The Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office has charged a suspect who attempted to rob a pizzeria and was shot by responding officers. Stephen Easterling, 28, has been charged with aggravated assault, robbery, weapons offenses and related…
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Schools Superintendent William Hite defended the district’s decision to close 37 schools during a withering barrage of questions from city council members Tuesday as council’s education committee convened hearings on the school district’s plan to…
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Although it isn’t the full alternative plan to School District of Philadelphia Superintendent Dr. William Hite Jr.’s “Action Plan v 1.0” — that will come later — longtime Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church Senior Pastor, the…
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One day ahead of President Barack Obama’s State of the Union Address, Vice President Joe Biden was in Philadelphia on Monday hosting a roundtable discussion advancing the administration’s gun control proposals. The discussion, which was…
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In its quest to obtain community feedback from the affected neighborhoods, the School District of Philadelphia has released its slate of six February community meetings, all to be held either in the schools identified as…
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Taking testimony from school, transit and housing officials, city Council got its first glimpse of the several networks of surveillance cameras across the city, as council ponders ways to create an integrated, city-wide system. Council…
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