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Agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives have linked nearly 300 firearms to 11 people accused of illegally re-selling the weapons in a straw purchase scheme, according to court documents.

Prosecutors say a smuggling ring moved nearly 300 guns from Atlanta to Philadelphia

Apr 12, 2022
Over six months, the Atlanta-based group bought hundreds of firearms from local retailers only to resell them to Philadelphia-based brokers. Now the weapons are showing up at crime scenes.
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Politics
A sign requiring masks as a precaution against the spread of the coronavirus is taped on a storefront in Philadelphia on Feb. 16.

Philadelphia to reinstate its mask mandate after a rise in COVID cases

Apr 11, 2022
The city will require masks in schools, businesses, government buildings and restaurants starting April 18.
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Music News
Singer Bobby Rydell is shown aboard a luxury liner in New York City after arrival from Europe on March 12, 1962.

Bobby Rydell, a 60s teen idol and 'Bye Bye Birdie' star, dies

Apr 05, 2022
Rydell, along with James Darren, Fabian and Frankie Avalon, was part of a wave of wholesome teen idols who emerged after Elvis Presley and before the rise of the Beatles.
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National
On Sunday, Sept. 4, 2011 Cheryl Rehmann has a message painted on her back by Matthew Wellstein before the start of the annual Naked Bike Ride in Philadelphia.

Participants In Philly's Naked Bike Ride Will Have To Cover Up ... Their Faces

Jun 26, 2021
A cherished city institution is adapting to keep the love of cycling going strong. Naked cycling, that is — Philadelphia's annual Naked Bike Ride is asking participants to mask up for safety.
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Shots - Health News
Andrei Doroshin, CEO of Philly Fighting COVID, speaks to reporters before the start of a COVID-19 vaccine clinic at the Pennsylvania Convention Center on January 8, 2021.

In Philadelphia, A Scandal Erupts Over Vaccination Start-Up Led By 22-Year-Old

Jan 29, 2021
City officials gave coronavirus vaccines to Philly Fighting Covid, whose brash CEO had no health care experience. After a WHYY investigation, the city cut ties with the group over alleged misconduct.
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Business
Rudy Giuliani, President Trump's attorney, speaks at a press conference held in the back parking lot of Four Seasons Total Landscaping on Saturday in Philadelphia.

From Obscure To Sold Out: The Story Of Four Seasons Total Landscaping In Just 4 Days

Nov 11, 2020
The Philadelphia business was the location of a bizarre press conference by Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani last weekend. The business is cashing in on its newfound fame and has even run out of merch.
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America Reckons With Racial Injustice
A demonstrator holds a placard reading "WALTER WALLACE JR." during a protest near the location where Walter Wallace, Jr. was killed by two police officers on Oct, 27 in Philadelphia.

Philadelphia Police Release 'Traumatic' Bodycam Video Of Walter Wallace Jr. Shooting

Nov 04, 2020
"We understand that the materials released today will be very painful. It will elicit anger, rage, distress, evoke more questions, and rightfully so," the district attorney said, urging calm.
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2020 Election: Secure Your Vote
John Hansberry with the Philadelphia City Commissioners Office runs a sorting machine at the city's mail-in ballot sorting and counting center on Oct. 26.

Philadelphia Gears Up For Unprecedented Attention To Its Vote Count

Nov 02, 2020
President Trump has claimed, with little evidence, the city's election system is corrupt. His critics say the president is trying to suppress turnout. But voters have registered in record numbers.
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America Reckons With Racial Injustice
This undated selfie photo provided by Rickia Young shows her lip. Attorney Kevin Mincey, who represents Young, says she went to retrieve her 16-year-old nephew from the area were a protest was occurring, and put her 2-year-old son in the car to help him

Mom Dragged From SUV, Beaten By Officers With Toddler In Back Seat Filing Suit

Oct 30, 2020
Lawyers for Rickia Young, 28, and her son said she was battered, separated from the child for hours, and kept in handcuffs while being treated at a hospital. No charges have been filed against her.
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America Reckons With Racial Injustice
The killing of Walter Wallace Jr., a Black man in the midst of a psychological episode, by police on Monday has sparked days of protests. The family, who reviewed police bodycam video of the fatal shooting on Thursday morning, is calling for the recordin

Walter Wallace Jr.'s Family Does Not Want Police Officers To Face Murder Charges

Oct 29, 2020
"Here's why: they were improperly trained and did not have the proper equipment by which to effectuate their job," the family's attorney said on Thursday. The officers' names have not been released.
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America Reckons With Racial Injustice
Protesters confront police during a march Tuesday in Philadelphia following this week's fatal police shooting of Walter Wallace Jr., a 27-year-old Black man.

Philadelphia Issues Curfew As It Braces For More Protests In Walter Wallace Shooting

Oct 28, 2020
Mayor Jim Kenney ordered the curfew amid unrest after the fatal police shooting of the 27-year-old Black man. The city's police commissioner says bodycam footage will be released "in the near future."
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America Reckons With Racial Injustice
Police officers stand guard in Philadelphia following protests over the police shooting death of Walter Wallace on Tuesday.

Fatal Police Shooting In Philadelphia Sparks Protests, Clashes Overnight

Oct 27, 2020
Police shot and killed Walter Wallace during a confrontation Monday afternoon in West Philadelphia. Police said he was holding a knife. Violent clashes erupted on Monday night and into Tuesday.
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National
Tamika Morales holds a photo of her son, Ahmad, who was killed in South Philadelphia last July.

