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The Wrong Man | Chapter 5

The Wrong Man | Chapter 5

Marcus Yates’ mom, trapped for years in despair, met her young son’s killers and heard a bombshell

The murder of 5-year-old Marcus shook the city. Now 36 years later, his mother is on a mission to free his convicted killer.

Latest Headlines

When Michael Gaynor went to trial, prosecutors relied on the words of children and detectives to get a murder conviction | Chapter 4
Philadelphia detectives, pressured to crack a high-profile case, broke the rules interrogating two murder suspects | Chapter 3

Cheesesteaks in paradise

After a decade of living in Philly, during my annual pilgrimage back to Hawai’i, I decided to try the cheesesteaks.

A.J. Brown isn’t afraid to tell hard truths about Eagles passing game, even if it makes him the ‘bad guy’

Weekend Reads

Catch up on some recent Inquirer journalism this weekend.

New Jersey News

At the Shore, Jon Simon’s Boxx for Tots enters its 21st year collecting toys

Boxx for Tots got its start 21 years ago when Jon Simon noticed the Toys for Tots bin at Island Gym in Ventnor empty.

Amy S. Rosenberg

A pile of toys at Island Gym in Ventnor, N.J. is the start of Boxx for Tots season, the 21st year boxing coach and trainer Jon Simon has been collecting toys for needy kdis.

A pile of toys at Island Gym in Ventnor, N.J. is the start of Boxx for Tots season, the 21st year boxing coach and trainer Jon Simon has been collecting toys for needy kdis.

New Jersey News

At the Shore, Jon Simon’s Boxx for Tots enters its 21st year collecting toys

Boxx for Tots got its start 21 years ago when Jon Simon noticed the Toys for Tots bin at Island Gym in Ventnor empty.

Amy S. Rosenberg

Best pop music albums of 2024, according to our pop music critic

Charli XCX on tour in Quebec this year. The British singer's "Brat" tops the best albums of the year list.

Imagine a safer, greener, better Roosevelt Boulevard — with or without a subway

Thomas Fitzgerald

Traffic on the Roosevelt Expressway near Holme Avenue in Northeast Philadelphia. Officials are looking for the public's ideas on what the Boulevard should be in 2040

Philadelphia News

Philadelphia City Council approved a resolution to save Joe Frazier’s crumbling gym. It won’t be enough.

Ryan W. Briggs, Alex Coffey, and Fallon Roth

Rodney Frazier, nephew of boxer Joe Frazier (center) with former boxer’s Kevin Dublin (right) and Kevin Dublin, Jr., at the once Joe Frazier Gym in North Philadelphia on Saturday, November 16, 2024. Thirteen years after his death, Joe Frazier’s gym is not a gym, or a furniture store, but a vacant building that is rapidly deteriorating. It was acquired by a company called Broad Street Holdings LLC — which is controlled by another holding company, Germantown Acquisitions — in 2022.

New Jersey Politics

Meet the 10 candidates looking to be the next New Jersey governor

Aliya Schneider

Candidates for New Jersey governor.

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Workers outside Sang Kee, 238 N. Ninth St., working to repair a steam issue that forced the restaurant to close on Saturday.

Chinatown landmark Sang Kee Peking Duck House is shut down by the city over a mysterious steam issue

The restaurant's electrical panel was damaged by steam. But no one has been able to figure out what is causing it.

Michael Kleinan hour ago

Sixers center Joel Embiid gets looked over after taking a hit to his face against the Indiana Pacers on Friday, December 13, 2024 in Philadelphia.

Joel Embiid’s availability has always been an issue. How bad will it be for the Sixers this time?

Barrington Mews, a 284-unit affordable-apartment complex on Reamer Drive near Clements Bridge Road, is being sold for conversion into market-rate units. Local officials and agencies are scrambling to find new homes for tenants.

Nearly 300 elderly, disabled, and veteran tenants surprised by sale of their Camden County apartment complex

Gov. Josh Shapiro speaks on Monday, Aug 19, 2024 in Chicago.

Pennsylvania News

Pa. Gov. Josh Shapiro says President Joe Biden got it ‘absolutely wrong’ commuting ‘kids-for-cash’ judge’s sentence

Gillian McGoldrick

Michael Anthony, 45, was found murdered outside his Cherry Hill home Tuesday morning. Anthony was a beloved veterinarian who owned a practice in Haddon Heights.

