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PHILADELPHIA – Mayor Jim Kenney and the Streets Department announced today the launch of PickupPHL, a new public-facing, interactive tool designed to provide direct access to the City’s residential sanitation services. PickupPHL is an interactive web map that allows residents to view and track the status of daily trash and recycling collections. The new online platform launches on October 1,…

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By Andrea Lawful Sanders  Crystal Allen is a gregarious 33-year-old, who literally could not see when she met Major. Before she turned 18, she had no eye problems whatsoever. She was working for an organization called City Year, when she began noticing that her vision was getting blurry. She attributed it to being in front of a computer…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Rasheed Lambert (Photo courtesy Rasheed Lambert) By Afea Tucker  This week, we’re spotlighting West Philadelphia native Rashaad Lambert. Lambert is the director of Culture and Community for Forbes, founder of “For(bes) The Culture,” and CEO of Sporty Marketing.  Recognized as one of Forbes “30 Under 30” nominees, Lambert is also a NAACP Image…

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Breonna Taylor’s family has made it clear: ‘I’m mad as hell because nothing’s changing.’ The anger was expressed after it was announced that the police officers who murdered Breonna in her sleep would not face murder charges. Instead, a grand jury indicted former Louisville police officer Brett Hankison on three counts of first-degree wanton endangerment…

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No Democrat has won the presidency without winning Pennsylvania since Harry S. Truman in 1948

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ABOVE PHOTO:  (Photo by Adam E. Moreira) PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A federal appeals court panel has struck down a policy of Philadelphia’s main transit agency SEPTA that forbids advertising regarding issues it considers political or of public debate. In a ruling made public Monday, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia determined the…

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By MARK SCOLFORO HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — It will take 40,000 or more poll workers to run the fall election in Pennsylvania, and while some counties are on track to have fully staffed polling places, with six weeks to go, officials aren’t sure whether there will be a repeat of the primary’s coronavirus-driven shortages. A…

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By MARC LEVY HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s new coronavirus exposure notification app became available in app stores Tuesday and could soon be compatible with those of three neighboring states, including New York. The release of the app, named COVID AlertPa, is part of Pennsylvania’s effort to more quickly break chains of transmission by using…

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By NICHOLAS RICCARDI and MARC LEVY HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Democrats are launching a digital ad targeting Pennsylvanians voting by mail to explain how to correctly fill out and return the ballots, hoping to avert worried predictions that 100,000 votes or more could be invalidated because the ballots aren’t put in the proper secrecy envelope….

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Thousands of people are expected to pay their respects at the Supreme Court to the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the women’s rights champion, leader of the court’s liberal bloc and feminist icon who died last week. Even with the court closed to the public because of the coronavirus pandemic and Washington…

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