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Philadelphia City Council voted to move a "Fair Workweek" scheduling bill forward Tuesday. The bill now moves to a full Council vote and is one step closer to becoming law.

Michael White, the young black delivery man accused of stabbing wealthy white developer Sean Schellenger to death in Rittenhouse during an argument in July, has been held for trial on a third-degree murder charge.

Another reason to be thankful for the Eagles' Super Bowl win: love it or hate it (like really, really hate it) WIP is officially ending Wing Bowl after 26 years.

The Pennsylvania ACLU has officially sued the state prison system over its new legal mail policy. They and other nonprofit organizations say the policy violates their First Amendment right.

Bad news for Regional Rail riders at the seven stations with free parking: SEPTA is converting them all to paid lots and raising the daily rate for parking across the board.

After using Trump-like negativity to attack his opponent Andy Kim, Republican Rep. Tom MacArthur is going positive in his campaign's final stretch.

If you filed an appeal on your new property assessment in Philadelphia, you are definitely not alone. This year the number of appeals reached a five-year high.

Your school might be hosting a Halloween parade for students today, but in an effort to be more inclusive many local schools are turning to "harvest festivals" or nixing Halloween celebrations altogether.

Stricter limits on immigration under the Trump administration are creating problems for local businesses like one Chester County mushroom farm. Without workers born outside the U.S., they can't hire all the employees they need.

The Sixers are feeling lucky. They just became the first Philadelphia sports team to enter a marketing deal with a casino.

The path Temple football recruit Jamal Speaks is taking to Philly is not an easy one. After being homeless cost him two years of high school football he's now happily back on the field.

Han Chiang's mini-empire of Han Dynasty restaurants didn't pop up overnight. In a revealing chat with food writer Michael Klein, he explained just how he overcame being a self-described outcast to follow his dreams.

Would you trade making thousands of dollars a month on YouTube for your own fitness studio? That's exactly what Tori DiSimone did before opening Stride Spin & Fitness in Phoenixville.

City Council voted to move forward a bill for fair workweek scheduling in Philadelphia on Tuesday. Without such protections, it's black folks who suffer most writes Temple professor and Uncle Bobbie's Coffee & Books owner Marc Lamont Hill.

Columnist Will Bunch spoke with a Yale historian about her new book on what led to the Civil War and, he writes, she says we're "on the edge" of a similar political crisis.

This morning's must-read: The Incline (the sister site of Philly's Billy Penn) takes readers on a walk through Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill neighborhood and how it became the city's "center of Jewish life."

Neighborhood pride is legion in Philly, but Philadelphia Magazine wants to know if our obsession with gear that names our 'hood will ever get old. (I vote "no.")

New York Magazine talked to 12 young people about why they probably won't vote and the story has been infuriating people since publication. Have a stress ball handy for this one.

Epitaphs often reflect those they're written for, and NJ.com's roundup of the region's most poetic and quirkiest headstones is surprisingly thought-provoking and, at times, touching.

For some spooky escapism, check out what celebrities wore to their (much fancier) Halloween parties this year, via Vulture.