As Cherry Hill veterinarian’s slaying leaves a community shaken, few details of the investigation have emerged

Rodrigo Torrejón

Workers outside Sang Kee, 238 N. Ninth St., working to repair a steam issue that forced the restaurant to close on Saturday.

Chinatown landmark Sang Kee Peking Duck House is shut down by the city over a mysterious steam issue

The restaurant's electrical panel was damaged by steam. But no one has been able to figure out what is causing it.

Michael Kleinan hour ago

Jerry and Katherine Qualls of Mount Carmel, Tennessee, have filed complaints with the Tennessee government about the care provided at Ballad Health’s Holston Valley Medical Center. (Brett Kelman/KFF Health News)

Six years into an Appalachia hospital monopoly, patients are fearful and furious

Brett Kelman, KFF Health News

The walls of a small powder room are prime territory to make a statement. Wisconsin-based Emily Winters for Peabody’s Interiors says, “It’s a chance to take a risk or be more outgoing with color and pattern than you might be in your main spaces.”

Make the powder room the liveliest-looking space in your home

Dina Cheney, Washington Post

A pile of toys at Island Gym in Ventnor, N.J. is the start of Boxx for Tots season, the 21st year boxing coach and trainer Jon Simon has been collecting toys for needy kdis.

New Jersey News

At the Shore, Jon Simon’s Boxx for Tots enters its 21st year collecting toys

Amy S. Rosenberg

Students and visitors on Villanova University campus in this 2019 file photo. A presentation by the director of the school's counseling center has prompted a letter-writing campaign to Villanova.

Villanova faces blowback after director of counseling center associates Zionism with fascism in presentation

From Pittsburgh to Philadelphia to everything in between, football and Pennsylvania have always fit together perfectly.

Football and Pennsylvania are inseparable. The Eagles-Steelers clash puts them both on full display.

Frank Fitzpatrick, For The Inquirer

Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts threw for 108 yards against the Panthers on Sunday.

Eagles film: Making sense of A.J. Brown’s targets, Jalen Hurts’ decision-making, and a disjointed passing game

Where does Pennsylvania turn into Eagles Country?

Where is the dividing line between Eagles and Steelers fandom in Pa.? You tell us.

Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin praised Saquon Barkley ahead of his team's matchup with the Eagles on Sunday.

Steelers coach Mike Tomlin calls Eagles RB Saquon Barkley the ‘most significant acquisition in the NFL′

From Pittsburgh to Philadelphia to everything in between, football and Pennsylvania have always fit together perfectly.

Football and Pennsylvania are inseparable. The Eagles-Steelers clash puts them both on full display.

Frank Fitzpatrick, For The Inquirer

Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts threw for 108 yards against the Panthers on Sunday.

Eagles film: Making sense of A.J. Brown’s targets, Jalen Hurts’ decision-making, and a disjointed passing game

Where does Pennsylvania turn into Eagles Country?

Where is the dividing line between Eagles and Steelers fandom in Pa.? You tell us.

Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin praised Saquon Barkley ahead of his team's matchup with the Eagles on Sunday.

Steelers coach Mike Tomlin calls Eagles RB Saquon Barkley the ‘most significant acquisition in the NFL′

Eagles wide receiver A.J. Brown warms up before the Dallas Cowboys game on Nov. 10.

A.J. Brown might be a diva but he told the truth about the Eagles. So did Brandon Graham and Jalen Hurts.

Charles Barkley, Allen Iverson, Terrell Owens, DeSean Jackson, Joel Embiid: Philly's had more divas than the Grammys. But they mostly played great and didn't lie.

Marcus Hayes | Columnist

Sixers center Joel Embiid gets looked over after taking a hit to his face against the Indiana Pacers on Friday, December 13, 2024 in Philadelphia.

Joel Embiid’s availability has always been an issue. How bad will it be for the Sixers this time?

Sixers head coach Nick Nurse against the Indiana Pacers on Friday, December 13, 2024 in Philadelphia.

Sixers’ free-throw struggles are a ‘disappointing’ early-season development for Nick Nurse

Sixers takeaways: Tyrese Haliburton rains threes, Guerchon Yabusele struggles

Jett Luchanko, Oliver Bonk headline five Flyers to watch at 2025 World Juniors

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People walk through the Festival of Lights at Rose Tree Park in Delaware County on Dec. 22, 2021.

💡 Wow-worthy light shows in Philly | Things to Do

Ed Frischkorn, 30, holds the gravestone from the train ride at the now-defunct Gillian's Wonderland Pier. He purchased the piece last month at Obnoxious Antiques in Burlington.

