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Sr. Editor, Investigations @phillyinquirer, ex-Knight Ridder Berlin buro chief, @northwesternu https://t.co/YifgR1IA8L Signal: drubi.36
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Joined November 2007
Got some time on your hands? Here are some stories we like from 2025 but you might have missed. https://t.co/udmZZMR0Wn
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If you’re trying to pass some time while you wait for your delayed flight home, these stories can help.
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Suit alleges negligence caused the Jan. 31 jet crash in NE Philly https://t.co/KF2S0jL9cy via @phillyinquirer
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The Mexican-owned medical transport Learjet crashed into a Northeast Philadelphia neighborhood on Jan. 31, killing eight people and injuring dozens more.
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Philly street festivals are shutting down over rising police overtime costs. But some groups don’t have to pay. https://t.co/oVXufEH6zw via @phillyinquirer
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Philly elected officials, police-connected groups, and street festival organizers who cut special deals are exempt from tens of thousands dollars in city event fees inked to street festivals.
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Former Philadelphia police captain and five other officers charged with conspiracy, theft https://t.co/kSnCmbw1Dj via @phillyinquirer
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The charges are tied to the $392,000 'Guns Down, Gloves Up' anti-violence program founded by former Capt. Nashid Akil.
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‘No new information:’ Philly sheriff mum 15 months after a guy with a poodle wrecked an office SUV https://t.co/GoZesIuHZl via @phillyinquirer
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Sheriff Rochelle Bilal won't disclose the outcome of an investigation involving a high-ranking deputy's city-leased Ford Expedition. Meanwhile, another deputy recently had her car stolen.
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A new, potent street drug is causing severe withdrawal, and Philly doctors are scrambling to respond https://t.co/iqxxRV1B4t via @phillyinquirer
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By last winter, medetomidine was showing up in 70% of illicit opioid samples tested in Philly, along with other unregulated substances and synthetic opioids like fentanyl.
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Valley Forge Military College aims to join Trump’s anti-‘woke’ compact amid uncertain future https://t.co/urrHVuuiMF via @phillyinquirer
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The Valley Forge Military College has expressed interest in joining President Trump’s Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education, which the president has cast as part of his "war on woke."
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“Of course, Austin is dead. Austin is dead,” he said, his comments captured on video by hidden cameras worn by the CNN team.
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The mystery of what happened to Austin Tice has plagued multiple US administrations. Since the Assad regime fell in December 2024, witnesses have emerged, including many who point to one man that CNN...
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How a Philly ‘betfluencer’ wound up at the center of an NBA gambling scandal https://t.co/qAywMxR2Xp via @phillyinquirer
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Feds also accuse Hennen of providing rigged card-shuffling machines and other tech that was used to fix mob-affiliated backroom poker games in New York City.
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Carousel House will be Philly’s ‘flagship’ rec center. But people with disabilities will have to wait until 2028 to reunite. https://t.co/qr04iivXNW via @phillyinquirer
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The 2021 closure of Carousel House fractured Philly's disability community and displaced a wheelchair basketball team, Katie's Komets. Officials are still working to rebuild it.
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A Polish museum got a free Society Hill home for nearly 40 years. Then the city evicted it. https://t.co/uuSAUNFidk via @phillyinquirer
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For decades, City Hall never questioned whether the nonprofit actually owned the building at 308 Walnut St.
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The first two Alexander Calders don't get much space in the wondrous gardens that opened last month and are named for the third. I got to dig into the legacy of all three sculptors who helped shape Philadelphia's public spaces. https://t.co/Blyl2c7rE6 via @phillyinquirer
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The new Calder Gardens brings an opportunity to celebrate the family's dynasty in Philadelphia.
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Missing kids from Massachusetts state care face dire consequences - compelling story from old Inky colleagues https://t.co/q2x497bMeC via @BostonGlobe
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When kids run from care, the stakes couldn't be higher. Many become victims of sex trafficking.
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Poplar wins as city’s police union president after a combative campaign https://t.co/IpDM1IuCts via @phillyinquirer
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Roosevelt Poplar, who has led the Philly FOP since 2023, was elected to a three-year term on Tuesday, along with his entire slate.
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“Kids are being given essentially electric motorcycles and being set loose on the street, and that’s having tragic results.” https://t.co/uKiq4NeF7K via @phillyinquirer
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Serious injuries are on the rise in emergency rooms around the country, as electric cycles become bigger and faster. Lawmakers and police departments are scrambling to address the problem.
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Bottoms up: Iron Hill Brewery has closed all locations https://t.co/sOMiDhPUeW via @phillyinquirer
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“We sincerely hope to return in the future," Iron Hill management wrote Thursday in a Facebook post. Customers and employees said they were saddened by the region's latest brewery closing.
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“It just goes to show that’s what his mantra has always been. It’s just all about division and feeling like a victim and wanting to hate his opponents and get retribution,” @SarahAMatthews1 tells @tylerpager.
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President Trump has been fueled by grievance and animosity over the course of his political and public life.
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How Valley Forge Military Academy fell apart nearly a century after its founding https://t.co/4CuElmdTET via @phillyinquirer
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One of the nation’s most esteemed military academies — alma mater to U.S. generals and J.D. Salinger — became an “unsustainable” mission. Critics said it was avoidable.
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Inside Pa.’s largest immigrant detention center: Violence, desperation, little oversight https://t.co/nD0Rh3iNXC via @phillyinquirer
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While complaints about conditions at Moshannon Valley Processing Center predate Trump, his administration has effectively eliminated outside oversight as the population has reached all-time highs.
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