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City

Arrest Made in Series of Bomb Threats to Jewish Centers

Authorities today announced an arrest in some of the recent bomb threats directed at Jewish community centers. U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara announced that Juan M. […]

Restaurants

Russian Soup Dumplings and Matzo Scrapple At Bing Bing’s Neshaminy Creek Beer Dinner

Ben Puchowitz and his crew from Bing Bing Dim Sum are not exactly shy when it comes to fusion. They’re not what you would call […]

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City

Uproar at Millersville After Snapchat Blackface Pic

Millersville University says it is investigating after an image of what was said to be two Millersville students in blackface circulated yesterday on social media. […]

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Business

Comcast’s NBC Invested $500M in Snapchat

Thursday was the date of the IPO for Snap, the parent company of the popular Snapchat app. It was the largest U.S. IPO since 2014, […]

Property

An Instant House for $10K: Just Print It and Go

From Moscow comes a novel solution to the affordable-housing problem: A tiny home that took just 24 hours to build from start to finish and […]

Restaurants

Stop Killing Yourself With Those Terrible Street Cart Gyros

I don’t remember when it was that I suggested to Hawthorne’s owner Chris Fetfatzes that he embrace his Greek heritage by adding a gyro to […]

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City Life

Penn Prof’s Study: Sleepy Teens More Likely to Become Criminals

Teenagers who are drowsy during the day are more likely to have a criminal record later in life, according to a new study from a […]

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City

Report: PennDOT Commits to Spending $100M for I-95 Cap

PennDOT has committed $100 million to the plan to cap I-95 in Center City, Billy Penn is reporting.

Property

Second East Market Apartment Tower Echoes a Grande Dame

National Real Estate Development, LLC (NRED), the union-affiliated development firm that’s behind the East Market mixed-use development, yesterday announced that it had closed on a […]

City Life

Philly Actor Sues Loco Pez Over Homophobic Slurs

Fishtown taco bar Loco Pez is a gritty and quirky spot, the kind of place where it’s not unusual to hear the kitchen cursing up […]

Restaurants

Hey Kellyanne Conway, Drink This and Shut Up

Delco’s 2sp Brewing Company is no newbie when it comes to stout-style beers. Afterall, head brewer Bob Barrar won 10 Great American Beer Fest Medals and […]

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City

Kenney Calls for Modest Spending Boost in Budget Address

Mayor Jim Kenney unveiled his budget today in an address to City Council, calling on more funding to fight poverty in the nation’s poorest big […]

Property

New Apartments Coming to Francisville

Demolition of a row of 19th-century houses in the 1600 block of Poplar Street in Francisville is currently under way to make way for a […]

City

WATCH: Jahlil Okafor’s Excellent Defensive Effort

Your browser does not support iframes. There’s an art to playing defense in basketball, but there’s also an art to playing no defense. Last night, […]

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City

Hard Rock to Buy Trump Taj, Plans Casino Opening in 2018

There will be a new casino on the Atlantic City boardwalk next year. Yesterday the Hard Rock struck a deal with Carl Icahn to buy […]