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Philadelphia Politics

Mayor Cherelle Parker is asking Philly’s ‘eds and meds’ to help fill holes in the city budget, sources say

Despite being some of the largest employers in the city and most having budgets or endowments in excess of $1 biIlion, Philly’s "eds and meds" are exempt from paying many local taxes.

Sean Collins Walsh and Harold Brubaker

Thumbs up or down: Eagles writers weigh in on C.J. Gardner-Johnson-Kenyon Green trade

Jeff McLane, Olivia Reiner, and EJ Smith

Latest Headlines

Who can replace C.J. Gardner-Johnson at safety for the Eagles?
C.J. Gardner-Johnson trade reactions vary from the Eagles ‘got robbed’ to ‘they didn’t want to deal with him anymore’

The Trump administration has nominated a new U.S. attorney for the Philly region

David Metcalf, a former Justice Department lawyer, will be the third person to lead the region's office in the past month, as Trump continues making changes in the ranks of federal law enforcement.

Immigration judge says Jersey Kebab owner, arrested by ICE, can be released on bond

Emine and Celal Emanet, who run a Haddon Township restaurant, stayed in the U.S. after their visas expired. A judge ruled Tuesday Emine Emanet can be released on $7,500 bond.

Latest Headlines

What are your rights if ICE comes to your home or work?

National Politics

Education Department plans to lay off 1,300 employees as Trump vows to wind the agency down

Collin Binkley and Moriah Balingit, Associated Pressan hour ago

Latest Headlines

DOGE cancels Philly apartment lease for Secret Service agents guarding Biden’s daughter

Eagles safety Sydney Brown is the most logical internal option to replace C.J. Gardner-Johnson.

Who can replace C.J. Gardner-Johnson at safety for the Eagles?

After Gardner-Johnson is traded to the Texans, the Eagles have some options to slot into the safety spot that he thrived in during a Super Bowl run. Could they turn to the NFL draft?

Jalen Hurts post-Super Bowl whirlwind offseason continued earlier this week with a tour of Nike's World Headquarters and seen having dinner with NBA legend Michael Jordan.

Jalen Hurts dines with Michael Jordan and takes over Nike HQ: ‘I hear the MVP chants but you got to put champ after that now’

Flyers' Jamie Drysdale (right), uses his bare hands to stop Tim Stützle, (18), from scoring in the second period.

Flyers’ skid extends to five with 5-2 home loss vs. Ottawa Senators

Jackie Spiegel2 hours ago

Diane Richardson's Temple squad bowed out of the AAC tournament semifinals for the second straight season against Rice.

Temple upset in AAC women’s basketball semifinals by Rice for a second straight season

Maria McIlwain2 hours ago

The Eagles traded safety C.J. Gardner-Johnson to the Houston Texans on Tuesday.

C.J. Gardner-Johnson trade reactions vary from the Eagles ‘got robbed’ to ‘they didn’t want to deal with him anymore’

Ariel Simpson and Rob Tornoe

Eagles safety C.J. Gardner-Johnson reacts after the Eagles beat the Jacksonville Jaguars on Nov. 3.

Source: Eagles trading safety C.J. Gardner-Johnson to the Texans for guard Kenyon Green

Phillies left fielder Buddy Kennedy can't come up with a fly ball as Brandon Marsh looks on during a spring training game against the Red Sox on Tuesday in Fort Myers, Fla.

Buddy Kennedy’s outfield education put to the test against Boston’s spring ‘Monster’

La Salle announced the hiring of Radford's Darris Nichols on Tuesday as its next men's basketball coach. He will succeed Big 5 legend Fran Dunphy at the end of this season.

La Salle Explorers

La Salle hiring Radford’s Darris Nichols as next head coach

Medford native Brenden Aaronson was a surprising omission from the U.S. men's soccer team's roster for the upcoming Concacaf Nations League final four.

Brenden Aaronson surprisingly dropped from USMNT for Concacaf Nations League final four

Jonathan Tannenwald

Eagles safety C.J. Gardner-Johnson reacts after the Eagles beat the Jacksonville Jaguars on Nov. 3.

