The 2015 mayoral field now has four formal candidates: Anthony Williams, Lynne Abraham, Ken Trujillo and Nelson Diaz, the former judge, city solicitor, HUD general […]
A blow to historical preservationists in the Northeast: the Stokes House at 2976 Welsh Road was demolished on January 5th. A 12-home twin house development […]
Seventy-one Pennsylvanians have been killed by the flu since late September. The Pennsylvania Department of Health tracks influenza during flu season and updates totals every […]
Two men broke into Paddy’s Old City Pub and spent an hour inside burglarizing the bar, police said. The burglars entered by breaking into a […]
They call it the hot stove league. “They” meaning “baseball media and fans.” As Wikipedia helpfully notes in delightfully awkward prose, “The phrase does not […]
If Comcast really is militantly left-wing, why on earth is President Obama making life so hard for the company? He already came out in favor […]
Kathleen Kane is offering a defiant face to the public amid reports a grand jury has recommended she face charges for leaking information from an […]
It’s only been a couple of months since Philly Mag’s Dan McQuade proclaimed we’d probably seen Bernard Hopkins’ last fight after losing to Sergey Kovalev. Maybe […]
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder will visit Philly today to talk about policing issues, Newsworks reports, but only to a select group of officials meeting […]
A stark reminder of the seriousness of the “pension crisis” you hear about so often: A new report says that Philadelphia is $5.3 billion behind […]
[UPDATE, 6:00 p.m.] According to a statement from the U.S. Marshals Service, “career criminal” was arrested Tuesday evening at a motel in Ashland, Virginia. The […]
On one particularly snowy day last February, we told you guys that “Cake Boss” Buddy Valastro had reportedly set his sights on Rittenhouse for his […]
On Saturday, MOVE member Phil Africa — born William Phillips — died in prison in Dallas, Pennsylvania, where he was serving a 30- to 100-year sentence for […]
There’s no arguing that Philly is becoming the center of a fine dining vegetarian revolution. But we forget sometimes that this loving consideration of vegetables […]
Since City Council President Darrell Clarke announced this week that he won’t be running for mayor, Jonathan Saidel says he’s been fielding a lot of calls from people asking him […]
