Aaron Moselle covers housing and community development for WHYY’s PlanPhilly, filing stories for both radio and web. He’s a city native and calls South Philadelphia home.
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Closing arguments start Tuesday for buildingcollapse civil trial
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Former prisoners offer advice to new leader of Philly effort to help ex-inmates
On a recent December morning, Ceciley Bradford-Jones takes a seat in a circle of foldout chairs filled with people who are exp ...
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UPDATE: Lynn could avoid new trial in clergy sex abuse coverup
Common Pleas Court Judge Gwendolyn Bright ruled Thursday that Monsignor William Lynn should be given the chance to avoid a new trial. ...
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Dire warnings from project manager unheeded prior to Philly building collapse
A former and current city official testified Tuesday that they ignored a series of “inflammatory” emails sent to Salvation Ar ...
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Fattah continues to look towards appeals as way to avoid January prison date
Former U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah is now asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit to make him a free man while his lawyers figh ...
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StreetChange aims to improve chance interactions with the needy
If you live or work in Philadelphia, you’ve probably wrestled with these options when crossing paths with a panhandler. You can sto ...
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Judge rules Fattah must report to prison during appeal
A federal judge has denied former U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah’s request to stay out of jail while his lawyers appeal his public corrupti ...
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Federal judge unseals documents, explains why he dismissed juror in Fattah case
A federal judge has unsealed court documents surrounding the June dismissal of a juror weighing the fate of former U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah ...
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Experience of poverty opens eyes, hearts of Philly service providers
On any other day, Colleen Young is an intake leader for Childcare Information Services of Philadelphia. She works with the county assista ...
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A decade in prison for Fattah [updated]
A federal judge has sentenced former U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah to 10 years in prison for stealing hundreds of thousands in public funds to r ...
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