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CBS News
2 days ago
- Business
- CBS News
One business in Philadelphia is getting ready for the anticipated heat wave across the Delaware Valley
The Philadelphia area is days away from a heat wave. Temperatures could soar into the triple digits. While the heat wave is set to start over the weekend, a Fairmount business is getting ready now. "We got 12-inch high-voltage fans. We got the regular circular standup fans," Steven Emerson, an assistant general manager in training at ACE Hardware on Fairmount, explained. From fans to air conditioners, the shelves are full at the hardware store. Emerson said Wednesday is truck day, and the store is stocking up with the heat wave in mind. They are expecting an influx of customers over the next few days and to sell out of some of these items by the weekend. "(The store will be) busy because of the weather. I'm expecting a huge sell in air conditioners and cooling equipment," Emerson said. He continued, "We had to double up on the fans because we ran out two weeks in a row." That was before summer officially began. Emerson's advice to customers: Come early before the temperatures soar.
Yahoo
13-06-2025
- Yahoo
Vandals smash car windows in same Fairmount neighborhood as in 2024
The Brief Philadelphia police say someone smashed car windows between Wednesday night and Thursday morning on several streets in Fairmount. Residents sealed windows with plastic while looking into making repairs. Police are asking residents to check home security cameras for anything that could help the investigation. FAIRMOUNT - Destruction in Fairmount as police investigate rash of car break-ins and vandalism reports and neighbors are frustrated as this isn't the first time the neighborhood has been hit by vandals. What we know The Philadelphia police say between 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday, June 11th, and 9:00 a.m. on Thursday, June 12th, multiple vehicles parked along the 2100 block of Brown Street were vandalized and ransacked. Several car windows were reported broken, and items inside the vehicles were rummaged through. Investigators say at this time no arrests have been made. Anyone who may have witnessed this activity, has relevant information, or whose vehicle was affected is urged to contact Central Detectives at 215-686-3093 or dial 911. What they're saying "It's not just here. It will be a whole block around here. It will be a block around the corner," said Kristin Coffan. She and her precious pup, PJ, were out in their Fairmount neighborhood Thursday evening having a flashback from this time last year. "Like, oh gosh, I guess it's summer again because here are the smashed windows," she said. She is talking about car after car on Brown Street between 22nd and 21st Streets with windows broken by vandals. It happened to her loved one last year. "My partner's car was parked in the school parking lot last year and came out and had the windows smashed along with two other cars in the parking lot," said Coffan. FOX 29 reporter Shawnette Wilson and her photographer found others this go round on Parrish between 22nd and 23rd and a resident posted about it on the Nextdoor app stating, "Around 3:30 this morning six cars had windows smashed on Brown Street between Corinthian Avenue and 23rd." The post stated that a police officer came out to take a report. "I don't know when it's happening or how it's happening, who is doing it," said Harry Weckel. He and his sister Hanna question how this can continue to happen. Hanna does not have a car but recently used his to go back and forth while cat-sitting for him. "It's easier to get over to his place with a car. And I parked it in the neighborhood and I live around here, so I have seen cars getting broken into and I was really nervous that when I had his car, I was gonna come out with a smashed window," she said. It is a time and financial inconvenience no one wants. "We had to get the window repaired that same day, so finding like where to get the window repaired because you can't really drive with it broken. And then you have to clean out your car such that you can actually sit in the seat and have it drivable," said Coffan. The Source Information for this article was provided by the Philadelphia Police Department.
LeMonde
08-06-2025
- Business
- LeMonde
Quebec and Canada find common ground: 'Who is best to stand up to Trump?'
In Montreal's Quartier des Spectacles, the Place des Arts has been transformed into a giant playground as summer approached, with games for children and adults alike. Passersby were invited to join in giant word searches, picking out letters that made up words like "solitude," "joie" (joy), "avalanche" and, notably, "résistance." The word "resistance" echoed across Canada ever since US President Donald Trump unilaterally announced his desire to make the country the "51 st state" of America, while simultaneously launching a trade war against his closest and most reliable ally. Canada shares nearly 9,000 kilometers of border with its neighbor, and its annual trade with the US totals one trillion Canadian dollars (€638 billion). But the word "resistance" rang particularly loudly in the ears of Québécois. For one of the first times in their history, they stand united with the rest of Canada, a country they belong to but have never truly identified with, and from which they nearly broke away in two (failed) referendums, in 1980 and 1995. Not even the two world wars had produced such unity: Quebec refused Ottawa's call for conscription to support Allied forces, arguing at the time that it was out of the question to send reinforcements to the British monarchy. Today, King Charles III remains Canada's head of state (as is the case for all Commonwealth countries, such as Australia). But in this context, Québécois have become less timid. 'Buy Canadian' On this sunny May day, expressions of support for the federal state – typically met with scorn – were flourishing. On Rue Sainte-Catherine, a souvenir shop displayed T-shirts and caps bearing the slogan "Canada is not for sale." At Fairmount, a renowned Montreal bagel shop, bagels were coated in a red paste with white sesame seeds, evoking Canada's national colors. Elsewhere, shop windows displayed signs proclaiming, "It's time to wake up, we're buying Canadian!"
BBC News
27-05-2025
- Health
- BBC News
US gymnastics legend Mary Lou Retton arrested for drink driving
Legendary US Olympic gymnast Mary Lou Retton is facing charges of driving while under the influence of alcohol or drugs after she was arrested in her West Virginia hometown earlier this month. According to court records, Retton was arrested in Fairmount in Marion County on 17 May. She was released the same day after paying a $1,500 bond (£1,100) and has not yet entered a plea. Retton, 57, shot to global fame after becoming the first American woman to win the all-around gold for gymnastics at the Los Angeles Olympics in arrest come almost two years after she survived a rare form of pneumonia. Retton refused to take a breathalyzer test or blood test after her Texas-registered Porsche was pulled over by police, according to the criminal complaint. She allegedly failed a sobriety test and was slurring her words. Officers say they observed a container of wine in the car and she smelled of BBC has contacted the lawyer listed as her representative in the court documents for comment. Retton is from the city of Fairmount and there is a street there named after her in the northern West Virginia winning multiple medals at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, Retton was nicknamed "America's Sweetheart". She appeared on Wheaties cereal boxes and was named Sports Illustrated magazine's Sportswoman of the was inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame in 2022, former gymnast spent nearly two weeks in hospital intensive care after a rare form of pneumonia left the her fighting for her the time, her daughter posted in an online fundraiser that Retton did not have health insurance and needed money to fund her treatment. More than $500,000 was raised, leading many to question why the famous athlete was uninsured. In an NBC interview last year, Retton said she was struggling financially after a divorce in 2018 and the Covid-19 pandemic. She said she was still using supplemental oxygen to breath.
