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If they haven't done it already, SEPTA riders will soon have to learn the new names of bus and rail routes.

KYW's Mike DeNardo reports.

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Philly health officials say residents of Grays Ferry can return to their normal routines after a fire Thursday prompted the health department to declare an air quality event in the area.

Officials say the fire occurred near South 34th Street and Gray's Ferry Avenue.

Health department inspectors collected an air sample before the fire was brought under control.

The department says the fire didn't register an increase in pollutants or toxic compounds that would pose a threat to health.

Officials yesterday had advised children, the elderly, and other vulnerable people to close all windows and limit going outdoors. Those warnings have been lifted.

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It’s Love at first bite!

A Philly steakhouse is celebrating Valentine’s Day in a tasty way.

KYW’s Justin Udo explains.

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A man who escaped custody from the University of Pennsylvania Hospital last month has been captured.

Fifty-seven-year-old Shawn Dempsey was apprehended in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, on Thursday night.

Authorities say Dempsey escaped custody on Jan. 27 when he was transported to the hospital for a medical appointment by Bucks County Corrections.

A warrant was issued on Jan. 29, and the Marshal's Task Force in Philadelphia was brought in to assist earlier this week.

Investigators were able to track Dempsey to a cold weather shelter in Carlisle, where he was arrested Thursday night without incident.

He was taken to Cumberland County prison, where he is awaiting extradition to Bucks County.

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Students at schools facing closure are continuing to speak out against the school district's facilities plan.

Lankenau Environmental High School, on a wooded campus in Upper Roxborough, is one of the 20 schools on the closure list.

Freshman Danielle Wood told the school board last night that the setting of her school is unique.

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Kelly Drive is currently closed at Midvale Avenue as firefighters work to extinguish a fire on a freight train that reignited Friday morning. KYW Newsradio's Conner Barkon reports live from the scene in Fairmount Park.

The food, the clothing, the dances, the music — the Odunde Festival in Philadelphia is the largest African American street festival in the country. Oshunbumi Fernandez-West sits at the helm of Odunde, which was founded by her mother. KYW Newsradio's community impact reporter Racquel Williams explains why she is a 2026 GameChanger.

Employees at a factory in Burlington County had to evacuate Thursday night because of a fire. It happened around 9:30 p.m. at the American Custom Drying facility in Burlington Township.

Firefighters said when they arrived, they found heavy fire on the second and third floors. There were reports that something in the factory might have exploded.

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Schoolchildren in Camden County panicked on Thursday when they saw an ICE operation taking place near a bus stop.

The Lindenwold School District said it happened Thursday morning at the Woodland Village Apartments. Fourth- and fifth-grade students were waiting at a bus stop when multiple immigration enforcement vehicles pulled up to the complex.

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A man was killed in a violent crash in Northeast Philadelphia early Friday morning. The speeding driver slammed into a pole and parked cars with so much force that the engine flew out of the SUV. KYW Newsradio's Tim Jimenez reports live from Torresdale.