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A certified ‘champion,’ Philly’s Great Beech is dying, over 150 years after it was planted
Philadelphia’s champion tree, The Great Beech, measured above 100 feet tall, making it the tallest of its kind in the United States. It’s slowly dying.
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Without Embiid, 76ers roll past Wizards and into 2nd round
Rest up, Joel Embiid.
With an NBA title still in sight, the 76ers will need their injured franchise center — healthy and ready to roll — in the second round against Atlanta.
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Another ‘Biden backup’ in Delaware with his first presidential trip to Rehoboth Beach home
After spending the Memorial Day weekend at home in Wilmington, President Biden returns to Delaware for his first stay as president at his home in Rehoboth Beach.
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A year later, racial reckoning yields uncertainty in giving
Though discussion about increasing diversity in all aspects of American life goes on and some changes have been adopted, advocates so far see little systemic progress.
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‘Mad or nah?’: Residents react to Philly Weekly’s gun violence contest
Tamara Russell, aka P.O.C., hit the streets to see how residents feel about Philly Weekly’s gun violence contest, which asks readers to guess the city’s homicide total.
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Listen 4:38Pa. Haitian community hails temporary protected status, questions immigration future
Haitians in Pennsylvania are celebrating a move by President Joe Biden’s administration that effectively reverses another immigration policy of former President Donald Trump.
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‘We’re ready when you’re ready’: SEPTA invites riders to return as Philly reopens
SEPTA and city officials invited riders to return after more than a year of shutdowns and restrictions to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
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Philly is closing the city’s only rec center designed for people with disabilities
The Fairmount Park building that’s home to Carousel House is damaged beyond repair, officials say.
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How Tulsa race massacre shaped today’s most successful Black CEOs
Ariel Investments CEO John Rogers, TIAA CEO Thasunda Duckett, and former American Express CEO Kenneth Chenault reflect on what the Tulsa events has meant to them.
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The unofficial start of summer has arrived, but many businesses are having a hard time staffing up, leaving them frustrated as they face the rest of the season.
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1 dead after car crashes into Bucks Co. senior rehabilitation center
Authorities say a car slammed into an outside wall of the administration building of the Langhorne Gardens Health & Rehabilitation Center on the 300 block of Manor Avenue.
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Artist’s Black Wall Street project is about Tulsa 100 years ago — and today
Paul Rucker's multimedia work tackles mass incarceration, lynching, police brutality and the ways America has been shaped by slavery.
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Mysterious neighborhood war memorial reconnects WWI vet’s family
Powelton Village has been honoring its unknown WWI soldier for years. His descendants have now been found and will join the ceremony this year.
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Amid growing anti-Asian racism, a call for more research into its health effects
Many Asian Americans live daily with the corrosive effects of racism and racialized violence, yet there's very little research funded on Asian American health.
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Police: 2 dead, 20+ injured in Florida banquet hall shooting
The banquet hall had been rented out for a concert. Police say three people got out of an SUV and opened fire into a crowd outside with assault rifles and handguns.
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