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Juneteenth in Philly: New exhibit and an old- school block party
The line to enter Philadelphia’s African American Museum stretched a full block up Arch Street on Juneteenth Friday morning and never let up all day — not through performances by the West Powelton Steppers and not even when Doug E. Fresh and Slick Rick...
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N. J. Turnpike work seen as threat to an Underground Railroad stop
LAWNSIDE — For nearly 200 years, the historic Peter Mott House — believed to have once served as a stop on the Underground Railroad — has managed to withstand the encroachment of the outside world. In the 1950s, construction of the New Jersey Turnpike...
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Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said the agreement would take “immediate effect.” A formal signing ceremony is set for Friday.
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said he signed an agreement with Iran Wednesday that U. S. officials say calls for Tehran to dilute its stockpile of highly enriched uranium and waives sanctions on the country, immediately allowing Iran to sell its...
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Progressives fault Sherrill’s handling of Delaney Hall protests
Josue Barreiro stood in front of a crowd of 200 people seated inside a church last week in Haddonfield. He was there to speak about his experience as one of 61 protesters arrested in one night outside Delaney Hall after Gov. Mikie Sherrill had sent...
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Renovated Highmark Mann reopens with polish and substantial changes
Greener and roomier with a chic naturalistic look, the Highmark Mann Center officially reopened Monday after the final phase of a yearslong renovation. Construction at Philadelphia’s outdoor arts center in Fairmount Park went not just down to the...
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Hitting the pitch
Ecuador and Ivory Coast kicked off the action as what appears to be a packed Lincoln Financial Field hosted its first ever match of the FIFA World Cup on Sunday night. At right, an Ivory Coast fan cheers in a sea of Ecuadorian fans during team warm-...
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A graduation day he never got to see
Unable to sleep, Nyshyia Thomas stepped into the shower at 4 a.m. She stood beneath the water longer than usual, feeling its warmth against her face and running down her skin, hoping it would carry her tears with it. It was graduation day. A day she’d...
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Five hours at Philly’s FIFA Fan Festival: The good and the sweltering
When organizers announced two years ago that Philly’s FIFA Fan Festival site for the World Cup would be at Lemon Hill, many Philadelphians responded with a collective: Huh? Located between the Philadelphia Museum of Art and Girard Avenue, the grassy...
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Philly gets the ball rolling
Mayor Cherelle L. Parker joins fans in a Mexican chant before entering the FIFA Fan Festival at Lemon Hill in Philadelphia on Thursday, the opening day of the 2026 World Cup. Fans gathered to watch Mexico face South Africa in the tournament’s opening...
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A river of possibilities
Floatlab, a public art feature, arrived Wednesday at Bartram’s Garden in Southwest Philadelphia. When the tide- responsive structure opens in September, visitors will be able to examine the Schuylkill at eye level.
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Urban Outfitters is expanding, hiring
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro held a news conference in the newest building at the Urban Outfitters campus in the Navy Yard on Monday, as the company announced its plans to hire over 1,000 in the region in the coming years. He was joined by Urban...
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Pride on the Parkway
Participants hold a giant Pride flag during Philadelphia’s annual Pride Parade on Sunday. The move of event festivities to the Ben Franklin Parkway — and a $ 10 admission fee — did not go over well with everyone. Story and more photos, B1
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Catholicism is growing in Philly and New Jersey. Who’s filling the pews?
Church bells rang out from one of Philadelphia’s oldest cathedrals, echoing off downtown parking garages and office buildings, while one of the city’s newer Catholics tried to explain his conversion. Daniel Yesilonis, 32, grew up evangelical in the...
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Philly’s path to the World Cup was paved on the cinder field at Newt’s
The city was digging up the playground down the street when Joe Beck dug into his refrigerator and grabbed a jar of salsa. They were overhauling Shissler Recreation Center, meaning Fishtown’s famed cinder soccer field would become grass. And that’s why...
