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In what Joey Termini of Termini Brothers Bakery is calling the “most South Philadelphia thing ever,” a Route 47 bus drove through wet concrete after two people reportedly hopped off to move street barricades so the bus could pass Thursday. The sinking bus, which tilted on a slight edge as it got stuck on South Eighth Street outside Termini Bros., drove through the concrete only two minutes after city crews poured it into the road. Watch the video for a look at what happened. For more, click the link in our bio. Editor's Note: This video contains a misspelling of South Philadelphia. It has been corrected on our website. 📝 by Henry Savage / Staff 📹 Courtesy of Termini Bros. Bakery ✂️ by Astrid Rodrigues / Staff
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In what Joey Termini of Termini Brothers Bakery is calling the “most South Philadelphia thing ever,” a Route 47 bus drove through wet concrete after two people reportedly hopped off to move street barricades so the bus could pass Thursday. The sinking bus, which tilted on a slight edge as it got stuck on South Eighth Street outside Termini Bros., drove through the concrete only two minutes after city crews poured it into the road. Watch the video for a look at what happened. For more, click the link in our bio. Editor's Note: This video contains a misspelling of South Philadelphia. It has been corrected on our website. 📝 by Henry Savage / Staff 📹 Courtesy of Termini Bros. Bakery ✂️ by Astrid Rodrigues / Staff
The National Park Service has started dismantling exhibits about slavery at the President’s House in Independence National Historical Park. The President’s House, which serves as a memorial to the nine people George Washington enslaved there during the founding of America, has come under increased scrutiny by President Donald Trump’s administration. The president and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum ordered content at national parks that “inappropriately disparage” the U.S. to be reviewed and potentially removed. Around 3 p.m. Thursday, an Independence Park employee told an Inquirer reporter that his supervisor instructed him to take down all the displays at the iconic site earlier that day. Two other individuals later joined the employee to help remove the educational exhibit. “I’m just following my orders,” the employee repeatedly said, refusing to say whether he was tasked with removing the displays because of the executive order. One by one, the exhibits — including those entitled “Life Under Slavery” and “The Dirty Business of Slavery” — were taken down. Learn more at the link in our bio. 📝 by Fallon Roth and Maggie Prosser / Staff 📹 by Maggie Prosser / Staff ✂️ by Astrid Rodrigues / Staff
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The National Park Service has started dismantling exhibits about slavery at the President’s House in Independence National Historical Park. The President’s House, which serves as a memorial to the nine people George Washington enslaved there during the founding of America, has come under increased scrutiny by President Donald Trump’s administration. The president and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum ordered content at national parks that “inappropriately disparage” the U.S. to be reviewed and potentially removed. Around 3 p.m. Thursday, an Independence Park employee told an Inquirer reporter that his supervisor instructed him to take down all the displays at the iconic site earlier that day. Two other individuals later joined the employee to help remove the educational exhibit. “I’m just following my orders,” the employee repeatedly said, refusing to say whether he was tasked with removing the displays because of the executive order. One by one, the exhibits — including those entitled “Life Under Slavery” and “The Dirty Business of Slavery” — were taken down. Learn more at the link in our bio. 📝 by Fallon Roth and Maggie Prosser / Staff 📹 by Maggie Prosser / Staff ✂️ by Astrid Rodrigues / Staff
Independence Hall, the Rocky statue, the Liberty Bell and ... a 2016 Honda Civic parked in Fishtown? That odd appendage at the end of the list just became one of Philadelphia’s newest tourist attractions on Google Maps. How does a silver sedan get minted a must-see site in the birthplace of America? It gets completely covered in ice. The journey from plebeian commuter vehicle to local celebrity has been a source of both humor and headache for 24-year-old Tianna Graham, the car’s owner. On Monday, Graham posted two more videos about her car. One of her girlfriend and friend gingerly cracking the ice off the car with hammers, and another of the car getting towed away. Watch the video to see the car finally break free of it's icy spot. And for the full details, click the link in our bio. 📝 by Dana Munro / Staff 📹 Courtesy of Tianna Graham ✂️ by Sam Stewart / Staff
