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Missing Philadelphia toddler is dead, source says; suspect in custody

Two-year-old King Hill was reported missing on July 7.

6 years ago

Asa Vershbow
Home & Family
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Philadelphia

‘The Vaccinator vs. the Hug-Hater’: Writing contest offers kids’ views of the pandemic

A creative writing contest for 6- to 10-year-olds gave them an opportunity to reflect on their lives while sheltering in place. Here’s what they said.

6 years ago

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Talib Abdul Mujib
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Economy
Philadelphia

New Pa. grant targets minority business owners hurt by coronavirus shutdown

Black and Latinx business owners have been hit harder by the pandemic than their white counterparts, but have been less likely to receive federal aid.

6 years ago

Crime scene tape surrounds the home of U.S. District Judge Esther Salas
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New Jersey

Gunman dressed as FedEx driver kills son, wounds husband of N.J. federal judge

A gunman reportedly entered the North Brunswick home of U.S. District Court Judge Ester Salas, fatally shooting her 20-year-old son and critically wounding her husband.

6 years ago

John Lewis looks over a section of 16th Street that's been renamed Black Lives Matter Plaza
National
Race & Ethnicity
Social Justice

How the Black Lives Matter generation remembers John Lewis

“He didn’t have to stand with us, he chose to," said Malkia Devich Cyril, the founder and senior fellow of MediaJustice. "That’s real leadership.”

6 years ago

Philadelphia sprayground summer camps
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Philadelphia
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Philly declares heat health emergency with temperatures nearing 100 degrees

A heat health emergency will be in effect beginning Monday morning in Philadelphia. Heat indexes are forecasted at over 110 degrees.

6 years ago

Protestors attempt to barricade the entrance to the U.S. District Court building on July 17, 2020 in Portland, Oregon.
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National
Policing

Protests grow on 52nd night as Portland responds to federal officers

Federal officers have become an increased focus of protesters and Oregon lawmakers, as reports continue to surface of tactics they've used in attempts to quell protests.

6 years ago

Protesters rally against street sign named after former Philadelphia Mayor Goode
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity
Social Justice

Protesters press city to remove street sign for former Philly Mayor Goode, citing MOVE bombing

About 30 protesters rallied to take down what they called “a monument to state violence.” W. Wilson Goode Sr. was mayor during the 1985 MOVE bombing.

6 years ago

NYT mask-wearing map
Philadelphia
Public Health
Billy Penn

Philly wears masks more often than other U.S. cities, nationwide survey finds

The CDC director said if everyone started wearing face coverings, the pandemic could be brought under control in 4 to 8 weeks.

6 years ago

Lifeguards keep watch at a beach
New Jersey
Public Health
Public Spaces

N.J. shore towns take steps to limit numbers on beaches

Belmar and Manasquan have capped the number of beach badges that can be sold per day to mitigate the spread of COVID-19.

6 years ago

After discovering that the charges against him had been dropped, Timothy Cook shares a moment with The British Chip Shop owner Ian Whitfield in Haddonfield where he has been working parttime as a dishwasher for a year. (April Saul for WHYY)
Criminal Justice
New Jersey

Community pressure helps get charges dropped against Woodlynne teen

The charges could have prevented Timothy Cook from joining the Marines in August as planned. Charges are still pending against his father.

6 years ago

Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., in his office on Capitol Hill
Politics
Social Justice

Philly region remembers civil rights icon, congressman John Lewis

His passing comes after disclosing a pancreatic cancer diagnosis in December. Before his death, he was the last surviving member of the “Big Six” civil rights activists.

6 years ago

Activists painted a new street mural on the Ben Franklin Parkway Friday night. (Instagram/@brusilowphoto
Philadelphia
Social Justice
Billy Penn

‘I Will Breathe’ street mural appears near Parkway protest camp

The activist group behind the message is trying to change the narrative around “I Can’t Breathe.”

6 years ago

(Courtesy of Bartram's Garden)
Outdoors
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

The story of America’s first garden, a trans-Atlantic flower trade, and a pivot to local community

Started by a Quaker farmer, Bartram’s Garden is now embedded in the fabric of Southwest Philadelphia.

6 years ago

FILE - In this Feb. 15, 2011, file photo, President Barack Obama presents a 2010 Presidential Medal of Freedom to U.S. Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Lewis, who carried the struggle against racial discrimination from Southern battlegrounds of the 1960s to the halls of Congress, died Friday, July 17, 2020. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
History
Social Justice

John Lewis, lion of civil rights and Congress, dies at 80

John Lewis was the last survivor of the Big Six civil rights activists, led by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

6 years ago

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