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City Councilmembers said that legislative measures long in the works would advance reform efforts in the wake of Wallace’s death by police gunfire.

Morning Edition host Jennifer Lynn talks with Rev. Robert Collier about how West Philly is also hurting from the police shooting death of Walter Wallace Jr.

The curfew will go into effect Wednesday at 9 p.m. and will be in place through 6 a.m. Thursday.

The three-alarm fire claimed the lives of Roberto Romero and Luis Silva. For Cra-West residents, the fire also exposed living conditions that made them feel unsafe.

Women have made great strides. But the uncomfortable truth is that in their homes, they're still fitting into stereotypical roles of doing the bulk of housework and parenting.

“We are not at war,” said the police commissioner, a day after two officers shot and killed a Black man.

West Philadelphians described their own efforts to de-escalate conflicts and heal their community as they mourned the police shooting of Walter Wallace Jr.

The shooting, captured on video, has prompted outrage and disbelief among neighbors and West Philadelphia residents.

Instead of de-escalating a situation in which an ambulance was sought, officers who arrived escalated it, said the attorney representing Wallace’s family.

“Bound in the Bond of Life: Pittsburgh Writers Reflect on the Tree of Life Tragedy” (University of Pittsburgh Press) features essays by two dozen writers.

While 90% of casinos have reopened, they are operating at restricted levels to try to slow the spread of the virus, and additional aid is needed for casinos and their workers.

The Bynum brothers restaurant will get a makeover as it slides into the former Green Soul.

The 27-year-old was shot dead in front of his mother and neighbors.

Philadelphians are looking for answers on why police officers were not able to de-escalate the situation when called to the scene of a man wielding a knife.

The violence happened after police shot and killed Walter Wallace, who was reportedly armed with a knife.