Dana DiFilippo
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ACLU sues city for protest permit denial
Five weeks after Philadelphia officials denied an anti-poverty group’s request to march during the Democratic National Convention, the ...
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Should drug dealers be charged as killers in overdose deaths?
Five months after a Pottstown mother of two died after injecting fentanyl-laced heroin, authorities yesterday arrested her alleged drug d ...
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Protesters to shine DNC spotlight on health care, energy, political art at Independence Mall
The protest scene at Independence Mall is shaping up to be more classroom than confrontation. With lofty-sounding themes including ...
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Breaking the law — and wind — to bring DNC attention to Philly’s poor
Cheri Honkala wants to make sure the Democratic National Convention ends with a bang. Or at least a stinky cloud. ...
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The show will go on: judge rules in favor of BeachGlow Music Festival
A New Jersey Superior Court judge ruled Friday that the BeachGlow Music Festival can proceed with its plans for a two-day concert July 8 ...
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City promises calm, prepares for chaos ahead of DNC
Ask any city official whether they expect trouble with protesters during next month’s Democratic National Convention, and you ...
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Should Orlando shooter’s wife be criminally charged?
Four days after the worst mass shooting in modern American history, authorities are mulling whether to criminally charge Noor Zahi Salman ...
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Charity or chaos? Wildwood heads to court over concert controversy
In July, thousands of music-lovers plan to hit the beach in Wildwood for a two-day festival featuring electronic, pop and alternative mus ...
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Officially, it’s free for delegates to go to the Democratic National Convention. But you know the old adage: There’s no such t ...
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Riot ready? Philly in talks for protest insurance ahead of DNC
Philadelphia is getting “law-enforcement liability insurance” — more commonly known as riot or protest insurance — to cover poten ...
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Blowing through E-ZPass lane, scofflaws cost road authorities millions
Trucker Javier Marte got creative earlier this year when he tried to duck a $126 toll in an E ...
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Begging for mercy: Philly panhandlers say citations are ‘pointless’
Stephen Stackhouse has so little money that he spends every morning walking between commuters’ cars coming off the Vine Street Expressw ...
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