Down the Shore Newsletter

Ocean City is changing, like it or not

Amy S. Rosenberg

People walk through the Festival of Lights at Rose Tree Park in Delaware County on Dec. 22, 2021.

💡 Wow-worthy light shows in Philly | Things to Do

Ed Frischkorn, 30, holds the gravestone from the train ride at the now-defunct Gillian's Wonderland Pier. He purchased the piece last month at Obnoxious Antiques in Burlington.

Down the Shore Newsletter

Ocean City is changing, like it or not

Amy S. Rosenberg

Your indespensable guide to the most vital places to dine in the Philly area

The 76 restaurants that are defining Philly’s dining scene right now.

Beatrice Forman, Craig LaBan, Emily Bloch, Esra Erol, Hira Qureshi, Jasen Lo, Jenn Ladd, Margaret Eby, Matt Buchanan, Michael Klein, and Sam Morris

Latest Headlines

How we picked Philly’s most vital restaurants

Danny DiGiampietro is turning Angelo’s Pizzeria from Philly icon into an empire — if he can pull it off

Danny DiGiampietro has embarked on an audacious expansion of Angelo’s, with multiple planned locations, a cheesesteak partnership with Bradley Cooper, and one of the biggest bakeries in the region.

Danny DiGiampietro (left), owner of Angelo's Pizzeria, with partner Jared Braunstein at Angelo's Baking Co. in Conshohocken.

Danny DiGiampietro (left), owner of Angelo's Pizzeria, with partner Jared Braunstein at Angelo's Baking Co. in Conshohocken.

Danny DiGiampietro is turning Angelo’s Pizzeria from Philly icon into an empire — if he can pull it off

Danny DiGiampietro has embarked on an audacious expansion of Angelo’s, with multiple planned locations, a cheesesteak partnership with Bradley Cooper, and one of the biggest bakeries in the region.

A Man Full of Trouble, Philly’s oldest surviving Revolutionary-era bar, is open for the first time in over a century

The newly renovated Man Full of Trouble Tavern in Society Hill is now reopened.

Dry towns like Haddon Heights and Moorestown are banking on booze for downtown revival

Joe Gentile, owner of Tanner Brewing Co., in the main tasting room of his brewery in downtown Haddon Heights. Voters in the historically dry town said yes to restaurant liquor licenses in the recent election.

Where to find the Feast of the Seven Fishes and Christmas dinners in the Philly suburbs

Caffe Aldo Lamberti will have Peruvian scallops this holiday.

The 17 best whiskeys to gift this holiday, from Islay smoke to Pennsylvania rye

Craig LaBan’s annual list of whiskeys to gift for the holidays, photographed at the Philadelphia Inquirer studio on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024 in Philadelphia.

Limited access to affordable capital, technology, and business counseling services places a disproportionate burden on entrepreneurs of color in the Philadelphia region, writes Varsovia Fernandez.

Recent years have intensified the challenges faced by small businesses, but they’ve also galvanized local action

Varsovia Fernandez, For The Inquirer

Palestinian girls struggle to reach for food at a distribution center in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, on Dec. 6. As of now, there is no visible Israeli effort to improve the humanitarian disaster in Gaza and surge aid in, writes Trudy Rubin.

Ethnic cleansing in Gaza won’t bring peace or security to Israel

Trudy Rubin | Columnist

From the outset, the Editorial Board urged the city, the Sixers, and community groups to work together to find a way to make the arena a win for everyone. After Thursday's vote, the only clear winner was the team.

The Sixers arena deal clears a major hurdle, and a failure of leadership in City Hall comes into sharper focus | Editorial

The Editorial Board

Trucks enter the United States from Mexico at the Laredo Port of Entry in Texas in 2022. President-elect Donald Trump has said that he plans to impose a 25% tariff on all imports from Canada and Mexico, and a 60% tariff on all goods from China.

In the age of tariffs, recycling is a national security issue

Emma Whitehouse, For The Inquirer

Limited access to affordable capital, technology, and business counseling services places a disproportionate burden on entrepreneurs of color in the Philadelphia region, writes Varsovia Fernandez.

Recent years have intensified the challenges faced by small businesses, but they’ve also galvanized local action

Varsovia Fernandez, For The Inquirer

Palestinian girls struggle to reach for food at a distribution center in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, on Dec. 6. As of now, there is no visible Israeli effort to improve the humanitarian disaster in Gaza and surge aid in, writes Trudy Rubin.