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Independence Hall, the Rocky statue, the Liberty Bell and ... a 2016 Honda Civic parked in Fishtown? That odd appendage at the end of the list just became one of Philadelphia’s newest tourist attractions on Google Maps. How does a silver sedan get minted a must-see site in the birthplace of America? It gets completely covered in ice. The journey from plebeian commuter vehicle to local celebrity has been a source of both humor and headache for 24-year-old Tianna Graham, the car’s owner. On Monday, Graham posted two more videos about her car. One of her girlfriend and friend gingerly cracking the ice off the car with hammers, and another of the car getting towed away. Watch the video to see the car finally break free of it's icy spot. And for the full details, click the link in our bio. 📝 by Dana Munro / Staff 📹 Courtesy of Tianna Graham ✂️ by Sam Stewart / Staff
Ramesses Dreuitt Vazquez scooted his wheelchair on a Mount Airy playground, pressing the ground with his sneakers to approach the man credited with saving his life.⁠ ⁠ Caseem Wongus had last seen the child staggering from a flaming car after a medical jet torpedoed onto Cottman Avenue in Northeast Philadelphia, blasting wreckage into the neighborhood around the Roosevelt Mall and killing all six passengers onboard.⁠ ⁠ Now the 10-year-old Philadelphia boy smiled through his scars, reaching his arm out to greet Caseem. Wongus bent down and hugged him.⁠ ⁠ “I’m glad to see him with his family and to see how well he’s doing — seeing him just trying to function as a kid again and scooting around in the wheelchair on the basketball court,“ Wongus said.⁠ ⁠ Get the full story at the link in our bio.⁠ ⁠ 📝 by Wendy Ruderman / Staff⁠ 📸 by Tyger Williams / Staff; Wendy Ruderman
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Ramesses Dreuitt Vazquez scooted his wheelchair on a Mount Airy playground, pressing the ground with his sneakers to approach the man credited with saving his life.⁠ ⁠ Caseem Wongus had last seen the child staggering from a flaming car after a medical jet torpedoed onto Cottman Avenue in Northeast Philadelphia, blasting wreckage into the neighborhood around the Roosevelt Mall and killing all six passengers onboard.⁠ ⁠ Now the 10-year-old Philadelphia boy smiled through his scars, reaching his arm out to greet Caseem. Wongus bent down and hugged him.⁠ ⁠ “I’m glad to see him with his family and to see how well he’s doing — seeing him just trying to function as a kid again and scooting around in the wheelchair on the basketball court,“ Wongus said.⁠ ⁠ Get the full story at the link in our bio.⁠ ⁠ 📝 by Wendy Ruderman / Staff⁠ 📸 by Tyger Williams / Staff; Wendy Ruderman
Former Eagle C.J. Gardner-Johnson left the Linc a winner, and to nobody's surprise, he wasn't shy about it afterward. 👀 Read the full story at the link in @phillyinqsports' bio. 📝 and 🎥 by @jeff_neiburg / Staff ✂️ by Vaughn Johnson / Staff #eagles #cjgardnerjohnson #nfl #reels #foryou #fyp
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Former Eagle C.J. Gardner-Johnson left the Linc a winner, and to nobody's surprise, he wasn't shy about it afterward. 👀 Read the full story at the link in @phillyinqsports' bio. 📝 and 🎥 by @jeff_neiburg / Staff ✂️ by Vaughn Johnson / Staff #eagles #cjgardnerjohnson #nfl #reels #foryou #fyp
A former bouncer with hands like 5-pound hams was peppering Bam Margera with rib punches in a small gym at his Chester County castle. Every few minutes, Margera waved his hands in surrender. He started looking for a place to sit down. Sweat poured down his face, and he struggled to catch his breath “I need a second,” he said. Margera had strung together years of bad days recently, but, despite the pain, this wasn’t one of them. Today, he’s sober, in love, skateboarding, spending some time with his family and son, Phoenix Wolf, and, on this early June afternoon, working out, too. Fans of the “Jackass” series will get to see him on Friday, June 26, when “Jackass: Best and Last,” the fifth and final film in the series, is released. “I think this is the grand finale of it all,” he said. Read Margera’s full profile at the link in our bio. 📝 by @jasonnark / Staff 📹 by @gabrielncoffey / Staff
