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Yes, Philadelphia Is Safer Than They Say on TV

The city has made the national news far too often recently for incidents involving crime and public safety. A new administration has big plans to change — and correct — the narrative.


Guides

An Optimist’s Guide to Philadelphia

Opinion

Allan Domb Is Upbeat About Philly’s Economy (And You Should Be, Too)

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Believe It Or Not, Philadelphia Is Getting Cleaner

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Sylvester Stallone, who is set to film the movie The Epiphany in Philadelphia
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Philly Today: Sylvester Stallone Set to Film Movie in Philadelphia Again

No, it has nothing to do with boxing. Plus, infamous Philly cop learns fate.

Q&A

Josh Shapiro for President?

Could our governor — the savior of I-95 — one day hold the most powerful office in the free world? People are talking.

Pennsylvania State Representative Kevin Boyle, who police say could still be arrested after a caught-on-video incident at a Rockledge bar last week
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Philly Today: State Rep. Kevin Boyle’s Legal Predicament Might Not Be Over, Police Chief Says

Plus, a look at vastly different Philadelphia snowfall totals from Tuesday.

South Philadelphia drone pilot Michael DiCiurcio, as seen in one of his many drone videos (image via court exhibit)
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Philly Today: Feds Crack Down on Rogue South Philly Drone Pilot

Plus, Philly is planning “the most epic Rocky celebration of all time.”

News

Philly Today: Democrat Kevin Boyle Caught on Video in Tirade at Local Bar

Plus, PATCO’s “ghost station” to reopen in mere months.

Philadelphia police say the man wearing the motorcycle helmet in the wild viral motorcycle video from Sunday night is 26-year-old Cody Heron
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Philly Today: Wild Biker Cody Heron Pleads Guilty in Infamous Road Rage Case

His lawyer hopes a boot camp program could have him out by early 2025.


Best of Philly 2023: City Life

Best of Philly 2023: City Life

An irresistible gossipmonger, numerous near-champions, and a roadway rebuild for the ages

Post-COVID, Does Center City Have a Future?

Post-COVID, Does Center City Have a Future?

Back in the day, Philly, like a lot of cities, banked on a revival of its downtown to spark new life. The plan worked fine — for Center City. But now that the pandemic has emptied offices, boomer residents are aging, and millennials are opting for the ’burbs, where do we go from here?


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Philly Today: Mayor’s Office Learns Not to Mess with Librarians

Plus, the weirdest news you’ll hear all week. (We hope.)

Philadelphia school Cedar Grove Christian Academy, which the NAACP has told to remove its ban on "big Afros" and dreads
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Philly Today: NAACP Tells City School to End Ban on “Big Afros”

Plus, Rochelle Bilal campaign goes all conspiracy-theory on the Inquirer.

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Philly Today: A Bizarre Rochelle Bilal Mystery Emerges

Plus, why Philly might go nuts on July 4, 2026.

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Fight Like a Girl: The New Wave of High-School Wrestling 

Just three years after the founding of the first girls’ high-school wrestling team in Pennsylvania, nearly 200 squads now compete.

Legislators just banned buskers like this juggler from most of the Ocean City Boardwalk in New Jersey
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Philly Today: Ocean City Is About to Get Even Less Fun

Plus, who keeps $100,000 sitting around in their house? In Delco?!

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How the Pandemic Turned a South Philly Golf Course Into the City’s Best New Park

How the Pandemic Turned a South Philly Golf Course Into the City’s Best New Park

The former municipal golf course at FDR Park became an indispensable natural refuge for many locked-down South Philadelphians over the past year.

An Oral History of the Sound of Philadelphia

An Oral History of the Sound of Philadelphia

Fifty years after founding their legendary Philadelphia International Records, Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff, with friends and collaborators from Thom Bell to John Oates to Patti LaBelle, look back on the musical partnership that came to define the city.


Q&A

Meet the Philly Super-Musician Up for Two Grammys on Sunday

Adam Blackstone, who performs at the Super Bowl just one week after going to the Grammys, talks working with Rihanna and eating lobster rolls in Rittenhouse.

6ABC's Payton Domschke, Philadelphia's newest meteorologist
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Philly Today: There’s a New Weather Woman in Town

Plus: A reminder to behave on airplanes. Or at least keep your pants on.

News

Other Than a Sixers Arena, What Would You Build at Market East?

A workshop over the weekend attempted to answer that very question.

a feral cat like one that a Philadelphia-area animal shelter will neuter after naming it after your ex-boyfriend in their Valentine's Day promotion
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Philly Today: Local Animal Shelter Will Name a Feral Cat After Your Ex-Boyfriend — Then Neuter Him

Plus, the Grammy-nominated Philly artist you’ve never heard of.

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