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To Stave Off Gentrification, Kensington Becomes Its Own Landlord

How one special sliver of the city is redefining what smart neighborhood development can look like in Philadelphia … and far beyond.


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

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The Man at the Forefront of the Battle Over Philly’s Slavery Memorial Tells All

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Inside the Philadelphia Art Museum’s Epic Meltdown

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Victim of Fairmount Park Slaying Identified

Police say she “was in a fight for her life and unfortunately she lost.”

Pulse nightclub following a fatal shooting Sunday, June 12, 2016, in Orlando, Fla.
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Orlando and the Agonizing Need to Know “Why”

Spikol: We may never truly know the shooter’s motive. But we do know how he did it.

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WATCH: Chilean Fans Sing National Anthem at the Linc

It was a great week for soccer in South Philly.

Patience Carter, a victim in the Pulse nightclub shooting from Philadelphia, becomes emotional after giving her story during a news conference at Florida Hospital Orlando, Tuesday, June 14, 2016, in Orlando, Fla. Carter, a 20-year-old Philadelphian, was visiting Florida for the first time, vacationing with her two friends.
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Philly Survivor of Orlando Shooting Recounts Night of Tradgedy

Patience Carter was shot in Pulse nightclub.

Jim Britt holds the Stanley Cup on the ice after the Penguins win
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He Was a Flyers Fan. He Won the Stanley Cup with Pittsburgh

Jim Britt talks about his big week.

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The Ben Franklin Bridge Will Glow for Orlando

Expect to see it illuminated starting Wednesday.


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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Why Pa. Won’t Pass Stricter Gun Laws After the Orlando Massacre

In this era of political partisanship, both Democratic and Republican leaders in Harrisburg are beloved by the NRA.

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Can Tattoos Help I.D. Fairmount Park Slay Victim?

Cops: Woman was shot, stabbed and handcuffed.

Convicted gay basher Kathryn Knott walks from the Criminal Justice Center in Philadelphia on December 17, 2015.
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Kathryn Knott Says She Should Get Out of Jail Now

Here’s what you need to know about her potential early release.

OPINION: Intersectionality and the Orlando Shootings

The victims were LGBTQ people of color. That carries weight.

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Pennypack Park May Soon Have an Electronic Billboard Near It

City Council is expected to rezone a piece of land adjacent to the park to permit a billboard.

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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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Wolf Nominates Supreme Court Justice

Sallie Updyke Mundy would fill J. Michael Eakin’s former seat.

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$75M Government Subsidy Apparently Not Enough for Center City Hotels

Developer Brook Lenfest wants legislation to help secure private loans.

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Chris Christie: I Didn’t Fetch McDonald’s for Donald Trump

Spokesperson calls it a “completely invented scenario.”

Philadelphia police found the body of a woman in Fairmount Park Tuesday morning.
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Woman’s Body Found Handcuffed in Fairmount Park

The woman was found stabbed near the Mann Center.

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