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Candidate Crib Sheet: The Race to Replace Dwight Evans

The 3rd Congressional District has a highly competitive primary for the first time in 35 years. From the son of a former mayor to a famous doctor to a high-profile state representative, here’s what you need to know before you head to the polls.


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Philly’s Driverless Future Is Here, Whether We’re Ready or Not

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The PGA Championship, By the Numbers

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She Transformed Bok Into a Creative Force. Now Lindsey Scannapieco Is Taking on Broad Street

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Philly Groups Plan Toomey Town Hall “With or Without” Toomey

Looks like it’s going to be without the senator, though.

Amy Reed, Patient Advocate, Dies at 44

Her relentless campaign against the medical device that spread her cancer brought changes in FDA procedures.

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Drexel University Frat Suspended for Five Years

The frat is also under a sexual assault investigation.

Philly Drops From Top 5 U.S. Cities

Phoenix may have overtaken us for now, but no lead is safe with how many old people live out in the desert.

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Pa. House Committee: Um, Ed, About That DNC Surplus …

Former Gov. Ed Rendell has been asked to testify about DNC spending.

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Wolf Expected to Sign Bill Allowing Pa. to Comply With Real ID Act

Looks like you’ll be able to fly domestically without a passport after all.


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

The 25 Most Philly Athletes of All Time

The 25 Most Philly Athletes of All Time

This city has had a love affair with the pitchers, running backs, goalies, and point guards who have called it home. Here, we present our definitive ranking. Let the debates begin.


“It Was an Ambush”

Behind the vote that ousted Sharron Cooks as Philly’s LGBT Commission chair.

Drug Counselors OD at Chester County Halfway House

They were found dead Sunday afternoon by the people whose lives they were trying to help save.

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“Clerks” Actress Lisa Spoonauer Dies in New Jersey

Spoonauer, who played Caitlin Bree, was 44 years old.

Designers of Popular Cellphone App Think Philly Is a Sad City

Mobile app creator Tenor broke down the top 10 U.S. markets based on GIF behavior searches. Our most common query: “Cry.”

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Guess How Much Penn President Amy Gutmann Makes

Her salary increased (yet again) between 2014 and 2015.

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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.


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Why Is the PPA Teaching Us How Not to Get Tickets?

Is this instructive workshop some kind of trap?

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Lawyers Say Stop-and-Frisk Still Targets Black Philly Residents

Though police have decreased their use of the practice overall.

Philly Is Outpacing New York in Job Growth, Says CBRE

New jobs are sprouting up in the city at rates we haven’t seen since the early ’90s.

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WATCH: Will Smith Reps Philly at Cannes

“West Philadelphia is a long way from the Cannes Film Festival.”

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