The Philadelphia Inquirer (South Jersey edition)
Philadelphia Museum of Art gets $20 million to expand learning space
A new series of spaces for educating schoolchildren and welcoming art newbies is coming to the Philadelphia Museum of Art thanks to a major gift from a couple with longtime ties to the museum. Lois G. and Julian A. Brodsky have pledged $20 million to...
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Philly police leader denounces DA’s comments as ‘unacceptable’
Police Commissioner Kevin J. Bethel on Thursday said it was “absolutely unacceptable” for District Attorney Larry Krasner to have effectively blamed two police officers for sinking a prior murder case against the man now accused of fatally shooting...
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Pope Leo in the clear
Pope leo XIV arrives in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on Wednesday for his weekly general audience, his first since surgery to remove the lower lobe of his right lung. according to his doctors, the pope needs no further treatment for lung cancer....
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Hundreds gather for a final salute to officer shot to death in West Philly
Shane Seiber came home from two tours in Iraq wanting one thing: to be a Philadelphia police officer. Then a letter from the police academy arrived, turning him down. He crumpled it up and threw it in the trash. But his wife, Lisa, fished it out. She...
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Zelensky: Trump is pushing Ukraine to surrender to Russia
KYIV, Ukraine — President Donald Trump is trying to force Ukraine to surrender in the war, President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine said in an interview published Sunday, as a deepening feud between the two leaders drives their relations to new...
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Four on the floor
It was more of the same for the Birds on Sunday. Backup quarterback Tanner McKee and the injury-plagued Eagles fell to the Panthers, 25-14. It was their fourth straight loss. Chuba Hubbard (right) led the Panthers with 120 rushing yards and a touchdown...
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MEASLES SPREADS, A COUNTY SHRUGS
LEWISTOWN, Pa. — The floats had been decorated, the public officials assembled, and now the parade was underway — a convoy of colorful trailers and pickup trucks rolling slowly through downtown. Firetrucks passed grandmothers in lawn chairs and young...
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Teen shooter who killed 4 at Oregon school was a former student there
BEND, Ore. — A teacher threw her phone at the teenage gunman who killed four people at an Oregon elementary school, then tackled and fought with him — likely saving lives before he was shot by a father of students who followed him into the building,...
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Why Shapiro, Pa. Dems are thinking about an elusive Capitol trifecta
HARRISBURG — Contentious, compromising, and gridlocked. Those are just a few ways to describe Pennsylvania’s split legislature during the last four years, as Democrats narrowly control the state House and hold the governorship, while Republicans lead...
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Philly port to get $837M in public and private funds, Shapiro says
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro on Tuesday announced the state will invest $371 million in the Port of Philadelphia, a commitment he said will help create thousands of jobs and boost the port’s capacity to handle container cargo and...
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Star alum Pope Leo has brought Villanova closer to the Vatican
ROME — The Rev. Peter M. Donohue, Villanova University’s president, emailed his former classmate and friend last May, congratulating him on the one-year anniversary of his new position. “It has been quite a year,” Donohue wrote to his fellow Villanova...
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In a London fog
Fans watch the players warm up at Tottenham Stadium before the Eagles played the Jaguars in London on Sunday. While the game ended with the Eagles losing, 19-17, plenty of supporters enjoyed the trip overseas. For more coverage, see Sports or go to...
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W. Philly ambush leaves officer dead, another hurt
A Philadelphia police officer was killed and another was critically wounded after authorities said a man ambushed them with a shotgun early Saturday outside his West Philadelphia home. The suspect, who continued to shoot at responding officers before...
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No distance too far for true fans
Eagles fans from Phans of Philly gather for a group photo with the Tower Bridge behind them in London on Friday. The Birds will play the Jacksonville Jaguars at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Sunday.
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After record-setting 265 days at sea, USS Lincoln returns to California
CORONADO, Calif. — Sailors disembarked the USS Lincoln on Thursday following a deployment that included a record 265 uninterrupted days at sea supporting the Iran war and reports of supply shortages and deteriorating mental health among the...
