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Kensington Crossroads

Will Scharf, White House staff secretary, stands beside the Resolute Desk as President Donald Trump signs executive orders on Jan. 20.

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Mayor Cherelle L. Parker, left, Deputy Commissioner Pedro Rosario, center, and Commissioner Kevin Bethel at the swearing in of Rosario as the head of the police department's Kensington initiative in January 2024. Officials on Monday provided an update to the work after year one.

Crime & Justice

City leaders tout progress in Kensington, but some residents remain skeptical

A gun and a cell phone is marked as evidence at the 700 block of East Willard Street where a man in his 20s was shot and killed on Dec. 30.

Philly saw a historic drop in murders in 2024. What changed?

Chris Palmer and Ellie Rushing

Sanitation workers clean up trash during the relocation of people with addiction who had been living in a street encampment on Kensington Avenue in Philadelphia in May 2024. Harm reduction advocates say that they feel City Hall has attempted on several occasions this year to curtail their work with people in addiction, including during May's encampment clearing.

The Opioid Crisis

In City Hall’s actions in Kensington, harm-reduction workers see efforts to curtail their work

Philadelphia new health commissioner, Dr. Palak Raval-Nelson, speaks after her introduction by Mayor Cherelle L. Parker on Monday at City Hall.

Philadelphia Politics

Mayor Parker picks Palak Raval-Nelson, a deputy health commissioner, to head the agency

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