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Man stabbed on SEPTA’s 5th Street Station platform near Independence Mall

Police are searching for the suspect who stabbed a man on a westbound SEPTA platform Monday night.
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Armed robbery suspect sought after pre-dawn hold-up at Philly Sunoco

At approximately 4:50 a.m. on Saturday, November 8, 2025, a man carried out an armed robbery at a Sunoco gas station in the city’s Rhawnhurst section, and the entire incident was captured on CCTV. The robbery occurred at the Sunoco on the 7200 block of Castor Avenue, and the...
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Ending a 40-Year Practice: Philadelphia Ceases Discrimination Against White Male Business Owners – A...

This post features an OpenAI-powered summary derived from the NewsBreak users' discussions on After 40 years, Philadelphia to stop discriminating against white male business owners.
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Pharmacy deserts: Why more pharmacies are disappearing from neighborhoods

Malinda Fields was three days away from her diabetes medication running out. “That’s a matter of life and death,” Fields said. The Northeast Philadelphia Rite Aid that Fields was going to closed along with the drugstore chain’s other locations in September 2025. Fields’ attempts to find another pharmacy near her home...
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Why Beards Are So Popular in Philadelphia?

—The city of Philadelphia has a long history of pogonophiles, or lovers of beards. . In a recent study by Wahl, Philadelphia women accounted for more than 20% of those polled in the city's beard survey. The blending of black music and Islam in the city is one of the factors that contributed to the spread of the...
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Teen boy injured in West Philly shooting: police

PHILADELPHIA - A section of West Philadelphia was a crime scene Monday night as police investigated the shooting of a teenage boy. At around 5:45 p.m. Philly police responded to the 5900 block of Callowhill after reports of a person with a gun. They say a 16-year-old boy suffered a...
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3 dead, including 2 children, in North Philadelphia house fire

Three people are dead after a house fire in North Philadelphia early Tuesday morning.
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Local Alert: 68-Year-Old Ronald Barren Reported Missing from Addison Street

Ronald Barren, 68, was reported missing from the 5300 block of Addison Street in Philadelphia. He was last seen at about 8:00 a.m. on November 15, 2025. He was wearing a black thermal shirt, checkered pajama pants, and New Balance sneakers.
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Maryland man pleads guilty to threatening Jewish institutions

PHILADELPHIA - Clift Seferlis, 55, of Garrett Park, Maryland, has pleaded guilty to sending threatening communications to Jewish organizations across multiple states. Seferlis admitted in court to sending at least 40 letters and two postcards to over 25 Jewish organizations from March 2024 to June 2025. These threats...
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Philadelphia man draws prison for robbing Norristown man of cellphone

NORRISTOWN — A Philadelphia man who robbed another man of his cellphone as the victim sat on his front porch in Norristown was sent to prison. Naquin Namir Mitchell, 24, of the 3900 block of Howland Street, was sentenced in Montgomery County Court to 3-to-6-years in a state correctional facility after he pleaded...

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