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One of Us: David L. Cohen

My name is … David L. Cohen. I always use the L, because former Philadelphia City Council member David Cohen would get mad when I’d […]

City Life

Kenney Says City Will End ICE Data-Sharing Agreement

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney announced on Friday that the city will not renew a contentious agreement that allows Immigration and Customs Enforcement to access a […]

City Life

AG Shapiro Asks Pope to Intervene in Abuse Report Court Battle

In an ongoing battle over a report alleging abuse at the hands of Catholic clergy in Pennsylvania, state attorney general Josh Shapiro is seeking divine […]

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City Life

Toomey Says He’ll Vote for Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh

Republican U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey announced his support of U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh after the duo met in person on Thursday. Kavanaugh, a federal appeals court […]

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City Life

City Orders Shutdown of Scrapyard Where Massive Fire Burned

The junkyard where a massive, four-alarm fire broke out on the Kensington/Port Richmond border earlier this month has been ordered to close by the city. […]

City Life

SEPTA’s AT&T Station Has Been Renamed … Again

Goodbye, AT&T Station. The southernmost stop on the Broad Street Line will soon undergo its second name change in the past decade. What was in […]

Be Well Philly

SoBol Is Opening a Second Açaí Bowl Shop in Philly

We can’t quite put our finger on what makes SoBol so delicious. Maybe it’s the fact that the New York franchise, which serves up açaí […]

Business

Penn to Offer Its First-Ever Online Master’s Program in Computer Science

The University of Pennsylvania is really jumping on board with the trend that’s putting more classes online, thereby introducing greater flexibility for a bigger, more […]

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City Life

Suspect Wanted in West Philly Sexual Assaults Turns Himself In

This is a developing story and may be updated at any time. The man who was wanted in connection with a string of sexual assaults […]

City Life

N.J. Radio Hosts Off the Air After “Turban Man” Comments

Longtime NJ101.5 talk-show duo Dennis Malloy and Judi Franco have been suspended after repeatedly referring to New Jersey’s attorney general, Gurbir S. Grewal, as “Turban […]

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City Life

Trump to Return to Pa. for a “Make America Great Again” Rally

President Donald Trump will return to Pennsylvania next week. On August 2nd, the president will hold a Make America Great Again rally in Wilkes-Barre, where he’ll stump […]

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City Life

WATCH: Center City Macy’s Does the #InMyFeelings Challenge

Everyone’s getting in on the #InMyFeelings challenge. For those who are scratching their heads right now, the #InMyFeelings challenge is the latest social media dance […]

Be Well Philly

Cecily Tynan Would Like the Body Shaming to Stop Already

It’s 2018, and somehow people still haven’t figured out that critiquing other people’s bodies is never, ever okay. And Cecily Tynan is over it. The 6ABC meteorologist […]

City Life

Here’s How Philadelphia Created Billy Joel

Billy Joel has released just one real Billy Joel studio album in the past 25 years, 1993’s River of Dreams. Yet when he takes the […]

Restaurants

Here’s Proof That Philly Restaurant Profit Margins Really Are That Small

The great surprise of the Philly restaurant boom — an unprecedented decades-long jump in creativity, aesthetics and national prestige — is that the business of […]