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We Left a Homeless Toddler in the Middle of LOVE Park

“Young Boy Found Wandering in LOVE Park.” It was easy to judge the story’s first headline, and judge I easily did. Why was a 2-year-old outside alone, […]

City Life

13 Princeton Students Have Weird Infectious Disease

Princeton University made national headlines a while back for cases of bacterial meningitis on campus; one Drexel student, Stephanie Ross, died after attending a mixer […]

Restaurants

Hershey’s Kisses Are Doubling In Size

In the chocolate world, this is big news. Because, in the chocolate world, Hershey executives haven’t seen change like this in 25 years. They can […]

City

Missing Girl Hanniya Mitchell Has Been Found

UPDATE 10/21 8:20 a.m.: The Philadelphia Police Department reports that Hanniya Mitchell has been located. The West Philadelphia 13-year-old was originally reported missing after leaving […]

City Life

Facebook Video of A.C. Man Attacking Homeless Woman Leads to Quick Arrest

On Monday, the Atlantic City Police Department arrested 25-year-old Ibn Hunter, charging him with the aggravated assault of a 45-year-old homeless woman. Police were assisted […]

The Scene

Eat, Drink, Dance and Cure Cancer

The Wistar Ambassadors hosted Eat, Drink, Dance and Cure Cancer last Friday night at Loews Hotel on the 33rd floor. The Wistar Ambassadors are a group […]

Restaurants

It’s Time for Back to the Future Day

Since October 21, 2015, was the day Marty McFly arrived when he time-traveled in Back to the Future II, I’m sure most of us are […]

City Life

WATCH: Guys Shoot ATM With Shotgun Three Times, Get No Money

When you want to get money out of an ATM machine, you probably pull your ATM card out of your wallet, put it in the […]

City Life

Report: Comcast Wants to Sell Audience Data

Good morning, Philadelphia. Here’s what you need to know today. Your set-top cable box collects lots of information about your viewing habits. Now Comcast wants […]

City Life

People in PA Are Uncommonly Interested in Being a Slice of Bacon for Halloween

Over at the real estate website Estately, Ryan Nickum has done a Google Trends excavation to reveal which Halloween costume search terms are used more often […]

The Scene

Susan Komen Breast Cancer Pink Tide Ball

Susan G. Komen Philadelphia presented its 14th annual Pink Tie Ball, this year at Vie. The theme was Pink Tide Ball, and the event space […]

City Life

Muslim Man Sues Tastykake, Says Former Boss Called Him a Terrorist

Usually, the biggest controversy to come up surrounding Philadelphia’s Tasty Baking Company (aka Tastykake) is whether Krimpets are really better than Peanut Butter Kandy Kakes. […]

City Life

SEPTA Key Allegedly Maybe Possibly Running By New Year

SEPTA is closing in on launching its smart card fare payment system SEPTA Key, and maybe for real this time. Officials working on the project […]

City Life

Phillies Cut Ties with Former All-Star Domonic Brown

At one point, he was the future. At another, he was an All-Star. Now, Domonic Brown is a about to become a former Phillie. The […]

City Life

Contractor Convicted in Building Collapse Case

This post has been updated to include quotes from District Attorney Seth Williams, Nancy Winkler and Jay Bryan, and Robert J. Mongeluzzi. The Common Pleas […]