The Eagles’ Autism Research Grants Are a New Approach to Sports Philanthropy
Instead of simply giving away money, the team is granting funds to specific projects at Philly institutions — acting almost like a mini National Institutes of Health.
The Paradox of Narcan: It Saves Lives, but Masks the Extent of the Opioid Epidemic
As more of the life-saving overdose reversal drug ends up in the hands of civilians, it becomes harder to tell how often it’s being used — concealing the city’s true overdose rate.
Sansom Street Finally Reopens After Last Year’s Business-Drenching Deluge
Now the Water Department can turn its attention to the other huge hole in the ground, along Baltimore Avenue in West Philly.
City Unveils Details of Its Dockless Bike Pilot Program
But some dockless operators have already moved on. The future, they say, is with electric scooters — which remain illegal across Pennsylvania.
A Street-by-Street Look at City Council’s Bike-Lane Bonanza
If all goes to plan, the legislation will help the city more than double its current 4.35 miles of protected bike lanes.
Penn’s 25,000-Pound, 3,000-Year-Old Egyptian Sphinx Has a New Home
Scenes from the move at the Penn Museum on Wednesday morning.
Supreme Court to Weigh In on Racial Discrimination Case Against Comcast
TV station-owner Byron Allen alleges in a lawsuit seeking $20 billion that Comcast’s refusal to carry his company’s channels is racially discriminatory. SCOTUS will now decide whether Allen’s suit can proceed.
You Can Personally Test Philly’s Controversial New Voting Machines This Week
City controller Rebecca Rhynhart still hasn’t signed off on the purchase of the $8,000 units, but that’s not stopping the city from showing them off.
Forget Rocky: Biographer Mark Kram Jr. on Philly’s Real Boxing Hero
His new biography, Smokin’ Joe: The Life of Joe Frazier, is out now.
SEPTA’s Trolley Situation in West Philly Is Getting Real Ugly
Planned maintenance and a sinkhole are currently disrupting commutes for nearly 50,000 daily riders.
The Mütter Museum, Philly’s Highbrow House of Horrors, Preps for Good Kind of Growth
A fundraising campaign will allow the museum’s creepy-but-cramped exhibition space to expand by a full 80 percent.
That Super-Stinging Jellyfish Is Popping Up Along the South Jersey Shore
The clinging jellyfish has previously been spotted north of LBI. But a recent discovery suggests the reach of creature’s tentacles is expanding.
Extreme Makeover, FDR Park Edition: Here’s What South Philly’s Huge Park Could Look Like
The Fairmount Park Conservancy has envisioned a sprawling renovation for the park, which hasn’t seen any large-scale improvements since the 1930s. The price tag: $200 million.
City to Step Up Ticketing of Bus-Lane Blockers Along Chestnut and Market Streets
The effort is being framed as a traffic-easing measure. But to find the real source of Philly’s traffic problem, we must look inward.
We Survived a Demo of the New Lime Dockless Scooters
But they’re still illegal in Pennsylvania. And the jury’s still out on how safe they really are for riders.