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Philadelphia’s population of children is dropping
Philadelphians can expect to see fewer children darting through water geysers in front of City Hall and paddling around the pond at Sister Cities Park in the coming decades. The city and suburbs are losing their populations of kids, and fast. Between...
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Soldiers wounded in Iranian strike say the U.S. military failed them
The shrapnel hit Army Lt. Col. Arturo Lincón’s body like shattered glass. One chunk of metal lodged into the left side of his jaw. Another piece sliced through his salivary gland before bouncing off his jaw and piercing the back of his neck, severing...
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Misery in the rain
It was a dreadful Sunday afternoon for the Eagles. Despite losing several key players to injury — running back Saquon Barkley, defensive back Quinyon Mitchell, and linebacker Jonathan Greenard — the Eagles carried a 10-point lead against the Los...
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Gambling’s ground zero
Reynaldo Rivera had little interest in sports betting. He preferred playing slots and table games at casinos around Philadelphia, where he’d unwind a couple times a week after covering the graveyard shift as a tow truck driver. But when the COVID-19...
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Cornell rape accuser was ‘failed’ by authorities, N.Y. governor says
NEW YORK — The woman who accused members of a Cornell University fraternity of gang rape was “failed” by people obligated to protect her, including campus police and the county prosecutor, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said Friday. Hochul said at a news...
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Tenn. woman survives injection
Media witnesses in Nashville recount the moments before the execution of Christa Pike was halted Wednesday after she received two doses of pentobarbital and continued breathing. Story,
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Ka-Bohm!
Alec Bohm celebrates his game-winning home run in the 10th inning against the Braves in Game 2 of the wild-card series in Atlanta. The Phillies rallied to win, 4-3, behind three innings of shutout relief from rookie Andrew Painter. Kyle Schwarber and...
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Bummer
Relief pitcher Jhoan Duran reacts after giving up a three-run homer to Austin Riley in the eighth inning as the Phillies lost to the Braves, 5-3, in Game 1 of their wild-card-series in Atlanta. The Phillies will try to keep their season alive in Game 2...
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Looking good, LeBron!
LeBron James, one of the NBA’s all-time greats, dons a blue No. 23 jersey at the Sixers’ media day ahead of the start of training camp Monday in Camden. “I didn’t leave my family to lose in the second round,” James said. “I know that, for sure. Work...
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That’s a relief!
They haven’t avoided disaster yet. For now, all they have done is postpone it. That’s a good thing, of course. Much better than the alternative. The Phillies arrived at Citizens Bank Park on Sunday with a chance to irrevocably damage their legacy by...
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A stroke robbed Joe Mihalich of his voice. La Salle helped him find it
Joe Mihalich loves coffee. Dunkin’, specifically. For years, it has been part of his morning routine: picking up a large decaf, hot, with cream, en route to a basketball arena. Employees at his home Dunkin’, in Mt. Airy, call him by name (“Mr. Joe”)....
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Incoming set
Surfers in Ocean City, N.J., check out the group of waves helped by an approaching nor’easter Friday. Forecasters warned that heavy rains and flooding were possible throughout the weekend, along with gusts as high as 70 mph at the Shore. Story on A8.
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‘I thought he was going to kill her’: ‘R.C.’ Horsch accosted her daughter
It was early on a Friday evening, a week after her ninth birthday. Ashley Rivera, already in her pajamas, walked from her home to the 7-Eleven across the street to grab a snack. She was within eyesight of her stepdad, who sat on the front porch of...
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Trump welcomes China’s Xi
President Donald trump and first lady melania trump walk with China’s President Xi Jinping and wife Peng Liyuan during a welcome ceremony Wednesday at Joint Base Andrews, md. the ceremony, which included a flyover and a presentation of the flags and...
