Arena Workers Strike, New Deadly Opioid & 44 Aftershocks

It’s the Friday News Roundup! Today’s topics include a recent strike by concession workers at the Wells Fargo Center and a new synthetic opioid—stronger than fentanyl—that's showing up in Philly’s drug supply. Host Trenae Nuri is joined by Lizzy McLellan Ravitch, workplace reporter at The Philadelphia Inquirer, and Aubrey Whelan, health reporter at The Philadelphia Inquirer.

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• 44 aftershocks have followed Friday’s earthquake, but they haven’t been damaging
• Wells Fargo Center concession workers are on strike. What to know if you’re going to tonight’s Sixers game.
• Powerful synthetic opioids stronger than fentanyl were found in several overdose deaths in Philly

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