Source: Eagles trading safety C.J. Gardner-Johnson to the Texans for guard Kenyon Green

Phillies left fielder Buddy Kennedy can't come up with a fly ball as Brandon Marsh looks on during a spring training game against the Red Sox on Tuesday in Fort Myers, Fla.

Buddy Kennedy’s outfield education put to the test against Boston’s spring ‘Monster’

La Salle announced the hiring of Radford's Darris Nichols on Tuesday as its next men's basketball coach. He will succeed Big 5 legend Fran Dunphy at the end of this season.

La Salle Explorers

La Salle hiring Radford’s Darris Nichols as next head coach

Medford native Brenden Aaronson was a surprising omission from the U.S. men's soccer team's roster for the upcoming Concacaf Nations League final four.

Brenden Aaronson surprisingly dropped from USMNT for Concacaf Nations League final four

Jonathan Tannenwald

At Southwest Airlines, checked bags will no longer fly for free

The company has struggled recently. It did not outline the fee schedule, but the new policy will start with flights booked on May 28.

Michelle Chapman, Associated Press

Thin Mints are the top-selling Girl Scout cookie. A recent class action lawsuits claims there are toxins in the cookies.

Girl Scouts sued over claims of ‘heavy metals’ and pesticides in cookies

The Market Street ramp onto I-95 South will close temporarily for planned sewer improvements between March 24 and April 6.

Market Street ramp to I-95 South will close temporarily

Ariana Perez-Castells

Pottstown Hospital was part of a multihospital purchase by Tower Health in 2017. When it was a for-profit facility, the hospital’s property taxes brought more than $900,000 a year to the local school district, school officials said.

Philly jury awards $3.5 million to family of dementia patient allegedly raped in Pottstown Hospital

A section of Cape May's beach could be all yours. An 8.1-acre parcel of Beach Avenue is for sale for $1 million. The land is subject to easement provisions and city regulations, which prohibit permanent structures on its beaches.

Want to buy a piece of a Jersey Shore beach? You can for $1 million.

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A Kwanzan cherry blossom.

Inquirer Morning Headlines

🌸 Blossom watch begins | Morning Newsletter

Daryl Morey is having a less-than-stellar season as the Sixers' president of basketball operations.

Yes, Sixers fans are angry | Sports Daily Newsletter

Staff Reports

A Kwanzan cherry blossom.

Inquirer Morning Headlines

🌸 Blossom watch begins | Morning Newsletter

Daryl Morey is having a less-than-stellar season as the Sixers' president of basketball operations.

Yes, Sixers fans are angry | Sports Daily Newsletter

Staff Reports

In the first episode of his new podcast, California Gov. Gavin Newsom, pictured here on Jan. 24, 2025, characterized transgender women competing in women’s sports as “deeply unfair.”

Feckless Dems need ‘a Navalny, not a Newsom’ | Will Bunch Newsletter

Will Bunch | Columnist

Joseph Croce, owner of Croce Pasta & Italian Specialties in Cherry Hill, NJ shows a tomato pie, one of the most popular menu items at his store on Friday, February 28, 2025. We examine Cherry Hill Mall and its surrounding areas to understand how the township has changed over time.

Philly gets the Hulu treatment | Things to Do

Sam Ruland

In the first episode of his new podcast, California Gov. Gavin Newsom, pictured here on Jan. 24, 2025, characterized transgender women competing in women’s sports as “deeply unfair.”

Feckless Dems need ‘a Navalny, not a Newsom’ | Will Bunch Newsletter

Will Bunch | Columnist

Joseph Croce, owner of Croce Pasta & Italian Specialties in Cherry Hill, NJ shows a tomato pie, one of the most popular menu items at his store on Friday, February 28, 2025. We examine Cherry Hill Mall and its surrounding areas to understand how the township has changed over time.

Philly gets the Hulu treatment | Things to Do

Sam Ruland

Arts & Entertainment

Your indispensable 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

Open Streets will take over Rittenhouse Square every Sunday in April

Seven blocks will be closed to traffic on April 6, April 13, April 20, and April 27 as pedestrian shoppers and performances take over stretches of Walnut and 18th streets.