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Trump says U.S. and Iranian officials met Tuesday after his U.N. address
UNITED NATIONS — President Donald Trump said U.S. and Iranian officials met on Tuesday, an unexpected engagement that came even as he threatened in his address to the U.N. General Assembly that he may “annihilate” the Islamic Republic if a deal isn’t...
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Seven corridors are most dangerous among South Jersey’s roadways
Even in an age where driving is as safe as it has ever been, hundreds of people still die on New Jersey roads each year. Across South Jersey, an analysis shows, there are seven corridors that are particularly problematic — stretches where four or more...
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Raymond Horsch tied to Philly crematorium
Years before police launched an investigation into the missing women connected to Raymond “R.C.” Horsch, the late pornographer stood inside a Kensington art gallery and presented what appeared to be the autopsy photos of a dead, unidentified...
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BUILDING PHILLY, BREAKING DOWN
When Buddy Osborne’s phone rings, it’s because something has gone wrong. An accident. A death. A traumatic event on a job site. This past April, it was a catastrophic collapse. A parking garage had fallen, and three construction workers were...
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Landing gracefully
At Friday’s opening of Philadelphia Ballet’s new building on North Broad Street, from left: ballet artistic director Angel Corella, City of Philadelphia cultural czar Val Gay, ballet CEO Shelly Power, and Pa. House Speaker Joanna Mcclinton. The new...
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How a midwife in Amish country became an advocate for vaccines
LANCASTER — Amish families peer into Roberta Devers’ Honda Passport as she drives between prenatal checkups along the rolling hills of Lancaster County. They ask her increasingly frequent questions about the vaccine: Do you have some measles in your...
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More images of lifeless women recovered at Horsch home in Olney
Police have recovered images they believe show two additional women dead inside the residence of the late Raymond “R.C.” Horsch, officials said Wednesday — bringing the total number of dead or missing women linked to the violent pornographer’s Olney...
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QB makes a play for AC
Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts (center) and Mayor Cherelle L. Parker (left) are greeted by students Tuesday at Northeast High School, where Hurts announced he was giving the school $600,000 to air-condition its auditorium. Story on B1.
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Rally outside City Hall calls for a moratorium on data centers
The battle over data centers and the artificial intelligence they power has officially reached Philadelphia City Hall. A coalition of activist groups and environmental advocates gathered at City Hall Monday to call on local lawmakers to pass a...
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Eagles hold on!
Top: The Eagles’ Moro Ojomo celebrates a two-point conversion stop late in the fourth quarter of the season opener against the Commanders on Sunday at Lincoln Financial Field. Right: Dallas Goedert, who had a pair of scores, runs for a touchdown in the...
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Entering his 50th year, Reese wants to broadcast Eagles games ‘forever’
Merrill Reese sat in his living room chair, awaiting the rapid-fire questions from his wife as she prepared the longtime Eagles broadcaster for another game. “Thirty-one,” said Cindy Reese, reading off an index card listing Cincinnati Bengals running...
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AMERICA REMEMBERS
A quarter-century after the terrorist attacks that shook New York City and the world — an ashen morning followed by years of grief and repair, rebuilding and war — dignitaries and mourners gathered once again in Lower Manhattan to read aloud the names...
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Trump has repeatedly promised payments that never materialized
New York Times First, at the start of his second term, President Donald Trump promised a DOGE dividend, a pledge to take the money that Elon Musk’s team would cut from the federal budget and send it to the American people. Then Trump moved on to a...
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‘We want this to be a legacy’: How teammates honored a Sept. 11 pilot
Tom Schafer was a hulking man when he played one preseason game with the Eagles in the summer of 1984. The undrafted free agent center stood at 6-foot-2 and 270 pounds, with a booming voice and an unabashed confidence to match. By the fall of 2009, his...
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Shades of Spectrum
The 76ers and Flyers released the first renderings of the privately funded arena Tuesday that will be built at the former site of the Spectrum, next to where Xfinity Mobile Arena sits. The new design features inspiration from the Spectrum, the former...
