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Mass transit providers working on modified schedules for Memorial Day

Commuters looking to travel via mass transit to and from Memorial Day events across the region should be aware that SEPTA, NJ Transit and PATCO are all operating on modified schedules due to the holiday. SEPTA. SEPTA will be operating on a Sunday schedule across its system on Monday. For...
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Ewing man charged with stealing 7 vehicles in a week using a tow truck

In Trenton, Walter Mason, 45, was caught on camera stealing seven vehicles with a tow truck, taking them to a scrapyard to be crushed in a bold crime spree.
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World’s largest operating steam locomotive will be on display in Philadelphia on July Fourth

All aboard! The world’s largest operating steam locomotive, Union Pacific’s Big Boy No. 4014, is coming to Philadelphia on July Fourth as part of its first-ever coast-to-coast tour to celebrate America’s 250th anniversary.
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Giant ‘Big Boy’ train begins a rare trip East. Here’s where to see it

CHEYENNE, WY. ‒ Under wide blue skies, the world's largest operating steam locomotive has begun chugging east toward Philadelphia and the nation's 250th birthday celebrations. Union Pacific's "Big Boy" is pulling a small train of cars as it heads east of the Mississippi, a rare journey to the eastern United States for
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Mayor honors Black service members at memorial with a complex history in Philadelphia

Philadelphia's mayor and roughly a dozen minority veterans placed wreaths at the foot of the All Wars Memorial to Colored Soldiers and Sailors.
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Police investigate building fire in Burlington County, New Jersey

Firefighters responded to a blaze in Riverside, Burlington County Monday night.
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Man walking home from work brutally attacked, robbed in South Philadelphia

A South Philadelphia father of three is recovering after a violent assault and robbery while walking home from work late Friday night.
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A sweeping N.J. law that will change how thousands of people use e-bikes is...

After Thursday’s statehouse protest drew 100 people — 50 of whom rode e-bikes to Trenton — members of a New Jersey-based E-Bike Coalition are looking to amend or replace a controversial state law regulating them. With less than two months before the state’s new e-bike law takes...
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15 Spooky Places in America That Still Terrify Locals

Every town has that one place people whisper about, the spot you drive past a little faster at night, pretending not to look but always looking anyway. Across the United States, there are locations so steeped in eerie history, environmental oddities, and unsettling coincidence that they feel almost alive, as if the lan
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Holy Redeemer Church and School’s Nearly 85-Year Legacy in Philadelphia, and Challenges Ahead

For nearly 85 years, Holy Redeemer Church and School in Callowhill has served as a beacon of light for parishioners, particularly for Philadelphia’s Chinese community, writes Kaiden J. Yu for The Philadelphia Inquirer. In October 1941, Holy Redeemer Chinese Catholic Church and School was dedicated, becoming the first C

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