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Philadelphia
Sunday’s Juneteenth Parade and Festival in Philadelphia served as a “celebration and homage to our ancestors.”
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Here’s when Philly’s public pools will open for the 2024 season
Openings begin Monday, June 17, and several other pools across the city will open throughout the rest of the week.
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Drexel professor, students take a deeper look at textile waste
Drexel professor Rachel Higgins and her students are recording data on discarded items to better understand textile waste in the Drexel community.
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Pa. state Sen. Nikil Saval plans to finally read ‘Ulysses’ on Bloomsday
After two missed tries, the literary state senator will lend his voice to James Joyce’s “monumental, musical, bawdy” masterpiece.
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‘Fathers are a brotherhood’: A Philly mentor program doesn’t want dads to learn fatherhood alone
Focus on Fathers was established in 2001 to help new dads transition to fatherhood. Since then, the program has served over 250 fathers.
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Civil rights lawyer William T. Coleman honored among the founding fathers
A bas-relief sculpture of the major civil rights lawyer represents the man who shaped modern Constitutional law.
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Court upholds law taking jurisdiction over SEPTA crimes from Philly DA Larry Krasner
A divided Commonwealth Court turned down Krasner's argument that the law passed late last year by Republicans in the General Assembly violates the state Constitution.
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Code Orange declared for Philly, suburbs due to poor air quality
Under a Code Orange, air quality may be unhealthy for vulnerable groups such as children, people with asthma, people with heart or lung disease, and older adults.
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Father’s Day, Juneteenth, Pride in the Park and more in this week’s ‘Things To Do’
June 13–16: Juneteenth in Philly, North by Shore in N.J. and a Marvin Hamlisch tribute in Delaware are among the weekend’s highlights.
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Listen 5:30Northeast Philadelphia residents and lawmakers say the area has become a health care desert, with few affordable and low-cost options.
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The Pass It Forward campaign has drawn ire for its attempts to drum up support for the Republican-backed bill.
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Listen 1:1812 federally charged in Kensington drug bust operation
The group was arrested after over a year of investigating and undercover drug buys, authorities say.
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With water bills on the rise, the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission voted in favor of an order to bring more transparency and review procedures to water privatization.
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Report says unsecured tanker hatch spilled out gas in crash that destroyed I-95 bridge in Philly
The findings shed new light on the June 11, 2023, early morning crash that destroyed the bridge beyond repair.
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City Controller’s Office deems thousands of Philadelphia properties as unsafe
Their investigation found that the Department of Licenses and Inspections only has 15 inspectors, and is unable to keep up with demand and oversight of the properties.
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