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Union pride
Lois Crudele, of Brooklawn, N.J., with Local 152 of the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, holds an American flag while walking with her fellow union members during the 39th Annual Tri-State Labor Day Parade in Philadelphia....
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Pa. 9/11 veterans reflect on enduring impact of war
Within weeks of the Sept. 11 terror attacks, the U.S. government launched airstrikes and sent American troops to Afghanistan. In March 2003, spurred by claims that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction, the U.S. bombed and invaded the country. In...
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Loss of Control
When he was told of the bomb threat, brian maguire was where he was supposed to be and doing what he was supposed to do: on the grounds of the usta billie Jean King national tennis Center in Queens, just 100 feet from the complex’s security command...
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Trump commutes Johnny Doc’s sentence
Johnny Doc is free. Convicted former Philadelphia labor leader John Dougherty was released Friday afternoon from a federal penitentiary in Lewisburg, his lawyer said, capping a surprise outcome that was the result of President Donald Trump’s decision...
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Pa. measles response reignites COVID-19 fury
A contagious airborne disease spreads. The tally of cases climbs higher as a vaccine debate rages among the public and their elected officials. Politicians point fingers at each other, arguing over the release of information and the steps that some...
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Stormy night
Enright’s Tree Service works to clear a large tree off a home on Martel Street in Mantua Township. Strong storms hit Gloucester County on Tuesday night, causing damage to homes, electric outages, and school closures. Story, B2.
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The Academy of Natural Sciences is closing its museum at month’s end
Philadelphia’s Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University is closing its museum after nearly two centuries in existence, citing financial pressures and dwindling attendance. The museum, which opened to the public in 1828, will cease operations...
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Misery in Nepal
Relatives console Muna Khadka, who lost her son Aayush Khada in flash floods, during mass burials in Chitwan, Nepal, on Monday. The disaster has killed over 900 people across Nepal and China, while more than 4,700 remain missing. In one positive...
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Classic bike race revived
Women bike past the Parkway Central Branch of the Free Library of Philadelphia during the opening laps of the Philadelphia Cycling Classic on Sunday. After a decade hiatus, the men’s and women’s 14.4-mile bicycle race returned to the streets of...
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She’s a piano prodigy. She’s enrolled at Curtis. And she’s 7
In the lobby of the Curtis Institute of Music’s Lenfest Hall, Olivia Li, in a frilly-sparkly red dress, is running back and forth through a turnstile. A few minutes later, she is at the piano transformed — playing Chopin eyes closed, a countenance most...
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Six months in, Iran’s regime stands; U.S. goals waver while Trump stalls
BERLIN — It was supposed to be quick. Still, six months after the U.S. and Israel launched massive airstrikes on Iran, the conflict drags on. The Trump administration has replaced its military war with an economic one, but the result is likely to be...
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Lag in vaccine uptake puts Philly-area students at risk
Two years ago, every child in the kindergarten class at Eleanor Emlen Elementary in Mount Airy had vaccine protection against measles. A year later, the school’s kindergarten immunization rate had dropped to just 80%, putting students and the...
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Judge orders outside supervision of Philly sheriff sales for 6 months
A Philadelphia judge on Wednesday took the rare step of imposing six months of outside supervision of sheriff sales after years of dysfunction in processing deeds and distributing money from the auctions. The decision came after a hearing in City Hall...
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The world will always love her
Dolly Parton, the rhinestones-toriches daughter of Appalachia who for six decades ruled country music with an outsize personality and country wit that enshrined her as one of the 20th century’s most cherished American originals, died Tuesday in...
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Shapiro holds double-digit lead over Garrity for governor, poll finds
With a little more than two months until Election Day, Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro has a double-digit lead over his Republican challenger, Stacy Garrity, among likely Pennsylvania voters in the race to lead the critical swing state — an election that...
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Selling blood plasma for money to help with crushing expenses
Maleka Evans waited outside Octapharma Plasma in South Jersey at 8:30 on a recent sweltering morning, sweat beading on her face. A dozen other prospective donors had arrived before her, and the line was still growing a half hour before doors...
