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

8:16pm October 28, 2020

by Brakkton Booker

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."

Police officers stand guard in Philadelphia following protests over the police shooting death of Walter Wallace on Tuesday.

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Fatal Police Shooting In Philadelphia Sparks Protests, Clashes Overnight

3:05pm October 27, 2020

by Brakkton Booker

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.

Portraits of Points of Connection created by James "Yaya" Hough

Artist In Residence Creates Portraits Of Reform At The District Attorney's Office

4:41pm October 19, 2020

by Neda Ulaby

"I've been an artist since I was a child," says James "Yaya" Hough. After serving 27 years in prison, he is now the first-ever artist in residence at the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office.

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Tamika Morales holds a photo of her son, Ahmad, who was killed in South Philadelphia last July.

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Philadelphia Sues For The Right To Control Guns

10:52am October 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.

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, s

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

5:00am October 05, 2020

by Camila Domonoske

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.

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.

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The Black Doctors Working To Make Coronavirus Testing More Equitable

6:57pm October 01, 2020

by Nina Feldman

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.

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

8:34am September 29, 2020

by Laura Benshoff

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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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.

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

1:55pm June 03, 2020

by Bill Chappell

On Wednesday, the City of Brotherly Love takes down a memorial to a former mayor and police commissioner who exploited its divisions.

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 tourna

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Blue Angels And Thunderbirds Salute New York Coronavirus Responders With Flyover

1:50pm April 28, 2020

by Brakkton Booker

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.

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

4:20pm February 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.