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Refusing cancelation! Italian groups sue Philadelphia for toppling statue of former mayor Frank Rizzo, barricading Columbus monument and replacing explorer's holiday with 'Indigenous People's Day A group of prominent Italian-Americans are suing the city of Philadelphia and Mayor Jim Kenney, alleging systemic discrimination against them   The lawsuit accuse the Mayor Kenney has shown a 'long pattern of discrimination against Italian Americans' It cites the removal of a statue of former Mayor and Police Commissioner Frank Rizzo, and attempted removal of a Christopher Columbus statue  Mayor K...

Police investigating after Asian American woman attacked in Philadelphia Print this article Philadelphia police are investigating an attack on a 27-year-old Asian American woman in Center City on Sunday. The attack occurred at about 2 p.m. local time Sunday, and surveillance footage captured a man approaching two women walking near 11th and Filbert streets, a local ABC affiliate reported. Footage showed the man struck one of the women and walked away from the scene. A witness whose surveillance camera caught the moment said he heard an "eerie scream" that prompted him to look at his camera. ...

ABC News Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? OffOn Italian Americans sue over Columbus holiday name change A Philadelphia City Council member and Italian American groups are suing the mayor’s administration in federal court over the decision to change the name of city’s Columbus Day holiday to Indigenous Peoples’ Day ByThe Associated Press • 3 min read Catch up on the developing stories making headlines.ABCNews.com PHILADELPHIA -- A Philadelphia City Council member and Italian American groups are suing the mayor's administration in federal c...

South Philly Review 2 new vaccine distribution sites slated to open in South Philly next week The addition comes just one week after four South Philly elected officials - City Councilman Mark Squilla, state Sen. Nikil Saval and state Reps. Elizabeth Fiedler and Regina Young - signed a letter requesting more vaccination sites in South Philly. Mayor Jim Kenney and health commissioner Tom Farley announced the addition of five new City-run mass vaccination sites throughout the city, two of which are located in South Philly. The addition comes just one week after four South Philly elected offi...

Icepack | Feb. 18-25 Me. Me. Me. Us. Us. Us. Philly. Philly. Philly. Let’s move from our weekly, masturbatory, self-focused navel gazing and Michael van der Veen’s dumb new name for us (“Phileeeeeedelphia?” Wha?) shall we? Into something broader and bigger than those of us between Port Fishington and the Devil’s Pocket usually account for: Pennsylvania. Home to the Farm Show and its fiberglass cow sculptures, the Hi-Hat, The Patriot-News, WHBG-TV, the Harrisburg Lunatics inline hockey squad, and our gubernatorial seat of power and Tom Wolf.  Yup. Not since Milton Shapp have I wante...