William Bender
@wbender99
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Reporter @PhillyInquirer/@PhillyDailyNews, investigations team. Public corruption, gov't accountability, fraudsters, grifters. Tennis. 🎾🎾🎾
Joined March 2009
“Aramark spokesperson … said the prices pictured ‘reflect special-event pricing’ … She did not return several additional requests for comment, which included questions about how ‘special-event pricing’ differs from regular-event pricing” 😅.
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The image showed ‘special-event pricing’ of $17.50 for crabfries, $18.50 for a Miller Lite can, and $7.75 for a bottle of Aquafina. It made some fans feel 'priced out.'
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“I think the most inappropriate thing you can do is erase the truth," said Carol Quillen, president and CEO of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
More than a dozen displays about slavery in Philly — including the site where Presidents George Washington and John Adams once lived — were flagged for the Trump administration's review at Independence National Historical Park. Story in 🧵.
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At age 45, Venus Williams has become the oldest woman to win a WTA Tour singles match since Martina Navratilova in 2004. Williams triumphed Tuesday evening at @mubadalacitidc. It was a beautiful night in D.C. My @TennisTourTalk story. 🎾 #tennis . .
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RT @ReporterCruz: My first day at @PhillyDailyNews the late & great @CloutPage asked me “who are some of the people you read?” & without an….
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from my 801 Market St. @PhillyDailyNews OG cubicle-mate . "Do me one last solid as I head out the door: Don’t ever tolerate anything but the best for one another".
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After 30 years in journalism, I'm dedicating some time to growing the Ñ Fund for Latinas in Journalism, among other projects.
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RT @sbcmw: 🚨 The Philadelphia city worker strike is over. 🚨. Mayor Cherelle Parker and AFSCME D 33 Prez Greg Boulware reached a deal early….
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"As a friend in London once said, when he saw me despairing: 'Be strong, mate. Be happy.'".
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Any advice?
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RT @NotesFromHeL: This is the column I hoped I’d never have to write. New @PhillyInquirer column: .
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RT @Vellastrations: Helped my old friend @wbender99 try to suss out who exactly Kevin Krebs is, and why he brought so many weapons to a p….
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Kevin Joseph Krebs, 31, a licensed electrician from Malvern, is registered as a Democrat. But only a couple months ago he was a Republican.
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latest development first reported by @mkeierleber at @The74.
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Company said it notified customers nationwide after a tech glitch exposed confidential data, but multiple districts said they knew nothing about it.
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BoardDocs data breach in Lower Merion School District was not isolated, parent company Diligent says. This follows @PhillyInquirer story last month about how attorney-client privileged info and other confidential LMSD files were publicly accessible .
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Diligent Corporation, having previously remained silent, acknowledged that a "misconfiguration" in its BoardDocs app made confidential documents publicly accessible.
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RT @Monnster22: That @MattGelb article about Wheeler is just a portrait of @wbender99 in the newsroom. Same energy.
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RT @newscomauHQ: A Channel 9 reporter covering the chaos in LA has been shot with a rubber bullet by American police, as a row erupts over….
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Norristown council member William McCoy: “Families are being torn apart. Fathers are being taken from their children. People who have built their lives here, who contribute to our community every single day, are living in fear".
'Very aggressive' U.S. agents without warrants are grabbing construction + food workers from homes +job sites in suburban Philadelphia, targeting South Philly's Italian Market next, our @PhillyInquirer colleagues @JeffGammage and @KatieJ_Bernard report:
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RT @Big3Tennis: Djokovic should be going to the well with the drop shot against Sinner. One area where Bublik made him look human. Any chan….
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