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Gunman opens fire on Philadelphia streets, killing …

Police on the scene of a shooting Monday, July 3, 2023 in Philadelphia. Police say a gunman in a bulletproof vest has opened fire on the streets of Philadelphia, killing several people and wounding two boys before he surrendered to responding officers. (Steven M. Falk/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)

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3 dead, 11 wounded in Philadelphia shooting

Philadelphia restores indoor mask mandate as cases rise

A sign requiring masks as a precaution against the spread of the coronavirus on a store front in Philadelphia, is seen Feb. 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

4 people, including baby, survive after medical helicopter …

Firefighters from Upper Darby, Pa, stand near a medical helicopter that crashed next to a church in a residential area of suburban Philadelphia, Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022, with four people on board including an infant. All are expected to survive, authorities said. (AP Photo/Claudia Lauer)

Child playing with lighter near Christmas tree may have …

Soot covers the exterior wall of the building of Wednesday's fatal fire in the Fairmount neighborhood of Philadelphia, Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022. Officials say it's the city's deadliest single fire in at least a century. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

12 dead, including 8 children, 2 mothers, in Philadelphia …

Bystanders watch as the Philadelphia fire department works at the scene of a deadly row house fire in Philadelphia on Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022. Firefighters and police responded to the fatal fire at a three-story rowhouse in the city's Fairmount neighborhood around 6:40 a.m. and found flames coming from the second-floor windows, fire officials said. (Alejandro A. Alvarez/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)

Narrative about riders who filmed Philadelphia train rape …

In this Friday, Oct. 30, 2009 file photo, A SEPTA transit map is shown outside the Pattison subway station near the Wachovia Spectrum, left, and the Wachovia center, right in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)

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Philadelphia bans stops for minor traffic violations

A police car stopping a vehicle at night. (Credit: Getty Creative)

Christian university ends social work program citing …

A sign for Cairn University is displayed at the campus in Langhorne, Pa., Friday, June 4, 2021. The Christian university outside of Philadelphia has shuttered its highly-regarded social work degree program partly because university officials said the national accrediting agency was attempting to impose values regarding sexuality and gender that did not align with the university's religious mission. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

With massive infusion of federal aid coming their …

In this March 31, 2021, file photo, freshman Hugo Bautista eats lunch separated from classmates by plastic dividers at Wyandotte County High School in Kansas City, Kan., on the first day of in-person learning. With a massive infusion of federal aid coming their way, schools across the U.S. are weighing how to use the windfall to ease the harm of the pandemic — and to tackle problems that existed long before the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

Vaccine passports being developed to verify COVID-19 …

In this undated photo, provided by NY Governor's Press Office on Saturday March 27, 2021, is the new "Excelsior Pass" app, a digital pass that people can download to show proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test. Vaccine passports being developed to verify COVID-19 immunization status and allow inoculated people to more freely travel, shop and dine have become the latest flash point in America’s perpetual political wars, with Republicans portraying them as a heavy-handed intrusion into personal freedom and private health choices. (NY Governor's Press Office via AP, File)

Sales of U.S. Constitution topped 1 million during …

This photo made available by the U.S. National Archives shows a portion of the first page of the United States Constitution. (National Archives via AP)

L.A. ranked riskiest county for natural disasters …

Wind whips through the area as firefighters fight impending flames during the Saddleridge Fire in the Porter Ranch section of Los Angeles on Oct. 11, 2019. (JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images)

7 arrested after vandalizing federal buildings on …

Philadelphia City Hall is seen seven days after the general election where votes are still being counted at the nearby convention center on November 10, 2020 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Mark Makela/Getty Images)