First the murder rate drop, then the Travel+Leisure snob thing, and now this. Apparently, Philly is losing that chip on its shoulder, and fast. This […]

Former Phillie Darron Daulton is awake and talking following a seven-hour procedure on Monday to remove two glioma brain tumors discovered last week. Initial reports […]

As the Inquirer’s Karen Heller reported over the weekend, for a month this summer between the behemoth Welcome America and Made In America festivals, the […]

Where were you when the Supreme Court struck down DOMA? Last week’s ruling against 1996’s heinous Defense of Marriage Act was so historic for gays […]

Education activists have ended their days-long fast in protest of the ongoing school district layoffs in the city. The fast ended due in part to […]

Forget the narrative of Philly as a blue-collar city, appreciative of little more than effort, cheap booze and chip-on-our-shoulder emotional displays. Turns out, at least […]

Three lawsuits from men alleging sexual abuse by former Elmo puppeteer Kevin Clash have been thrown out by a New York judge. Claiming statute of […]

Don’t expect to see bombs bursting in air or the rocket’s red glare over many military bases this Independence Day—there just simply isn’t enough cash […]

Local comics take their routine off-stage and online.

Having become the 11th state to allow same-sex marriage back in May, Delaware saw its very first same-sex marriage today in Wilmington. The couple, Sen. […]

Turns out the ‘burbs are somewhat depressing, at least recently. Suicide rates in Montgomery County, once below the national average, have skyrocketed 83.9 percent between […]

After more than seven years in the making, South Philly is now officially home to one of the nation’s 78 Orwellian-sounding “fusion centers.” Dubbed the […]

Only in Philadelphia would we celebrate 115 recorder murders on record. For the past 10 years or so, we’ve clocked a minimum of 300 murders […]

Central Arizona’s ongoing wildfires claimed the lives of 19 firefighters Sunday, eliminating nearly 20 percent of the Prescott Fire Department. All part of the same […]

Starting today, people are going to start complaining about SEPTA a lot more. Everybody’s favorite transit company instituted its long-threatened fare increases today: Subways, buses […]