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Anshul Kuncha murder: Police offer $20,000 reward for information leading to arrest in killing Indian man in Philadelphia

Philadelphia police have announced a reward of $20,000 for information leading to an arrest in the killing of Anshul Kuncha, a 28-year-old Indian man from Telangana who was shot dead while delivering a pizza to a vacant property in North Philadelphia.

The Times of India

Indian student shot dead after pizza delivery to vacant apartment in Philly

TOI correspondent from Washington: A 28-year-old Indian student from Telangana pursuing an MBA was shot dead in North Philadelphia after being lured to what investigators believe was a fake pizza delivery order. The killing has sent shockwaves through the Indian community in the U.S amid concerns about the safety of…

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How opioid treatment centers can overcome bipartisan NIMBYism to build local support

Some residents of Fairmount, an upper-middle-income neighborhood of Philadelphia, are irate that a nearby homeless shelter is being turned into an addiction “triage” center without input from the surrounding community. News of the shelter’s expansion came just a week before the high-profile closing of an encampment of people experiencing homelessness…

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Police say some 70 bullets fired in North Philadelphia shooting that left 2 dead, 5 wounded

Philadelphia police are investigating a shooting that left two men dead and five wounded, but no arrests have been made

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Rec centers near gun violence hot spots will soon offer trauma therapy: ‘It’s something we never had’

PHILADELPHIA — Two days after a 15-year-old boy was shot outside a North Philadelphia recreation center, city and state officials on Friday announced a new partnership to bring trauma therapy into rec centers and summer camps in some of the city’s most violent neighborhoods.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Everyone in Philly knows illegal dumping is a problem. But for many Black, brown and low-income residents, it's a crisis

PHILADELPHIA — Ruth Birchett never has her television or music blasting in her North Philadelphia home. She wants to be able to hear when large trucks intent on illegally dumping their loads drive through Hemberger Street behind her house.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

How former bus driver Stephen Edwards became a world-champion boxing trainer

PHILADELPHIA — The bus usually followed a route that started in North Philadelphia, rumbled south into Center City, and headed east for Penn’s Landing. Stephen Edwards learned how to maneuver that SEPTA bus through the narrow passages on 23rd Street, how to turn it onto Ridge Avenue, and then deal…

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Teens accused of fatally beating a 73-year-old man with a traffic cone ordered to stand trial

PHILADELPHIA — A Philadelphia judge on Monday ordered that the two young teens accused of fatally beating a 73-year-old man with a traffic cone in North Philadelphia last summer should stand trial for murder.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Philly's gun violence remained at record levels for the third straight year

PHILADELPHIA — When Taneesha Brodie's eldest son turned 8, she moved her family out of North Philadelphia to Upper Darby, seeking a safer community away from the city's gun violence.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Inside the 'tridemic': North Philly children struggling to breathe are waiting hours to be seen at the ER

PHILADELPHIA — Raspy cries and barky coughs echoed across the emergency room at St. Christopher's Hospital for Children on a recent chilly morning in North Philadelphia. Kids had just started to stream into the waiting room, yet every available bed was already filled.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Suspect killed, three Philadelphia police officers shot while serving a warrant

PHILADELPHIA — Three Philadelphia police officers were shot in North Philadelphia Wednesday morning, and a 19-year-old suspect was killed in the resulting gun battle, officials said.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Oz is accusing Fetterman of being soft on crime. Some of his claims are inaccurate.

As Philadelphia passed its 300th homicide of the year, Mehmet Oz made a campaign stop in North Philadelphia to talk to pastors about violence in their communities.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Racial inequities in vaccination are emerging again, this time among Philly’s elementary-age kids

PHILADELPHIA — The Black Doctors Consortium was among the first in the city to offer newly approved COVID shots for young children in June, setting up clinics at its health center in a mostly Black neighborhood in North Philadelphia.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

3 children and 1 man die in Philadelphia house fire

PHILADELPHIA — Three children and one man, believed to be their father, were killed early Sunday morning in a raging house fire in North Philadelphia, authorities said.

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Temple police chief resigns amid surge of violence in the campus neighborhood

Temple University’s public safety executive and police chief, who has been at the school for more than 36 years, has resigned amid a surge of violence in the campus’ North Philadelphia neighborhood.

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