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Due to ongoing economic hardship created by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Philadelphia Water Department and Water Revenue Bureau will not shut off customers unable to pay water bills until April 1, 2021. This latest extension overlaps with a long-established December 1 – March 31 moratorium on shutoffs implemented annually to protect vulnerable utility customers during…

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Through the Philadelphia Community Stakeholders Learning Pods program, parents and children will be getting the help they need to survive the educational challenges of the coronavirus. By Denise Clay Since the advent of the coronavirus pandemic, the word “homeschooling” has taken on a completely different meaning. Parents have had to take on the role of…

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By Linda S. Wallace Dear Cultural Coach:  Why do we need cultural coaches? Why do we need silly people to tell us what to say and what to do? Things were easier before all these other people came to this country.                             —…

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By Jessica Gresko ASSOCIATED PRESS  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump announced early last Friday on Twitter that he has been diagnosed with the coronavirus, and he is spending several days at Walter Reed Medical Center for treatment and evaluation. The 25th Amendment provides some answers about how presidential power could be transferred, either temporarily or…

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ABOVE PHOTO: This booking photo provided by the Hunt County (Texas) Sheriff’s Office shows Wolfe City Police Officer Shaun Lucas on Monday, Oct. 5, 2020. Lucas has been charged with murder in the fatal shooting of a Black man following a reported disturbance at a convenience store in a small East Texas town over the…

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By Mark Sherman And Jessica Gresko ASSOCIATED PRESS  WASHINGTON  — The Supreme Court began its new term Monday with a remembrance of “a dear friend and a treasured colleague,” the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Chief Justice John Roberts paid tribute to Ginsburg, who died last month, as the court resumed its work via telephone…

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ABOVE PHOTO: An employee of the Philadelphia City Commissioner’s office examines ballots at a satellite election office at Overbrook Elementary School in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/ Laurence Kesteron, File) By Anthony Izaguirre ASSOCIATED PRESS  Voters awaiting results in some of the key presidential battleground states on election night should be prepared to keep waiting, thanks to…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Kamala Harris (Shutterstock) During her debate with Vice President Mike Pence, Sen. Kamala Harris often found herself having to reclaim her time.  By Denise Clay Admittedly, the bar for Wednesday’s debate between Republican Vice President Mike Pence and Democratic candidate for Vice President, Sen. Kamala Harris, was set pretty low. In order for…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Ciara (Photo: Tinseltown / Shutterstock) By Florence Anthony Ciara, Kobe Bryant’s widow Vanessa Bryant and La La Anthony enjoyed a Girls Trip plus their kids to an exotic beach in Mexico. The ladies not only reportedly played football on a field with their children, but Ciara and Vanessa’s 17 year-old daughter Natalia, showed…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Congolese activist Mwazulu Diyabanza arrives at the Palais de Justice courthouse, in Paris, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2020. The controversial Congolese activist and four others are going on trial Wednesday on aggravated theft charges for trying to remove a 19th century African funeral pole from a Paris museum, in a protest against colonial-era plundering…

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