A federal judge has ruled that key components of Gov. Tom Wolf’s coronavirus mitigation strategy are unconstitutional, including a statewide limit on how many Pennsylvanians can gather in one place.
A group of Pennsylvania Republicans will form a super PAC Wednesday to support Josh Shapiro, the Democratic nominee for governor.
Call them “Never Mastrianos.”
The protest along the Benjamin Franklin Parkway briefly turned into a wedding party Saturday afternoon, as Kerry Anne and Michael Gordon joined the march on their wedding day.
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The owner of Tokyo’s Philadelphia-themed cheesesteak restaurant, who went viral on social media last summer, made a trip to his favorite city on earth this holiday season.
What he found was a city rich in diverse cuisine and culture.
A group of self-described “gutter-pagan, mostly queer dirtbags” just erased $1.6M in local medical debt.
They celebrated with an unofficial debt burning.
The new session of the Pennsylvania Senate got off to a chaotic start Tuesday, with Republicans taking the rare step of removing the Democratic lieutenant governor, John Fetterman, from running the session.
Philadelphia has not stopped counting mail ballots and is not behind schedule, despite reports to the contrary. The livestream from the Convention Center shows workers making their way through yellow bins full of ballots. Follow our latest reporting here.
BREAKING: Joe Biden wins
#Pennsylvania
, and with it, the presidency, the
@AP
calls. Kamala Harris elected America's first Black female vice president.
.
@MeekMill
,
@KevinHart4real
and Michael Rubin will donate $7 million to Philadelphia-area educational causes, the trio announced Monday, with most of the funds supporting scholarships for low-income students at private schools in the 2023-24 school year.
Dozens of kids marched down Market Street to protest gun violence Sunday afternoon.
“I’m 17 years old. I’ve been a victim of gun violence for 17 years,” said one young speaker.
Mail ballots cannot be rejected based on a comparison of their signatures to the voters' signatures on file, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court said Friday.
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Three people were killed and 11 others wounded in a mass shooting late Saturday night on South Street amid chaos that erupted on legendary blocks that have long been among the Philadelphia region’s most popular gathering places.
A new CDC order will make refusal to wear a mask on public transportation, including planes, buses and subways, a violation of federal law. It takes effect just before midnight Monday night.
BREAKING: Former Vice President Joe Biden is now leading President Donald Trump in Pennsylvania as the commonwealth continues to count mail ballots.
Biden now leads Trump by 5,587 votes, according to numbers reported by the state.
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Our team of photographers captured stunning images from around Philadelphia during the
#EaglesParade
, including from a helicopter. Check out the gallery of our favorites here:
From our Editorial Board: "If the officers who shot Walter Wallace Jr. indeed did nothing wrong according to police use of force protocol, then the state of policing is even more dire than we thought."
Workers at Goldie, the restaurant targeted by a pro-Palestinian protest on Sunday, said the political climate at the restaurant had been unraveling for weeks before the high-profile incident, creating a situation for which the company has now apologized.
Nearly 40 staffers at the Museum of the American Revolution are demanding museum leadership cancel a scheduled event hosted by Moms for Liberty, recently classified as an “anti-government extremist organization” by the Southern Poverty Law Center.
There’s nothing like a mother’s love. Donna Kelce knew going in to the
#SuperBowl
that one of her sons would add another ring to the collection, and the other might need a hug.
Bo Kimble said he gets phone calls every time an athlete drops the way Hank Gathers did.
Kimble's nonprofit aims to place defibrillators in all public places to raise awareness about the dangers of sudden cardiac arrest.
For some Philadelphians, the most recent episode of
@AbbottElemABC
's, which featured Mural Arts Philadelphia, felt like the icing on the cake of a show they already feel represents their communities so well.
Philadelphia officials advised residents they may want to switch to bottled water Sunday afternoon to avoid ingesting chemicals spilled into a tributary of the Delaware River in Bucks County Friday night.
For the first time in Rutgers University’s 257-year history, the unions representing its 9,000 faculty and graduate student workers — virtually its entire teaching force — have called a strike, beginning 9 a.m. Monday.
LATEST: Long lines that formed outside of polling places in and around Philadelphia appear to be moving quickly as residents cast their votes this
#ElectionDay
.
For more updates from the ground, follow along with us:
#BREAKING
: Penn President Liz Magill has resigned amid growing bipartisan backlash against her Capitol Hill testimony on antisemitism earlier this week and a semester marked by protests and controversy.
A laptop and several memory sticks used to program Philly's voting machines were stolen from a warehouse in East Falls, city officials confirmed, setting off a scramble to investigate and ensure machines could not be compromised before Election Day.
