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1 day ago | 
axios.com | Isaac Avilucea |Mike D'Onofrio
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1 week ago | 
axios.com | Mike D'Onofrio |Isaac Avilucea
π¨ Add another feather to Quinta Brunson's cap. The "Abbott Elementary" star will receive a key to the city during a May 28 dedication ceremony of a mural at Andrew Hamilton School, the West Philly elementary school she attended. πͺ The Circadium School of Contemporary Circus has replaced the loss of a $15,000 federal grant last week through a community fundraising blitz. The money goes toward the production of "The Garden of Earthly Delights," set to debut May 30 at FringeArts.
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1 week ago | 
axios.com | Mike D'Onofrio |Kelly Tyko
Data: Center for American Progress; Map: Alex Fitzpatrick/AxiosThe Real ID deadline is today … sort of. Why it matters: You now need a Real ID-compliant license — or another acceptable document — to board a commercial airplane in the U.S., or enter federal facilities, like courthouses.
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1 week ago | 
axios.com | Mike D'Onofrio |Alex Fitzpatrick
Wildfire smoke seen in Philadelphia in 2023. Photo: Joe Lamberti/AFP via GettyPhiladelphia's air quality is worsening and exposing people to potentially dangerous levels of pollution, per a new report. Why it matters: Air pollution threatens everyone's health — especially children, older people and people with asthma or heart and lung conditions.
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1 week ago | 
axios.com | Mike D'Onofrio |Isaac Avilucea
π No surprise here. Fishtown still ranks among America's hottest newneighborhoods, per Forbes. π¨ The National Weather Service crunched the numbers and found that 40% of days over the last six months ending in April had wind gusts of at least 30 mph in Philadelphia, which was the most on record. β The conclave to elect a new pope begins Wednesday but Philly's cardinal won't have a vote for the first time since 1963 because he is outside the age restriction.
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1 week ago | 
axios.com | Carly Mallenbaum |Mike D'Onofrio
Data: CDC; Chart: Axios VisualsPennsylvania women are waiting longer to have kids than they did two decades ago, according to new data. Why it matters: Increased access to fertility treatments and reliable birth control are helping more women delay parenthood, although obstacles remain to getting pregnant later in life. State of play: The average age of a mother in the Commonwealth is now 30 years old, according to provisional CDC data.
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1 week ago | 
axios.com | Mike D'Onofrio |Rebecca Falconer
Illustration: Sarah Grillo/AxiosThe Philadelphia region's NPR and PBS affiliate WHYY is facing the potential loss of federal funding after President Trump's executive order axing financial support for public media across the nation. Why it matters: Thursday's mandate raises questions about the future of the region's largest public media company and could hamper growth at the longtime broadcaster.
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1 week ago | 
axios.com | Isaac Avilucea |Mike D'Onofrio
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Bradley Cooper got behind the griddle and cooked up some cheesesteaks for the Eagles staff last weekend at the team's NovaCare Complex in South Philly to celebrate the Birds' Super Bowl win. (See more pics)πΌ Philly has more workers today (791,000+) than anytime since 1980. That's among the big takeaways from the latest State of Center City report, which dropped this week.
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1 week ago | 
axios.com | Mike D'Onofrio |Isaac Avilucea
πΈ Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh, took part in yesterday's a dedication ceremony for the Bicentennial Bell at the Benjamin Rush Garden. (Metro Philadelphia)π Ride that wave, Jim Murphy! The author of "Inner Excellence," plans to open a resource center to teach his principals in Kensington that's geared toward high schoolers. His profile skyrocketed after Eagles wide receiver A.J. Brown was spotted reading his book on the sidelines this year.
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2 weeks ago | 
axios.com | Isaac Avilucea |Mike D'Onofrio
π± 1 stunning stat: 275,000 more vehicles are expected to crowd onto the Philly region's highways if SEPTA's doomsday series of budget cuts are realized. (Inquirer π)π¨ Philly police shot and killed a carjacking suspect on Monday following a car chase. At least seven officers fired at 51-year-old Jerome Cooper after he emerged from his crashed car with a gun, police commissioner Kevin Bethel said.
