A judge in Philadelphia cleared a man in an attempted murder case on Monday after he spent about a dozen years in prison related to a shooting for which officials said there was weak evidence and the prosecution did not meet the burden of proof. The decision ended a yearslong battle to overturn his conviction. […]
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Eight Teens Are Shot at Philadelphia Bus Stop, Police Say
Eight Philadelphia high school students were shot and wounded as they waited for a public bus after school on Wednesday, the latest in a spate of shootings that have touched off outrage in the city, the police said. The students, who attend Northeast High School, were shot at about 3 p.m. as they waited at […]
Read MoreJoe Biden’s Superfans Think the Rest of America Has Lost Its Mind
Andrea Russell is a fixture on Earp Street, the quiet strip of rowhouses in South Philadelphia where she has lived for 45 years. In the afternoons, neighbors come and go from her living room as her 16-year-old cat, George, sits perched above a television that is usually tuned to cable news. Ms. Russell, a 77-year-old […]
Read MoreStorm Brings up to a Foot of Snow to Parts of Northeast
A fast-moving storm system brought several inches of snow to parts of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions for the second time this week, leaving two inches of snow in Central Park but double-digit accumulations in other areas, such as parts of Long Island. Zack Taylor, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in College Park, […]
Read MoreProvidence Officials Approve Overdose Prevention Center
More than two years ago, Rhode Island became the first state in the nation to authorize overdose prevention centers, facilities where people would be allowed to use illicit drugs under professional supervision. On Thursday, the Providence City Council approved the establishment of what will be the state’s first so-called safe injection site. Minnesota is the […]
Read MoreAmid a Fraught Process, Penn Museum Entombs Remains of 19 Black People
There was very little that could be said about the 19 people who were eulogized on Saturday morning in a service at the University of Pennsylvania. Their names were lost, and not much about their lives was known beyond the barest facts: an old age spent in the poorhouse, a problem with cavities. They were […]
Read MoreIn Philadelphia, Chinatown’s Champions Fear New Arena for 76ers
Deborah Wei first wore a “No Stadium in Chinatown” T-shirt emblazoned with red English letters and Chinese characters in 2000, when she helped to scuttle a proposed baseball stadium for the Phillies. She wore an updated version a decade later, with the word “Stadium” crossed out and replaced by “Casino,” when local opposition derailed a […]
Read MoreAfter Rise in Murders During the Pandemic, a Sharp Decline in 2023
Detroit is on track to record the fewest murders since the 1960s. In Philadelphia, where there were more murders in 2021 than in any year on record, the number of homicides this year has fallen more than 20 percent from last year. And in Los Angeles, the number of shooting victims this year is down […]
Read MorePenn’s Chaos: What Led Up to Liz Magill’s Resignation After Antisemitism Hearings
The dissident trustees of the University of Pennsylvania’s board of trustees had decided to meet in secret over the weekend. They had spent months watching support for Penn’s president erode as pro-Palestinian students demonstrated on campus, donors threatened to withhold tens of millions of dollars, and the advisory board of Penn’s influential business school demanded […]
Read MorePennsylvania Governor and Senator Denounce Antisemitism at Rally
Gov. Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania and other officials in Pennsylvania denounced antisemitism at a rally in Philadelphia on Sunday, a demonstration of support for Jews one day after the resignation of the president of the University of Pennsylvania, Elizabeth Magill, who was heavily criticized for not condemning antisemitism forcefully enough. “I have seen Pennsylvanians take […]
Read MoreWhite House Condemns Protest at Israeli Restaurant in Philadelphia
White House and state officials said that a protest on Sunday was hateful and antisemitic after dozens of pro-Palestinian demonstrators opposed to Israel’s offensive in the Gaza Strip chanted slogans charging “genocide” outside an Israeli-style falafel shop in Philadelphia. The White House issued a statement on Monday that called the protest targeting the establishment “unjustifiable,” […]
Read MoreCherelle Parker Elected Mayor of Philadelphia
Cherelle Parker, a longtime state and local elected official who promised Philadelphia residents that she would aggressively tackle the city’s crime woes, was elected mayor Tuesday, according to The Associated Press, making her the first woman voted into the city’s highest office. Viewed as more moderate than the other candidates in the Democratic primary in […]
Read MoreCherelle Parker Elected Mayor of Philadelphia
Cherelle Parker, a longtime state and local elected official who promised Philadelphia residents that she would aggressively tackle the city’s crime woes, was elected mayor Tuesday, according to The Associated Press, making her the first woman voted into the city’s highest office. Viewed as more moderate than the other candidates in the Democratic primary in […]
Read More‘I’m Not Superwoman’: Philadelphia’s Likely Mayor Urges Teamwork
As one urban gardener after another beseeched Cherelle Parker to prevent the green spaces that they had spent years nurturing from being gobbled up by developers, she furiously took notes in her trademark spiral notebook and barely said a word. Eventually, Ms. Parker, the Democratic nominee for mayor, did address the neighborhood groups that had […]
Read MoreElection Day Guide: Governor Races, Abortion Access and More
Election Day is nearly here, and while off-year political races receive a fraction of the attention compared with presidential elections, some of Tuesday’s contests will be intensely watched. At stake are two southern governorships, control of the Virginia General Assembly and abortion access in Ohio. National Democrats and Republicans, seeking to build momentum moving toward […]
Read MoreThe Marie Laurencin Exhibition Making the Case for Art Without Men
“One issue that Laurencin did have with being taken seriously by, say, feminist art historians in the ’90s is that she was so feminine,” she said. “They just couldn’t get it.” After Laurencin’s death, her work fell into an especially peculiar trap: It was dismissed for its femininity and criticized for its supposed lack of […]
Read MoreThe 25 Best Restaurants in Philadelphia
In the Where to Eat: 25 Best series, we’re highlighting our favorite restaurants in cities across the United States. These lists will be updated as restaurants close and open, and as we find new gems to recommend. As always, we pay for all of our meals and don’t accept free items. Italian, Tasting Menu Well […]
Read MoreWhat Voters Think About U.S. Support for the Wars in Israel and Ukraine
Wisconsin In rural Lone Rock, Wis., where harvest season had meant yet another long workday on Thursday, Randy Schmidt, 60, a dairy farmer, said the president’s appeal for military aid was “going to be a hard sell in these parts.” Mr. Schmidt owns the largest dairy farm in Richland County, a swing district that had […]
Read MoreThink Your City Mouse Has an Attitude? These Scientists Want to Find Out.
