Philadelphia Daily News
SHOVEL READY
Philadelphia could experience more snow this weekend than it did during the entire winter of 2024-25, but the forecast updates Friday suggested that may not be the worst of the storm’s offerings. In issuing a profoundly predictable winter storm...
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DIRTY DEEDS
The National Park Service dismantled exhibits about slavery at the President’s House Site in Independence National Historical Park, provoking a lawsuit from Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle L. Parker’s administration. The President’s House, which serves as...
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WHAT’S AHEAD
The details are likely to remain elusive well into the weekend, but on Wednesday evidence was accumulating that the Philadelphia region could become a winter wonderland for the remainder of January. “We’re definitely going to get some snow,” said Alex...
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SCHOOL ALARM
Computer models are saying with a rather uncharacteristic certainty that the Philadelphia region and much of the Mid-Atlantic can expect a significant snowstorm during the weekend. Now, when have they ever been wrong? On Tuesday, models were in...
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READ IT AND VEEP
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro questioned whether he was being unfairly scrutinized as the only Jewish person being considered as a finalist to be Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate — and briefly entertained his own run for the presidency —...
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THE KING SPEECH
The limousine door burst open, and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stepped out onto the sidewalk in front of Dennis Kemp’s South Philadelphia school. Kemp was 13 that day in October 1967, a member of the stage crew and the basketball team asked by...
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SHOCK & AWE!
America’s favorite multitalented Founding Father is celebrating his — checks parchment — 320th birthday Saturday, and the Franklin Institute wants everyone to join the party. On Saturday the science museum will debut a new “immersive multimedia show,”...
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TAKING THE STAIRS
Yo Adrian, they did it. The city’s famed Rocky statue has been cleared for installation atop the Philadelphia Art Museum’s iconic steps later this year following an Art Commission vote Wednesday. Four commissioners voted to approve the move, while one...
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HATE TO SEE IT
Union Trinity AME Church, one of Philadelphia’s historic Black religious institutions and known as “The Friendly Church,” was vandalized with racist graffiti over the weekend. Pastor Tianda Smart-Heath was informed of the vandalism shortly after...
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SIGNS OF UNREST
Legions of suburbanites decried federal ICE actions on Sunday in a series of vigils and protests across the Philadelphia area, signaling the breadth of opposition to a central part of President Donald Trump’s agenda. Expressions of anger, sadness, and...
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PETTY CASH
New Jersey has long coveted Petty’s Island, 300 acres in the Delaware River off Pennsauken, as a potential environmental and recreational haven with its grand views of Philadelphia. Originally the hunting grounds of Native Americans, the island was...
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DANCIN’ ON HIS OWN?
It’s only been days since an audacious U.S. raid snatched Nicolás Maduro from a Venezuelan military base and sped him to a Brooklyn prison, yet Detroit-area Trump supporter Aaron Tobin can already see it all playing out on the big screen. It’ll be the...
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BIG COMEBACK
When Larry Krasner was sworn in to his second term as district attorney four years ago, Philadelphia was in a public safety crisis: Murders and shootings were at an all-time high and the homicide clearance rate was at a historic low. On Monday,...
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THEY SMELLED TROUBLE
Robert Flesch was sitting in his first-floor room at the Bristol nursing home shortly after 9 a.m. on Dec. 23 when a staffer poked her head in to tell him he should go to the activity room. There was a gas leak near his room, the staffer told him, and...
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SUNDAY DRIVER
Darius Cooper was the training camp darling. “That’s what they call it?” Cooper asked with a smile Thursday, four months after he dazzled as an undrafted Eagles free agent during practices and preseason games. The wide receiver out of FCS Tarleton...
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ROCKY GROUND
As Philadelphia’s largest visual arts institution heads into the new year, it does so shaken by disorder and strife — reeling under a drama as extraordinary in substance as the public nature with which it is playing out. On Nov. 4, Philadelphia Art...
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MORE REIGN IN THE FORECAST?
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Jalen Hurts sat at his locker stall and nodded as Nick Sirianni spoke. The quarterback listened intently to his coach until he ended the conversation with an adage that summed up the Eagles’ defensive-minded 13-12 victory over the...
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MURDER MYSTERY
Police found the body of the woman with the crystal pendant necklace stuffed beneath a wooden pallet in an overgrown lot in Frankford one night last June. She had been shot once between the eyes, and wore only a sports bra, with her pants and underwear...
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ODD LANG SYNE
Way back in 2022, when Philadelphians gathered on an abandoned pier to watch a man eat a rotisserie chicken, folks on social media began to wonder: “Is Philadelphia a real place?” This year, that question became a declarative sentence. “Philadelphia...
