Deadline looming, no budget in sight
HARRISBURG - With 10 days until a new fiscal year, the Wolf administration and the GOP-controlled legislature will have to pull the equivalent of a college cramming session to meet the deadline to...
View ArticleKeeping freshmen from an about-face
Alesha Figueroa-Falcon was headed to college last fall - until, all of a sudden, she wasn't. "I chickened out last-minute. It was too far for me," she said. "I felt like I was going to be...
View ArticleSeven people shot at Mantua barbecue
Seven people were shot, including a baby, on Saturday night during a barbecue in Philadelphia's Mantua section, police said. The gunfire took place about 9:30 p.m. near 41st and Ogden Streets in the...
View ArticleAnother day, another loss for Phillies
Ben Revere ran to the warning track before stopping his stride. The centerfielder had no choice but to watch the home run clear the fence and bounce into the bullpen in the sixth inning of Saturday's...
View ArticlePennsylvania prevails in shortened Big 33 Classic
HERSHEY, Pa. - Before lightning and heavy rain ended the contest at halftime, Imhotep Charter's D.J. Moore hauled in an 86-yard touchdown catch and Great Valley's Ryan Buchholz applied consistent...
View ArticleSermons rewritten across the region in wake of Charleston
When he heard the names of those killed in the Charleston church shooting, The Rev. Robin Hynicka wrote all nine on a white index card, tucked it in his shirt pocket, and started to search for the...
View ArticleCharleston casts shadow over Philly Juneteenth
In the shadow of Charleston, scores gathered in Germantown on Saturday to celebrate the events of a day 150 years ago - the freeing of slaves on American soil. People met near the spot where the first...
View ArticleCole Berman wins Philadelphia Amateur golf title
Cole Berman had played with and against Michael Davis enough to know that his longtime friend and rival from their Inter-Ac days would keep fighting after Berman rolled to an early lead in the final of...
View Article2011 NBA draft shows it's an inexact science
Most NBA draft classes have them: The cautionary tale, the European bust, the college all-American who couldn't cut it, the late first-rounders who outperformed their draft order. The 2011 draft has...
View ArticleVehicle-import business is big in South Philadelphia
Cars, cars, parked everywhere in South Philadelphia. On expansive lots below the Walt Whitman Bridge, on parcels at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. On Norfolk Southern Corp. rail land, and along the old...
View ArticleByberry remembered 25 years after its closure
Danny Butts was 23 and four years into a diagnosis of schizophrenia when the deinstitutionalization movement freed him from the infamous Philadelphia State Hospital at Byberry. On Friday, at a meeting...
View ArticleFord takes novel path: It's promoting loaners
Ford last month sent letters to 14,000 of its American drivers with an unusual suggestion: For extra cash, they could rent their cars to fellow urbanites wanting a cheap ride. America's second-biggest...
View ArticleUniversal Pictures, with T. rex's help, stomps to big year at the box-office
Jurassic World is helping Comcast Corp.-owned Universal Pictures devour box-office records like a T. rex. The futuristic franchise reboot barreled to $1 billion in a record-setting 13 days this month...
View ArticleIn Kensington, Helm an unexpected BYOB delight
There has been plenty of chatter, lately, that Philadelphia's unique love and talent for BYOBs is starting to wane. And there's no doubt some of our best - Bibou, Laurel, Talula's Table, Lolita, the...
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