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Morning Headlines: Are You Ready to Fly From Philly to Cuba?

Good morning, Philadelphia. Here’s what you need to know today: Coming soon: A once-a-week flight from Philly to Cuba? Maybe. The New York Times reports […]

City Life

Social Media Threat Closed Tacony Academy Charter School in Wissinoming Today

UPDATE: Tacony Academy Charter School in Wissinoming is open today, according to a message from the school’s CEO and principal. “We are putting additional security […]

City Life

Feds: Philly Municipal Court Judge Lied to FBI

Federal prosecutors have charged a Philadelphia municipal court judge with lying to investigators in a corruption case. The indictment (see below) against Judge Joseph O’Neill, […]

Property

Drexel, Brandywine Take Wraps Off Schuylkill Yards

The next big step in the evolution of University City into Philadelphia’s “second downtown” began this afternoon inside a tent next to One Drexel Plaza, […]

Citified

Wait, Were Officials Trying to Limit Public Access to Kenney’s Budget Address?

Was there a plan afoot to make Mayor Jim Kenney’s budget address a VIP-only event? On Tuesday, an aide for City Council President Darrell Clarke […]

Restaurants

New Brunch Dishes At Fork, Plus: Date Night at Russet

Sunday brunch at Fork has gotten even better with their new menu additions including four new shareable dishes and a bigger selection of brunch entrees and cocktails. And if […]

City Life

Ursinus Isn’t the Only College With Hundreds of Sick Kids

We thought kids these days only communicated over their iPhones and existed curled on their beds in miserable isolation, but we must be wrong, since […]

City Life

Casey on Pa. Overdose Epidemic: “We’re Leading in a Category We Don’t Want to Be Leading”

Drug overdose deaths have rapidly increased in recent years and experts say this is due in large part to abuse of prescription painkillers and heroin […]

Restaurants

First Watch Daytime Café Opening In Wynnewood

First Watch, the daytime café with over 200 accolades, has been in Pennsylvania for ten years–just not in Philadelphia. But finally, next Monday, March 7th, the next […]

City Life

Sixers Mailbag #16: Thoughts on the Dennis Schroder Trade Rumors

This week we continue our 76ers mailbag series, where we discuss some of the pressing topics around the team. In the 16th edition of our Sixers mailbag […]

Property

Drexel Picks Brandywine to Develop “Innovation Neighborhood”

Drexel University is formally announcing the development partner for its “Innovation Neighborhood” at a ceremony taking place right now in University City. According to invitations […]

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City Life

A Beacon of Light for Atlantic City, Sort Of

It may not have been the greatest beacon of light, but Atlantic City will take what it can get. The ball at the top of the […]

Citified

Kenney Wants to Equip Cops With 800 Body Cameras

Mayor Jim Kenney will seek funding for 800 body cameras for the Philadelphia Police Department in his proposed budget. He made the announcement Wednesday morning during […]

City Life

6ABC Anchor Brian Taff’s Strong Response to Disturbing Video From Trump Rally

A video from Donald Trump‘s Kentucky rally on Tuesday has a lot of people upset, including us and 6 ABC anchor Brian Taff.

City Life

Police: 7 Felony Lane Gang Members Arrested After Wild I-76 Chase

It was just a couple of weeks ago that the region was first introduced to the Felony Lane Gang, a group described in a February […]