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Council advances $ 7.1B budget, rejects key Parker tax proposals
Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle L. Parker picked a fight with big tech companies. In the end, the tech companies won. City Council gave preliminary approval Thursday to a more than $ 7.1 billion budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1. The plan...
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They love their parade
Students at Blankenburg Elementary School in West Philadelphia march in their annual parade Wednesday to celebrate themselves and causes they care about through giant puppets, original chants, drumming, and other artwork. Blankenburg is among 17...
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Trump taps housing finance chief Pulte for DNI
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has tapped Bill Pulte, head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, to serve as acting director of national intelligence — elevating a real estate scion with no clear national security credentials to a key post as the...
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In some Philly neighborhoods, rising incomes come at a cost
Incomes have increased nearly everywhere across Philadelphia over the last decade. But in some pockets of the city, they have skyrocketed. In the South Philadelphia cluster of Graduate Hospital, Grays Ferry, and Point Breeze neighborhoods, the median...
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A former SEPTA trolley driver is now tasked with saving the transit system
SEPTA was teetering when Scott Sauer became the permanent general manager last June. He seemed made for the moment: a homegrown Philly guy, started as a trolley operator in 1990 and worked his way up. A lifer who followed his father into public...
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Penn’s president on shepherding the school in a turbulent Trump era
University of Pennsylvania president J. Larry Jameson did not complain or cry foul — as some college presidents have — when asked about leading Penn during President Donald Trump’s administration. That’s even though the government has threatened Penn’s...
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Judge says Kennedy Center board broke law
WASHINGTON — A federal judge ruled Friday that President Donald Trump’s name was illegally added to the Kennedy Center and blocked the administration from closing the cultural and arts venue for major renovations — the latest legal setback for Trump’s...
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Shapiro announces $ 30M for sports complex road improvements
Gov. Josh Shapiro promised to “fix traffic congestion” around the South Philadelphia sports complex, with an almost $ 30 million infrastructure investment from the state. Major changes include a new westbound entrance ramp to I- 76, artificial...
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Jewish museum aims to raise $ 100 million to reimagine exhibits
In 2021, Philadelphia’s National Museum of American Jewish History was focused on survival. Fresh out of bankruptcy and no longer the owner of its building, the museum got a lifeline: an eight- figure gift from shoe entrepreneur Stuart Weitzman. Now...
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Fight House lawn
Equipment being placed on the South Lawn of the White House is seen Tuesday from the Washington Monument. An octagonal cage is being built for a fight scheduled on President Donald Trump’s 80th birthday. The UFC is holding a mixed martial arts event on...
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Local vets learn about the making of Philly’s Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Frank Dougherty, a 84- year- old Army veteran in an oversized navy jacket, khaki pants, and a baseball hat, understood the magnitude of the honor he was carrying out on an overcast Memorial Day afternoon. In front of him sat and stood dozens of...
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As military evolves, more women in uniform make the ultimate sacrifice
Greg Pruitt had a surprise for his wife, Ashley. It was 2023 and the young family was about to transfer from Oklahoma’s Altus Air Force Base to her next posting. Altus was special to them. It’s where Ashley’s military career had bloomed and so had...
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ADVOCATE TO ADVERSARY
Milique Wagner always insisted that his 2013 murder conviction was built on an informant’s lie. But Wagner said he couldn’t persuade his trial lawyer to investigate that, even after the informant confessed to the murder and testified that Philadelphia...
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Memorial Day detail
Groundskeeper Michael Chellew sprays cleaner on headstones Friday at Philadelphia National Cemetery in West Oak Lane in preparation for Memorial Day.
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Ebola responders say aid cuts left them ill- equipped for outbreak
NAIROBI, Kenya — Medical personnel in the Democratic Republic of Congo know what it takes to get an Ebola outbreak under control. They have confronted 17 episodes of the disease in the past 50 years. But this time, they say, they just don’t have the...
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Rabb’s election a rebuke of establishment Dems
State Rep. Chris Rabb’s capture of the Democratic nomination to represent Pennsylvania’s 3rd Congressional District on Tuesday marked a striking triumph for the progressive left, which has over the last decade installed democratic socialists into...
