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A lighted LED balloon seller passes through a portal in City Hall.

Festively fading into a new year | Scene Through the Lens

The dimming holiday scene

Commissioner Kevin Bethel has sought to bring change to the Philadelphia Police Department even while confronting many familiar challenges.

Crime & Justice

Philly Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel has been trying to bring change to a stubborn department

Chris Palmer, Ryan W. Briggs, and Ellie Rushing

From the oddly amusing to the simply odd, here are 10 strange stories that raised eyebrows across the region in 2024.

Weirdest stories from the Philly area in 2024

Stephanie Farr | Columnist

Sabrina Raheem (left) and Chimera Quattlebaum greet each other with a hug at the annual end-of-year Feast of Giving Community Celebration at Philadelphia Masjid in West Philadelphia on Saturday. “It’s all about nurturing and showing love” said Raheem.

Philadelphia Masjid hosts a ‘feast of giving’ with free food and a focus on love

Hira Qureshi and Elizabeth Robertson

Pan African Sisterhood Health Initiative (P.A.S.H.I.) volunteer Gail Hoffman (right) makes pads with other volunteers at the Ujima Friends Peace Center in Philadelphia on Wednesday, June 12, 2024.

Dozens of Black women in Philly gather weekly to sew reusable period pads for girls in Africa and beyond

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