Philadelphia City Council voted to apologize for the MOVE bombing 35 years ago that left 11 people dead, including 5 children, and burned 61 homes in West Philly. The resolution represents the first formal apology offered by the city for the bombing.
Temple University on Thursday announced a new program that will make tuition and fees free for first-time, full-time college students from low-income families who live in the city of Philadelphia.
In his opening statement Wednesday, Michael Cohen called President Donald Trump a “racist,” “conman,” and “cheat” who directed Cohen to threaten the president’s “high school, his colleges, and the College Board to never release his grades or SAT scores.”
Former President Donald Trump posed for a picture with former Philly mob boss Joey Merlino at a South Florida golf club.
Does Trump know Merlino? Or at least who he was? His presidential campaign won’t say.
Breaking: Philadelphia will host WWE WrestleMania 40 April 6 and 7 at Lincoln Financial Field in 2024.
It will be the first time the city has hosted professional wrestling's premier event since 1999.
Today our editorial board joins more than 200 other news organizations in an effort to alert the American people of the dangers inherent in threatening a
#FreePress
: "A war on the press is a war on democracy."
.
@PatMcAfeeShow
won’t need to trot out that Nick Sirianni impersonation this week, because the Eagles head coach is scheduled to appear on his popular show Wednesday 👀
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"As an African American, I’m proud of her. Not only did she nab a guy once considered the world’s most eligible bachelor, but she refused to stick around and take guff from his family and the UK press," writes
@jenicearmstrong
on respecting Meghan Markle.
UPDATE: Montgomery County has finished counting all ballots received as of 8 p.m. Tuesday, the county announced, with Joe Biden leading the county by 26 points, his largest margin across the Philadelphia suburbs.
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If they can win two games in Phoenix, the Phillies will be “bee-lining it for the water” to celebrate in the Diamondbacks’ right field pool, says Garrett Stubbs.
Who’s ready to take a dip?
A judge dismissed all charges Friday against a former city police officer accused of participating in the beating of a 28-year-old mother during civil unrest in October 2020.
Prosecutors immediately vowed to re-file the case and bring it back to court.
A right-wing move to keep a young-adult climate change novel out of a Kutztown, Pa., middle school backfired in spectacular fashion, writes
@Will_Bunch
.
Philadelphia SWAT officer Richard P. Nicoletti is shown here pepper spraying three kneeling protesters on I-676 on June 1. He is now being charged with simple assault, reckless endangerment, official oppression, and possession of an instrument of crime.
"The number of innocent Americans in prison or jail is disturbing," writes Sixers coach Doc Rivers.
"Our system fails too many of us, and any person who has been wrongfully convicted deserves justice."
Comcast condemned "the appalling violence" that took place during the Capitol attack and said withholding money from those who doubted the election result would give the company a chance to review their political giving practices.
Ten years after taking the world by storm, Mo’ne Davis wants to bring pro women’s sports to her hometown.
“In 10 years from now, I will be adding a WNBA team and NWSL team to Philly."
NEW: For the first time in more than a decade, Pa. Democrats appear to be within striking distance of flipping the state House.
It's an outcome that was considered a long shot by even the most optimistic Democrats.
@anna_orso
reports.
President Trump closed out Tuesday's presidential
#debate
by repeating his false claim that poll watchers had been blocked from observing the first day of in-person early voting in Philadelphia. Here's what actually happened.
Beginning on Friday morning, SEPTA riders will be able to tap a credit or debit card or flash a smartphone wallet to pay for trips on transit trains, trolleys and buses — a long-awaited technological leap.
Starting in the 2026-27 school year, a new Pa. law will require high schools to provide a course in personal financial literacy that students will have to take in order to graduate.
A day after President Donald Trump’s rally in Erie, former President Barack Obama will hold a drive-in rally at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia today.
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#Election2020
updates:
Amazon workers at a fulfillment center that services Philadelphia and South New Jersey walked out of work on Monday, demanding better pay and working conditions as part of a multi-state organizing effort.
Pennsylvania has rejected 372,000 requests for mail ballots. Most rejected applications were deemed duplicates because voters had checked a request box during the primary. This highlights the difficulty of ramping up mail-in voting on the fly.
"The moment we’ve been dreading since that escalator ride down Trump Tower five years ago this month ... finally came. ... The president of the United States declared war on the American people," writes Columnist
@will_bunch
Bunch.
Sen. Pat Toomey has decided not to run for reelection or for governor of Pennsylvania in 2022, according to two people familiar with his plans, a surprise decision by the Republican with significant implications for the next elections in the state.