At PlanPhilly, writer Ashley Hahn spotlights the city’s efforts to crack down on “bandit benches,” outdoor furniture made of concrete and wood, usually containing an […]

In southeastern Pennsylvania, it’s an article of faith that Wawa represents all that is good in the world, while all other convenience stores — Sheetz […]

The Sports Car – DeSean Jackson from david benhaim on Vimeo. This apparently appeared on NFL.com last week, but in a football-centric version of Jerry […]

Maybe. It happened a couple of weeks ago and injured several people. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s West Coast/Alaska Tsunami Warning Center says it happened […]

6ABC reports: Music teachers in the Philadelphia School District marked their last day on the job Monday with a farewell concert. The concert was being […]

Inky reports: Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia will announce on Tuesday its biggest gift ever: $50 million toward the $425 million cost of an outpatient center […]

Superhero movies and football — two things you can’t avoid as we head into July, with new guy-in-tights flicks opening every week and Eagles training […]

Remember when it emerged that the IRS was subjecting conservative “Tea Party” groups to unusually strict scrutiny, prompting Republicans around the country to scream that […]

Gentrification has been getting a bum rap in Philadelphia. You read that right. The assumption among elected officials — well, certain ones, at least — […]

Rick Santorum is going (Christian) Hollywood! Pennsylvania’s former U.S. senator, and failed candidate for the 2012 GOP nomination, has been named CEO of EchoLight Studios, […]

No matter what you think of Edward Snowden — heroic whistleblower or straight-up traitor — it’s hard to deny that the post-leak escapades of the former […]

If you’re chronicling the slow, steady demise of Allen Iverson (we are), here’s a new data point: Hanging out with the “stars” of a crappy […]

In a skirmish (and an accompanying set of photographs) straight out of Silver Linings Playbook, a couple of fans at a charity softball event to raise […]

Everybody loves a foot-long.

Swarthmore, if you haven’t been paying close attention, is embroiled in a scandal. Several former and current students at the school have accused the school […]