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inquirer.com | Erica Palan |Tom Gralish
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1 week ago | 
inquirer.com | Tom Gralish
Prince Edward, the Duke of Edinburgh and youngest son of Queen Elizabeth II, stopped at the plaque that commemorates her 1976 gifting a bell to the United States from the people of Great Britain on the 200th anniversary of American independence. The queen’s Bicentennial Bell rang twice a day for decades atop a tower at the former Independence National Historical Park Visitor Center. It then spent 11 years in storage before being put back on display last year at the garden.
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1 week ago | 
kentucky.com | Tom Gralish
PHILADELPHIA -- Prince Edward, the Duke of Edinburgh, on Wednesday commended 160 Philadelphia students as "pioneers."Pupils at four Philadelphia School District high schools have enrolled in the Duke of Edinburgh's International Award - the first from any big-city district in the U.S. to take on the challenge.
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2 weeks ago | 
inquirer.com | Tom Gralish
Skip to contentPrince Edward, the Duke of Edinburgh, helped kick off festivities Wednesday, Apr. 30, 2025, leading up to next year’s Semiquincentennial. Prince Edward pauses after laying a bouquet of flowers at the commemorative portrait of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II.
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2 weeks ago | 
inquirer.com | Tom Gralish
Skip to contentThe “Phambassador” civic booster program kicked off with a pep rally in LOVE Park Tuesday, Apr. 29, 2025. Mascots for all five Philadelphia pro sports mascots (plus Temple’s Owl) attend a pep rally in LOVE Park Tuesday, Apr.
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2 weeks ago | 
kansas.com | Tom Gralish
PHILADELPHIA - As President Donald Trump faces backlash over federal layoffs, one of his Cabinet secretaries argued in Philadelphia on Monday that opponents are looking at the issue "the wrong way."Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy defended the federal cuts spurred by the Department of Government Efficiency during a visit to the Hanwha Philly Shipyard as Trump prepares to mark 100 days in office this week.
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2 weeks ago | 
inquirer.com | Tom Gralish
Some pedestrians feed them, some pass by, some pause, some photograph. That coulda been me. I am definitely in the latter pigeon category. Since 1998 a black-and-white photo has appeared every Monday in staff photographer Tom Gralish’s “Scene Through the Lens” photo column in the print editions of The Inquirer’s local news section. Here are the most recent, in color:
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2 weeks ago | 
miamiherald.com | Tom Gralish
OCEAN CITY, N.J. - Never mind Gillian's Wonderland Pier and its famous and somewhat-histrionic demise at the height of last summer. Hasn't everyone heard enough? Less than five blocks down the boardwalk, at Playland's Castaway Cove, there is still an amusement park pulse in Ocean City.
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3 weeks ago | 
miamiherald.com | Tom Gralish
The death of Pope Francis silences a powerful - and increasingly solitary - voice for peace, equality, and disenfranchised people in the face of a growing threat from authoritarianism and climate change. The pope strived to be a compassionate force for good, and a unifier at a time when many world leaders - including President Donald Trump - are stoking hate and division. Indeed, everything about Francis, 88, was the opposite of Trump's worldview.
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3 weeks ago | 
miamiherald.com | Tom Gralish
Out of work with USAID as a result of a mass overhaul of federal agencies, a former contractor in the Philadelphia area recently applied to a job with the state of Pennsylvania, eager to use their government work experience as Gov. Josh Shapiro's administration encouraged laid-off federal workers to apply. This month, however, the worker said they learned that state job is no longer being filled.
