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The air pollutant sulfur dioxide can make breathing harder for people with asthma. The Delaware City Refinery has been releasing it for several days. via Sophia Schmidt bit.ly/4kNagbP

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"Giovanni's Room," the revered gay literature classic by James Baldwin, was always held tightly by the author and his heirs. Now in previews at Germantown's Sedgwick Theater is the first production sanctioned by his estate. via Peter Crimmins bit.ly/4kjVU2Q

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Hill-Freedman Records gives students a chance to be heard — and to collaborate with big names like John Legend, Jordan Mailata and HBO. bit.ly/4juqzJv

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A former magistrate judge in Pennsylvania convicted of shooting and wounding her ex-boyfriend in the head as he slept has been sentenced to 13 1/2 to 30 years in prison. bit.ly/452nLQa

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The Supreme Court again cleared the way for Trump's administration to strip temporary legal protections from hundreds of thousands of immigrants for now. This pushes the total number of people who could be newly exposed to deportation to nearly 1 million. bit.ly/43Tf5dU

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A New Jersey Senate committee has approved a bill to create emergency registries, to let older adults sign up for assistance during a crisis in the county where they live. bit.ly/4kgxpDn

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The lawsuits were filed on similar grounds, saying Trump's complaint that public media is biased against conservatives represents viewpoint discrimination. bit.ly/3Hj5X9K

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Monroeville Democratic state Rep. Brandon Markosek has put forth a bill that would create a blight database managed by the state, and the measure has passed the Pa. House. Municipalities wouldn’t be required to participate, but could opt in. bit.ly/3Z9nW8z

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Temple says it's the first university police department in Pennsylvania to use this license plate reading system. bit.ly/4dGmQat

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President Donald Trump’s tariffs are driving up prices for products many Black women consider essential, squeezing shoppers and stylists even more as they grapple with inflation and higher rents. bit.ly/4juU5yL

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In 2024, companies operating in Pennsylvania imported $1.15 billion worth of pharmaceutical products from the U.K., according to the U.S. Census trade data. via Kristen Mosbrucker-Garza bit.ly/4dGPisF

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Hundreds of people gathered in person and online Saturday for the Philadelphia’s People Tribunal on war crimes and genocide in Gaza. via Emily Neil bit.ly/3ZLBlDZ

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Acting Without Boundaries is a Bryn Mawr-based acting program where students and adults from around the region can put on plays they wrote and produced themselves. bit.ly/3HmRv0k

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Dogged reporting by Tom MacDonald--WHYY on the MOVE bombing’s 40th anniversary delivered explanatory journalism to WHYY News’ audiences in the Greater Philadelphia region and revealed untold facets of the fatal police bombing. bit.ly/4mGCsyL

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WHYY is hosting a community barbecue with the Trenton Community Street Team on June 29 from noon to 3 p.m. at Roberto Clemente Park, 319 Academy St., in Trenton, New Jersey. bit.ly/4dOaJs2

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While other students might be in class or socializing at lunch, a group of young Catholics attends Mass every weekday at noon at the Princeton University Chapel. bit.ly/4kDkMSS

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Thousands of people flaunted their pride at 6th and Walnut streets Sunday morning for the 2025 Philadelphia Pride March and Festival. bit.ly/4kKezEv

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After catching fire in 2018, a Cape May church associated with the Underground Railroad is now a theater space. via Peter Crimmins bit.ly/43sSvZC

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Forecasters from the National Weather Service predict another above-average hurricane season for 2025. Here's what to expect ↓ via Susan Phillips bit.ly/4keX13E

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Delaware is aiming to reduce toxic PFAS chemicals in public drinking water as the Trump administration threatens to weaken federal regulations on the so-called “forever chemicals.” bit.ly/4kJF2lH