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By Eva Andersen, Jon Claudio, Ryan Hughes, Sean Tallant, Nikki DeMentriClick here for updates on this story MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Pennsylvania ( KDKA) - Hundreds gathered outside the Montgomery County Courthouse Saturday as part of the "No Kings" movement, joining voices across the nation and region to protest what they call a growing threat of authoritarianism in American politics.

1 week ago | cbsnews.com | Eva Andersen |Jon Claudio

While some families celebrated Father's Day over brunch or backyard barbecues, others gathered at Citizens Bank Park for the Philadelphia Phillies game. For Buck DeSantis of Conshohocken, it's become a yearly ritual. "It's America's old pastime," DeSantis said, standing alongside his father, Richie, and his 8-year-old son, Chase. The DeSantis family has marked Father's Day at the Phillies game every year since 2019, when Chase was just starting to form memories of the ballpark.

2 weeks ago | cbsnews.com | Aziza Shuler |Jon Claudio

In Philadelphia's Strawberry Mansion neighborhood, half the residents don't own cars. For them, public transportation is essential, not a choice. Neighbors like Marcella Bevins rely on SEPTA to get to doctor's appointments several times a month. "I got to my oncologist, that's the 49 bus to go to Civic Center ... I catch the 49 to go to 30th Street Station to catch the El," said Bevins, a Strawberry Mansion resident. But SEPTA's $213 million budget deficit is pushing the agency to shrink the system.

1 month ago | cbsnews.com | Eva Andersen |Jon Claudio

Some Philadelphia-area gardeners say the damp weather is the perfect time for spring planting A steady drizzle didn't stop Philadelphia-area gardeners from flocking to local nurseries this weekend to get their hands in the dirt. At Secret Garden, a family-owned nursery on Ridge Avenue in Roxborough, foot traffic was nonstop despite the wet weather. "It's been extremely busy," said Jackie Lynch, who helps run the nursery with her family.

2 months ago | cbsnews.com | Ryan Hughes |Jon Claudio

Families and crime survivors gathered during a healing vigil to honor their loved ones and to rally for solutions to help curb crime. "It's like living a nightmare that you can't wake up from," said Michele Parker. For nearly four years, Parker has been weathering the waves of agonizing pain after losing her youngest child. Her son, 23-year-old Evan Baylor, was shot and killed in West Philadelphia in June 2021. She says her whole world was taken in the blink of an eye.