The Philadelphia police special victims unit is investigating the death of a child who apparently drowned in a bathtub when his foster mother left him unattended to go to the microwave.
Records obtained by The Inquirer and Resolve Philly show that a Harrowgate foster parent left 19-month-old Sy’vir Hill and a second child unsupervised and returned to find Sy’vir submerged in the water.
Woman holding “Reunite Our Families” sign in Center City. (Photo taken by Josh Childs)
Artificial intelligence is whipping up beautiful pictures of cakes to salivate over.
But, at least for now, it cannot bake one. And even if it could, that cake would not be as delectable as what the pastry chefs at Cake Life Bake Shop in Fishtown, Philadelphia, can do.
Philly will get a ton of benefits if its first-ever Tree Plan succeeds. Right now, our trees store 99,000 tons of carbon dioxide each year. That number will increase as the canopy grows.
“SAVE MY TREE!”
That’s what Nicole Fakhoury heard her two-year-old son crying and begging over the phone, over the sounds of a chainsaw.
The way survivors are taught to heal from gun violence can be formulaic: talk to your loved ones, seek therapy, and take anti-anxiety medications. But the path to healing isn’t the same for everyone.
On a recent Saturday, more than 30 volunteers gathered in Malcolm X Park to plant street trees on sidewalks in front of homes around West Philly. Despite the rain, they showed up ready to dig out tree pits, spread mulch and get around 30 trees into the ground.
“Trees are the only piece of [public] infrastructure that appreciates in value,” says Dominique London, director of the nonprofit Tree Tender group UC Green.
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