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My Ride-Along With the Police Commissioner

No issue is more critical to the future of Philadelphia than public safety. So we spent an evening in a squad car with interim commish John Stanford Jr., the man who thinks he’s got the best plan to secure our streets.


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Wawa CEO Condemns Antisemitic Incident at Delco Store as “Disgusting”

Opinion

There’s a Solution for Lifting People Out of Poverty In Philadelphia. Why Don’t We Try It?

Alyana Gomez from 6ABC / Photograph by Stevie Chris
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6ABC’s Alyana Gomez Talks Trash TV, Schuylkill Traffic and Pickleball

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Anthony Gargano, seen here with his ten-year-old son Massimo. Gargano is in the middle of a lawsuit with the owner of the Fanatic radio station.
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Philly Today: “Where’s the Conflict?” Anthony Gargano Asks After Fanatic Injunction

A judge just issued an emergency injunction against him in Fanatic lawsuit.

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There’s a New Gritty Calendar and You Must Buy It Immediately

Stare into those orange googly eyes for 12 months straight.

jason kelce, as see in the new eagles players tide commercial
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Philly Today: The Eagles May Be Winners, But This New Tide Commercial Is One Big Loser

Plus, Philly journalist fired after making pro-Palestine tweet.

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RFK Jr. to Launch Independent Presidential Bid in Philly Today

Plus: Philadelphians’ three favorite pastimes: Birds, Phils, and hating on the PPA.

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Rich Lazer Would Like You to Love the PPA

For decades, the Philadelphia Parking Authority has been beset by scandal and the most pitiful of public perceptions. The agency’s new director has other ideas.

A $35 "Free Meatball" t-shirt showing the mugshot of Meatball aka Dayjia Blackwell. Police arrested her for looting in Philadelphia last week.
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Philly Today: Meatball’s “Free Meatball” Mugshot Shirts Vanish

Has she maybe realized that making a blatant mockery of the system wasn’t such a hot idea?


Best of Philly 2023: City Life

Best of Philly 2023: City Life

An irresistible gossipmonger, numerous near-champions, and a roadway rebuild for the ages

Post-COVID, Does Center City Have a Future?

Post-COVID, Does Center City Have a Future?

Back in the day, Philly, like a lot of cities, banked on a revival of its downtown to spark new life. The plan worked fine — for Center City. But now that the pandemic has emptied offices, boomer residents are aging, and millennials are opting for the ’burbs, where do we go from here?


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Philly Books We Love: Jenny Laden’s This Terrible True Thing

A new visual novel set in the Philly area turns the author’s own tragedy into a tale of redemption.

Philadelphia police say the man wearing the motorcycle helmet in the wild viral motorcycle video from Sunday night is 26-year-old Cody Heron (image via @vortex.hz
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Philly Today: Wild Biker’s Lawyer Says There’s More to the Story

But agrees with the rest of the world that the crazy video is “disturbing.”

Philadelphia police say the man wearing the motorcycle helmet in the wild viral motorcycle video from Sunday night is 26-year-old Cody Heron
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Philly Today: Man Arrested in Viral Motorcycle Incident

Plus, the owner of Pat’s Steaks knows you hate his cheesesteaks. He just doesn’t care.

Q&A

Philly Hip-Hop Legend Schoolly D Has a Message for Wannabe Rappers

Plus, he weighs in on cheesesteak battles and the desserts at Fork.

Opinion

What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Looting

America fails to hear what the people are saying when riots and looting occur.

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How the Pandemic Turned a South Philly Golf Course Into the City’s Best New Park

How the Pandemic Turned a South Philly Golf Course Into the City’s Best New Park

The former municipal golf course at FDR Park became an indispensable natural refuge for many locked-down South Philadelphians over the past year.

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.


Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner, who may walk back some of the charges stemming from the Philadelphia looting arrests
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Philly Today: Larry Krasner May Walk Back Some Looting Charges

Plus, the local mom who just won the Philly Badass of the Year Award.

a "Free Meatball" t-shirt showing the mugshot of Meatball aka Dayjia Blackwell, who was arrested for looting in Philadelphia last week
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Philly Today: Meatball’s Lawyer Blasts Media Over Looting Coverage

Meanwhile, $35 Meatball mugshot shirts. Plus, a cheesesteak martini?!

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Will Wind Power Save the Shore, or Ruin It Forever?

The biggest battle at the Shore these days isn’t over unruly teens, but over a wind-power project that’s pitting green-energy supporters against folks who think the only thing turbines will do is spoil a perfectly good beach.

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Philly Today: Okay, Okay, John Fetterman Will Wear a Suit

Plus: Another blow for supervised injection sites, an airport murder and a truly ridiculous pumpkin plan.

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