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☆ Philadelphia's mayor says his fellow Democrats just voted for more people to die from drug overdoses. Experts say he's right.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( Charles R. Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

People should not, generally, inject into their bodies a substance they bought with cash from a stranger on the street. And many will not resort to best practices, like using a clean needle, and contract diseases that require lifelong treatment. In 2019, the former president's Department of Justice sued to stop a Philadelphia-based nonprofit, Safehouse, from opening what would have been the country's first safe injection site, citing a federal law originally aimed at crack houses. AdvertisementAdvertisementBesides, Philadelphia, a city battling not just drug addiction but poverty and gun violence, is not about to open drug treatment resorts. Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney is one of the few public officials to explicitly endorse supervised injection sites.

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☆ In the U.S., an Accomplished Cuban Boxer Takes His First Pro Steps
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-24 | by ( Morgan Campbell | Todd Heisler | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Cruz, a Cuban boxer who had won the lightweight gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, popped him with two more long lefts. Cruz is one of the most accomplished fighters ever to emerge from Cuba’s celebrated boxing program. Along with his Olympic gold, he has three amateur world titles and has twice won at the Pan American Games. Cruz’s manager, Yolfri Sánchez, watched the sparring session from ringside. Sánchez hired Ennis to replace Cruz’s amateur habits with pro techniques: hitting with authority, staying in range, catching and countering punches.

Persons: Andy Cruz, Rostyslav, Cruz, Juan Carlos Burgos, Yolfri Sánchez, Derek Ennis —, Bozy —, Sánchez, Ennis Organizations: Tokyo, Cuba’s, Pan American Locations: Cruz, Cuban, Northeast Philadelphia, Detroit

☆ How Philadelphia was able to reopen I-95 so quickly after its partial collapse
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-23 | by ( Ramishah Maruf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

New York CNN —A combination of NASCAR equipment, recycled glass and police escorts helped reopen the repaired portion of I-95 in Philadelphia way ahead of schedule. Six lanes reopened to motorists at noon on Friday, 12 days after a bridge collapsed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Gov. Its original facility is in a town outside of Philadelphia – Filshill grew up in Northeast Philadelphia. The crew worked throughout the holiday weekend to fill the gap up to surface level using the glass, Shapiro said, thanking the Philadelphia Building Trades. Aero Aggregates used the glass in other Pennsylvania projects, including the Philadelphia Navy Yard, a press release from Shapiro said.

Persons: Josh Shapiro, Mike Carroll, ” Shapiro, Carroll, ” Carroll, Ricky Durst, Archie Filshill, Filshill, Philadelphia – Filshill, ” Filshill, Shapiro Organizations: New, New York CNN, NASCAR, Pennsylvania’s, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, Workers, Pocono, Aero, “, Philadelphia Navy Yard Locations: New York, Philadelphia, Philadelphia , Pennsylvania, Long Pond , Pennsylvania, Northeast Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

☆ After Dramatic I-95 Collapse in Philadelphia, State Accelerates Repairs
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-22 | by ( Colbi Edmonds | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The stretch of Interstate 95 that collapsed in Philadelphia almost two weeks ago isn’t going to be shut down for months after all. State officials, who had predicted disruption well into the summer, now say the highway will be reopened to traffic at noon on Friday, with a temporary six-lane roadway put in place atop 2,000 tons of crushed glass that started arriving in trucks last week. The elevated stretch of highway collapsed on the morning of June 11 after a fuel tanker truck crashed on the road below and burst into flames. The driver of the truck died in the accident, and the fire burned the steel beams supporting the elevated roadway, leading it to give way. A faster-than-expected reopening is welcome news to drivers who travel on that stretch of Interstate 95, which passes through northeast Philadelphia and is used by about 160,000 vehicles on a typical day, according PennDot, Pennsylvania’s transportation agency.

Locations: Philadelphia

☆ I-95 in Philadelphia Expected to Reopen Within Two Weeks, Governor Says
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-17 | by ( Colbi Edmonds | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania said on Saturday he was “confident” the portion of Interstate 95 in Philadelphia that collapsed last weekend will open within the next two weeks. “We are going to get traffic moving again,” Mr. Shapiro said on Twitter, crediting an “all hands on deck approach.” Initially, he had said he expected the repairs to take months. The crash on Sunday of a truck hauling gasoline led to a fire that left a section of the northbound side of the highway in ruins and the southbound section so badly damaged that it was demolished this week. Local officials are working with the federal government to rebuild the roadway. Before the collapse, that stretch of the highway, in northeast Philadelphia near the Delaware River, was used by about 160,000 vehicles a day, officials said, though much of the interstate traffic traveling through the region already bypassed Philadelphia using the New Jersey Turnpike, which runs roughly parallel to I-95 east of the river.

