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Salute Philly sports stars, get crafty, or have a few laughs
Myriad offerings await this weekend, including a ceremony honoring some of Philly’s most popular sports figures; a theatrical performance festival; the superstars of of ink.
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Listen 3:51Nearly 30 percent of anti-Semitic online attacks are bots
Researchers at the ADL analyzed 7.5 million Twitter messages between Aug. 31 and Sept. 17.
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3 workers suffer burns in latest accident at Delaware City refinery
One worker is in critical condition after the “release of a heated product under pressure.”
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Listen 1:47Synagogue rampage suspect indicted as funerals continue
The indictment charges Robert Bowers with 44 counts, including hate crimes.
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Government lawyer says Puerto Rico’s hurricane response plan ‘does not exist’
It was a stunning admission given that, early last month, officials announced that their newly overhauled plan was finally complete.
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Needle drop boxes land in Kensington parks and SEPTA stations
Sharps deposit boxes are Philadelphia’s newest tool in its four-week-old recovery campaign for opioid-plagued Kensington.
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City Council votes to move ‘fair workweek’ scheduling bill forward
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The recent mass shooting at a synagogue in Pittsburgh left us grappling for answers. Why here? Why now? These are big questions with no easy answers. Where do we go from here?
Air Date: October 31, 2018
Listen 12:24Remains of St. Katharine Drexel at new home in Philadelphia
The shrine of Saint Katherine Drexel now rests at the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul in Center City.
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Cecil and David Rosenthal, ‘the boys,’ remembered as fixtures of Pittsburgh’s Jewish community
Many people at the service were Jewish, and many were not.
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20 years after a deadly robbery, a neighborhood market is reborn
Aslam Market is a treasure trove of unique staples such as Nepalese dumpling — momo— mix, Indian sweets, Burmese sweet curry, and Indonesian instant noodles.
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Trump to visit Pittsburgh amid divide: ‘It’s sacred what happened here’
To Marianne Novy, Trump isn't wanted "unless he really changes his ways." For David Dvir, politics should pause for grief: "It's our president, and we need to welcome him."
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Hate dies in the light of exposure
This weekend, when I learned that someone had walked into a Pittsburgh synagogue and killed 11 people, I thought of my Jewish friend, Susan Jacobs.
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Suspect due in court as harrowing synagogue tales emerge
As Barry Werber walked into the Tree of Life Synagogue, he passed a cart carrying glassware and whiskey meant for the baby-naming ceremony scheduled at Dor Hadash
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Philly-area synagogues grapple with safety in the aftermath of Pittsburgh shooting
The shooting comes amid a rise in anti-Semitic incidents across the U.S.
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