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NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS
Around 2:15 p.m. Tuesday, Samuel “Bull” Thomas pushed his older brother in a wheelchair down the first floor of the Bristol Health & Rehab Center. As they rolled down the hallway, the 49-year-old Levittown resident smelled gas. “People were still in...
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SHATTERED PEACE
At least two people were killed and multiple injuries were reported after an explosion rocked a nursing home Tuesday afternoon in Bristol Township in Bucks County, authorities said. Shortly after 2 p.m., firefighters and police responded to an...
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HOLIDAY HOPES
Turkeys are about to start getting roasted and Philadelphia City Hall’s Christmas Village will soon be packing up. But the magic of the holiday season is never complete without a letter to Santa. With Christmas Day around the corner, we asked...
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MAD DASHER
LANDOVER, Md. — Saquon Barkley had rushed for just 52 yards on 14 carries when he came to the sideline late in the third quarter. The Eagles had taken a 14-10 lead after a 17-play, touchdown-scoring drive, but they did so in spite of the struggles in...
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GOOD CLAUSES
“Santa Kringle” is always dashing away somewhere. In the early morning, when creatures are just starting to stir, he is an Uber driver, taking people to the airport or their offices in a red Kia with “ON COMET” emblazoned on the license plate. And...
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GOOD SHIP!
Two top trans-Atlantic shippers are moving their cargoes to Philadelphia-area terminals, boosting longshore and trucking jobs, and ending Baltimore port calls as work drags on replacing the Key Bridge whose collapse 21 months ago crippled ship traffic...
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PACKAGE DEALS
Emma Zielinski wasn’t sure how her business selling unclaimed mystery mail would fare at the Christmas Village in Philadelphia this year, or if she’d even be accepted into the holiday market at all. “I didn’t think they’d take us because we’re not...
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HIGHWAY TO HEAVEN
Philadelphia Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel stood at a podium Tuesday behind a cherry wood coffin inside the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul, and told mourners how Highway Patrol Officer Andy Chan had arrived in the afterlife: on his...
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SON & STAR
LOS ANGELES — Rob Reiner’s younger son, Nick Reiner, was in jail Monday after being booked for what investigators believe was the fatal stabbing of the director-actor and his wife at their Los Angeles home a day earlier, authorities said. It was not...
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HOME IMPROVEMENT
Brandon Graham was going home to an empty house Sunday evening. His family was out of town, and so one of Graham’s first thoughts after he registered his first sacks since coming out of retirement nearly two months ago was: What am I going to...
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OUT OF LUCK
One man, buried under $20,000 in online gambling debt, became homeless. A woman lost $13,000 and missed her last five mortgage payments. A mother gambled away her son’s college tuition, piling up over $100,000 in debt. Such dire stories — shared with...
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TURNING THEIR BACKS?
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s approval on the economy and immigration have fallen substantially since March, according to a new APNORC poll, the latest indication that two signature issues that got him elected barely a year ago could be turning...
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TOLL CALL
Philly is getting ready to dress itself up — with Liberty Bells. Lots of Liberty Bells. Organizers of Philadelphia’s yearlong celebrations for America’s 250th anniversary in 2026 gathered in a frigid Philadelphia School District warehouse in Logan on...
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WELCOME BACK
ORLANDO — The Phillies have extended manager Rob Thomson’s contract through 2027, the team announced Tuesday. After the team’s National League Division Series loss to the Dodgers, Phillies president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski said he...
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THANK YOU, SANTA
Transport Workers Union Local 234 and SEPTA reached a tentative agreement on a new two-year contract on Monday after Gov. Josh Shapiro helped break an impasse in talks. Members of the local’s executive board approved the deals, but it is subject to...
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RECHARGED?
For one play during an otherwise dismal Black Friday loss to the Chicago Bears, Jalen Hurts gave the Eagles’ offense a jolt. The ball never even left his control. Rather, he tucked it into the crook of his left arm and dashed through a lane created on...
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KICK START!
WASHINGTON — We’re one step closer in learning which teams will head to Philly ahead of next summer’s FIFA World Cup. A packed house inside the Kennedy Center featuring world leaders, celebrities, and the delegations of over 40 nations watched as...
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POINTS TAKEN
Immigration activists carried a worn wooden podium to the Criminal Justice Center on Thursday, demanding that Sheriff Rochelle Bilal step up and explain why she allows ICE agents in the courthouse. She didn’t appear, and after a few minutes lead...
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‘QUITE STUNNING’
The number of immigrants confined in federal detention facilities has surged past 65,000, perhaps the highest figure ever and a two-thirds increase since President Donald Trump took office in January. The 65,135 in custody shatters the 60,000...
