Philadelphia
President of the Free Library of Philadelphia Foundation resigns
Monique Moore Pryor was three years into the job and had clashed with staff.
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Listen 1:03Pro-Palestine groups announce protests outside of the Ed Sheeran concert
Sheeran hoped to keep politics out of his shows. Politics are coming to him instead.
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Overbrook High School celebrates 100 years of shaping Philly stars
The West Philly school that produced Will Smith, Wilt Chamberlain remembers a century of nurturing greatness, while looking forward to a hundred more.
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Sept. 17–20: Amy Winehouse tribute in Delaware, Making Time ∞ Festival in Philly and XPoNential Music Festival in South Jersey are among weekend event highlights.
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Listen 5:35After sitting vacant for decades, the building has undergone a $14 million makeover, creating a space for nonprofits to provide social services, health care and education.
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Listen 1:01Mark Squilla’s proposal lays out a long-term path away from incineration, while Jamie Gauthier wants the city to stop burning its trash now.
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Listen 1:19Authorities urged the public to be patient as they continue to sort through millions of pieces of evidence.
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Listen 1:22Philly celebrates how we decided to call the country the United States
This week’s Philly “Firstival” is celebrating the first time we referred to the new nation as the United States of America.
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A rare Keith Haring mural is close to making preservation history in Philly
The Point Breeze artwork remains where Haring painted it with students in 1987, making it his only surviving outdoor mural in the city.
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Listen 1:10Protesters call on Philadelphia Parking Authority to end parking contract with DHS
Protesters urged the agency to end its contract with the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees ICE.
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Should Macklemore have been dropped from Ed Sheeran’s ‘Loop Tour’ at the Linc?
Philly Jewish organizations respond to the decision to remove the rapper for chanting "Free Palestine."
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Philly’s Spring Garden Connector project continues moving slowly
The project will connect the Schuylkill River and Delaware River trails via Spring Garden Street.
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‘Hunger Games’ trucks roll through Philly with cryptic message
Five trucks displaying cryptic “Peace is preserved not promised” messages are rolling through Philadelphia as part of marketing for the upcoming “Hunger Games” prequel.
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Inside a Philadelphia barbershop, Black men debate their political past and future
Political strategist Khalil Thompson is on a mission to understand why some Black men leaned Republican in recent elections.
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This Philly fountain has a typo. Should anyone fix it?
A typo carved into Philadelphia’s Eli Kirk Price Fountain went unnoticed for decades. Now, monument experts say it may be there to stay.
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