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Philly advocates warn Trump plan could be ‘devastating’ to Head Start
Like scattered billiard balls, 16 Early Head Start children scampered across a rubber-matted playground in Southwest Philadelphia last week. Vigilant for tumbles or conflicts, four teachers calmly monitored the 1- and 2-year-olds in their high-energy...
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All salute
New officer Tyler Knox salutes the flag with fellow members of Philadelphia’s Police Academy Classes 420 and 421 during the graduation ceremony Friday at the Temple Performing Arts Center.
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Seeking shelter
A man stands with a boy and a dog under a blanket near a damaged residential building Thursday following a Russian barrage of drones and missiles that left 16 people dead in Ukraine’s Kyiv region. The nighttime aerial assault lasted for hours. Story, A3.
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Human error, gaps in FAA oversight probed in fatal N.E. Philly jet crash
A series of human and oversight failings is being eyed by federal investigators as possible contributors to the fatal crash of a medical jet in Northeast Philadelphia last year, according to documents filed by the National Transportation Safety...
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Make it a slow song
Loris Assadian, a French singer-songwriter and animal advocate, serenades the tortoises at the Philadelphia Zoo on Tuesday with his signature flamingo-pink guitar. It was the first appearance at a U.S. zoo for Assadian, who is professionally known as...
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60 days after he hailed Iran deal, Trump and nation stuck in quagmire
Sixty days ago, seated beside French President Emmanuel Macron at a lavish dinner at the Palace of Versailles, President Donald Trump signed a memorandum of understanding with Iran and declared the beginning of the end of the U.S. conflict with...
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Garrity tests GOP support
Seated behind his desk in the Oval Office earlier this month, President Donald Trump spoke directly to the camera in front of him. He turned to his right and looked up at the Pennsylvania Republican who, as he had indicated just a few weeks earlier,...
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ISLANDS STREAM IN THE
The Delaware River flows 330 miles between Delaware and New York, harboring roughly 123 islands as it carves a ragged border between Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Some islands are mere shoals or sandbars, while others span hundreds of acres. Some are...
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In Olney case, the lack of bodies adds to the mystery and complexity
Philadelphia police this week acknowledged that the sprawling missing persons investigation in Olney has evolved into something even more complex — a death investigation without any dead bodies. Adding to the challenge is that there are now at least...
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Stalking that movie magic
Phillies left fielder Brandon Marsh makes his way through towering rows of corn at the “Field of Dreams” Movie Site before the Phils played the Minnesota Twins in Thursday’s game in Dyersville, Iowa. After some recent struggles, the Phils were hoping...
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Totally awesome
Across Britain, where the sun was more than 90% obscured, people flocked to hilltop parks and anywhere with an open view of the sky Wednesday to see the best eclipse since 1999. In Greenwich Park, with views of the River Thames and central London, the...
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Absorbing the aftershocks
People react as rescue teams and volunteers search for survivors amid the rubble of a collapsed house after an earthquake in Cali, Colombia, on Tuesday. Colombian volunteers and rescuers cleared rubble with their bare hands to search for survivors...
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At least 111 dead, buildings collapsed in 7.4-magnitude quake in Colombia
CALI, Colombia — A powerful 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck western Colombia on Monday, killing at least 111 people, damaging hundreds of buildings, and leaving many trapped under debris while their loved ones and rescue workers searched through...
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Father seeks justice in son’s fatal ATV crash
The father of a Philadelphia man who was killed in an ATV crash this spring said police officers pursued his son moments before he drove the wrong way down a one-way street, ran a red light, and collided with a sedan. Sterling Jones, 22, was killed on...
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Former Cabrini University campus gets a $100M Wildcat makeover
The former Cabrini University campus has undergone a more than $100 million, Villanova-fueled rebirth, and students will begin attending classes and living there this month. Large signature blue and white V’s for Villanova University are everywhere....
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