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A former bouncer with hands like 5-pound hams was peppering Bam Margera with rib punches in a small gym at his Chester County castle. Every few minutes, Margera waved his hands in surrender. He started looking for a place to sit down. Sweat poured down his face, and he struggled to catch his breath “I need a second,” he said. Margera had strung together years of bad days recently, but, despite the pain, this wasn’t one of them. Today, he’s sober, in love, skateboarding, spending some time with his family and son, Phoenix Wolf, and, on this early June afternoon, working out, too. Fans of the “Jackass” series will get to see him on Friday, June 26, when “Jackass: Best and Last,” the fifth and final film in the series, is released. “I think this is the grand finale of it all,” he said. Read Margera’s full profile at the link in our bio. 📝 by @jasonnark / Staff 📹 by @gabrielncoffey / Staff
Bucks County Sheriff Danny Ceisler terminated a controversial county partnership with ICE Wednesday, citing negative impacts on public safety and immigrants’ trust of law enforcement. Ceisler said Wednesday that he signed two orders, one revoking the 287(g) partnership, and another that prohibited deputies from asking crime victims, witnesses, and court observers about their immigration status. “Bucks County is home to over 50,000 immigrants... those immigrants are our neighbors,” said Ceisler, a Democrat, during a news conference outside of the Bucks County Justice Center Wednesday. “They are our friends. They are taxpayers and they deserve the protection of law enforcement in this community.” Learn more in the video. For more information, click the link in our bio. 📝 by Fallon Roth and Jeff Gammage / Staff 📹 & ✂️ by Gabe Coffey / Staff
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Bucks County Sheriff Danny Ceisler terminated a controversial county partnership with ICE Wednesday, citing negative impacts on public safety and immigrants’ trust of law enforcement. Ceisler said Wednesday that he signed two orders, one revoking the 287(g) partnership, and another that prohibited deputies from asking crime victims, witnesses, and court observers about their immigration status. “Bucks County is home to over 50,000 immigrants... those immigrants are our neighbors,” said Ceisler, a Democrat, during a news conference outside of the Bucks County Justice Center Wednesday. “They are our friends. They are taxpayers and they deserve the protection of law enforcement in this community.” Learn more in the video. For more information, click the link in our bio. 📝 by Fallon Roth and Jeff Gammage / Staff 📹 & ✂️ by Gabe Coffey / Staff
What was the best bite at Food Fest? From Emmett’s wagyu tartare tartlets to tacos from Bolo and grilled oysters from Alice, people had opinions. The hummus from Philly Hummus Girl and Chef Jen Carroll’s Peanut Chew curry were also real fan favorites. 📹 ✂️ by Ariane Datil / Staff 📸 by @kc_tinari @dantone_creative 📹 by @mychalcewycz and @colin_ridgway
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What was the best bite at Food Fest? From Emmett’s wagyu tartare tartlets to tacos from Bolo and grilled oysters from Alice, people had opinions. The hummus from Philly Hummus Girl and Chef Jen Carroll’s Peanut Chew curry were also real fan favorites. 📹 ✂️ by Ariane Datil / Staff 📸 by @kc_tinari @dantone_creative 📹 by @mychalcewycz and @colin_ridgway
A group of teenagers will take the final steps toward getting their criminal records expunged by running the 13.1 miles of the Philadelphia Half Marathon this Saturday.⁠ ⁠ They’re students of MileUp, a juvenile diversion program that gives young people who are charged with certain offenses, such as auto theft and vandalism, the chance to clear their records.⁠ ⁠ Mentors help them practice accountability and responsibility while developing distance running. For the fall cohort, the Philly Half follows their completion of a 5K and the All-City 10 Miler.⁠ ⁠ Data from the District Attorney’s Office show the program is keeping teens out of the criminal justice system. Participants say they’re grateful for the opportunity to start fresh as they approach adulthood: “Everyone deserves a second chance,” one 16-year-old told The Inquirer.⁠ ⁠ 📝 by Nate File / Staff⁠ 📸 by Jose F. Moreno / Staff
