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1 month ago | ktvz.com | Dan Snyder |Siafa Lewis |Ed Specht

By Dan Snyder, Siafa Lewis, Ed SpechtClick here for updates on this story    PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — A woman was found dead in a home in the West Mount Airy section of Philadelphia Monday afternoon, emergency officials said. The first floor of the home on Mount Airy Place collapsed into the basement, fire officials said. Crews arrived on the scene just before 1 p.m. after getting a call for a welfare check from a neighbor. Officials say neighbors told them the woman lived alone.

1 month ago | cbsnews.com | Siafa Lewis

Secretary of Education Linda McMahon announced on Tuesday that the Department of Education has initiated what they're calling "a reduction in force." It will reduce the department's workforce from 4,100 to just under 2,200. "What this says is: 'We are not valuing students,'" Linda Carmona-Bell, the president of Pennsylvania's Education For All Coalition (PEAC), said.

1 month ago | krdo.com | Taleisha Newbill |Alexandra Simon |Siafa Lewis

By Taleisha Newbill, Alexandra Simon, Siafa LewisClick here for updates on this story    PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — A street in Philadelphia’s Port Richmond neighborhood is still closed after a large sinkhole opened in the road Tuesday afternoon. Police reported the sinkhole opened on the 2700 block of Birch Street at 1:30 p.m. on Feb. 25. The road remains closed Wednesday morning between Salmon and Edgemont streets as emergency crews work to make the necessary repairs.

2 months ago | local21news.com | Tom Dougherty |Siafa Lewis

Hundreds of Internal Revenue Service employees in Philadelphia are among the agency's more than 6,000 layoffs expected by the end of this week, according to the National Treasury Employees Union Chapter 71. Alex Jay Berman, executive vice president of NTEU Chapter 71, told CBS News Philadelphia that about 400 probationary employees are expected to be laid off Thursday and that a similar number will be terminated after May 18.

2 months ago | cbsnews.com | Siafa Lewis

Federal workers gathered across the country Wednesday to protest the Trump administration's efforts to lay off thousands who work for the federal government. In Philadelphia, workers met in front of Independence Hall. At least two workers lost their jobs at Independence National Historic Park this month. The event was called "Save Our Services Day of Action." City leaders have expressed concern that losing workers could affect plans to celebrate the country's 250th birthday in Philadelphia in 2026.