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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 […]

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City Life

The Best Thing That Happened This Week: The Soda Tax!

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City

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 […]

City Life

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 […]

City Life

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 […]

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City Life

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 […]

City Life

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 […]

Restaurants

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 […]

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City Life

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 […]

City Life

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 […]

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Property

Our Odds on the 30th Street Station Area Development Plan

$6.5 billion. The figure was tossed out rather casually in the course of yesterday’s formal unveiling of the two-years-in-the-making master development plan for the area […]

City Life

Report: Sixers Have Meeting with Ben Simmons

According to Marc Stein of ESPN, the Sixers had a dinner with Ben Simmons last night prior to game 6 of the NBA finals. This […]

City Life

Philly Schools Adopt Policy Protecting Transgender Students’ Rights

The Philadelphia School Reform Commission adopted a policy Thursday night that immediately broadened the rights of transgender and gender-nonconforming students in the city’s schools. The new guidelines allow students […]

City Life

The Eagles Are Paying Fletcher Cox Too Much

Fletcher Cox just signed a multimillion-dollar contract to play football for the Philadelphia Eagles that will guarantee he takes home $63 million. Is it too […]

City Life

Philly Organization Hopes to Recruit 1,000 Black Male Teachers by 2020

A group of local teachers has put together a plan to increase recruitment of black men into the profession. The Fellowship, a recently founded organization, […]