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A group of teenagers will take the final steps toward getting their criminal records expunged by running the 13.1 miles of the Philadelphia Half Marathon this Saturday.⁠ ⁠ They’re students of MileUp, a juvenile diversion program that gives young people who are charged with certain offenses, such as auto theft and vandalism, the chance to clear their records.⁠ ⁠ Mentors help them practice accountability and responsibility while developing distance running. For the fall cohort, the Philly Half follows their completion of a 5K and the All-City 10 Miler.⁠ ⁠ Data from the District Attorney’s Office show the program is keeping teens out of the criminal justice system. Participants say they’re grateful for the opportunity to start fresh as they approach adulthood: “Everyone deserves a second chance,” one 16-year-old told The Inquirer.⁠ ⁠ 📝 by Nate File / Staff⁠ 📸 by Jose F. Moreno / Staff
You can rename it. Rebrand it. Put up a new sign. Philly’s still gonna call it whatever we want. We still “tap MAC,” call the mall in the Northeast, Franklin Mills and we’ll never fully accept any new name for the Gayborhood, Wells Fargo Center or Delaware Ave. It’s Philly. We said what we said. What did we miss? ⬇️ Read the full story at the link in @phillyinquirer’s bio. 📝 Stephanie Farr / Staff 📹 Ariane Datil and Astrid Rodrigues / Staff
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You can rename it. Rebrand it. Put up a new sign. Philly’s still gonna call it whatever we want. We still “tap MAC,” call the mall in the Northeast, Franklin Mills and we’ll never fully accept any new name for the Gayborhood, Wells Fargo Center or Delaware Ave. It’s Philly. We said what we said. What did we miss? ⬇️ Read the full story at the link in @phillyinquirer’s bio. 📝 Stephanie Farr / Staff 📹 Ariane Datil and Astrid Rodrigues / Staff
About 30 demonstrators blocked the garage doors at the Philadelphia ICE office on Tuesday morning, saying they intended to stop agency vehicles from going to “terrorize” local residents. Only one car attempted to leave, and Philadelphia police moved demonstrators aside so it could depart. No one was arrested. Organizers with No ICE Philly had pledged to block the garage until they were forcibly removed or arrested, but halted the protest after about two hours. They said they had accomplished their goal, and that the bitterly cold weather was too harsh on demonstrators who are older or who have medical conditions. The temperature was about 15 degrees when the protest began shortly before 8 a.m. “All of us here have proven in our song and our prayer that we can slow down the machine of authoritarianism, of fascism, that we can delay the operations that will detain and kidnap and destroy our neighbors, our families, our community,” said the Rev. Jay Bergen, a leader of No ICE Philly and pastor of the Germantown Mennonite Church. Read more at the link in our bio. 📝 by Jeff Gammage, Ximena Conde, and Rob Tornoe / Staff 📹 by Jenna Miller / Staff
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About 30 demonstrators blocked the garage doors at the Philadelphia ICE office on Tuesday morning, saying they intended to stop agency vehicles from going to “terrorize” local residents. Only one car attempted to leave, and Philadelphia police moved demonstrators aside so it could depart. No one was arrested. Organizers with No ICE Philly had pledged to block the garage until they were forcibly removed or arrested, but halted the protest after about two hours. They said they had accomplished their goal, and that the bitterly cold weather was too harsh on demonstrators who are older or who have medical conditions. The temperature was about 15 degrees when the protest began shortly before 8 a.m. “All of us here have proven in our song and our prayer that we can slow down the machine of authoritarianism, of fascism, that we can delay the operations that will detain and kidnap and destroy our neighbors, our families, our community,” said the Rev. Jay Bergen, a leader of No ICE Philly and pastor of the Germantown Mennonite Church. Read more at the link in our bio. 📝 by Jeff Gammage, Ximena Conde, and Rob Tornoe / Staff 📹 by Jenna Miller / Staff