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CONCRETE PLANS
Just about every time Frederick Stahl, Matt Barber, and Anthony Masucci sweep their block of Iseminger Street in South Philly, someone stops them with a question or asks to take their picture. That’s how I found out about these street-sweeping South...
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WE’RE CRUSTFALLEN!
Antoinette and Chris Caserio walked out of Marra’s on Sunday afternoon with their children, a menu, a pizza box, and a bag of leftovers they called “their last supper.” “It’s super sad,” Antoinette Caserio said. “My dad’s 80 and this was his...
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IN OUR VIEW
Bucko Kilroy spent a week in a Philadelphia courtroom three years after a Life magazine story described him as football’s dirtiest player. He sued the magazine for libel, claiming the accusation that he purposely injured opponents had ruined his...
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BLEAK FRIDAY
The Bears brought a piece of the Windy City to Philly and blew the Eagles away. On a gusty Black Friday afternoon at Lincoln Financial Field, the visiting Bears got to work on the ground, pounding their way to a 24-15 victory. Vic Fangio’s defense...
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GOOD HAIR DAY
Gov. Josh Shapiro signed the CROWN Act into law Tuesday, a landmark bill that prohibits discrimination based on a person’s hair type, texture, or style. The act, which stands for Create a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair, applies to every...
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JUSTICE AT LAST
Two Camden men were convicted of murder and related crimes Monday in the shooting death of Philadelphia Police Officer Richard Mendez at the airport in 2023. Yobranny Martinez-Fernandez, 20, who fired the fatal shots, was found guilty of first-degree...
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NO EASY FEET
Feet blistered, toenails were lost. Some chafed in places unimaginable. Others questioned it all as they attacked the hill leading to the Manayunk portion of the race. For the thousands of runners who crossed the Philadelphia Marathon finish line...
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BLOCKING CRITICISM
So I have these two friends — great friends, practically-my-brother friends, bail-yaout-of-jail friends. (Why would I be in jail, you ask? Let’s just say that in my house, you won’t find a mattress with its tag still attached.) Both men are sports fans...
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REOPEN-MINDED?
WASHINGTON — The Senate began its final votes Monday evening on legislation to reopen the government, bringing the longest shutdown in history closer to an end after a small group from the Democratic caucus struck a deal with Republicans. The shutdown...
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CRUEL & UNUSUAL
Dominic Cipriano couldn’t stop shaking. A drug dealer on the streets of Kensington had sold him a bag of what he thought was fentanyl. But whatever Cipriano had taken didn’t produce the familiar rush of the opioids he’d been using on and off since he...
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SNAP BACK
About $100 million in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits started reaching Pennsylvanians Friday in a major victory for Gov. Josh Shapiro’s administration. Shapiro, at a news conference Friday at North Philadelphia’s Share Food,...
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HITTING TURBULENCE
Amid the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, ahead of one of the busiest travel times of the year, the Federal Aviation Administration told airlines to reduce their flights by 10% at 40 of the nation’s busiest airports. On the list is...
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PARTY ON
The Pennsylvania Democratic Party is back. Or experiencing a “rebirth,” as the new state party chair says. Eugene DePasquale, who took the helm of the state party in September following a string of painful losses and financial woes, said Tuesday’s...
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WHEELS OF DEMOCRACY
Mikie Sherrill, Jack Ciattarelli, Larry Krasner, and Pat Dugan were among the marquee names on the ballots in New Jersey and Pennsylvania on Tuesday. But on a clear and breezy Election Day, President Donald Trump was very much a factor in state,...
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PUT TO THE TEST
Raised in Northeast Philadelphia, sisters Perla and Aydee Trinidad do everything together, from speaking with a similar cadence to enrolling in the same college program. But these days, only one of them feels like she can move through the city without...
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GARDEN STATEMENT
The eyes of the nation are on the Garden State. New Jersey voters will head to the polls tomorrow as America watches whether Republican Jack Ciattarelli pulls off an upset or Democratic U.S. Rep. Mikie Sherrill holds the line and gives her party...
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HUNGER PAIN
For decades, what’s now known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program has been a lifeline for the country’s most vulnerable families — even through federal shutdowns. As the program appeared poised to grind to a halt this week, many experts...
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PRESENT TENSE
A protest outside the Philadelphia ICE office erupted into physical confrontations with police on Thursday, as several people were pushed to the ground and four were taken into custody. A series of push-and-shove skirmishes broke out after about 35...