Beatrice Forman

Youngsters enjoy soap bubbles from magician Matthew Sconzo at the intersection of 18th & Walnut Streets during the September pilot of the Center City Open Streets: Walnut West pilot. The business association will be again closing seven blocks near Rittenhouse Square Park to vehicular traffic every Sunday in April.

Youngsters enjoy soap bubbles from magician Matthew Sconzo at the intersection of 18th & Walnut Streets during the September pilot of the Center City Open Streets: Walnut West pilot. The business association will be again closing seven blocks near Rittenhouse Square Park to vehicular traffic every Sunday in April.

Open Streets will take over Rittenhouse Square every Sunday in April

Seven blocks will be closed to traffic on April 6, April 13, April 20, and April 27 as pedestrian shoppers and performances take over stretches of Walnut and 18th streets.

Beatrice Forman

Why the Philadelphia Orchestra star trumpeter quit after six months

Esteban Batallán (center), principal trumpeter of Philadelphia Orchestra, playing in the Kimmel Center's Marian Anderson Hall, Friday, March 7, 2025.

A really Philly guide to Washington, D.C., restaurants

The pappardelle at Centrolina in Washington in 2022. Centrolina features meticulously made regional Italian food on a frequently rotating menu.

A street dance style from 1960s Philly, informed by the MOVE bombing, has found its way into Rennie Harris’ ‘American Street Dancer’

Rennie Harris Puremovement in a 2024 performance at the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts.

Stephen Starr has been planning his eighth Rittenhouse Square restaurant. He now says a ninth is on the way.

Devon Seafood Grill on 18th Street, as seen on Nov. 6, 2024, less than two months before its closing.

From left: U.S. National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan, Saudi National Security Advisor Mosaad bin Mohammad al-Aiban, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha, and Ukrainian Head of Presidential Office Andriy Yermak meet in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on Tuesday, March 11, 2025.

U.S. resumes military aid and intelligence sharing as Ukraine says it is open to a 30-day ceasefire

Matthew Lee, Associated Pressan hour ago

President Donald Trump delivers remarks in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Friday, March 7, 2025.

National Politics

Trump halts doubling of tariffs on Canadian metals after Ontario suspends electricity price hikes

Josh Boak, Associated Pressan hour ago

Speaker Mike Johnson (R., La.) dared Democrats to oppose the bill and risk a shutdown that would begin Saturday if lawmakers failed to act on the continuing resolution.

National Politics

House passes bill to fund federal agencies through September, though prospects unclear in Senate

Kevin Freking, Associated Press

Student negotiator Mahmoud Khalil, shown at the Columbia University campus in New York at a pro-Palestinian protest encampment on April 29, 2024, was arrested Saturday.

What to know about ICE arresting Palestinian student activist leading Columbia University protests

From left: U.S. National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan, Saudi National Security Advisor Mosaad bin Mohammad al-Aiban, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha, and Ukrainian Head of Presidential Office Andriy Yermak meet in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on Tuesday, March 11, 2025.

U.S. resumes military aid and intelligence sharing as Ukraine says it is open to a 30-day ceasefire

Matthew Lee, Associated Pressan hour ago

President Donald Trump delivers remarks in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Friday, March 7, 2025.

National Politics

Trump halts doubling of tariffs on Canadian metals after Ontario suspends electricity price hikes

Josh Boak, Associated Pressan hour ago

Speaker Mike Johnson (R., La.) dared Democrats to oppose the bill and risk a shutdown that would begin Saturday if lawmakers failed to act on the continuing resolution.

National Politics

House passes bill to fund federal agencies through September, though prospects unclear in Senate

Kevin Freking, Associated Press

Student negotiator Mahmoud Khalil, shown at the Columbia University campus in New York at a pro-Palestinian protest encampment on April 29, 2024, was arrested Saturday.

What to know about ICE arresting Palestinian student activist leading Columbia University protests

In the first episode of his new podcast, California Gov. Gavin Newsom, pictured here on Jan. 24, 2025, characterized transgender women competing in women’s sports as “deeply unfair.”