Isaiah Zagar, 86, of South Philadelphia, renowned mosaic artist who crafted glittering glass art on 50,000 square feet of walls and buildings across the city and founded Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens, has died.⁠ ⁠ Mr. Zagar died at his home in Philadelphia from complications of heart failure and Parkinson’s disease, the Magic Gardens confirmed on Thursday.⁠ ⁠ “The scale of Isaiah Zagar’s body of work and his relentless artmaking at all costs is truly astounding,” said Emily Smith, executive director of the Magic Gardens. “Most people do not yet understand the importance of what he created, nor do they understand the sheer volume of what he has made.”⁠ ⁠ His art, Smith said, “is distinctive and wholly unique to Philadelphia, and it has forever changed the face of our city.⁠ ⁠ Read more at the link in our bio.⁠ ⁠ 📝 by Rosa Cartagena / Staff⁠ 📸 by Margo Reed / Staff
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Isaiah Zagar, 86, of South Philadelphia, renowned mosaic artist who crafted glittering glass art on 50,000 square feet of walls and buildings across the city and founded Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens, has died.⁠ ⁠ Mr. Zagar died at his home in Philadelphia from complications of heart failure and Parkinson’s disease, the Magic Gardens confirmed on Thursday.⁠ ⁠ “The scale of Isaiah Zagar’s body of work and his relentless artmaking at all costs is truly astounding,” said Emily Smith, executive director of the Magic Gardens. “Most people do not yet understand the importance of what he created, nor do they understand the sheer volume of what he has made.”⁠ ⁠ His art, Smith said, “is distinctive and wholly unique to Philadelphia, and it has forever changed the face of our city.⁠ ⁠ Read more at the link in our bio.⁠ ⁠ 📝 by Rosa Cartagena / Staff⁠ 📸 by Margo Reed / Staff
Former Phillies All-Star center fielder Lenny Dykstra waived his preliminary hearing on two misdemeanor drug charges Tuesday before District Judge Randy Schmalzle, meaning the matter will now be addressed in a higher court. The charges stem from a New Year’s Eve traffic stop in Pike County in northeastern Pennsylvania, when Dykstra was the passenger in a GMC pickup driven by Scranton resident Kevin Zelna. State Trooper Kody Nowicki pulled the GMC over after Zelna failed to stay in his lane, according to testimony by Nowicki and a criminal complaint. Zelna, 37, was charged with several counts, including driving under the influence. When Dykstra told law enforcement that he wanted to retrieve his ID and credit card, “troopers observed, in plain view, a glass smoking device and a jar/container containing suspected narcotics.” Nowicki later testified that the narcotics tested positive for crack cocaine. Get more details at the link in @phillyinqsports’ bio. 📝 and 🎥 by Christian Red / For The Inquirer ✂️ by Astrid Rodrigues / Staff
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Former Phillies All-Star center fielder Lenny Dykstra waived his preliminary hearing on two misdemeanor drug charges Tuesday before District Judge Randy Schmalzle, meaning the matter will now be addressed in a higher court. The charges stem from a New Year’s Eve traffic stop in Pike County in northeastern Pennsylvania, when Dykstra was the passenger in a GMC pickup driven by Scranton resident Kevin Zelna. State Trooper Kody Nowicki pulled the GMC over after Zelna failed to stay in his lane, according to testimony by Nowicki and a criminal complaint. Zelna, 37, was charged with several counts, including driving under the influence. When Dykstra told law enforcement that he wanted to retrieve his ID and credit card, “troopers observed, in plain view, a glass smoking device and a jar/container containing suspected narcotics.” Nowicki later testified that the narcotics tested positive for crack cocaine. Get more details at the link in @phillyinqsports’ bio. 📝 and 🎥 by Christian Red / For The Inquirer ✂️ by Astrid Rodrigues / Staff
Philly’s own Top Chef Jen Carroll has a tough decision to make — wet bottom or dry bottom? 👀 She made two Peanut Chew pies for The Inquirer Food Fest, but only one can make the menu. So… which one are you voting for, Philly? 🥧 👉🏻 Cast your vote in the comments and see the winning pie at The Inquirer Food Fest! And click the link in @phillyinqfood’s bio for tickets 🎟️. 📹 by Ariane Datil / Staff
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Philly’s own Top Chef Jen Carroll has a tough decision to make — wet bottom or dry bottom? 👀 She made two Peanut Chew pies for The Inquirer Food Fest, but only one can make the menu. So… which one are you voting for, Philly? 🥧 👉🏻 Cast your vote in the comments and see the winning pie at The Inquirer Food Fest! And click the link in @phillyinqfood’s bio for tickets 🎟️. 📹 by Ariane Datil / Staff
