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Philadelphia cancels live Fourth of July fireworks display

Philadelphia cancels live Fourth of July fireworks display

Instead, a recording of last year’s pre-pandemic firework display over the Art Museum will be broadcast on television.There will be no official Fourth of July fireworks display in Philadelphia this year.Instead, the rockets’ red glare will be a recording of last year’s pre-pandemic firework display over the Philadelphia Museum of Art. And, like most of the city’s July 4 celebrations this year, it can be viewed on television, as health officials continue to attempt to tame the spread of the coronavirus.Though city officials that Philadelphia’s 2020 weeklong Wawa Welcome America bash will be...

June 23, 2020
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Read the federal lawsuits against Philly police for using tear gas, rubber bullets on protesters and residents

Read the federal lawsuits against Philly police for using tear gas, rubber bullets on protesters and residents

In three separate federal lawsuits focused on police response to unrest on I-676 and on 52nd Street in West Philadelphia, the plaintiffs said city officials and police violated their constitutional rights with “grossly excessive” actions.Pointing to “extraordinary abuses of police power against peaceable protesters and uninvolved Philadelphia residents,” 146 people sued the city Tuesday over law enforcement’s response to the unrest last month provoked by the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.In three separate federal lawsuits, plaintiffs said city officials and police violated their...

July 14, 2020
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Philly’s police union says it didn’t invite Proud Boys to a Pence after-party. It didn’t ask them to leave, either.

Philly’s police union says it didn’t invite Proud Boys to a Pence after-party. It didn’t ask them to leave, either.

Mayor Kenney called what he knows about the group "rephrensible" and said he was looking into their attendance at a party hosted by the Fraternal Order of Police after Vice President Mike Pence's rally in Northeast Philadlephia on Thursday.A day after members of the alt-right group the Proud Boys were seen openly mingling with officers outside a party following Vice President Mike Pence’s Thursday visit to Philadelphia, the head of the city’s police union said he had not invited them — though he stopped short of condemning their presence at the event.About 10 men who identified themselves...

July 10, 2020
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Plans to move Columbus statue to temporary storage get Art Commission approval, but judge orders stay

Plans to move Columbus statue to temporary storage get Art Commission approval, but judge orders stay

An attorney who represents a group of South Philadelphia residents fighting to keep the statue in place called the temporary stay “a victory for civilized society.”The Philadelphia Art Commission voted Wednesday to remove the statue of Christopher Columbus from Marconi Plaza, placing it in temporary storage while the city deliberates on a new permanent home for the controversial monument. But the action was later halted when a judge ordered the statue’s removal ceased continues to play out in court.The removal will be paused until the judge rules on another motion to prevent moving the...

August 12, 2020
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Residents push for resources, city action in Kensington: ‘We need help’

Residents push for resources, city action in Kensington: ‘We need help’

Protesters called on Philly officials to put an end to the area’s open-air drug market and dedicate resources to making the surrounding neighborhoods safer.Several dozen people blocked the intersections of Kensington and Allegheny Avenues on Wednesday afternoon to call on city officials to put an end to the area’s open-air drug market and dedicate resources to making the surrounding neighborhoods safer.Organized by the Harrowgate Civic Association, demonstrators held signs that read “Send help” and “This protest is not about Black or blue lives, it’s about our children’s lives.” Over the...

July 9, 2020
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Body found in suitcase in Kensington

Body found in suitcase in Kensington

Police called death “suspicious,” and an investigation is ongoing.The remains of an unidentified woman were found Thursday morning inside a suitcase dumped on a Kensington street, police said.Officials said the woman was pronounced dead at the scene, near Kensington and Allegheny Avenues, shortly before 10 a.m. Officials said she appeared to be white, but could specify little else. They did not have an approximate age or an immediate cause of death. Police called the death suspicious.On Thursday morning, as police surveyed the scene, the large black suitcase sat on the sidewalk near the...

June 11, 2020
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