Philadelphia All Local

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March 19, 2025 Trump administration suspends $175 million in federal funding for Penn over transgender swimmer
Police shot and critically wounded a man who they say was carrying a rifle on the streets of South Philadelphia Wednesday morning.
The Trump administration is withholding 175 million dollars from the University of Pennsylvania, over Penn's decision to allow transgender swimmer Lia Thomas to compete on the women's team.
Road crews will be out filling pot holes after a pretty brutal winter, and the New Jersey Department of Transportation is asking drivers to help keep the teams safe.
This weekend is the semi-finals of the high school state basketball championships. The P-I-double-A is requiring all tickets for the games be purchased online, with no cash sales allowed at the door. But legislation in Harrisburg aims to change that.
The mega-popular Atlantic City Air Show is returning this summer!
Officials announcing the "Visit Atlantic City Soar and Shore Festival," is set to take place July 15th and 16th.
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March 19, 2025 Crews working to extract groundwater contaminated by pipeline leak in Bucks County neighborhood
The KYW Newsradio All-Local on Wednesday, March 19, 2025 (midday edition):
Crews are installing recovery wells as they look to clean groundwater that was contaminated when fuel leaked from a Buck County pipeline.
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A New York man has been sentenced to life for sexually assaulting a child in Atlantic City.
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Philadelphia is planning to reserve one of the lanes on Roosevelt Boulevard just for SEPTA buses.
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March 19, 2025 Lumberton mayor accused of driving drunk after picking up her 2-year-old from day care
The KYW Newsradio All-Local on Wednesday, March 19, 2025 (morning edition):
After 15 seasons with the Philadelphia Eagles, including two that resulted in Super Bowl titles, star defensive end Brandon Graham is retiring.
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Detectives are asking for the public’s help identifying two men accused of beating someone unconscious inside a South Philadelphia gym last month.
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The mayor of Lumberton, New Jersey has been arrested and charged with driving under the influence after picking up her 2-year-old from day care, authorities said.
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The Pennsylvania House has passed a bill that would give the state more oversight over marijuana testing facilities and doctors who prescribe medical marijuana.
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March 18, 2025 Underground fire causes power outages across University City, including 30th Street Station
The KYW Newsradio All-Local on Tuesday, March 18, 2025 (midday edition):
Street lights went out near 30th Street Station Tuesday morning, and lights were out inside the station as well due to problems with underground equipment, PECO said.
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Two men in Delaware have been arrested and charged with sexual abuse of the same victim at a Milford Catholic school in the 1990s.
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Two pieces of legislation designed to boost housing construction has advanced in Trenton.
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The fifth annual DiversiTech Conference is back in Philly with events and workshops geared toward diversifying the tech workforce.
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March 18, 2025 Pa. leaders denounce federal cuts to fair housing organizations
The KYW Newsradio All-Local on Tuesday, March 18, 2025 (morning edition):
An elderly woman is dead after part of a roof collapsed into a West Mount Airy home Monday.
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In a separate incident, a man was killed and a woman injured in a fire that ripped through a row home in Kensington Monday morning.
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Pennsylvania lawmakers, leaders from the NAACP and housing advocates spoke out Monday against federal cuts to fair housing. Many of them, including state Sen. Vincent Hughes, say the cuts leave room for discrimination.
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An interactive community event that aims to increase knowledge about physical and mental health for men and boys of color kicks off in Germantown this weekend.
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March 17, 2025 Philadelphia’s mobile crisis response system still faces challenges despite making progress
Philadelphia’s crisis response teams have diverted thousands of cases, away from police and toward community mental health services, since the system was created, four years ago. That was the testimony at a city council hearing, today, on how the system is operating.
A pair of bills aimed at giving teachers and other state-employees who retired before 2001 a cost-of-living increase has taken a first step in the Pennsylvania House.
The faculty at Community College of Philadelphia has voted to authorize a strike, while contract negotiations continue.
Dozens of children die from choking each year in the U.S., and a new bill moving through Trenton would require school districts to keep anti-choking devices available to save a student’s life.
Ensemble Arts Philly has announced their upcoming Broadway season.
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March 17, 2025 Faculty union at Community College of Philadelphia overwhelmingly votes to authorize a strike
An elderly man was killed and a woman injured in a fire that ripped through a rowhome in Kensington Monday morning.
Stormy weather led to some street flooding, accidents and other issues in the region earlier Monday morning.
Unsatisfied with the progress of contract talks, the faculty union at Community College of Philadelphia has overwhelmingly voted to authorize its leadership to call a strike.
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March 17, 2025 Officers hurt and pedestrian struck by fallen light pole in North Philly crash
The KYW Newsradio All-Local on Monday, March 17, 2025 (morning edition):
New Jersey reservoir levels haven’t caught up after an extremely dry fall and winter, and officials say this is concerning as the weather warms up and wildfire season begins.
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As the Trump administration makes deep cuts to funding biomedical research grants, doctoral training programs at universities in our area are feeling the squeeze.
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Police officers were hurt Sunday morning in a car crash in North Philadelphia.
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The Parkway turned Kelly green on Sunday as Philadelphia showed out for one of the country’s oldest St. Patrick’s Day parades.
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March 16, 2025 Immigration advocates concerned as Trump invokes Alien Enemies Act to expedite deportations
The KYW Newsradio All-Local - Sunday, March 16, 2025 (Evening Edition)
The parkway turned Kelly Green on Sunday as Philadelphia showed out for one of the country’s oldest St. Patrick’s Day Parades.
The Trump administration says that hundreds of people have been deported from the country after the President invoked the Alien Enemies Act.
Downed wires closed the Northeast Extension midway between Quakertown and Lansdale for nearly an hour Sunday afternoon.
Philadelphia legend Ed Rendell had a vision for a national monument to be built in the city. However, that vision is facing a road block at City Hall.
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March 15, 2025 The company whose factory caught fire and burned for days in Abington nearly a month ago plans to lay off 250 workers
The KYW Newsradio All-Local on Saturday, Aug. 7, 2025 (morning edition):
A Montgomery County Commissioner is asking Warren Buffet for help averting the layoff of some 250 employees from SPS Technologies
It comes nearly a month after the SPS factory caught fire in Abington.
Philabundance hosted a hunger action symposium Friday at Rutgers Camden to address food insecurity amid rising costs and policy shifts in Washington.
It's called the Fur Ball...a fundraiser for animal welfare.
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