Pennsylvania’s ban on public funding for abortion is unconstitutional, a divided Commonwealth Court ruled Monday.⁠ ⁠ In reaching that conclusion, the statewide court that oversees government-related matters, recognized “a fundamental right to reproductive autonomy” in the Pennsylvania Constitution.⁠ ⁠ The finding likely sets up another clash over abortion in the state Supreme Court, where three justices previously signaled their willingness to rule that abortion access is a right.⁠ ⁠ Recognizing the right is necessary to restrict government “attempts to coerce reproductive choice,” Judge Matthew Wolf wrote for the majority.⁠ ⁠ “Those choices are the People’s, not the government’s,” Wolf wrote.⁠ ⁠ Fellow Democrats Michael Wojcik and Lori Dumas joined the majority opinion, as did the Republican President Judge Renee Cohn Jubelirer.⁠ ⁠ Read more at the link in our bio.⁠ ⁠ 📝 by Abraham Gutman / Staff
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Pennsylvania’s ban on public funding for abortion is unconstitutional, a divided Commonwealth Court ruled Monday.⁠ ⁠ In reaching that conclusion, the statewide court that oversees government-related matters, recognized “a fundamental right to reproductive autonomy” in the Pennsylvania Constitution.⁠ ⁠ The finding likely sets up another clash over abortion in the state Supreme Court, where three justices previously signaled their willingness to rule that abortion access is a right.⁠ ⁠ Recognizing the right is necessary to restrict government “attempts to coerce reproductive choice,” Judge Matthew Wolf wrote for the majority.⁠ ⁠ “Those choices are the People’s, not the government’s,” Wolf wrote.⁠ ⁠ Fellow Democrats Michael Wojcik and Lori Dumas joined the majority opinion, as did the Republican President Judge Renee Cohn Jubelirer.⁠ ⁠ Read more at the link in our bio.⁠ ⁠ 📝 by Abraham Gutman / Staff
At 8 years old, @drtahirareidsmith drew the one thing she wished she owned: A double Dutch machine in never-ending motion.⁠ ⁠ For her school’s drawing competition, the then-third grader sketched two poles with three push buttons, and a girl jumping in the middle. Her drawing won first place in the competition, but decades later, she brought the invention she dreamed of as a child to life.⁠ ⁠ Nearly 40 years after submitting her class drawing, the mechanical engineer and Pennsylvania State University professor showcased a prototype of the world’s first automated double Dutch machine in Philadelphia on Saturday.⁠ ⁠ Reid Smith traveled from State College to bring the prototype of Jump Dreams (@jumpdreamsinc) to Awbury Park for Double Dutch Day, a community event led by @phillygirlsjump.⁠ ⁠ “It was important to be here,” Reid Smith said. “I love Philly Girls Jump’s mission, and what they are doing.”⁠ ⁠ Read more about the Reid Smith’s prototype at the link in @phillyinquirer’s bio.⁠ ⁠ 📝 and 📹 by @earlhopkins_ / Staff⁠ 📸 by Elizabeth Robertson / Staff Photographer
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At 8 years old, @drtahirareidsmith drew the one thing she wished she owned: A double Dutch machine in never-ending motion.⁠ ⁠ For her school’s drawing competition, the then-third grader sketched two poles with three push buttons, and a girl jumping in the middle. Her drawing won first place in the competition, but decades later, she brought the invention she dreamed of as a child to life.⁠ ⁠ Nearly 40 years after submitting her class drawing, the mechanical engineer and Pennsylvania State University professor showcased a prototype of the world’s first automated double Dutch machine in Philadelphia on Saturday.⁠ ⁠ Reid Smith traveled from State College to bring the prototype of Jump Dreams (@jumpdreamsinc) to Awbury Park for Double Dutch Day, a community event led by @phillygirlsjump.⁠ ⁠ “It was important to be here,” Reid Smith said. “I love Philly Girls Jump’s mission, and what they are doing.”⁠ ⁠ Read more about the Reid Smith’s prototype at the link in @phillyinquirer’s bio.⁠ ⁠ 📝 and 📹 by @earlhopkins_ / Staff⁠ 📸 by Elizabeth Robertson / Staff Photographer
