5 years ago

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Oof, y’all, Dictionary.com just added over 300 new words and definitions

The over 300 new words and definitions added to Dictionary.com during its most recent round of updates reflect the realities of our rapidly changing world.

5 years ago

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Philadelphia
Billy Penn

McGlinchey’s temporarily gives up smoking, but the dive bar is bringing it back

The Center City landmark reopened in June thinking there were no cigarettes allowed — but it was all a miscommunication.

5 years ago

A memorial on 60th Street in West Philadelphia
Gun Violence
Philadelphia
Public Safety

300 murders in 196 days: Philadelphia mourns a grim milestone

At least 300 people have been murdered in Philadelphia so far this year, including nearly 30 children under the age of 18.

5 years ago

A 14-year-old was critically injured while on her porch in a triple shooting that took the life of a man in Philadelphia. (6ABC)
Gun Violence
6ABC

Philly Violence: City records 300th homicide, teen wounded in deadly triple shooting

The City of Philadelphia recorded its 300th homicide of the year early Friday morning.

5 years ago

The Developing Artist Collaboration recently launched its open-air market in West Rehoboth to help local artists and other creative businesses. (Johnny Perez-Gonzalez/WHYY)
Business
Delaware
Visual Arts

Creative Market shines light on the Rehoboth community and developing artists

The market, a place for local artists and vendors to display and sell their work, opened on July 5 and will be open on Mondays from 5:30 to 9 p.m.

5 years ago

People participate in a naturalization ceremony at the Betsy Ross House
Immigration
Philadelphia

New U.S. citizens are sworn in in Old City

Thirteen men and women from 10 different countries received their citizenship papers at the Betsy Ross House.

5 years ago

Renell Powell hands out lunches outside her home
PlanPhilly
Gun Violence
Kids
Philadelphia

After a shooting, a grandmother reopens her SW Philly block as a ‘safe zone’ for play

Alden Street residents worked through their trauma together after the fatal shooting. One resident called her block “a village looking after the children.”

5 years ago

In this May 30, 2018 photo, Cleveland Catholic Diocese Bishop Nelson J. Perez talks during an interview in Cleveland. (Lisa DeJong/The Plain Dealer via AP)
Public Health
Religion

Obligation to attend Mass for Pennsylvania Catholics to resume in August: Bishops

The obligation to attend Mass on Sunday and Holy Days will resume in Philadelphia, and all of Pennsylvania, next month.

5 years ago

Eagles center Jason Kelce speaks from a podium while decked out in a Mummers outfit
Philadelphia
Sports
Billy Penn

Have Eagles fans been pronouncing Jason Kelce’s name wrong this whole time?

His brother Travis dropped the pronunciation bomb in a new video.

5 years ago

The exterior of the former Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament building
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Religion
Eyes on the Street

I grew up in West Philly churches. Please stop tearing down my landmarks

West Philly’s 140-year-old Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament is set to be demolished, erasing local Black history and memory, writes resident Kyle Hiller.

5 years ago

Fireworks at the Philadelphia Phillies stadium
Things To Do
Community Events

Phillies and fireworks, Kidchella, Lady Alma, and more in this week’s ‘Things To Do’

July 15 - 18: Baseball, fun for kids, and concerts in the Delaware Valley

5 years ago

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Volunteers with New Kensington CDC clean up in Kensington on June 1, 2020. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Addiction
Behavioral Health
Philadelphia

Philly awards 20 grants to Kensington groups battling opioid crisis

City officials sent a total of $200,000 to 20 community groups dedicated to improving the quality of life in the epicenter of Philadelphia's opioid crisis.

5 years ago

The exterior of the Regina Rose Apartments
Housing
Income Inequality
Pennsylvania

‘Work is finished,’ says owner of unsafe apartment building. No, it’s not, says Cheltenham Twp. fire marshal

Tenants at Regina Rose Apartments were displaced in late June. Differing views of progress on repairs depend on who you ask.

5 years ago

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