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RADIO SILENCE
Longtime WMMR-FM host Pierre Robert, 70, was found dead in his Gladwyne home Wednesday. Beasley Media Group, the station’s parent company, announced Mr. Robert’s death in a statement, calling him a “true radio icon.” The cause of Mr. Robert’s death is...
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SCIENCE SHUTDOWN
Ari Friedman has a list of proposals from scientists seeking coveted federal research funding, all stuck in limbo during the federal shutdown. Friedman’s work as a peer reviewer for the National Institutes of Health is a crucial part of the arduous...
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IN A FIX
On the green felt of a Bellagio baccarat table, Shane “Sugar” Hennen flaunted $3,125 in winnings from a Pittsburgh Pirates game in June 2014. It was a drop in the bucket for Las Vegas moneylines. But on Instagram, Hennen called it “#2dayswork.” He...
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Montco man accused of trying to kill cop
A Lower Gwynedd man has been charged with the attempted murder of a law enforcement officer after authorities say he struck a Plymouth Township police officer with his car multiple times before fleeing the scene. Dalton Lee Janiczek, 21, faces...
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PAIN RELIEF
When Rick Prete returned from Iraq in 2009, he had just one focus: his family. Throughout his yearlong deployment as an infantryman in the Army, he could only speak to his wife and daughter sparingly over Skype. Once he was home in Audubon, Montgomery...
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FOUL PLAY
A sports betting scandal involving Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups and Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier has roiled the NBA and threatens to undermine the $13 billion sports betting industry. Billups and Rozier are among 34 people...
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MURDER CHARGES
Keon King was charged with murder and related crimes Wednesday in the death of Kada Scott, the 23-year-old woman police say he kidnapped, then killed, before burying her body in a shallow grave. The district attorney’s office approved the charges...
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‘FOR EVERYONE’
President Donald Trump’s administration on Tuesday asked a federal appeals court in Philadelphia to overturn an order that has, for the moment, blocked authorities from deporting pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil — the latest development in a...
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OUR LOSS
Prosecutors on Monday charged Keon King, the man accused of kidnapping Kada Scott from her workplace earlier this month, with arson — and said they soon intend to charge him with murder for allegedly killing Scott, then setting on fire the car they say...
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THAT’S MORE LIKE IT!
MINNEAPOLIS — Jalen Hurts was rolling to his right, and he continued that way until the slice of available space for him to keep rolling got precariously thin. It was third-and-13 midway through the fourth quarter Sunday, the Eagles leading by two and...
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CASES CLOSED
Philadelphia police are solving homicides at the highest rate in recent memory, arresting suspected killers at a pace not seen since the early 1980s as violence in the city plummets to near-historic lows and as the technology used to solve crimes...
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BG BACK?
The Eagles are bleeding edge rushers. Za’Darius Smith’s surprising retirement left four healthy bodies at that position on the active roster: Jalyx Hunt, Joshua Uche, Azeez Ojulari, and Patrick Johnson. Only one of them, Johnson, has registered a sack...
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DESPERATE FOR INFO
A Philadelphia man has been charged with kidnapping in connection with the disappearance of Kada Scott, 23, who went missing from her workplace 11 days ago and who investigators believe is in danger, police said. Keon King, 21, was taken into custody...
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FIRED UP
A Spirit Halloween fog machine pumped “smoke” from a box tricked out to look like a burning Regional Rail car on Tuesday morning near Suburban Station. The pointed display was part of a protest by fed-up SEPTA riders who blamed Regional Rail train...
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JOY STORY
President Donald Trump on Monday marked the end of Israel’s devastating two-year war in Gaza and the release of the remaining Israeli hostages with a call for lasting peace that would reshape the entire Middle East and could become a defining feature...
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MAKING WAVES
The storm the Philadelphia region spent days prepping for smashed into the Jersey Shore on Sunday, bringing flooding and gusts exceeding 50 mph. More flooding was for Monday afternoon. Shore communities experienced moderate flooding in the first of...
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DEJA-BOO!
The Phillies did it again. A 96-win season ended with a wild throw to the wrong base. Diehard fans will again spend hours on hold as they seek to get their National League Championship Series and World Series tickets refunded. Again, the bats went...
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‘PROUD MOMENT’
City Council’s most progressive members are set to spend the fall pushing to pass several pieces of legislation aimed at what they consider an “affordability crisis” for Philadelphia’s lowest-income residents. The effort is shaping up to be the most...
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AIRPORTS STRAINED BY GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN
Philadelphia regional airports are contending with staffing shortages as the federal government shutdown drags into a second week — and union officials warn the situation could worsen quickly if the government doesn’t reopen soon. So far, the budget...
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