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Philadelphia
No charges after preliminary investigation into Philly’s Office of Homeless Services
The office was millions over budget, but no criminal issues were discovered in a preliminary investigation into the office.
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Cultivating spaces for queer women in Philly
While a South Philly couple works to open a lesbian bar amid the “straight-ification” of queer spaces, traveling lesbian bars and WLW groups keep the sapphic scene alive.
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Philly manufacturer of military robot dogs is a target of Gaza war protests
Pennovation’s Ghost Robotics has embraced the weaponization of its robots.
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The American Ornithological Society will remove people’s names from birds. Many of those birds are now named after prominent Philadelphia scientists.
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Listen 4:59My Climate Story: Philly students take science from abstract to personal
A climate education and storytelling project helps students and teachers learn about climate change’s impact "in everybody’s backyards."
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Listen 1:11Can SEPTA’s infrastructure counter transit anxiety?
Transit systems like SEPTA aren’t absent from urban planners’ guise of how public infrastructure impacts users physically and emotionally.
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Listen 4:30Man shot by police after domestic argument inside Philadelphia apartment complex
The officers involved in this shooting are being placed on administrative duty pending the outcome of the investigation.
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Health officials warn of rise in ‘highly contagious’ whooping cough in Philadelphia region
Health officials say the only way to confirm you have whooping cough is to get a diagnosis.
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Tens of thousands of Philly water customers could be automatically enrolled in a discount program this year, while others may see their bills go up.
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Listen 1:10What’s behind Philadelphia’s soaring STI rates?
Younger people, between the ages of 15 and 24, have some of the highest rates of infection.
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Hundreds help clean and green neighborhoods in West Philly
More than 500 people joined ACHIEVEability to help with the beautification effort to promote civic pride.
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Prosecutors have said that Sidiero was on the ground and unarmed when Mendoza fired the fatal shot.
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Philly reaches $110 million settlement in opioid lawsuit against Walgreens
The city sued Walgreens in 2021 for its alleged role in exacerbating the opioid epidemic.
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Listen 0:44Philly’s housing market takes center stage during ‘Bridging Blocks’ event
About a dozen residents participated in Thursday’s discussion inside the Walnut Street West Library in University City.
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No Name Pops perform tribute to Peter Nero, former frontman of Philly Pops
Many members of the No Name Pops played under Nero when they were with the now-ailing Philly Pops.
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