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Trinity Tuesday: A Surprisingly Spacious Three-Bedroom in Northern Liberties

This Northern Liberties home retains the familiar elements of intimate trinity living, like the three-story structure, the spiral staircase, and the cozy one-room top floor. […]

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$75M Government Subsidy Apparently Not Enough for Luxury Center City Hotels

In 2013, Philadelphia’s City Council approved a $33 million tax-credit package to help developer Brook Lenfest build two boutique hotels on a vacant lot at 15th and Chestnut […]

City Life

Chris Christie: I Didn’t Fetch McDonald’s for Donald Trump

Chris Christie says he didn’t fetch McDonald’s for Donald Trump. In yet another great moment in the 2016 presidential campaign, yesterday The New Yorker reported […]

Philadelphia police found the body of a woman in Fairmount Park Tuesday morning.
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Woman’s Body Found Handcuffed, Stabbed in Fairmount Park

Update: Police are hoping a couple of tattoos can help them to identify a young woman who was found brutally murdered in Fairmount Park early Tuesday […]

City Life

11 Things You Might Not Know About Betsy Ross

Today is Flag Day, commemorating the date in 1777 on which the Continental Congress passed a resolution that read: “Resolved. That the flag of the […]

Primo Hoagies
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A Car Struck Primo Hoagies on South Street Early This Morning

A 21-year-old driver struck four people when a car barreled into Primo Hoagies on South Street early this morning, NBC10 reports. The injured, three men and […]

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Adam Levine Offered to Pay for Christina Grimmie’s Funeral

Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine offered to pay for slain South-Jersey “Voice” singer Christina Grimmie‘s funeral, according to the Associated Press. Grimmie, 22, was fatally shot while meeting […]

Mayor Jim Kenney speaks at the Philadelphia vigil for victims of the Orlando Pulse Nightclub shooting.
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Hundreds Gather in Philadelphia to Pay Tribute to Orlando Victims

Hundreds of LGBTQ+ folks and allies gathered last night at City Hall for an emotional candlelight vigil for the victims of Sunday’s mass shooting in […]

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How Jim Kenney’s Big Soda Tax Victory Is Upending City Hall

For years, Philadelphians saw government dysfunction everywhere they looked. In City Hall, former Mayor Michael Nutter was so impotent that he couldn’t persuade a single Council […]

City Life

Ben Simmons: Being Selected With #1 Pick A Once In A Lifetime Opportunity

There has been much speculation about whether Ben Simmons wants to be drafted first overall by the Philadelphia 76ers. That speculation, which initially originated from […]

City Life

You Can Buy an AR-15 in Philadelphia in About 5 Minutes

The vast majority of people who own guns use them in a perfectly legal and responsible manner, but folks who seek to maim and murder […]

Liacouras Center
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Olney Charter High’s Graduation at Temple Interrupted by Bomb Threat

Olney Charter High School’s graduation, held at Temple University’s Liacouras Center (1776 N Broad Street), was interrupted today by a bomb threat.

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Brandon Ingram Impresses in Workout with Sixers, No Workout Scheduled for Ben Simmons

Who the Sixers will select with the first overall pick has been a two-horse race ever since the team was awarded the #1 overall pick in […]

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Anita Hill, Mindy Kaling to Headline PA Women’s Conference

The speaker lineup for this year’s Pennsylvania Conference for Women has some big names this year. Anita Hill will be headlining the event, which will also […]

John Haggerty courtesy of Fox Rothschild. Maria Sharapova By Valentina Alemanno - Flickr, via CC BY 2.0.
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Meet the Philly Lawyer Repping Maria Sharapova in Her Doping Appeal

The long-awaited conclusion of Maria Sharapova’s drug debacle arrived earlier this month with good news and bad news. The good: the International Tennis Federation tribunal found her […]