Philly’s heat wave ♨️ | Morning Newsletter
And VP Kamala Harris spoke at the NAACP convention.
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It’s another hot day out there with a high temperature in the 90s. (That’ll be the norm this week.)
First up, we have some tips for staying cool during the heat wave settling into our region.
Plus, Vice President Kamala D. Harris spoke during the NAACP National Convention in Atlantic City yesterday, and we’ll take a look at the key things she told the crowd.
— Felicia Gans Sobey (@FeliciaGans, morningnewsletter@inquirer.com)
Temperatures this week in our region are expected to near 100 degrees, and local agencies are encouraging us to take the heat seriously. Europe is also experiencing a heat wave with record temperatures and heat warnings across Britain, France, Spain and Portugal.
If you don’t have air conditioning, here are a few things you can do to stay cool:
Drink water. Staying hydrated is incredibly important when it’s hot outside, so make sure you’re drinking some H2O — and not sugary drinks.
Take a cool shower. Water isn’t just good for the inside of your body. Keep the outside of your body cool, too, with cold showers or compresses.
Reduce the heat inside. Avoid using appliances, such as ovens, that will make your home even hotter.
Read on for some other tips about staying cool and information about what it takes for Philly leaders to declare an official heat emergency.
What you should know today
After a two-year pandemic moratorium, water shutoffs will be resuming in Philly this week.
Philadelphia police are looking for a man they say sexually assaulted a woman at gunpoint on a SEPTA subway platform in South Philly on Monday morning.
A 25-year-old Virginia man was sentenced Monday for setting a police car ablaze during the 2020 racial injustice protests in Philadelphia — the first of six people charged with torching police cars to face sentencing.
Philadelphia native Quinta Brunson is facing a copyright infringement lawsuit that claims her hit ABC comedy Abbott Elementary is a “knockoff” of a 2018 script called This School Year.
In an op-ed in The Inquirer’s opinion section, City Council President Darrell L. Clarke doubled down on a statement he made during a recent news conference, writing that there “needs to be a conversation around stop-and-frisk — as practiced constitutionally, meaning a police officer must have ‘reasonable suspicion’ before stopping anyone.”
Local coronavirus numbers: Here’s your daily look at the latest COVID-19 data.
In Atlantic City on Monday, Vice President Kamala D. Harris spoke to hundreds of civil rights activists at the 113th NAACP National Convention about the attempts of “extremist so-called leaders” to “undermine our democracy and assault our most fundamental freedoms.”
Here’s what else she told the group:
💬 “We have been called to create a more fair, more equal, and more just America, so today let us recommit to answering the call.”
💬 “Today, extremist so-called leaders are criminalizing doctors and punishing women for making health-care decisions for themselves.”
💬 “We need people who will defend our rights up and down the ballot.”
Keep reading to hear more from her 30-minute remarks.
🧠 Philly Trivia Time 🧠
James Harden took a pay cut during NBA free agency. Today’s Question: How much money did the Sixers star give up next season when he agreed to sign a more team-friendly contract?
a. $12 million
b. $15 million
c. $17 million
d. $20 million
Take a guess, and find the answer here.
What we’re …
🕺 Loving: This video of Joel Embiid dancing the hora at a Jewish wedding.
🍹 Drinking: Wawa and Cape May Brewing Co.’s new “Shore Tea.”
🎧 Listening to: My colleague Dan DeLuca’s top five music picks of the week.
🧩 Unscramble the Anagram 🧩
This artist who designed the iconic Clothespin sculpture in Center City died on Monday.
CALEB GROUNDSEL
Think you know? Send your guess our way at morningnewsletter@inquirer.com. We’ll give a shout-out to a reader at random who answers correctly. Today’s shout-out goes to Charlotte Lipson, who correctly guessed Japanese Breakfast as Monday’s answer.
Photo of the day
That’s all for today. 👋 My colleague Katie Krzaczek will be in your inbox tomorrow.