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to restore the slavery exhibits that the National Park Service removed from the President’s House last month.⁠ ⁠ U.S. District Judge Cynthia M. Rufe issued a ruling Monday requiring the federal government to “restore the President’s House Site to its physical status as of January 21, 2026,” which is the day before the exhibits were removed.⁠ ⁠ The order does not give the government a deadline for the restoration of the site. It does require that the National Park Service take steps to maintain the site and ensure the safety of the exhibits.⁠ ⁠ The exhibits, which memorialize the enslaved people who lived in George Washington’s Philadelphia home during his presidency, were abruptly removed in January.⁠ ⁠ This is a developing story and will be updated. Check the link in our bio for more.⁠ ⁠ 📝 by Abraham Gutman and Fallon Roth / Staff⁠ 📸 by Tom Gralish / Staff
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A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to restore the slavery exhibits that the National Park Service removed from the President’s House last month.⁠ ⁠ U.S. District Judge Cynthia M. Rufe issued a ruling Monday requiring the federal government to “restore the President’s House Site to its physical status as of January 21, 2026,” which is the day before the exhibits were removed.⁠ ⁠ The order does not give the government a deadline for the restoration of the site. It does require that the National Park Service take steps to maintain the site and ensure the safety of the exhibits.⁠ ⁠ The exhibits, which memorialize the enslaved people who lived in George Washington’s Philadelphia home during his presidency, were abruptly removed in January.⁠ ⁠ This is a developing story and will be updated. Check the link in our bio for more.⁠ ⁠ 📝 by Abraham Gutman and Fallon Roth / Staff⁠ 📸 by Tom Gralish / Staff
Neighbors Matt Barber, Anthony Masucci, and Frederick Stahl have taken responsibility for their South Philly block’s cleanliness into their own hands. When brooms weren’t enough to keep their kids safe from broken glass and debris, they got ingenious with it.⁠ ⁠ Enter the Karcher S 4 Twin, a lightweight, foldable push sweeper that uses no electricity or gas. It retails for $189.99.⁠ ⁠ The dads are mostly are sweeping up dirt, debris, broken glass, nails, and cigarette butts. They all grew up watching their dads mow the lawn every weekend, and even though they don’t have lawns to mow in South Philly, using the sweepers feels a little like that.⁠ ⁠ “We love the community and you feel great coming out here and doing it so much more efficiently than brushing around,” Masucci said. “The kids run out. They wanna help you push it. Everyone runs out and wants to help you bag it up. So becomes is a community thing.”⁠ ⁠ Read on at the link in our bio.⁠ ⁠ 📝 / 📹 by @farfarraway0444 / Staff columnist⁠ 📸 by Monica Herndon / Staff
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Neighbors Matt Barber, Anthony Masucci, and Frederick Stahl have taken responsibility for their South Philly block’s cleanliness into their own hands. When brooms weren’t enough to keep their kids safe from broken glass and debris, they got ingenious with it.⁠ ⁠ Enter the Karcher S 4 Twin, a lightweight, foldable push sweeper that uses no electricity or gas. It retails for $189.99.⁠ ⁠ The dads are mostly are sweeping up dirt, debris, broken glass, nails, and cigarette butts. They all grew up watching their dads mow the lawn every weekend, and even though they don’t have lawns to mow in South Philly, using the sweepers feels a little like that.⁠ ⁠ “We love the community and you feel great coming out here and doing it so much more efficiently than brushing around,” Masucci said. “The kids run out. They wanna help you push it. Everyone runs out and wants to help you bag it up. So becomes is a community thing.”⁠ ⁠ Read on at the link in our bio.⁠ ⁠ 📝 / 📹 by @farfarraway0444 / Staff columnist⁠ 📸 by Monica Herndon / Staff
Philadelphia’s Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University is closing its museum after nearly two centuries in existence, Drexel and Academy leaders said in an announcement sent to staff and others Tuesday morning.⁠ ⁠ The museum, opened to the public in 1828, will cease operations at the end of the business day Sept. 30. Its last day open to the public with regular hours will be Sunday, Sept. 27.⁠ ⁠ Visitorship at the museum had slipped in recent years, according to leaders, and though the Academy had worked to rebuild attendance after the pandemic, “patterns of visitation and audience behavior changed in lasting ways, while the costs of operating the museum continued to rise,” the announcement said.⁠ ⁠ “Over time, it became clear that these were not temporary pressures, but fundamental changes in the economics of the Academy’s operational model, costs that have imperiled the Academy’s ability to discharge its overall mission and preserve its legacy.”⁠ ⁠ Read more about the closing at the link in our bio.⁠ ⁠ 📝 by Peter Dobrin and Susan Snyder / Staff⁠ 📸 by Allie Ippolito / For The Inquirer and Tom Gralish / Staff
