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Mayor Kenney on Rittenhouse wall ban: ‘sit where you want’
UPDATE: Jan. 14, 2017, 9:39 p.m. — Mayor Jim Kenney said Saturday night from his personal Twitter account tha ...
8 years ago
Since November election, rate of hate crime reports rising in Philly
Reports of hate crimes and bias incidents in Philadelphia have risen sharply since the presidential election, according to Philadelphia ...
8 years ago
ListenFamily, friends of slain Upper Merion woman decry release of killer husband
The family of a Montgomery County woman killed by her husband in 2006 is again feeling rattled after his release Sunday upon completing h ...
8 years ago
ListenRecord $4.4M settlement in 2014 Philadelphia police shooting
The city of Philadelphia has agreed to pay $4.4 million to settle two lawsuits after an unarmed black man was shot repeatedly by police i ...
8 years ago
Small Philly business owner boosting wages by example
Pennsylvania’s minimum wage hasn’t budged since the economic downturn of 2009, and some business owners in Philadelphia have ...
8 years ago
ListenAfter Philly lawmaker’s conviction, Pa. House revamps ethics rules
Pennsylvania House lawmakers have acted to make it easier to remove a state representative convicted of a crime. The change in Hou ...
8 years ago
Philly DA won’t prosecute young woman arrested after filmed attack [updated]
Prosecutors will not be pursuing charges against a 16-year-old woman who police arrested following a Southwest Philadelphia skirmish with ...
8 years ago
Suspect held in Christmas Eve slaying of South Philly grandmother
Philadelphia authorities have arrested and charged a 31-year-old man with the murder of an elderly woman on the morning before Christmas ...
8 years ago
Racketeering claim against Dougherty dropped, but suit may be revived
Allegations of racketeering in a civil lawsuit leveled against John Dougherty, the politically powerful boss of Philadelphia’s  ...
8 years ago
4 teens arrested in Philadelphia mall disturbance
Philadelphia police have strengthened their presence at the Philadelphia Mills Mall in response to two straight days of mass di ...
8 years ago
Mortgage issues spur Philly consumers’ financial complaints
The No. 1 consumer problem in Philadelphia involves bad interactions between mortgage borrowers and banks. That’s according ...
8 years ago
Study on Pa. death penalty three years overdue
A long-anticipated bipartisan commission report examining use of the death penalty in Pennsylvania — as well as viable alternatives and ...
8 years ago