In the winter of 1992, newly elected Mayor Ed Rendell inherited a city unable to pay its bills. Within five years, he found, the city […]

Last week, 5,059 Pennsylvanians were diagnosed with influenza. Or got the flu. Depending on how much you want to scare yourself. If you were one […]

Philadelphia’s mayors are used to a bit of razzing, good-natured or otherwise, when they’re in public. But Michael Nutter got more than an earful last […]

As candlelight vigils go, this one is probably among the more controversial. A group called “Inspiration Way” will light 409 candles next Tuesday in State […]

Huzzah and hallelujah, that’s what I should be saying in response to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s tough gun control law that he signed with […]

Today President Obama will reveal his proposal for gun control, surrounded on a stage by a group of children who wrote him letters in the […]

So President Obama held a press conference on Monday to lambast and threaten Republican house members about the upcoming debt ceiling debate. “They will not […]

The House of Representatives at last approved $50 billion more in funding for Hurricane Sandy relief, though a majority of House Republicans opposed the measure. […]

If you’re a fan of the Phillies—or really, of any other baseball team—you probably love Jim Thome. In this era of widespread cynicism about sports, […]

Well, now we know: There will be no white knight to save Philadelphia’s two major daily newspapers. That was always the hope of course, that […]

We’re doing this interview three days after you got married at the Academy of Music. You’re not the honeymooning type? No, my husband and I […]

When will our long national local nightmare of Eagles coachlessness end? Not soon enough, apparently. Despite some teases earlier in the day, Seattle Seahawks coordinator […]

Mayor Michael Nutter on Tuesday created a task force designed to generate ideas about how Philadelphia can grow manufacturing jobs in and around the city. […]

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We still haven’t seen the interview, but we can show you this interview about the interview: Oprah Winfrey confirming that Lance Armstrong confessed to her […]