Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney has signed an executive order banning guns and deadly weapons from the city’s indoor and outdoor recreation spaces including parks, basketball courts and pools.
“From what we see in the community, he’s asleep at the wheel.”
A day after Philadelphia’s health commissioner was forced to resign over the cremation of partial remains belonging to victims of a 1985 bombing of the headquarters of a Black organization, the city now says those remains were never actually destroyed.
Philadelphia Health Commissioner Dr. Thomas Farley is facing calls from state legislators to resign in the wake of a scandal over former testing and vaccine provider Philly Fighting COVID.
By Ryan Briggs/WHYY Philadelphia used a loophole in its maintenance agreement to legally expedite the removal of the statue of former Mayor and Police Commissioner Frank Rizzo last week, according to the city’s top attorney.
Saying he “never liked” it, Mayor Jim Kenney on Monday said he had planned to move the statue later this month.
Comic Division President Richard Porco says in addition to the two Mummers caught wearing blackface in this year’s parade, some others were intercepted before they began the New Year’s Day strut.