Anna Colliton has lived in her apartment in Pelham Parkway in the Bronx for five years, but she suspects the mice have been there far longer. They also seem to have an unusual favorite food: the spare packets of ketchup she keeps alongside takeout menus in a kitchen drawer. Even if she hasn’t seen a […]
Read MoreThink Your City Mouse Has an Attitude? These Scientists Want to Find Out.
Anna Colliton has lived in her apartment in Pelham Parkway in the Bronx for five years, but she suspects the mice have been there far longer. They also seem to have an unusual favorite food: the spare packets of ketchup she keeps alongside takeout menus in a kitchen drawer. Even if she hasn’t seen a […]
Read MoreTo Combat the Opioid Epidemic, Cities Ponder Facilities for Drug Use
Quetcy M. Lozada, a first-term Philadelphia City Council member, stood on a September evening near an elementary school just off Kensington Avenue, the epicenter of a sprawling fentanyl market in a city that saw a record 1,413 drug overdose deaths last year. Just a block away, the street and sidewalks were dotted with used syringes […]
Read MoreHe Announces Baseball Games in Spanish. It is Not His First Language.
Bill Kulik is a longtime Spanish language radio broadcaster for the Philadelphia Phillies. But listeners tuning in wouldn’t always know that. Instead of calling baseball’s championship by its Spanish name, “La Serie Mundial,” he calls it the World Series. He recently described a player’s up and down career as “a roller coaster” instead of “una […]
Read MoreUniversity of Pennsylvania R.A.s Vote to Unionize
What Do Resident Advisers Want? At Penn, like many universities, R.A.s currently receive free housing and some meals but no pay for what the university describes as 15 to 20 hours per week of work. Students involved in union drives at Penn and other schools have said that they want more benefits for undergraduate workers, […]
Read MorePhiladelphia Police Say Looting ‘Had Nothing to Do’ With Protest
In the shadow of Philadelphia’s City Hall this week, about 100 people gathered to protest a judge’s decision to dismiss all charges against a former police officer who shot and killed a man in his car during a traffic stop last month. Around dinnertime, the demonstrators packed up their posters and signs and cleared out. […]
Read MoreTemple University Acting President Joanne Epps Dies
JoAnne A. Epps, the acting president of Temple University in Philadelphia whose tenure came at a turbulent time for the school, died on Tuesday after becoming ill onstage at a memorial service, the university said. Ms. Epps, who was appointed in April, was taken to a hospital after becoming ill at the memorial service and […]
Read MoreTemple University Acting President Joanne Epps Dies
JoAnne A. Epps, the acting president of Temple University in Philadelphia whose tenure came at a turbulent time for the school, died on Tuesday after becoming ill onstage at a memorial service, the university said. Ms. Epps, who was appointed in April, was taken to a hospital after becoming ill at the memorial service and […]
Read MoreDanelo Cavalcante Is Spotted Again in Pennsylvania
Danelo Cavalcante, a convicted murderer who escaped from a Pennsylvania prison more than 10 days ago, was spotted again on Monday night, the authorities said. James Mckee, a Pennsylvania State Police trooper, confirmed the sighting in a brief telephone interview on Monday night. He said he could not confirm any other details. Mr. Cavalcante, 34, […]
Read MoreThe Pennsylvania Fugitive: Why Wasn’t He Deported?
At an unknown time and at an unknown location, Danelo Souza Cavalcante, a 34-year-old citizen of Brazil, entered the United States unlawfully — without being inspected or admitted by a U.S. immigration official, according to the Department of Homeland Security. Sometime after that, in April 2021, prosecutors said he fatally stabbed his Brazilian girlfriend in […]
Read MorePhiladelphia Police Officer Charged in Fatal Shooting
A Philadelphia police officer was charged with murder after he fatally shot a 27-year-old man who was in his car at near point-blank range, prosecutors announced on Friday, weeks after top police officials announced that body camera footage of the killing showed a different account than what the officer initially described. In addition to the […]
Read MorePennsylvania Prison Escapes Could Reflect Staffing Issues and Human Error
Before Danelo Cavalcante crab-walked his way up and out of the Chester County Prison, launching a sprawling manhunt in the wooded suburbs outside Philadelphia, a man named Igor Bolte escaped from the same jail. Twice. The first time was in July 2019, when Mr. Bolte, who was serving a sentence for aggravated assault, walked out […]
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