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Managing Director Brian Abernathy said he’s resigning from his appointed position so that “different voices” in city government can tackle Black Lives Matter-era reforms.

Gov. Tom Wolf approved a law that will create a statewide police misconduct database to track “problem officers.” But, the database won’t be available to the public.

Seventy percent of the country’s most contaminated sites, including some in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, are within walking distance of public housing, a new report finds.

School reopening plans are beginning to trickle in.

Sen. Anthony Williams is the second Pennsylvania legislator to test positive for the coronavirus.

Sketch comedian Meechie Hoe was shot dead in Philadelphia.

While large events outdoor events are canceled, the Philadelphia Convention and Visitors Bureau is looking to get conventions scheduled under the guidance of health experts.

Pipelines are becoming more challenging to build as property owners and climate activists are working together to block developments. My colleague Andrew Maykuth looks at how this trend could impair energy development in Pennsylvania.

🏳️‍🌈 Alma del Mar, the restaurant the Fab Five designed during Queer Eye’s Philadelphia season, has finally opened.

⚾️ My colleague Matt Breen attended a Phillies scrimmage to get an earful of what the games will sound like without fans.

🚴 While Philly gyms are still closed, why not join an exercise class that’s held outdoors? Or, here are some ways to mix up your workout routine at home.

🌊 This couple spends half of the year at the Jersey Shore camped out in an RV that can seat 12 people.

📽️ Matisse Thybulle recorded a vlog about the Sixers’ trip to Walt Disney World for the NBA restart.

🍰 The Goat, a pop-up Malaysian restaurant, just opened in Center City, and you can’t miss the line outside of The Cheesecake Lady bakery in Elkins Park.

🍅 Did you get a little zealous with your quarantine garden? My colleague Grace Dickinson knows what you should cook with all of your squash, tomatoes, and eggplant.

Jerry Jordan, president of the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers, has nine requirements the Philadelphia School District has to meet to ensure that students and teachers can work together safely.

This Philadelphia teen is creating pro-Black Lives Matter T-shirts. Her “Uncle Will” Smith is an early supporter of the conscious clothing line, columnist Jenice Armstrong writes.

First, we scrambled to buy toilet paper. Now, folks are scrambling to get married. THE CITY writes about how New Yorkers who need to wed urgently to secure health insurance or their immigration status are running up against a marriage-license logjam.

WHYY speaks to the woman who is preventing overdoses in Kensington by handing out Narcan to everyone who will take it, including drug dealers.

A Michigan teenager didn’t do her online schoolwork during the pandemic and a judge ruled she violated her probation, called her a “threat to [the] community,” and sent her to juvenile detention, ProPublica writes.