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Here’s What Health Professionals Can Learn From Instagram Influencers

Social media is becoming an increasingly powerful tool for sharing health-related messages, but not every post has what it takes to go viral. And on […]

City Life

Facing Charges, State Rep. Movita Johnson-Harrell Says She Will Resign

This story has been updated. After making history earlier this year as the first Muslim woman elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, Movita Johnson-Harrell […]

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Restaurants

Tibetan Dumplings, Fried Chicken Sandwiches, and Other Must-Try Philly Dishes

1. Prawns and sherry at Alpen Rose Three head-on, fire-grilled prawns served with a shot glass of fino sherry so that once you’ve eaten their […]

City Life

Chesco DA Announces More Charges in Mariner East Investigation

The Chester County District Attorney’s Office on Tuesday announced a second round of criminal charges in its ongoing investigation of the contentious Mariner East pipeline […]

City Life

The Library’s New “Experience Pass” Gets You Into Some Incredible Places for Free

Owning a library card just got a lot sweeter. The Free Library of Philadelphia just launched a new program called the “Experience Pass,” and it […]

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City Life

Report: University City District Expects $2.1 Billion Worth of Construction to Start in 2020

University City has seen big changes in the past 10 years: new skyscrapers, new industries, new restaurants, and the promise of plenty more to come. […]

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City Life

Here Are All the Philly Write-In Votes From the November Election

Philadelphia’s new voting machines may have some issues (if you haven’t read this alarming New York Times story about what happened in Northampton County on […]

Restaurants

Dizengoff Makes University City Debut With an All-New Dessert

As the culinary director of CookNSolo, Caitlin McMillan works mostly behind the scenes, cooking up ideas like Goldie’s tehina milkshake, one of the best afternoon […]

Be Well Philly

After a Heart Attack, This Bucks County Woman Hugged Her Way Across America

Would you hug a random stranger? Probably not if you could help it, right? Well, one day in 2014, local writer and speaker Edie Weinstein […]

City Life

Fishtown: An Oral History (So Far)

The neighborhood that symbolizes a new Philadelphia finds itself at a crossroads. From Roland Kassis to Stephen Starr, 26 people who made Fishtown what it […]

NextHealth PHL

The Shortage of Black Male Doctors Is Medicine’s Real Emergency

When Sean Brown decided to pursue a career in medicine, he expected to be one of a few black men in medical school — he […]

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City Life

How the City Could Influence the Future of the PES Refinery Site

There’s been considerable talk about if (and how much) the city could influence the future of the Southwest Philadelphia site now home to the bankrupt […]

Restaurants

Where to Drink on the Biggest Drinking Holiday of the Year

Old friends are back in town, college students are home on break and everyone is going out — it’s the night before Thanksgiving, also know […]

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City Life

Hundreds of SEPTA Buses Have Free WiFi … When You Can Get It to Work

The other day, one of my colleagues was riding SEPTA’s 42 bus to 15th and Walnut when he noticed a message crawling across the bottom […]

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City Life

Turkey Day Q&A: Philly Thanksgiving Day Parade Co-Host Rick Williams

The Philly Thanksgiving Day Parade is 100 years old, and it wouldn’t be a Philly Thanksgiving Day Parade without 6ABC’s television coverage featuring hosts Rick […]