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Philadelphia Eagles players celebrate after a touchdown by Boston Scott during the second half of an NFL football game against the New York Giants, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2020, in Philadelphia
Philadelphia
Sports

Carson Wentz rallies Eagles to 22-21 win over Giants

Wentz threw an 18-yard touchdown pass with 40 seconds remaining and the Philadelphia Eagles overcame an 11-point deficit in the final seven minutes to beat the Giants.

5 years ago

Philly Nigerian Professionals held a solidarity protest on Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia on Oct. 17, 2020, to draw attention to ongoing extrajudicial killings in Nigeria. (Courtesy of Chioma Azi)
International
Social Justice

‘Everything has gone to hell’: Nigerians in Philly connect with protests sweeping their home country

As police violently crack down on protesters in their home country, Nigerians in Philadelphia have joined the movement with demonstrations of their own.

5 years ago

Outside the satellite voting center at Jules E. Mastbaum School in Kensington. (Max Marin/Billy Penn)
Elections
Neighborhoods
Billy Penn

In low-turnout North Philly, voters battle misinformation to get out and vote early

Oct. 27 deadline to request a mail ballot approaches as officials push to spread info about satellite offices.

5 years ago

(Courtesy of PA Winery Association)
Things To Do
Community Events
October 22 - 28, 2020

Pennsylvania Wine Month, fun at the zoo, Philadelphia Film Festival and chrysanthemums abloom in this week’s ‘Things to Do’

This week restaurants are the focus along with fall scenery.

5 years ago

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City officials gather on a basketball court in Philadelphia’s Germantown neighborhood to announce a lawsuit against Pennsylvania’s Firearm Preemption Laws
Criminal Justice
Law
Philadelphia

‘Mad or nah?’: Philly residents react to city suing state over gun laws

Tamara Russell, aka Revive POC, hit the streets of Philadelphia to see what residents think about the city’s efforts to quell rising gun violence.

5 years ago

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Trenton Mayor Reed Gusciora and Police Director Sheilah Coley speak to reporters in the wake of Tuesday's double homicide
Neighborhoods
New Jersey
Public Safety

Teen, brother killed in Trenton shooting as city inches closer to homicide record

Trenton officials decried what they called “senseless violence” after a double shooting claimed the lives of 8-year-old Johnny Perez and 16-year-old Gustavo Perez.

5 years ago

A carousel is pictured pre-pandemic at Philadelphia's Christmas Village.
Business
Community Events
Philadelphia

Philly’s Christmas Village to return for socially distanced 2020 season

The open-air German-style Christmas market, now in its 13th season, will be retooled to meet city and statewide coronavirus guidelines.

5 years ago

Beautiful fall foliage
Outdoors
Philadelphia
Public Spaces
Billy Penn

Philly tree list: 9 spots to see dazzling fall colors right in the city

Where to peep gorgeous autumn leaves without a big trip.

5 years ago

Pope Francis arrives for his weekly general audience
International
LGBTQ
Religion

Pope endorses same-sex civil unions in new documentary film

The papal thumbs up came midway through the documentary “Francesco,” which had its premiere at the Rome Film Festival on Wednesday.

5 years ago

David Xol of Guatemala hugs his son Byron
NPR
Immigration
National
Politics

Parents of 545 children separated at US-Mexico border still can’t be found

Thousands of families were separated under the "no tolerance" migration policy before the Trump administration ended the practice in 2018.

5 years ago

A vote poster in a East Kensington window
PlanPhilly
Elections
Outdoors
Philadelphia

The cutest thing about the 2020 election may be Philly’s get-out-the-vote windows

Democracy is looking peak adorable through these Philly windows.

5 years ago

Anthony Lloyd, a resident of the homeless encampment on the Ben Franklin Parkway challenges the city’s order to clear the camp. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
The Why
Homelessness
Housing
Philadelphia
Broke in Philly

A historic deal on affordable housing in Philly

City and federal housing officials struck a historic deal with organizers of Philly's homeless encampments. How far will it go in fixing Philly's affordable housing crisis?

Air Date: October 20, 2020

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A FedEx driver was shot in Queen Village
Philadelphia
Public Safety
NBC10

Delivery driver shot in Philly’s Queen Village neighborhood

A FedEx delivery driver was shot at South 3rd and Christian streets in Philadelphia Tuesday, Philadelphia police say.

5 years ago

After hitting an overpass on Kelly Drive, the damaged truck was spotted up on Allegheny Avenue
Philadelphia
Public Safety
Streets & Roads
Billy Penn

Trailer truck sliced open on Kelly Drive shouldn’t have been there anyway

This kind of crash happens around twice a year on the scenic route.

5 years ago

A second excavation is planned in Tulsa, Okla., this week to unearth potential unmarked mass graves from a race massacre in 1921. In July, researchers began excavation at Oaklawn Cemetery, shown here. They found no evidence of human remains at that particular excavation site. (Sue Ogrocki/AP)
NPR
History
Race & Ethnicity
Social Justice

Tulsa searches for victims of 1921 race massacre at new site

Excavation crews are breaking ground on Monday at a new site in Tulsa, Okla., in an effort to find the remains of Black victims of one of the nation's bloodiest race massacres

5 years ago

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