[Update 1:32 pm] Officials have just finished a press conference revealing a few “preliminary” details. As reported, the officer who was shot is a 41-year-old […]

It’s time to join the battle.

At long last, South Philadelphians who’d resigned themselves to the long slog to Northern Liberties to get their fix of indie rock club shows have […]

Following Neil Budde’s exit from the fledgling Axis Philly website, former Philadelphian Sean Blanda weighs in with some thoughts about the lack of journalistic entrepreneurism […]

AP reports: A Washington official with knowledge of the plans says three upstate New York cities and one in Pennsylvania are on the tentative list […]

Awesome defined.

Business Insider reports the Justice Department is suing to block the merger of US Airways—which has a Philadelphia hub—and American Airlines. The future of the […]

This is probably self-explanatory… Chris Christie, vetoer of train projects, on cover of current amtrak magazine. http://t.co/5InWHrZ9cY — Benjamin R. Freed (@brfreed) August 13, 2013 […]

The Inquirer reports on Monday’s memorial for Arthur Makadon, the Philadelphia lawyer who was connected just about every insider in town. Roughly 300 people showed […]

It doesn’t take a cunning linguist to see that the definition of marriage is rapidly changing throughout the known world. Except, of course, in the […]

This video, purporting to show Philadelphia officers in Kensington subduing a suspect with a certain level of force, is pretty interesting. Here’s what we really […]

Jim Bear, the founder and station manager of Gtown Radio, “The Sound from Germantown,” was an early and enthusiastic adopter of Internet radio. In the […]

The HIV-testing hub is getting a makeover.

As we mentioned earlier, a fan in Atlanta died Monday night after falling 65 feet from Turner Field’s upper deck during the Phillies-Braves game. Fox […]

The Daily News reports that the judge who overturned New York’s stop-and-frisk tactics on Monday pointed to Philly as an example of how to do […]