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A Sri Lankan Catholic girl wears a hair band with a Santa figure arrives at a church to attend the Christmas Day holly mass in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Friday, Dec. 25, 2020. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
Home & Family
International

A pandemic Christmas: Services move online, people stay home

Curfews, quarantines and border closings complicated Christmas Friday for countless people around the globe, but determination and imagination helped keep the day special.

5 years ago

Emergency personnel work at the scene of an explosion in downtown Nashville, Tenn., Friday, Dec. 25, 2020. Buildings shook in the immediate area and beyond after a loud boom was heard early Christmas morning. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
National
Public Safety

AP sources: Human remains found near Nashville explosion

An explosion shook the largely deserted streets of downtown Nashville early Christmas morning, shattering windows, damaging buildings and wounding three people.

5 years ago

Brian Marshall holds Sonny, one of two kittens his family adopted
Home & Family
New Jersey

‘Miracle’ kittens found in backpack rescued from N.J. recycling plant’s conveyor belt

After being dumped and making it through heavy machinery unscathed, three kittens will spend the holidays in new homes in Burlington County.

5 years ago

Gloriana Berry (right) and Kent Berry sit at 30th Street Station
Philadelphia
Public Health
Travel

Christmas Eve travelers, flaunting COVID guidelines, find short lines at Philly’s airport and train station

Philly’s transportation centers were less busy due to the pandemic — but far from empty. “I don’t want to miss this time with my family,” said one traveler. “I’m prioritizing.

5 years ago

Shadonna at the Italian Market
Food & Drink
Home & Family
Philadelphia

Philly’s Italian Market sees a busy Christmas Eve, as families shop for a taste of tradition

From pozole to baccala, holiday food brings happiness in South Philly, with some residents following traditions and others trying something new.

5 years ago

Demonstrators march to City Hall during a protest, Saturday, June 6, 2020 in Philadelphia over the death of George Floyd, a black man who was in police custody in Minneapolis. Floyd died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers on May 25. (Yong Kim/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)
Elections
Pennsylvania
Public Health

Pennsylvania 2020: Pandemic, protests and the presidency

A look back at the year’s top Pennsylvania stories — as if anybody could forget.

5 years ago

Philly Christmas stories past
Neighborhoods
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Belsnickels and bar brawls: A brief history of Christmas revelry in Philadelphia

The region has been known to turn up around the winter holidays.

5 years ago

Staff at a drive-thru COVID-19 testing site talk to people waiting in line in their cars at the PNC Bank Arts Center
New Jersey
Politics
Public Health

COVID-19, recreational marijuana top New Jersey’s stories in 2020

A look at some of the top stories of the year in the Garden State.

5 years ago

Jenn Katchmark, of Washington, holds up an eviction sign intended for Pres. Donald Trump while walking through Black Lives Matter Plaza
NPR
Homelessness
Income Inequality
National

COVID-19 relief bill could stave off historic wave of evictions

A rental assistance program in the bill is key for helping millions of struggling renters at risk of losing their homes in the middle of winter as the pandemic rages on.

5 years ago

Rickey Ramirez is working overtime to keep up with the crush of Christmas deliveries.
NPR
Home & Family
National

Millions of Christmas gifts may arrive late due to overload at the Postal Service

"We're really busy, it's been unbearable," sighs Manny Huenchunir, a USPS truck driver who was unloading and reloading crates of mail at a post office outside Boston Tuesday.

5 years ago

Tinsel in July
Things To Do
Community Events
December 24 - 30, 2020

Philly POPS for Christmas, Kwanzaa on the Square, and holiday cheer at Tinsel in this week’s Things To Do

Celebrating the season, whatever your holiday tradition, is still possible thanks to outdoor events and activities hosted online.

5 years ago

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The Gloria Casarez mural by Michelle Angela Ortiz at 12th and Locust streets was painted over on Wednesday, December 23, 2020. (Photo by Steve Weinik/Mural Arts)
LGBTQ
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity
Visual Arts

Iconic mural of Latina LGBTQ activist painted over

In Philly’s Gayborhood, the face of Latina LGBTQ activist Gloria Casarez has been painted over with white.

5 years ago

Listen 1:18
A hiring sign shows outside of Gray M. Sanborn Elementary School in Palatine, Ill., Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020. Illinois reports biggest spike in unemployment claims of all states. On Wednesday, Dec. 23, the number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell by 89,000 last week to a still-elevated 803,000, evidence that the job market remains under stress nine months after the coronavirus outbreak sent the U.S. economy into recession and caused millions of layoffs.  (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Economy
Income Inequality

U.S. layoffs remain elevated as 803,000 seek jobless aid

The job market remains under stress nine months after the coronavirus outbreak sent the U.S. economy into recession and caused millions of layoffs.

5 years ago

Kathleen Schallus sorts through holiday cards sent to Shore Medical Center
Home & Family
New Jersey
Public Health

Season’s greetings: Cards solicited in New Jersey for COVID-19 patients

Realizing this year's unique dynamic, hospitals asked adults, organizations and schoolchildren to either make or buy holiday cards and send them to their patients.

5 years ago

Barbara Jackson at Rosa Photo
Neighborhoods
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Secret Philly: The story of Rosa Photo, that FBI fingerprinting truck at 16th and Callowhill

Started by a lawyer from the Dominican Republic, the business became a staple in the Philly immigrant community.

5 years ago

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