🌱PennDOT Announces Lane Closures + Murder-Suicide In Parking Lot

Rise and shine, Philadelphia! Let's get this Monday started. Here's what's happening in Philadelphia today.

First, today's weather:

Plenty of sunshine. High: 65 Low: 41.

Here are the top stories in Philadelphia today:

1. The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced that motorists will encounter intermittent lane closures on Cobbs Creek Parkway between Christian Street and 58th Street on Monday, Nov. 8, through Friday, Nov. 12, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., for delineator installation and line striping under a project to install safety enhancements to improve travel and reduce high-speed crashes across the five-county Philadelphia region. (MyChesCo)
2. Philadelphia police are investigating a murder-suicide in a Target parking lot in Philadelphia's Wynnefield Heights section. The couple was found dead inside a blue Lexus around 12:44 p.m. The discovery was made on the 4000 block of Monument Road and police say it appears a man shot a woman at least one time before turning the gun on himself. (WPVI-TV)
3. Two people died trapped in a burning sedan following a two-car crash in Philadelphia on Saturday night. The vehicles collided around 11 p.m. near the intersection of Johnson Street and Stenton Avenue in the East Mount Airy neighborhood. The victims’ bodies were so badly burned that authorities could not immediately identify them. Investigators said alcohol may have played a role in the crash. (NBC 10 Philadelphia)
4. Philadelphia is celebrating Jewish cinema this week with the premiere of “Wet Dog”. Sunday kicked off the 41st Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival. The festival will run for the next two weeks at theaters and venues across the city. (CBS Philly)
5. A conveyor belt sushi chain Kura Sushi is set to open a Philadelphia restaurant near Rittenhouse Square. The restaurant will take up nearly 4,000 square feet at a former American Eagle Outfitters location. (Philadelphia Business Journal)

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Today in Philadelphia:

• Spanish Course for Beginners Adult class ZOOM (6:15 PM)
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• Mansfield University Visit - Science Leadership Academy @ Beeber (12:00 PM)

Philadelphia Patch Notebook

• US National Weather Service Philadelphia/Mount Holly: "Happy Standard Time! Today might be the unofficial 1st day of winter (December 1 is 1st day of meteorological winter & December 21 is 1st day of astronomical winter). It's the 1st time sunset is before 5 pm since January 14 (4:59pm)!" (Facebook)
• City of Philadelphia Government: "🚒Fire is everyone’s fight! Make sure to check your smoke alarms when you turn back your clocks TOMORROW! If you need alarms, call @philly311 to request free installation." (Facebook)
• Philadelphia Parks & Recreation: "THANK YOU to members of Philadelphia's Black Clergy and Corey Davis and Sharrie Williams from 6abc Action News for joining us in Germantown today to clean and green Waterview Rec Center!" (Facebook)
• City of Philadelphia Government: "When you turn back your clocks TODAY, check your smoke alarms! If they use 9-volt batteries, replace them with smoke alarms that use 10-year, sealed lithium-ion batteries. Call or submit a request to @Philly311 for free smoke alarm." (Facebook)
• Free Library of Philadelphia: "The 1960 presidential race was close, hard-fought, and left both sides feeling embittered. Kennedy's margin of victory was less than 115,000 votes out of nearly 70 million. Learn about the strange friendship of JFK and Richard Nixon." (Facebook)

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