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 Stores beyond the Philadelphia city line advertise the state minimum. (Tom MacDonald/WHYY)
Money

One month in, Philly cigarette tax boosting biz in the ‘burbs

The $2 per pack Cigarette tax in Philadelphia has been in effect for more than a month and some people are hitting the road to avoid payi ...

12 years ago

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 The Taney Dragons Little League team and their star pitcher, Mo'ne Davis, will kick off the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. (Brad Larrison/NewsWorks file photo)

Mo’ne and Philly’s Taney Dragons will kick off Macy’s parade

Philadelphia Little League star Mo’ne Davis and her team, the Taney Dragons, will kick off the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade ...

12 years ago

Jino Park with the family dog Ren, wife Cally Iden and daughter Blake, 4, on the way to go trick or treating in Mount Airy Friday. (Brad Larrison/for NewsWorks)

Scenes from Halloween 2014 in Northwest Philly [gallery]

From Chestnut Hill and West Oak Lane to East Falls and Manayunk, Friday saw costumed children of all ages set out on a quest for Hallowee ...

12 years ago

Politics & Policy

Wolf, Corbett cross state in final-day campaigning

Democrat Tom Wolf and Republican Gov. Tom Corbett are heading across Pennsylvania in their final day of campaigning before voters decide ...

12 years ago

 This ET Plus guardrail head is now banned in Delaware. (photo courtesy Trinity Highway Products)

DelDOT bans controversial guardrail cap

Delaware joined 27 other states that have banned the future use of a guardrail end treatment currently under scrutiny due to safety conce ...

12 years ago

 Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo space tourism rocket. (Mark Greenberg/Virgin Galactic file photo via AP)

Richard Branson: We will go into space safely

Richard Branson says he and his family still plan to go into space despite the crash of the Virgin Galactic test flight.   ...

12 years ago

 Unidentified men help secure the whale that was found stranded on an island in the Delaware Bay last week. (Photo courtesy of the Marine Mammal Stranding Center)
Down the Shore

Necropsy results pending on dead whale found in Delaware Bay

Marine biologists are waiting to see what killed the young minke whale that was found dead on an island in the Delaware Bay last wee ...

12 years ago

Second whooping cough case in Philly suburb

A suburban Philadelphia high school is dealing with its second whooping cough case of the academic year. Wissahickon High School s ...

12 years ago

World Trade Center reopens for business

Thirteen years after the 9/11 terrorist attack, the resurrected World Trade Center is opening for business. It’s an emotional miles ...

12 years ago

Students marching to vote, get polling place back

Students at an eastern Pennsylvania state university say they’re marking Election Day by marching five miles to cast their votes an ...

12 years ago

 A witness reported hearing Carlesha Freeland-Gaither yelling for help as she was forced into a four-door sedan around 9:40 p.m. Sunday. (Photo courtesy of Philadelphia Police)

22-year-old woman abducted in Germantown on Sunday night [updated with video]

A 22-year-old woman was forced into a car and abducted from the 100 block of W. Coulter St. on Sunday night, and police are seeking the p ...

12 years ago

National Interest

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s frat house hijinks

  Somebody should pitch a reality show called Keystone Court Capers. Too bad Animal House is already ...

12 years ago

 In this file photo taken Oct. 24, Casino union workers demonstrate outside the Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort in Atlantic City. Workers again took to the streets Monday to call on the mayor to take measures to keep the casino open. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
Money

Taj Mahal workers walking petition to AC mayor

Workers from the Trump Taj Mahal casino are marching to Atlantic City Mayor Don Guardian’s office to ask him to reconsider granting ...

12 years ago

 Seaside Park in mid-October 2014. (Photo: JSHN contributor Bob Brown)
Down the Shore

Mild Tuesday and Wednesday; rain likely Thursday

The week ahead features warmer air on Tuesday and Wednesday followed by rain on Thursday, forecasters say.  Under mostly sunn ...

12 years ago

 Neighborhood volunteers help sort, classify and label incoming book donations. (Jana Shea/for NewsWorks, file)

District, community work to restore heat to volunteer-run library at Mt. Airy school

Houston Elementary’s volunteer-run library has grown by at least an additional 500 book ...

12 years ago

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