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After high temps and low turnout, Pa. candidates looking to November
Gov. Josh Shapiro and his Republican challenger, State Treasurer Stacy Garrity, have a lot to prove over the next six months. And come November, more than the governor’s race will be on the line for them both. Shapiro, a rumored 2028 presidential...
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Hydrate early and often
Dajé Jones, 3, cools off in the water jets at Dilworth Park outside City Hall on a day when the temperature reached 96 degrees. Tuesday could be even hotter.
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Major breakthrough
Aaron Rai, the 44th- ranked player in the world, holds the Wanamaker Trophy at Aronimink Golf Club after winning the 108th PGA Championship on Sunday. He’s the first golfer born in England to win the event since Jim Barnes in 1919. Coverage in Sports,...
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THE GROUNDWORK FOR REVOLUTION
Philadelphia, May 1776 Finally, the tide has turned. Independence is alive in Philadelphia. And John Adams is ready to pounce. He writes by flickering candlelight in the rented rooms of a Second Street lodging house kept by a Mrs. Sarah Yard. Like...
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Green scene
Rory Mcilroy putts on the par- 4 fourth green during the second round of the PGA Championship at Aronimink Golf Club. Aronimink’s pin positions — and whipping winds — were wreaking havoc Friday. Coverage in Sports, Section B.
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Trump was flattering, Xi was firm, and the difference tells a story
BEIJING — For President Donald Trump, the first day of his visit to Beijing was all about the personal relationship between him and Xi Jinping, the Chinese leader. “You’re a great leader,” he told his host, whom he has often said he admires for his...
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With Street, Rabb, 3rd Dist. primary features a clash of legislative styles
Nearly a decade ago, Chris Rabb and Sharif Street walked into the Pennsylvania Capitol for the first time as elected officials and quickly staked their ground in different ways. Street, a lawyer and scion of a powerful political family, went to work...
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He helped police after a tragedy. Then ICE arrived
In October, Erasmo Zavala Almanza traversed the streets of Reading during a silent march for victims of domestic violence, court records say, walking to represent his 20- year- old daughter, Selena. Eight months earlier she had been shot to death by...
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Will this Salem County town love its last dairy farm to death?
The future of a family farm in rural Salem County was at stake, and after multiple meetings and hours of presentations, questions, pleas, and complaints, a local planning board was set to vote. Before the vote, one longtime resident of Mannington...
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Bus program connecting families with loved ones in prison is in peril
The bus rattled as it climbed north, a constant metallic shake that vibrated through its frame and into the seats beneath passengers. Renee Martin dragged her finger across her phone, trying to complete a digital puzzle of the Mona Lisa. The vinyl...
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Schools vulnerable to measles outbreak
Days into the new year, a traveler with measles landed at Philadelphia International Airport, passed through bustling 30th Street Station, and boarded an Amtrak train to Baltimore. Thousands of passersby may have encountered a virus so contagious, it...
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Spring’s bizarre weather cost farmers up to $ 200M in lost crops
The peach, apple, and other pickings may be slimmer this summer — and the prices heftier — as the result of what by any measure was a heat- freeze ambush of rare intensity in April that likely has resulted in hundreds of millions of dollars in crop...
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Dancing Philly sheriff ad was part of $ 8M in new ‘slush fund’ spending
College football fans probably weren’t expecting to see Philadelphia Sheriff Rochelle Bilal on TV in November when they sat down to watch the Penn State Nittany Lions take on the Michigan State Spartans. But there she was, with sheriff’soffice branded...
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After 44 years as a Temple employee, 75- year- old is now a graduate
At age 75, Peggy E. Moore officially became “Temple Made” on Wednesday. That’s what the university calls its graduates, and Moore collected her bachelor’s degree in general studies during this week’s commencement. But Moore’s history with the North...
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Smiles among the statesmen
Pennsylvania Senate president pro tempore Kim Ward photographs colleagues as they walk among statues of the nations’s founders in Signers’ Hall at the National Constitution Center after the legislative body hosted a ceremonial meeting there Tuesday in...
