Philadelphia Roundup: Museum Closure, Phishing Warning and Gun Violence Data
Philadelphia’s Sept. 2 morning news roundup highlighted the planned closure of the Academy of Natural Sciences museum, a Medicare-related MyChart phishing warning, local investment and public-safety developments.
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Philadelphia Festival Revisits the Signing and Legacy of the U.S. Constitution
Philadelphia is marking its role in the creation of the U.S. Constitution with a public event at the National Constitution Center, revisiting the document signed at Independence Hall on Sept. 17, 1787.
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Philadelphia Natural History Museum Prepares to Close After Two Centuries
Philadelphia’s Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University is preparing to end public museum operations in September after more than two centuries of natural-history work and nearly 200 years as a public museum.
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Russia to close branches of Germany's Goethe Institute
Russia will close multiple branches of Germany's Goethe Institute in response to Germany ordering the closure of a Russian cultural centre in Berlin, Moscow said Thursday, amid spiralling tensions between the two countries.
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Indonesia protesters targeted by coordinated disinfo
Disinformation about recent anti-government protests in Indonesia has inundated social media in what researchers say is a coordinated attempt to spread propaganda about the one-year-old movement.
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Spacecraft bound for Mercury faces 'tricky' arrival
A spacecraft carrying European and Japanese probes will complete an eight-year journey to arrive at Mercury on Thursday, while still facing high-risk manoeuvres to study the Sun-scorched planet.
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Oil sinks, bond yields ease and stocks boosted after Trump Iran hint
Oil prices sank Thursday after Donald Trump suggested the latest US attacks against Iran would likely be short-lived.
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Philippines holds drills to safeguard students from armed intruders
As an alarm reverberated throughout a Philippine high school on Thursday, students scrambled behind locked doors and police swept corridors in a drill aimed at preparing for an attack once unthinkable in the Southeast Asian country.
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American jazz singer Cassandra Wilson dies at 70
Grammy Award-winning American jazz singer Cassandra Wilson died on Wednesday in her hometown of Jackson, Mississippi, her manager said. She was 70.
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In Ghana, larger-than-life coffins tell the stories of the dead
Frederick Teiko Ofori spent a large portion of his life with a guitar in his hands, so when the Ghanaian musician died in a road accident, his family decided that the instrument should accompany him on his final journey.
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