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WNBA announces three new teams in Cleveland, Detroit and Philadelphia

WNBA · United States

WNBA announces three new teams in Cleveland, Detroit and Philadelphia

65% Center coverage: 229 sources

The WNBA announced on Monday it has awarded three new expansion teams to Cleveland, Detroit and Philadelphia, growing the league to 18 teams over the next five years. See the Story

Thousands of city workers go on strike in Philadelphia, affecting trash pickup, pools and 911 calls

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · Philadelphia

Thousands of city workers go on strike in Philadelphia, affecting trash pickup, pools and 911 calls

49% Center coverage: 101 sources

Striking city workers waved signs at traffic near Philadelphia City Hall and formed picket lines outside libraries, city offices and other workplaces as nearly 10,000 blue-collar workers walked off the job Tuesday.See the Story

Philly Medical Examiner's Office Employees Ordered to Return to Work Due to Amount of Bodies in Storage

X · Philadelphia

Philly Medical Examiner's Office Employees Ordered to Return to Work Due to Amount of Bodies in Storage

55% Left coverage: 20 sources

More than two dozen Philadelphia Medical Examiner’s Office staffers were ordered back to work because of a growing backlog of bodies in storage, the AP reports.See the Story

District Council 33 Workers Struck by Vehicle While Sitting Outside Philly Sanitation Yard: Police

58% Center coverage: 12 sources

Two sanitation workers who were on strike outside a Philadelphia trash site Thursday night were struck by a suspected drunk driver.Environmental Justice · Philadelphia See the Story

Queen’s Live Aid Performance Nearly Didn’t Go Ahead, Band Recalls

80% Center coverage: 10 sources

By Jack Guy, CNN (CNN) — British band Queen’s performance at 1985 charity mega concert Live Aid has gone down in the history books, but it almost didn’t happen, according to members Brian May and Roger Taylor. Speaking to UK media outlet the Radio Times, the pair recall that the band, particularly lead singer Freddie Mercury, were initially nonplussed when they were approached by Live Aid organizer Bob Geldof. “We weren’t touring or playing, and…Freddie Mercury · London See the Story

How the nation’s 150th celebration in Philadelphia went very wrong

100% Center coverage: 1 sources

In the first years of the 1920s, the mayor of Philadelphia was the city’s biggest proponent of having a Sesquicentennial to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the nation’s founding. “W. Freeland Kendrick was a real publicity hound. He understood the value of media. He was much more of a modern politician than many of his contemporaries. He knew that hosting a successful World’s Fair would put Philadelphia on the world map, that all cameras would…Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · Philadelphia Read Article

1 dead, 2 injured after rowhomes collapse in Philly's Nicetown neighborhood

46% Left coverage: 68 sources

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · Philadelphia See the Story

150 march in Center City to protest the US-Israeli attacks on Iran, and the Gaza conflict

75% Center coverage: 4 sources

PHILADELPHIA — Chanting “no war in Iran,” about 150 demonstrators marched from City Hall to Rittenhouse Square on a steamy Saturday afternoon to protest U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran and call for an end to the Gaza conflict.Gaza · Gaza See the Story

25,000 hoagies; Philly's best birthday party; Embiid ennui

100% Center coverage: 1 sources

#BILLYPENNGRAM OF THE DAY A bend in the path(Photo by @june_age_daydream) Wawa’s Hoagie Day by the numbers: 7 tons of ingredients, 25,000 hoagies, countless smiles For the 33rd year, Wawa’s hosted its National Hoagie Day giveaway, turning 7 tons of ingredients into 25,000 hoagies. Of these, 10,000 were donated to local Philadelphia groups.Former Eagles star Brandon Graham joined Wawa employees in transforming the ingredients into the signature s…Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · Philadelphia Read Article

The 1876 World’s Fair in Philly celebrated America’s first century

100% Center coverage: 1 sources

John L. Campbell could not have anticipated what he started. Campbell, a professor of mathematics, natural philosophy, and astronomy at Wabash College in Crawfordsville, Indiana, wrote to both the Smithsonian Institution and the Mayor of Philadelphia in December 1866, suggesting the country hold a World’s Fair in Philadelphia in 1876, which would also commemorate the 100th anniversary of the nation’s founding. Philadelphia took him up on his sug…Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · Philadelphia Read Article

Real Madrid Puts on a Spectacle in Philadelphia at Club World Cup

Coverage: 10 sources

PHILADELPHIA — There would be no raining on Real Madrid’s parade Thursday night. Not by the skies on fans that streamed to Lincoln Financial Field, and not from Red Bull Salzburg in the final Group H match of the FIFA Club World Cup. Real Madrid is spectacle, in any season, in any stadium. So Los Blancos – 15 times champions of Europe and five times winners of this competition’s former iterations – drew the masses to South Philadelphia. And they…Vinicius Jr. · Madrid See the Story

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