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UAE says Iran has resumed attacks as the U. S. moves to reopen strait
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The U. S. military said it fired on Iranian forces and sank six small boats targeting civilian ships as it moved to reopen the Strait of Hormuz on Monday. The United Arab Emirates, a key American ally, said it had come...
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‘The perfect morning for a run’
As 40,000 runners made their way down Broad Street for the 47th edition of the Independence Blue Cross Broad Street Run on Sunday, Josh Izewski led the pack for the second year in a row. Izewski was the top overall finisher in the nation’s largest 10-...
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Where others have doubts, this Philly developer sees dollar signs
Longtime real estate investor Dean Adler sees unparalleled opportunity in the uncertainty of 2026. Post-2022, the real estate industry has been scarred by vacant offices, canceled projects, rising debt, and heightened interest rates and construction...
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From $ 2 entry fee to 40,000 runners
Chris Tatreau stood at the starting line, ready to fire the gun to begin the inaugural Broad Street Run in June 1980 when he saw a few runners puffing cigarettes. The race — which has since grown to become the nation’s largest 10- miler — was thrown...
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Board backs $ 3B plan that closes 17 city schools
The Philadelphia school board Thursday night adopted a sweeping $ 3 billion facilities plan that would close 17 schools and renovate 169 over the next decade, reshaping the system for years to come. The vote came amid intense opposition and over the...
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Congressional hopeful Ala Stanford drops from debate at last minute
Congressional hopeful Ala Stanford on Wednesday morning announced she was dropping out of a WHYY candidates debate two hours before it was scheduled to begin, saying her campaign could not agree with the public radio station on a format for the debate...
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Phils boss on firing Rob Thomson: ‘I think we needed a different voice’
Rob Thomson spent much of Monday, a day off for the Phillies, going over scouting reports and preparing for this week’s threegame series against the Giants. It was business as usual. But the Phillies also were tied for the worst record in the majors...
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Man charged with attempted assassination
WASHINGTON — The man who authorities say tried to storm the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner with guns and knives was charged Monday with the attempted assassination of President Donald Trump as federal authorities suggested an attack...
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Writings, posts suggest attack fueled by anti- Trump stance
WASHINGTON — The man accused of opening fire at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner railed against Trump administration policies and referred to himself as a “Friendly Federal Assassin” in writings sent to family members minutes before...
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A WHOLE NEW BALLGAME
SCRANTON — On March 8, Nails found God. Barefoot, dressed in a Baltimore Ravens shortsleeved T-shirt and black sweatpants, former Phillies center fielder and 1993 World Series spark plug Lenny Dykstra — nicknamed “Nails” during his playing days for his...
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Well received
Southern Cal wide receiver Makai Lemon celebrates with fans after being chosen by the Eagles with the 20th overall pick during the first round of the NFL draft Thursday in Pittsburgh.
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Off and running
High school girls compete in a 4x800 heat at Franklin Field on Thursday, the opening day of the Penn Relays at the University of Pennsylvania. The annual track and field competition continues through Saturday. Coverage in Sports.
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‘ Is it dark in here?’ Why so many restaurants are dimming the lights
As night falls over South Street, the modern American bistro Banshee glows through its fling- out windows, the restaurant’s earthtoned dining room lit like a lantern. Warm light catches the tambour wood ceiling, candles pool softly on the tables, and...
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Keeping an eye on the playoffs
Gritty, the Flyers mascot, interacts with fans during a joint Flyers- Sixers rally Tuesday at the Comcast Center plaza in Center City. Both the Flyers and the Sixers are in the postseason this spring. Full coverage in Sports and on Inquirer. com.
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Opening Day
Former Eagles center Jason Kelce ( right) and PGA Tour member Chris Gotterup on the driving range help inaugurate the Lincoln Financial Center at Cobbs Creek Golf Course on Monday. The 42,000- square- foot, three- story complex includes a two- story...
