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Gunfire from outside a home in Germantown struck a seven-year-old boy as he played video games in his bedroom Saturday night, police say. Top Featured Tags: – Philadelphia News Press Release Distribution Service

The School District of Philadelphia will again consider students’ PSSA test scores for admission at its magnet schools, but it is dropping the the computer-graded writing assessment used in 2021, Superintendent Tony Watlington said. The district will continue to use a lottery to determine which students, among those who meet academic and attendance requirements, are…

Actor Gary Busey is facing sexual misconduct charges in Cherry Hill, Camden County, after he appeared at a horror convention there earlier this month. The 78-year-old California man was charged with criminal sexual contact, harassment and more on Friday. Busey is famous for his role as the titular character in 1978’s “The Buddy Holly Story,”…

Service Employees International Union 32BJ, which represents about 2,000 of the School District of Philadelphia’s maintenance workers and bus drivers, voted to strike on Saturday nine days ahead of the new school year. Both organizations hope an agreement will be reached next week. The city’s public schools faced a similar situation last year with the…

Police are investigating in the wake of three separate shootings in Philadelphia’s Chinatown in the early hours of Saturday morning. One man was killed and three more people were hospitalized. Two people were injured after shots were fired inside a hookah bar. Later, one man was fatally shot inside a second-floor apartment and another was…

Penn Entertainment is taking full control of Barstool Sports as part of a $387 million deal. The Berks County-based casino and racetrack operator bought a 36% stake in the company in 2020 and is now exercising its right to purchase the rest of the sports media company founded by Dave Portnoy. The Barstool Sportsbook, launched…

More than 40 pounds of cocaine with an estimated street value of $1.3 million were seized from a plane at Philadelphia International Airport on Aug. 12. Customs and Border Protection officials said the plane came to the U.S. from the Dominican Republic and had made previous stops in New York, Miami and San Diego. Top…

A 22-year-old man crashed his car on Roosevelt Boulevard in Northeast Philadelphia’s Oxford Circle section, killing his 34-year-old female passenger, on Friday, Aug. 19. Police say the man pulled the woman out of the car through its sunroof before attempting to remove the license plate and fleeing the scene. Top Featured Tags: – Philadelphia News…

A 33-acre native wetland area is coming to the southwest portion of FDR Park as part of Fairmount Park Conservancy’s ongoing revitalization of one of the city’s largest green spaces. The project is being funded by the city’s Division of Aviation and will make the currently inaccessible area more habitable for wildlife. Top Featured Tags:…

The weather forecast for Philly and the Jersey Shore this weekend calls for mostly dry conditions with a chance of scattered showers. In Philly, Saturday will start off cloudy with temperatures in the 80s, and at the shore, it will be in the upper 70s. Skies should clear up by Sunday afternoon, with temperatures in…

Airbnb is testing an anti-party screening technology in the United States and Canada that is designed to identify high-risk reservations and deter people from using the platform to host parties. A similar tool was tested in Australia and resulted in a 35% reduction in unauthorized parties. Top Featured Tags: – Philadelphia News Press Release Distribution…

A shooting outside the Shepard Recreation Center in West Philadelphia on Tuesday night left five people wounded, including two people in critical condition, police said. Nearly 100 shots were fired outside the rec center at 57th Street and Haverford Avenue as children played sports inside. Police arrested three people, but are still searching for another…

A Spirit Airlines plane that caught fire on a runway in Atlantic City last October was damaged by a nine-pound bald eagle that flew into its right engine, according to an investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board. Four people suffered minor injuries during the evacuation of the aircraft. Bird strikes occur in about 1…

More than eight months into 2022, actions taken by the Federal Reserve to cool inflation have had a marked effect on the housing market. Top Featured Tags: – Philadelphia News Press Release Distribution Service

Gov. Tom Wolf signed an executive order on Tuesday aimed at blocking the use of state funding for conversion therapy. While the action stops short of an outright ban, it directs state agencies to discourage the use of the practice and investigate reports of state resources being used to fund or authorize it. Top Featured…

Pennsylvania’s historic Ship Inn, a Georgian property built in 1796 in the Exton section of West Whiteland Township, Chester County, reportedly will be sold to new owners who plan to turn the two-story property into a microbrewery. The stone building originally served as an inn and restaurant for travelers on the Lancaster Turnpike, which expanded…

University City District’s West Philadelphia Skills Initiative (WPSI) and PIDC’s Navy Yard Skills Initiative (NYSI) are launching another collaborative professional development program to train Philadelphia residents for full-time quality-wage careers with employer partner Philly Shipyard Inc. Top Featured Tags: – Philadelphia News Press Release Distribution Service

A golf cart driver was killed Saturday night in a collision with a car at the Loch Nairn Golf Club in Chester County. The man, who was not identified, was ejected from the golf cart and died at the scene near Church and McCue roads. Top Featured Tags: – Philadelphia News Press Release Distribution Service

The African American Museum of Philadelphia is moving into the former Family Court building at 1801 Vine St. as part of a larger redevelopment project along the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. An adjacent lot operated by the PPA will be converted into a Children and Family Center at the Free Library of Philadelphia. Four development teams…

A recent study has found that jumping spiders may experience sleep-like states similar to that of humans. Investigators observed the species while they slept under an infrared camera and found direct evidence of REM sleep – the stage of slumber where intense dreams occur. Top Featured Tags: – Philadelphia News Press Release Distribution Service

Apparent gunfire was heard around 10:45 p.m. on Saturday at Musikfest, in Bethlehem, PA, causing the festival to be shut down for the night. The investigation is ongoing, but police said there is no public threat and the festival’s final day on Sunday will proceed as planned. Top Featured Tags: – Philadelphia News Press Release…

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders will host a rally in support of the labor movement on the Independence Mall in Philadelphia on Saturday, Aug. 20 at 4 p.m. He’ll be joined by the presidents of the the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA. The labor movement, which has long been particularly strong…