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Early childhood development nonprofit Brilliant Detroit set to expand nationally
Read full article: Early childhood development nonprofit Brilliant Detroit set to expand nationallyBrilliant Detroit, the early childhood education nonprofit that supports children in underserved communities “from belly to 8,” plans to expand its unique neighborhood-based holistic model beyond The Motor City.
World Series rainout, Astros-Phils to play Game 3 Tuesday
Read full article: World Series rainout, Astros-Phils to play Game 3 TuesdayGame 3 of the World Series between the Philadelphia Phillies and Houston Astros has been postponed because of rain with the matchup tied 1-1, pushing the entire Fall Classic schedule back one day.
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Philly to dim lights to make it safer for birds in flight
Read full article: Philly to dim lights to make it safer for birds in flightBird Safe Philly on Thursday announced the Lights Out Philly initiative, a voluntary program in which as many external and internal lights in buildings are turned off or dimmed at night during the spring and fall. The problem of artificial lights attracting birds to their deaths in the city is not new. “That in combination with Philly’s bright city lights was a disaster for many fall migrant birds winging their way south.”Birds navigate during migration using celestial cues and when they cannot see stars on a cloudy night they get confused by bright city lights, according to experts. The Lights Out Philly program runs from April 1 through May 31 and from Aug. 15 to Nov. 15. AdWhile dimming the lights may help, there's one danger wild birds will still face: feral and outdoor cats are the birds' biggest killers, Weckstein said.
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For Trump, city where 'bad things happen' looms large
Read full article: For Trump, city where 'bad things happen' looms large(AP Photo/Matt Slocum)PHILADELPHIA – When President Donald Trump told the world that “bad things happen in Philadelphia,” it was, in part, a blunt assessment of his party's struggles in the nation's sixth-most populous city. “Trump is right, ‘bad things happen in Philadelphia,’ especially for him,” Philadelphia’s Democratic Party chair, Bob Brady, said. Trump's campaign, meanwhile, opened offices in heavily Black west Philadelphia and in heavily white northeast Philadelphia. In northeast Philadelphia, Trump saw unexpectedly strong support from an area with a reputation for being home to unionized building trades members, police officers and firefighters. He recalled a paper-shredding event his office last fall, attended by hundreds in the parking lot of the plumbers’ union office in northeast Philadelphia.