South African authorities arrested a 28-year-old man whom they caught trafficking 150 venomous scorpions through Cape Town airport, police said on Saturday. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/venomous-scorpions-hidden-clothes-luggage-airport-south-africa/
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Benjamin Franklin has been called many things: inventor, writer, diplomat and founding father. A new Philadelphia musical aims to add "rock star" to the list. https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/the-sound-of-america-benjamin-franklin/Â
Zack Wheeler struck out nine in six scoreless innings of two-hit ball, Gabriel Rincones Jr. homered for his first career hit and the Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Miami Marlins 7-0 on Monday. https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/zack-wheeler-gabriel-rincones-phillies-vs-marlins/Â
Some Philadelphia residents parked outside the FIFA Fan Festival parking zone. They were ticketed by the PPA anyway.
"Surprised, frustrated and angry." https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/philadelphia-fifa-fan-festival-parking-ppa/Â
A young woman died in Brazil after being launched off a bridge for a rope jump without a safety cord, police said Sunday.
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Jesse Ito, a chef at Royal Sushi & Izakaya in Philadelphia, won a prestigious James Beard Award Monday night.
Philadelphia's Kalaya won the Outstanding Restaurant Award at the 2026 James Beard Awards on Monday night in Chicago.
https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/james-beard-award-winners-2026-jesse-ito/
Eight people who were on board a United States Air Force B-52 Stratofortress died after the plane crashed shortly after takeoff at Edwards Air Force Base Monday morning. https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/us-air-force-b-52-crashes-edwards-air-force-base/Â
The Trump Administration says it's looking into appealing a federal judge's ruling requiring all national parks to fully restore recent changes to historic exhibits, including at the President's House Site. https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/presidents-house-slavery-exhibit-appeal/Â
While city crews cleared the encampments at Christina Park in Wilmington, demonstrators said that it won't solve the problem. https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/wilmington-christina-park-encampment/Â
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Police released an image of the venomous scorpions, which appear to be individually wrapped in plastic.
"The Sound of America," an original production set to world-premiere July 1 at FringeArts, reimagines Benjamin Franklin's life as a rock-and-roll spectacle.
The 2026 Men's World Cup has brought a lot of excitement to Philadelphia, but it's also causing headaches for residents trying to park near the FIFA fan festival on Lemon Hill.
In videos of the accident circulating online, two men launch the woman off Skeleton Bridge, while onlookers realize there is no safety mechanism attached.
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Zack Wheeler struck out nine in six scoreless innings of two-hit ball, Gabriel Rincones Jr. homered for his first career hit and the Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Miami Marlins 7-0 on Monday.