Philadelphia Sues For The Right To Control Guns

Oct 08, 2020
Philadelphia is suing Pennsylvania so that the city can enact stronger gun control laws. City officials want the freedom to pass their own measures aimed at curbing gun violence.
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Business
Danielle Renzulli, owner of 12 Steps Down Bar in Philadelphia, poses by the tables she has set up in what used to be parking spots. She was expecting some negative reactions from neighbors, given how valuable parking is in the area, but to her surprise,

Street Food: Cities Turn Parking Spaces Into Dining Spots And No One Seems To Mind

Oct 05, 2020
Parking is usually a hot-button issue in crowded cities. But restaurants are taking over spaces once reserved for cars, and to the surprise of owners, few are complaining.
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Shots - Health News
Dr. Ala Stanford and her staff at a coronavirus testing site in Pennsylvania. Stanford created the Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium and sends mobile test units into neighborhoods.

The Black Doctors Working To Make Coronavirus Testing More Equitable

Oct 01, 2020
Dr. Ala Stanford was frustrated by systemic barriers preventing Black residents from getting tests. She created the Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium and sends mobile test units into neighborhoods.
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The Coronavirus Crisis
Stephannia Swain is a cook who was laid off as a result of the pandemic. COVID-19's economic aftershocks have hit the hospitality industry especially hard.

Pandemic Threatens Long-Term Job Security After Hospitality Industry Layoffs

Sep 29, 2020
Experts say the hotel industry may not return to pre-pandemic levels until 2023. Hospitality workers are bearing the brunt of this long downturn.
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America Reckons With Racial Injustice
A statue of controversial former Philadelphia Mayor Frank Rizzo was vandalized during protests over the death of George Floyd in Minnesota. The city of Philadelphia took down the statue Wednesday.

Frank Rizzo Statue Is Removed In Philadelphia: 'It Is Finally Gone,' Mayor Says

Jun 03, 2020
On Wednesday, the City of Brotherly Love takes down a memorial to a former mayor and police commissioner who exploited its divisions.
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Coronavirus Live Updates
The U.S. Navy and U.S. Air Force will conduct "a collaborative salute" with a flyover above cities in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania on Tuesday. In this 2015 photo the U.S. Navy Blue Angels do a flyover at the Arnold Palmer Invitational golf tourn

Blue Angels And Thunderbirds Salute New York Coronavirus Responders With Flyover

Apr 28, 2020
The joint demonstration between the U.S. Navy's Blue Angels and the Air Force's Thunderbirds will begin early Tuesday afternoon over New York City, Newark and Trenton, N.J., and Philadelphia.
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National
Ronda Goldfein, who leads the Philadelphia nonprofit Safehouse, says the group will open the first supervised injection site in the country next week over objections of the Department of Justice and some community members.

Philadelphia Nonprofit Opening Nation's First Supervised Injection Site Next Week

Feb 26, 2020
After a two-year legal saga, Safehouse says it will open next week, allowing users to administer illegal drugs under supervision. Federal officials say they will try to stop the site from opening.
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Code Switch
The Conestoga stand and face their final moments.

How A Graphic Novel Resurrected A Forgotten Chapter In American History

Feb 26, 2020
In Ghost River: The Fall and Rise of the Conestoga, Native artists retell the events of a brutal massacre in pre-Revolutionary Pennsylvania and bring a painful history to life on the page.
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National
Calvin Brandford (center) is a certified minority contractor who has run an excavation business north of Boston for almost 30 years. Brandford said getting state-funded work as a subcontractor is very hard and often comes with a serious drawback: not get

Disparities In Government Contracting Hurt Minority-Owned Businesses

Feb 20, 2020
Despite affirmative action goals meant to make up for disparities, white-owned businesses win most of the bids for government work. And in many places the numbers are getting worse.
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National
John Quinn, 67, first came forward two decades ago with allegations of sexual assault by a Philadelphia priest and said he considered waiting to sue.

Clergy Abuse Reparations Are Closure For Some Victims, Resurface Trauma For Others

Nov 22, 2019
Hundreds of victims of priest sexual abuse have received reparations from the Catholic Church in Pennsylvania. A new legal maneuver allows people to sue the church over old sexual abuse claims.
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Health Care
Advocates for safe injection sites rallied in front of the James A Byrne Federal Courthouse in Center City to show their support for evidence-based harm reduction policies, an end to the dehumanization of people suffering from addiction and the opening o

Judge Rules Planned Supervised Injection Site Does Not Violate Federal Drug Laws

Oct 02, 2019
The federal court decision paves the way for the nation's first supervised injection site to open in Philadelphia. The Justice Department argued that it amounted to "in-your-face illegal activity."
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National
A Pennsylvania appeals court is ordering a new trial for musician Meek Mill, 10 years after he was convicted of drug and weapons crimes. Mill is seen here this week announcing the launch of the Dream Chasers record label, in a joint venture with Jay-Z.

Rapper Meek Mill Is Granted Retrial After Years-Long Legal Fight

Jul 24, 2019
Evidence that arose after Meek's trial is "of such a strong nature and character that a different verdict will likely result at a retrial," a three-judge panel in Pennsylvania says.
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National

VIDEO: Man Scrambles Down At Least 14 Stories Of High-Rise After Fire Reported

Jul 19, 2019
It's not clear why the Philadelphia man left the building this way, descending more than a dozen floors in about three minutes.

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