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A new report from the Education Law Center shows that children with disabilities and minority kids are being excluded from preschools at rates over 14 times higher than others — a 5-year-old boy with autism was turned away on his first day.

The Board of Education will vote Thursday on its Accelerating Opportunity plan to close 17 schools while investing $3 billion in upgrades, retaining Ludlow and converting Lankenau into an environmental center.

The vote begins at 4 p.m. at 440 N. Broad St.

Anglers and local staff released trout into the east branch of White Clay Creek behind a family farm in Avondale on Monday, Apr.

20. More than $17M in state grants funded the project as part of efforts to improve water quality (Growing Greener Grant program).

The Eagles traded picks and selected seven players in a mock draft move that targeted both today's needs and future success.

Their strategy focused on strengthening the trenches and adding key talent to build for the next era.

Airbnb is partnering with Philadelphia Soccer 2026 to offer free SEPTA Broad Street Line rides after six World Cup matches at Lincoln Financial Field this summer.

City leaders say rides — available from halftime until two hours postgame at NRG Station — will help fans get home safely.

The Philadelphia Phillies lost 4-2 to the Atlanta Braves Sunday night, dropping to five straight losses in a 2-7 homestand (their worst nine-game run since 2009).

The team sits 6.5 games behind first and will soon start a seven-game road trip against the Cubs and Braves.

The Phillies lost their sixth straight game Monday night against the Cubs, with starter Aaron Nola pitching 4.1 innings and backup catcher Rafael Marchan missing a key chance to spark an offense as the team fell 5-1.