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Amada’s Summer Pig Out is Almost Here
Amada is making your dreams a reality once again with their Summer Pig Out. Their semiannual, all you can eat Pig Out is happening this […]
Rihanna, Coldplay to Headline Made in America
Rihanna and Coldplay will headline the fifth annual Made in America Festival on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. The lineup was announced earlier this afternoon. Set […]
Amish-Targeted Dark Money Group Wants to Beat Hillary Clinton
A Pennsylvania dark money group is trying to mobilize Lancaster’s Amish community — the largest Amish community in the country — to vote for presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump […]
It’s Been 15,000 Days Since the Flyers Won the Stanley Cup
Last night, the Cleveland Cavaliers won the NBA Championship. It was Cleveland’s first major pro sports championship since 1964 — a 52-year gap since its […]
Pipe Bomb Accidentally Brought Inside Police Building
Philadelphia police evacuated the 35th District’s headquarters Saturday night after officers unknowingly brought a pipe bomb into the building. The pipe bomb, along with an […]
Police Arrest Bucks County Man Accused of Holding a Dozen Girls in His Home
Police have arrested a Bucks County man accused of holding a dozen girls in his home, nine of whom were allegedly “gifted” to him by their […]
The Decline of Lunch Counters and Diners in Center City
To a five-year old growing up in the Northeast, the lunch counter at Woolworth’s might as well have been Le Bec-Fin. Perched on a high stool, at an […]
Wanda Sykes Smacked Down Trump Fans Who Were at Her Borgata Show
Last weekend, Wanda Sykes performed at the Borgata’s intimate Music Box venue. The crowd was mixed. Some old. Some young. Some black. Some white. Some […]
Orlando and Charleston Were Hate-Fueled Attacks on Safe Spaces
In 1992, as a 14 year-old boy I saw Spike Lee’s Malcolm X at Princeton MarketFair’s movie theatre with my cousin Sean. Seeing the movie was […]
New Anti-McGinty Ad Suggests She’ll Kidnap Your Kids
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzMAw0MWrTs It’s only June, but I can’t imagine anything tops the Pat Toomey–Katie McGinty Senate race in TV commercial quality. First, we had a Democratic […]
Pa. Lawmakers Should Get Serious About Texting While Driving
Let us now mourn the turn signal. I couldn’t assign an exact date to its demise, but there’s no question it’s dead. Drive on I-95 […]
Medusa Pizza Opens Today in Fishtown
Fishtown just got a new place to grab a slice. Sicilian pizza joint Medusa Pizza (2327 Gaul St.) is opening at 4 p.m. today. The […]
Opening Date for Museum of the American Revolution Set
The Museum of the American Revolution has an opening date. Yesterday the museum, located at 3rd and Chestnut streets, announced it will open on April […]
From the Dept. of Terrible Ideas: Alcohol at the Philadelphia Zoo
It seems that everywhere you go in Philly these days, a beer garden or other alcohol-serving “pop-up” is oh-so-conveniently nearby. You can have a drink […]