Top Philadelphia news: Man shot, killed in North Philly; 81 firefighters test positive, source says

Top Philadelphia news: Man shot, killed in North Philly; 81 firefighters test positive, source saysPhoto: Jirka Matousek/Flickr
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Published on April 15, 2020

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81 Philadelphia firefighters test positive for COVID-19, source says

Twenty-nine of those firefighters have returned to work, a source says.

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Man shot, killed in North Philadelphia

An investigation is underway after police say a 33-year-old man was gunned down just feet away from his home in North Philadelphia. Police say three men got out of a van and shot the man on Tuesday afternoon.

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As more first responders get COVID-19, mayor faces calls for greater transparency

New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, Seattle, Boston and Washington, D.C., have all released, at a minimum, the number of police officers or first responders who have tested positive. Philadelphia has not.

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Jymie Merritt, legendary Philadelphia jazz bassist, dies at 93

Philadelphia jazz bass player Jymie Merritt was a member of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers in the late 1950s and early 1960s and played with John Coltrane, Dizzy Gillespie and many more greats.

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4 Jesuit priests evacuated from infirmary near St. Joseph's University, treated for coronavirus

They have been admitted to a dedicated coronavirus unit at a Maryland nursing home.

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