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Ramona Africa, the last survivor of the 1985 MOVE bombing, has been hospitalized according to a GoFundMe page. The page says Africa is suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder-related health complications and has been diagnosed with cancer.

The Trump administration wants to roll back the Clean Power Plan, which was designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. A new plan would give states leeway on how to restrict emissions instead.

Fentanyl, a synthetic opioid, is killing more and more people in Pennsylvania. In 2017, fentanyl was present in 67 percent of the state's 5,456 overdose deaths, up from 52 percent in 2016.

After a student complained that a crisis pregnancy center was brought to her health class to teach sex ed using faulty science, the Wallingford-Swarthmore School District has banned the organization from its classes.

The owner of the Camden home where the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is said to have lived as a young seminary student in 1950 wants to sell it and she wants it to become a historical site.

The traditional post-Labor Day school year start is in retreat as Philly schools say opening in August is the new norm. Now they just need to let everyone know.

Hold onto your hats, foodies: The brains behind Zahav, Federal Donuts, and Goldie are planning to open a new restaurant in Kensington.

A reader recently asked Curious Philly where the popular carousel that used to reside in Hunting Park has gone. It still exists, it's just 500 miles away.

When DNA test told a Philadelphia lawyer he had a half-brother in California, they both went on a mission to find their biological father. What they found were more siblings and a complicated story.

Just before last season, the Eagles traded away Jon Dorenbos, then their longest-tenured player. It was a bittersweet moment — until a typical pre-trade physical saved his life.

Did you know you can learn the flying trapeze right here in Philly? Reporter Bethany Ao called it, "one of the most exhilarating and terrifying things I've ever done on this job," and she's had some wild assignments.

The 20th annual Marian Anderson Award, which honors artists who positively impact society and is named for the famed Philadelphia opera singer, will go to Queen Latifah this year.

Last week, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said America "was never that great." CNN political analyst Salena Zito writes that Cuomo doesn't know where to look for America's greatness.

Martin W.G. King, former senior writer at the National Crime Prevention Council, writes that the rampant abuse of migrants, including asylum seekers, in U.S. detention facilities will stain American history.

You can say many things about Philly, but you can't say it lacks character. Consider the history of the goose-themed street signs that used to dot city corners, thanks to Hidden City.

Philadelphia Magazine's food editor has helpfully answered a question that plagues diners each weekend: how do you score a reservation at the city's top restaurants?

In New Orleans, a community has reimagined the space under an elevated expressway that divided their neighborhood decades ago, reports NextCity. Their struggles with invasive infrastructure may remind you of Philly's El and the Vine Street Expressway.

You'll need to clear some time today in case you get sucked into the New Yorker's gripping long read on a woman who exposed the murderous confessions of her notorious gangster brother.

Some personal news: Refinery29 has dug into the social media evolution of one of the most reviled phrases on the internet used to announce our life events. It's a doozy.