Feckless Dems need ‘a Navalny, not a Newsom’ | Will Bunch Newsletter

Will Bunch | Columnist

Gov. Josh Shapiro addresses the General Assembly during his budget address last month. Because of cuts to an assortment of core government functions by the Trump administration, the state has effectively become a protector of last resort for Pennsylvania's most vulnerable citizens, the Editorial Board writes.

Harrisburg must reverse its persistent failure to protect children and older adults in Pa. | Editorial

The Editorial Board

Pennsylvania State Sen. Anthony Hardy Williams leads a group of politicians to visit J. Larry Jameson, interim president of the University of Pennsylvania, at College Hall, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025, calling on him to address the cancellation of DEI. He is speaking with Councilmember Jamie Gauthier and at right is State Sen. Art Haywood.

At UPenn, the silence of allies poses the greatest challenge in the battle to uplift all

Anthony Hardy Williams, For The Inquirer

A supporter holds a sign at a rally in support of Haitian immigrants outside of the National Constitution Center in September. Research confirms immigrants are key to the state’s continued economic growth as Pennsylvania’s U.S.-born population declines, writes Jasmine Rivera.

The real goal of the No Bailout for Sanctuary Cities Act

Jasmine Rivera, For The Inquirer

In the first episode of his new podcast, California Gov. Gavin Newsom, pictured here on Jan. 24, 2025, characterized transgender women competing in women’s sports as “deeply unfair.”

Feckless Dems need ‘a Navalny, not a Newsom’ | Will Bunch Newsletter

Will Bunch | Columnist

Gov. Josh Shapiro addresses the General Assembly during his budget address last month. Because of cuts to an assortment of core government functions by the Trump administration, the state has effectively become a protector of last resort for Pennsylvania's most vulnerable citizens, the Editorial Board writes.

Harrisburg must reverse its persistent failure to protect children and older adults in Pa. | Editorial

The Editorial Board

Pennsylvania State Sen. Anthony Hardy Williams leads a group of politicians to visit J. Larry Jameson, interim president of the University of Pennsylvania, at College Hall, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025, calling on him to address the cancellation of DEI. He is speaking with Councilmember Jamie Gauthier and at right is State Sen. Art Haywood.

At UPenn, the silence of allies poses the greatest challenge in the battle to uplift all

Anthony Hardy Williams, For The Inquirer

A supporter holds a sign at a rally in support of Haitian immigrants outside of the National Constitution Center in September. Research confirms immigrants are key to the state’s continued economic growth as Pennsylvania’s U.S.-born population declines, writes Jasmine Rivera.

The real goal of the No Bailout for Sanctuary Cities Act

Jasmine Rivera, For The Inquirer

File photo.

Crime & Justice

Attempted $55,000 beef heist foiled in South Philadelphia, police say

Will Lindsay was killed by a driver while riding his bike along Ridge Avenue on July 12, 2020.

Crime & Justice

Two people sentenced to prison in 2020 hit-and-run that killed cyclist

Rodrigo Torrejón

Andrew Drury, 42, died inside of Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility on Sunday.

Crime & Justice

A man in addiction who was arrested in Kensington last week died in jail days later

Ellie Rushing and Samantha Melamed

File picture of police yellow tape. Photograph taken during crime scene investigation on Redfield just below Market Street in Philadelphia, Friday, April 15, 2022.

Crime & Justice

Police searching for vandals who spray-painted swastikas and ‘vulgar’ language on Montco school

Rodrigo Torrejón

File photo.

Crime & Justice

Attempted $55,000 beef heist foiled in South Philadelphia, police say

Will Lindsay was killed by a driver while riding his bike along Ridge Avenue on July 12, 2020.

Crime & Justice

Two people sentenced to prison in 2020 hit-and-run that killed cyclist

Rodrigo Torrejón

Andrew Drury, 42, died inside of Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility on Sunday.

Crime & Justice

A man in addiction who was arrested in Kensington last week died in jail days later

Ellie Rushing and Samantha Melamed

File picture of police yellow tape. Photograph taken during crime scene investigation on Redfield just below Market Street in Philadelphia, Friday, April 15, 2022.

Crime & Justice

Police searching for vandals who spray-painted swastikas and ‘vulgar’ language on Montco school

Rodrigo Torrejón

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