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Pope prays at shrine in Angola that was a center of slave trade
MUXIMA, Angola — Pope Leo XIV on Sunday recalled the “sorrow and great suffering” Angolans endured for centuries, as the American pope prayed at a Catholic shrine located at the site of an important hub of the African slave trade during Portugal’s...
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Forged in Philly, she took down Epstein
The sordid Jeffrey Epstein saga is a Florida story, first and foremost. That’s where Julie K. Brown, a longtime investigative reporter at the Miami Herald, did most of the reporting that led to the Palm Beach billionaire’s arrest in 2019. She has a...
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Old stone, new tricks
Kevin Shealy of Los Angeles skates Friday at the newly renovated skate plaza at the Municipal Services Building. The $ 18 million plaza’s skating section consists of a giant domino made of granite from LOVE Park, among other repurposed pieces.
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As a 10- day ceasefire begins, Israel and Lebanon agree to more talks
BEIRUT, Lebanon — A 10- day ceasefire began in Lebanon that could pause fighting between Israel and the Hezbollah militant group and boost attempts to extend the ceasefire between Iran, the United States, and Israel after weeks of devastating...
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Breaking ground
On the 79th anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking Major League Baseball’s color barrier, University of Delaware sports history professor Ronald F. Whittington, above, dresses up as Robinson alongside the Phillie Phanatic at a mural design unveiling...
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Pretty in ( hot) pink
These cherry blossoms on Kelly Drive are saying spring, but the thermometer is saying July. Temperatures on Tuesday shot well into the 80s — more than 20 degrees above normal for an April 14 — and chances are excellent that they will shatter an 85-...
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Bodies of two workers retrieved from site of CHOP garage collapse
The bodies of two ironworkers who were trapped under the debris of the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia garage that collapsed last week were recovered early Monday morning, ending a careful, days- long operation to retrieve the men from an unstable...
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RESIDENCE RESTORED
HARRISBURG — At first glance, the reception room in the governor’s mansion looked pretty much the same as last year’s Passover Seder: Pennsylvania- themed place settings for 100 guests, copies of the Haggadah at every seat, excited children...
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Union identifies worker killed and 2 others feared dead in collapse
Crews continued their search Saturday for two missing ironworkers trapped in the rubble of a Grays Ferry parking garage that collapsed earlier this week. Philadelphia’s Ironworkers Union Local 401 identified the men as Matthew Kane and Mark Scott Jr....
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Vance heads to Pakistan to give peace a chance
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — With the ceasefire in Iran still shaky, Vice President JD Vance headed Friday to Pakistan for highlevel talks with Iranian officials, as Israel and Hezbollah traded fire and Tehran maintained its stranglehold on the Strait...
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Dangerously unstable structure slows search at Grays Ferry site
At the site where part of a garage under construction in Grays Ferry collapsed Wednesday, sending concrete and debris crashing to the ground and killing one man, the work of rescuing two people believed to be trapped in the pile unfolded Thursday at a...
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Partial collapse leaves man dead at construction site in Grays Ferry
Part of a seven- level parking garage under construction in Grays Ferry for Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia collapsed Wednesday afternoon, leaving one man dead and rescuers keeping their distance into the evening as the structure remained...
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Trump pulls back on threats as U. S., Iran agree to two- week ceasefire
TEHRAN, Iran — U. S. President Donald Trump said late Tuesday he’s pulling back on his threats to attack Iranian bridges, power plants, and other civilian targets, subject to Iran agreeing to a two- week ceasefire and reopening of the Strait of Hormuz....
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Dark side of the moon in a new light
In this photo provided by NASA and taken by the Artemis II crew Monday, the moon is visible through a window of the Orion spacecraft at the end of Day 5 of its journey. The crew also set a new record for farthest human travel from the Earth, surpassing...
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‘ Choose peace!’
Pope Leo XIV addresses the faithful after delivering the Urbi et Orbi blessing — Latin for “to the city of Rome and to the world” — from the central loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica on Easter Sunday.
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