Persons: Josh Shapiro, ” Mr, Shapiro Organizations: Pennsylvania, Twitter, New, New Jersey Turnpike Locations: Philadelphia, Delaware, New Jersey

☆ I-95 Collapse in Philadelphia Sends Commuters Searching for Alternatives
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-12 | by ( Jon Hurdle | Campbell Robertson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A day after an elevated portion of Interstate 95 collapsed in northeast Philadelphia, buckling after a tanker truck caught fire, the weekday rush hour began Monday with dread and preparation. “It’s looking like more than an hour on a typical 40-minute commute,” said John Heinrich, an electrician in northeast Philadelphia, who usually takes I-95 to get to his job site across the city. The damaged stretch in Philadelphia is used by about 160,000 vehicles a day, officials said. All of these vehicles now have to find alternate routes, and a normal commute is a long way off. Federal, state and local officials are looking into the cause of the fire and the collapse of the elevated highway section, which officials said caused no injuries or deaths.

Persons: ”, John Heinrich Organizations: National Transportation Safety Board Locations: Philadelphia, “, East Coast, Maine, Miami, Federal

☆ Will the I-95 collapse in Philadelphia hurt the economy? Look at other cities for answers
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-12 | by ( Ramishah Maruf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

New York CNN —A section of northbound I-95 in Philadelphia collapsed Sunday after a tanker truck caught fire underneath the highway. I-95 is an important artery for not only the East Coast, but for regional transportation and commuters in Philadelphia. Another analysis by the state’s Department of Employment and Economic Development and the transportation department found the economic loss was about $17 million in 2007 and $43 million in 2008. Morning commutesThe Philadelphia bridge collapse also brings up another question: How will commuters get to work? Advocates for public transport in Philadelphia look to Atlanta, when the Interstate-85 bridge collapsed in 2018 after a massive fire.

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☆ Fire Causes Overpass Collapse and Closes Part of I-95 in Philadelphia
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-11 | by ( Amanda Holpuch | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Part of Interstate 95 in northeast Philadelphia was shut down in both directions on Sunday morning after a vehicle fire caused part of the highway to collapse, officials said. The fire was under Route I-95 near the Cottman Avenue exit, Sarah Peterson, a spokeswoman for the city of Philadelphia, said in an email. “The fire is under control, and city and state agencies are responding to address impacts to residents in the area and travelers affected by the road closure,” she said. Dominick Mireles, director of the Philadelphia Office of Emergency Management, said at a news conference on Sunday morning that the recovery would require “heavy construction.”

Persons: Sarah Peterson, ”, Dominick Mireles Organizations: Philadelphia Office, Emergency Management Locations: Philadelphia

CNN —Police are on the hunt for the people behind a “dime and dash” theft in northeast Philadelphia. At around 6 a.m. Thursday, thieves broke into an unmarked trailer left in a Walmart parking lot, the Philadelphia Police Department told CNN, and made off with about 2 million dimes. Dimes were scattered across the parking lot and the main road nearby. The driver had picked up the coins at the US Mint in Philadelphia and was headed for Florida, according to CNN affiliate WPVI-TV. He left the trailer in the parking lot and went home to get some sleep before the next leg of his journey, the station reported.

☆ All the President’s Tax Increases
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-10 | by ( The Editorial Board | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

President Joe Biden speaks about his budget proposal for 2024 during a speech at a Northeast Philadelphia union hall on March 9. The press is reporting that President Biden’s 2024 budget proposal released Thursday would cut the deficit by $3 trillion over 10 years. The President’s $6.89 trillion proposal is a political document that sets up his re-election campaign. Its spending and tax proposals were rejected in the last Congress under Democratic majorities and have no chance of passing with a GOP House. But the budget shows where Mr. Biden wants to take the country if he wins a second term.

Depiction of the "Boy in the Box". "I don't cry much, but my wife and I cried the other night," he told NBC Philadelphia after Philadelphia police told him they had identified the child. The grave of the "boy in the box" in Philadelphia, on Dec. 1, 2022. “Every time I heard the word(s) Fox Chase, I didn’t think of Fox Chase, I saw that little boy’s picture,” Fleisher said. It's believed the boy is connected to a prominent family in Delaware County, a Philadelphia suburb.

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