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Philly rental inspections are complaint-driven. Housing advocates want to change that
Unlike other big cities, rental properties are not inspected proactively. Amid an affordable housing crisis, advocates say that’s putting low-income tenants at risk.
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Listen 1:10NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams return to Earth after 9 months stuck in space
Their SpaceX capsule parachuted into the Gulf of Mexico in the early evening, just hours after departing the International Space Station.
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Philly reacts to Brandon Graham’s retirement announcement
The two-time Super Bowl champion and longest-tenured Eagles player ever is hanging up his boots after 15 seasons.
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Judge rules DOGE’s USAID dismantling likely violates the Constitution
The lawsuit singled out Musk as a defendant covered by the preliminary injunction. Lawyers for USAID employees and contractors had requested the order.
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With lower-than-normal rainfall, forest firefighting crews have responded to far more blazes. One saw flames shooting above 50-foot trees.
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Roberts rejects Trump’s call for impeaching judge who ruled against his deportation plans
The flashpoint for the latest controversy was deportations of alleged Venezuelan gang members to El Salvador, which is being paid by the U.S. to imprison them.
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Retired Philadelphia detectives go on trial in perjury case stemming from 2016 murder exoneration
Philly DA Larry Krasner charged former detectives Martin Devlin, Manuel Santiago and Frank Jastrzembski in 2021, days before the statute of limitations was set to expire.
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Chester receiver demands stormwater authority stop paying board salaries
Michael Doweary, Chester’s state-appointed receiver, reserved his right to recoup the "unauthorized" salary payments.
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2-time Super Bowl champ Brandon Graham retires after 15 seasons with the Eagles
The former first-round draft pick out of Michigan in 2010 ends his career as the all-time leader in games played for the Eagles with 206.
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Trial begins for Nadine Menendez, wife of former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez
Menendez was originally scheduled to face trial last year with her husband, but a breast cancer diagnosis led to surgery that forced her trial to be delayed.
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The Alien Enemies Act: What to know about a 1798 law that Trump has invoked for deportations
The administration has not identified who was deported, provided any evidence they are gang members or that they committed any crimes in the United States.
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Philly’s community mobile crisis response teams are requesting more funding to meet demand.
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Listen 1:22‘Segregated facilities’ are no longer explicitly banned in federal contracts
The Trump administration cut a clause from federal contracting rules that had been on the books since the 1960s.
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Path forward for voter ID in Pa., as long as it ‘doesn’t disenfranchise’
Pennsylvanians want electoral reform. Voter ID’s political path forward will thread a needle.
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Overheated cables cause underground fire, blackout in Philadelphia’s University City section
Underground cables overheated and caught fire, causing a manhole cover to explode, cutting power for two blocks.
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