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PHILADEPHIA - Philadelphia Killings Continue - As gunshots rang out Thursday night in separate shootings, one which left seven injured seven and two others in critical condition, police said.

PHILADELPHIA - James Beard Foundation announced featured chefs, cities, and programming for its annual Taste America event. The 2020 Taste America event presented by Capital One will take place on Sunday, October 18 in 20 cities nationwide at 5 P.M. PT / 8 P.M. ET.

Philadelphia, PA - On July 12th, a fuzzy flamingo chick hatched at Philadelphia Zoo, the first flamingo to hatch at the Zoo in more than 20 years!  Named Flaco (which was later changed to Flaca after she was confirmed to be a female), the chick seemed to be doing well, behaving, and growing normally.

PHILADELPHIA - New Event Size Limits: Effective Friday, October 16, the City of Philadelphia is expanding its allowable event sizes. These size limits are more restrictive than those recently published by Governor Wolf due to Philadelphia's higher COVID-19 case count and the City having more large venues than other parts of the state.

PHILADEPHIA - The City of Philadelphia has reached an agreement regarding the homeless encampment which took over the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in June.