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How Far Did Rocky Go in His Training Run in Rocky II?

Rocky wasn’t just a boxer. He was a marathoner.


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Allan Domb: “Make Philly Fun Again”

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Inside the Philadelphia Art Museum’s Epic Meltdown

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New Documentary Boys to Fame Tells the Most Tender Eagles Story You’ve Probably Never Heard

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7 Philly Violence Prevention Programs to Know and Support This MLK Day

Violence has become a popular pastime, Martin Luther King Jr. once said. Here are a few Philly organizations working to carry on the leader’s message of nonviolence.

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The 2019 Women’s Marches: Road Closures and More

Here’s what to expect on Saturday.

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Blondell Reynolds Brown Will Not Seek a Sixth City Council Term

Renowned for her efforts to diversify city government, Reynolds Brown is expected to endorse her chief of staff as her replacement.

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Mayor Kenney Announces New Gun Violence Prevention Initiative

The announcement comes on the heels of a year that saw the city’s highest homicide rate in more than a decade.

Tony Luke’s to Invade New York City With, Count ‘Em, Seven Locations

And the first New York location is slated to open this spring.

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This Drexel Grad Helped the Boyd Theater Get Its Glass Back

It took Delco native Christina Sioutis three years to complete the project.


Best of Philly 2025: City Life

Best of Philly 2025: City Life

Our world-champion Eagles, a messy traffic stop, an unexpected councilperson, and the Delco pope

Inside Pennsbury High’s Legendary Prom: The Most Epic School Dance in America

Inside Pennsbury High’s Legendary Prom: The Most Epic School Dance in America

A six-figure budget. Hundreds of helpers. Giant art installations. A tentacled kraken. This prom is like no other.


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Will Winter Storm Harper Predict Where Bryce Harper Signs?

Social media forecasters say that wherever the storm, which is due to pass through both D.C. and Philly, dumps the most precipitation could be where the star Nationals free agent ends up this season.

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After Photo Surfaces, 3 Philly Pols Say They Won’t Endorse Jewell Williams for Reelection

A political lunch convened by City Council President Darrell Clarke seems to have had unintended consequences.

After 4 Suicides in 11 Months, a High School Searches for Answers

Students, parents, and community members at top-ranked Downingtown East are trying to fathom the causes – and push for solutions.

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Peeps Factory to Open Its Doors to a Sweepstakes Winner

Willy Wonka, is that you?

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Police Offer $5,000 Reward in 50-Car Tire Slashing on the Main Line

Officials say 132 tires were damaged in an incident they have termed a “high-dollar-amount crime.”

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How Two Philadelphia Tortoises Stole Our Hearts

How Two Philadelphia Tortoises Stole Our Hearts

Beloved Galapagos tortoises Mommy and Abrazzo became first-time parents — and gave their species a ray of hope.

An Oral History of the Sound of Philadelphia

An Oral History of the Sound of Philadelphia

Fifty years after founding their legendary Philadelphia International Records, Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff, with friends and collaborators from Thom Bell to John Oates to Patti LaBelle, look back on the musical partnership that came to define the city.


Opinion

The Philly MLK Day Luncheon That Would Have Dr. King Rolling in His Grave

The annual MLK Day Awards and Benefit Luncheon is a pricey, elitist affair that this year is honoring a local official facing multiple allegations of sexual harassment.

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Meek Mill Will Make His SNL Debut Next Saturday

And he’ll appear alongside Glass star James McAvoy.

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What We Know About the Winter Storms Headed Our Way

We’re in for snow — first on Thursday, and then again on Saturday.

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Longtime Social Justice Activist Erika Almirón Announces City Council Bid

The veteran Juntos executive director is running a campaign that is geared toward “speaking truth to power.”

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