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Penn men’s soccer ranked first in Ivy League preseason poll
With the 2024 season slowly kicking off, the Ivy League men’s soccer preseason polling favors the Red and Blue. After finishing the season at the top of the Ivy League with a record of 7-3-6 (4-1-2 Ivy) last season, Penn men’s soccer looks to top the board once again.
Girls Tennis preview, 2024: Big changes after NJSIAA reclassification
The NJSIAA released its updated team classifications for the state tournaments for this year and next on Monday. If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. By using this site, you consent to our User Agreement and agree that your clicks, interactions, and personal information may be collected, recorded, and/or stored by us and social media and other third-party partners in accordance with our Privacy Policy.
Local breakdancers prepare for Red Bull BC One competition at Philadelphia City Hall
Local breakdancers are getting pumped up for one of the biggest competitions in the region.The Red Bull BC One is coming to the City Hall in Philadelphia next week.On September 7, top breakers from across the U.S. will come together for one-on-one competitions.To RSVP for the event or to learn more, visit redbull.com.Action News Photojournalist Todd Haas has a preview from the man who is hosting the event.
Enjoy old books? Gloucester County Historical Society is selling 1,500 that date to the mid-1800s
The Gloucester County Historical Society has been adding books to its collections since it was founded in 1903 — meaning it is long overdue for a clean out. "When (local historians) pass, they don't just have 10 books, they have like 400 books," said Hoag Levins, the board member who chairs the historical society's publications committee. "It's very common that they leave their whole collections to the Gloucester County Historical Society."
Philadelphia postpartum health organization empowers Black mothers
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- There's a community based organization in Philadelphia designed to support Black and Brown mothers and improve breastfeeding rates. The CDC says Black moms are less likely to breastfeed their babies, compared to white moms and have more health issues.Now a group called CocoLife aims to change that trend.Eroleen Watkins and her 3-month-old baby Miles, talk to a doula about postpartum health.They're together in Germantown through a maternal resource platform called CocoLife."The rates of disparity the for mortality and morbidity for our Black moms and babies are astronomical," the creator of CocoLife Alexia Doumbouya said.Doumbouya created CocoLife to...
Pro-Palestine protests at LSU not likely to go away anytime soon
The first week of class at LSU was marked by the first pro-Palestine protest of the semester, with three students being led by police out of a Faculty Senate meeting they interrupted Tuesday. The students, who represented Students for a Democratic Society, were protesting the senate’s denial of their request to comment on a resolution […]
Program designed to ease Philly teacher shortage helps school aide fulfill lifelong dream
Throughout the 2024-25 school year, Chalkbeat Philadelphia will follow a new teacher, Kahn-Tineta Smith, as she adapts to the joys and challenges of working in the city school district. This is the first of several periodic check-ins we hope will shine a light on the state of the Philadelphia teaching workforce.Kahn-Tineta Smith was facing a crisis. The little girl with the carefully braided hair didn’t like the color of her magic marker and was making her displeasure known.It was time for a hug.Another little girl threw her marker down.“We draw with our markers, we don’t play with them,” Smith said...
Valley Forge Tourism & Convention Board Kicks Off 10th Fall Freedom from Hunger Drive
VFTCB's 10th Annual Fall Freedom from Hunger Drive kicked off with a kitchen takeover at Siloam Baptist Church in Norristown. The Valley Forge Tourism & Convention Board’s (VFTCB) 10th Annual Fall Freedom from Hunger Drive kicked off with a kitchen takeover at Siloam Baptist Church in Norristown, the same location where the organization held its first-ever kitchen takeover to promote the drive.
Camden County Remembrance and Hope Memorial honors lives lost to addiction
With International Overdose Awareness Day around the corner, a South Jersey community came together Wednesday night to honor those who have died.Hundreds of people went to the Camden County Remembrance and Hope Memorial to honor the lives lost to addiction this year.Former NBA Star Jayson Williams, who lost his son and runs a nonprofit centered on substance abuse recovery, spoke at the event.Others who have lost someone to addiction were also able to share their stories.From 2022 to 2023, overdose deaths decreased slightly across the U.S., according to the CDC. Officials in Camden County reported a similar trend, but say more can be done.Action News' Leland Pinder has more information in the video above.In New Jersey, anyone seeking addiction assistance can call 1-844-REACHNJ.
Pa. plant to close; more than 100 people to be laid off
More than 100 people will be laid off at a manufacturing plant in Northampton County. Stuffed Puffs has filed a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act notice informing the state that it will close its plant at 3910 Stuffed Puffs Place in Hanover Township near Bethlehem and 106 people will be laid off.
Teen breaks into Delco daycare, strips nude, leaps through 2nd floor window, police say
Police in Delaware County are investigating after, they claim, a man broke into a daycare in Linwood and stripped naked before jumping from a second floor window onto the street below once police arrived at the scene on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024. According to police, officers from the Lower Chichester...
A man shot multiple times in West Philadelphia
A man was shot multiple times in West Philadelphia. Police say a 32-year-old man was shot along Arch and North Peach Street in West Philadelphia. The man was in his car around 11:00 p.m. Wednesday morning when an unidentified person started shooting. On Thursday morning, police said the man was in critical condition and there […]
Conservationists find mussel life near Pennypack on the Delaware
Finding mussel life in the Delaware River is a sign of good water quality, conservationists say. From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know!. Amberly Choi walked through knee-high water last week, feeling her way through...
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