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In Philly, Clinton Decries “Senseless” Killings in Dallas, Louisiana, Minnesota

Hillary Clinton stood before a crowd gathered to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the African Methodist Episcopal Church on Friday evening and addressed a week of stunning violence […]

City Life

Boston Marathon Dad Mike Rossi Shows Up In Court, Says He’s Not Mike Rossi

Less than two weeks after he was arrested at the Kenny Chesney concert at Lincoln Financial Field, Mike Rossi turned up in Courtroom 404 of […]

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SEPTA: Don’t Expect to See Silverliner Vs Back Before Labor Day

While SEPTA is working to get additional service for Regional Rail riders in place, it’s also working to get the sidelined Silverliner V railcars back […]

Restaurants

Two More Beer Gardens For You To Visit This Weekend

Seriously, I know that people like drinking outside and that, for years, we had to fight just to see one or two beer gardens open […]

City Life

After Dallas, Kenney Asks Philadelphians to “Be Willing to Hear One Another”

Mayor Jim Kenney released a statement Friday asking the citizens of Philadelphia to “listen and be willing to hear one another” after a violent and tense week in which […]

City Life

Diamond Reynolds’ Video: The Most Excruciating Black Pain I’ve Seen on Tape

In 1999, the release of The Blair Witch Project was a huge, culture-shifting phenomenon because of its stylistic approach to storytelling via pseudo-“found media” footage. The film succeeded largely […]

City Life

Every Time the Pope Moves the Church Forward, Chaput Drags It Backward

Last week, Archbishop Charles J. Chaput released “Pastoral Guidelines for Implementing Amoris Laetitia,” regarding Pope Francis’s apostolic exhortation issued in April. That profound and complex 263-page document affirmed “a renewed […]

Eddie Alvarez - wearing the belt after winning the UFC Lightweight Championship
City Life

Philly’s Eddie Alvarez Wins UFC Lightweight Title

The underground king is now squarely in the mainstream. Philadelphia native Eddie Alvarez won the UFC Lightweight Championship last night with a first-round stoppage of […]

City Life

Philly Police Will Travel in Pairs Following Dallas Shooting

Philly Police Commissioner Ross says his self will again go back to 2 officers in all cars after Dallas @FOX29philly pic.twitter.com/UnTM4f9wKR — Steve Keeley (@KeeleyFox29) […]

Restaurants

First Look: Ai Ramen

When’s the last time you were in a food court? Riding the escalator up through the Shops at Liberty Place felt, for me at least, […]

City Life

What We Know About the Dallas Police Shootings

Questions still outnumber iron-clad answers the morning after a group of snipers unleashed a devastating surprise assault on Dallas police officers, killing at least five and wounding seven […]

Restaurants

About Last Night: Chestnuts Roasting by an Open Stove*

On May, 4th the Open Stove contestants at Cook guessed that we would torture them with a Cinco de Mayo themed competition. But instead we gave […]

Philadelphia Wedding

Our New Obsession: Local Fashion Illustrator Dallas Shaw’s Wedding Ring Collaboration With Jewelry Designer Jennifer Dawes

Dallas Shaw‘s name might ring a bell to you—well, for a few reasons, really, but namely because we are pretty fans of hers around here: We’ve […]

I-95 Traffic
City Life

Expect to See More I-95 Traffic Next Week

Construction projects will impact I-95 traffic starting July 10th. The three-mile stretch of highway between the Cottman Avenue and Girard Avenue interchanges is being reconstructed, […]

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48 Years Ago, the Sixers Traded Wilt Chamberlain to the Lakers

Forty-eight years ago tomorrow, the Philadelphia 76ers traded their then-32-year-old center, seven-foot-one-inch Wilt Chamberlain, to the Los Angeles Lakers. The pride of Overbrook High, who’d […]