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Philadelphia’s Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University is closing its museum after nearly two centuries in existence, Drexel and Academy leaders said in an announcement sent to staff and others Tuesday morning.⁠ ⁠ The museum, opened to the public in 1828, will cease operations at the end of the business day Sept. 30. Its last day open to the public with regular hours will be Sunday, Sept. 27.⁠ ⁠ Visitorship at the museum had slipped in recent years, according to leaders, and though the Academy had worked to rebuild attendance after the pandemic, “patterns of visitation and audience behavior changed in lasting ways, while the costs of operating the museum continued to rise,” the announcement said.⁠ ⁠ “Over time, it became clear that these were not temporary pressures, but fundamental changes in the economics of the Academy’s operational model, costs that have imperiled the Academy’s ability to discharge its overall mission and preserve its legacy.”⁠ ⁠ Read more about the closing at the link in our bio.⁠ ⁠ 📝 by Peter Dobrin and Susan Snyder / Staff⁠ 📸 by Allie Ippolito / For The Inquirer and Tom Gralish / Staff
One Trump supporter’s journey from a mall kiosk to a Bucks County strip mall is coming to an end this month.⁠ ⁠ The “Trump Store,” a Bensalem spot for merchandise and knickknacks celebrating President Donald Trump, is closing its doors after six years in business. The store’s final day is Jan. 31.⁠ ⁠ Mike Domanico, who co-owns the store with his wife, Monica, remains an ardent supporter of the president. But business is business, and Domanico said sales have declined since Trump returned to the White House, forcing the “tough decision” to shut down.⁠ ⁠ In his six years selling Trump merchandise, Domanico said the only tough year was after the 2020 election. Following his second impeachment, Trump appeared to lose support from most Republicans, and sales at the store slowed.⁠ ⁠ The store’s closing comes just a few months after Democrats swept every countywide race in off-year elections in Bucks County. It’s a dramatic political shift compared to just last year, when Trump became the first Republican presidential candidate since 1988 to win the swing county.⁠ ⁠ While many Bucks County residents appear to have soured on the president and his policies, Domanico isn’t among them.⁠ "I think his second term has been great."⁠ ⁠ For more of the reasons behind the store's closure, click on the link in our bio.⁠ ⁠ 📝 by Rob Tornoe / Staff⁠ 📸 by Tyger Williams, Elizabeth Robertson, and Tom Gralish / Staff
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One Trump supporter’s journey from a mall kiosk to a Bucks County strip mall is coming to an end this month.⁠ ⁠ The “Trump Store,” a Bensalem spot for merchandise and knickknacks celebrating President Donald Trump, is closing its doors after six years in business. The store’s final day is Jan. 31.⁠ ⁠ Mike Domanico, who co-owns the store with his wife, Monica, remains an ardent supporter of the president. But business is business, and Domanico said sales have declined since Trump returned to the White House, forcing the “tough decision” to shut down.⁠ ⁠ In his six years selling Trump merchandise, Domanico said the only tough year was after the 2020 election. Following his second impeachment, Trump appeared to lose support from most Republicans, and sales at the store slowed.⁠ ⁠ The store’s closing comes just a few months after Democrats swept every countywide race in off-year elections in Bucks County. It’s a dramatic political shift compared to just last year, when Trump became the first Republican presidential candidate since 1988 to win the swing county.⁠ ⁠ While many Bucks County residents appear to have soured on the president and his policies, Domanico isn’t among them.⁠ "I think his second term has been great."⁠ ⁠ For more of the reasons behind the store's closure, click on the link in our bio.⁠ ⁠ 📝 by Rob Tornoe / Staff⁠ 📸 by Tyger Williams, Elizabeth Robertson, and Tom Gralish / Staff

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