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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Trump launches TV ad in Pa., three other battleground states
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Partnering with 100 restaurants, Uber launches food delivery service
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Challenging conviction, Fattah pins hopes for new trial on recent U.S. high court ruling
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Advocates for needy urge changes to Pa. welfare system
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Discount grocer coming to Sharswood as part of PHA’s $500M project
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Saving more victims of violence or ‘gambling’ with lives?
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William Lynn back to court Thursday, waiting for trial date
After nearly three years behind bars, Msgr. William Lynn will step inside a Philadelphia courtroom on Thursday a free man facing a new tr ...
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Williams vows to retry Lynn after former Catholic Church official is set free on bail
Monsignor William Lynn, the first Catholic Church official to be convicted of covering up clergy sex abuse of children, will be released ...
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Msgr. Lynn could be released soon or at least by October
Msgr. William Lynn, the first senior official with the Catholic church to be convicted of covering up clergy sex abuse of children, could ...
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Merch ado about very little during DNC convention
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