Ethnic cleansing in Gaza won’t bring peace or security to Israel

Trudy Rubin | Columnist

From the outset, the Editorial Board urged the city, the Sixers, and community groups to work together to find a way to make the arena a win for everyone. After Thursday's vote, the only clear winner was the team.

The Sixers arena deal clears a major hurdle, and a failure of leadership in City Hall comes into sharper focus | Editorial

The Editorial Board

Trucks enter the United States from Mexico at the Laredo Port of Entry in Texas in 2022. President-elect Donald Trump has said that he plans to impose a 25% tariff on all imports from Canada and Mexico, and a 60% tariff on all goods from China.

In the age of tariffs, recycling is a national security issue

Emma Whitehouse, For The Inquirer

Health & Science

Jerry and Katherine Qualls of Mount Carmel, Tennessee, have filed complaints with the Tennessee government about the care provided at Ballad Health’s Holston Valley Medical Center. (Brett Kelman/KFF Health News)

Six years into an Appalachia hospital monopoly, patients are fearful and furious

Brett Kelman, KFF Health News

Shigeo Takahashi, 83, uses a pec deck machine as he works out at the Fukagawa Sports Center in Tokyo, Wednesday, June 12, 2024. If you are getting up there in years, weight-resistance training might deliver unexpected benefits.(AP Photo/Hiro Komae)

For healthy aging, tend to your muscles

Ian McMahan, Washington Post

A Bucks County doctor is charged with illegally prescribing Suboxone.

Authorities charge Bucks County doctor with illegally prescribing controlled substance for money

The Mazzoni Center on the 1300 block of Bainbridge Street.

Embattled Mazzoni Center lays off staff amid financial and legal challenges

Abraham Gutman and Harold Brubaker

Jerry and Katherine Qualls of Mount Carmel, Tennessee, have filed complaints with the Tennessee government about the care provided at Ballad Health’s Holston Valley Medical Center. (Brett Kelman/KFF Health News)

Six years into an Appalachia hospital monopoly, patients are fearful and furious

Brett Kelman, KFF Health News

Shigeo Takahashi, 83, uses a pec deck machine as he works out at the Fukagawa Sports Center in Tokyo, Wednesday, June 12, 2024. If you are getting up there in years, weight-resistance training might deliver unexpected benefits.(AP Photo/Hiro Komae)

For healthy aging, tend to your muscles

Ian McMahan, Washington Post

A Bucks County doctor is charged with illegally prescribing Suboxone.

Authorities charge Bucks County doctor with illegally prescribing controlled substance for money

The Mazzoni Center on the 1300 block of Bainbridge Street.

Embattled Mazzoni Center lays off staff amid financial and legal challenges

Abraham Gutman and Harold Brubaker

Photography 📷

Deborah Zuchman, 77, (left), and Libby Rosof, 78, walk from their West Philadelphia homes. The friends walk about 3 miles, three times a week. The two have been friends for about 46 years and enjoy walking with each other to catch up, exercise and enjoy the scenery.

What our photographers saw Friday, December 13

Inquirer Staff Photographers2 hours ago

Sixers center Joel Embiid reacts after getting hit in the face during the second quarter against Pacers guard Bennedict Mathurin.

Sixers vs. Pacers photos

Philadelphia City Council member Nicolas O'Rourke votes no on the proposed Center City Sports Arena.

What our photographers saw Thursday, December 12

Inquirer Staff Photographers

Flyers center Scott Laughton celebrates his third period empty net goal with his teammates.

Flyers vs. Red Wings photos

Deborah Zuchman, 77, (left), and Libby Rosof, 78, walk from their West Philadelphia homes. The friends walk about 3 miles, three times a week. The two have been friends for about 46 years and enjoy walking with each other to catch up, exercise and enjoy the scenery.

What our photographers saw Friday, December 13

Inquirer Staff Photographers2 hours ago

Sixers center Joel Embiid reacts after getting hit in the face during the second quarter against Pacers guard Bennedict Mathurin.

Sixers vs. Pacers photos

Philadelphia City Council member Nicolas O'Rourke votes no on the proposed Center City Sports Arena.

What our photographers saw Thursday, December 12

Inquirer Staff Photographers

Flyers center Scott Laughton celebrates his third period empty net goal with his teammates.

Flyers vs. Red Wings photos

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