Racquel Williams
Community Impact Reporter at KYW-AM (Philadelphia, PA)
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CAMDEN, N.J. (KYW Newsradio) - Camden County police officers got some first-hand experience on how to navigate an encounter with a person with autism. Alex Mann, of Malvern, is a law enforcement autism advocate. Since 2018, he has traveled the country educating police officers about autism. To date, he has visited more than 500 police and sheriff departments in South Jersey and southeastern Pennsylvania. "I've been on this mission not only to show my support to [police] but educate them," he said.
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NORRISTOWN, P.A. (KYW Newsradio) - Community leaders and allies of the immigrant community in Montgomery County gathered before a County Commissioners meeting on Thursday to call on the officials to end the county's collaboration with ICE and pass a welcoming ordinance.
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PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) - A new report called "Displaced by Design" has mapped gentrification in neighborhoods in major cities across the country, including in areas across Philadelphia. The National Community Reinvestment Coalition's report finds that overall, gentrification across the United States over the past 50 years has been rare, impacting 15% of urban neighborhoods, but it is increasing.
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PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) - Forty years ago, on May 13, 1985, the city of Philadelphia dropped a bomb on the Cobbs Creek residence of the MOVE organization. Neighbors on Osage Avenue had complained that the group was living in unsanitary conditions and shouting threats and profanities from a loudspeaker. They refused to leave, despite notices from the city. The bomb ignited a fire that killed 11 people - five of them children - and destroyed 61 homes.
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PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) - City officials joined a local developer for the ribbon-cutting ceremony of a newly renovated 31-unit affordable housing community for families, including those who are formerly homeless. The renovated Kings Highway Apartments in Kensington will soon house at least 31 families, many of whom are moving in directly from shelters.
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