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Two 13-year-old boys were shot after they allegedly attempted to steal a vehicle (on right) by the owner Tuesday evening in Southwest Philadelphia, police said on Feb. 4, 2025. Two others involved in the attempted theft were apprehended by police.

Crime & Justice

Two 13-year-old boys were shot in Southwest Philly while allegedly attempting to steal a car, police said

The shooting occurred shortly before 6:15 p.m. in the alleyway behind the 5900 block of Windsor Avenue, police said.

Robert Moranan hour ago

Managing Director Adam K. Thiel (center) announced Tuesday that the area around the Northeast Philly plane crash site may soon reopen to residents and businesses.

Philadelphia Politics

Residents and businesses may soon be able to return to the area around Northeast Philly plane crash site

Sean Collins Walsh, Rodrigo Torrejón, Erin McCarthy, and Ellie Rushing

People walking along the Schuylkill River Trail after a week of snow, rain and fog in late January. The trail is poised to get $14 million in upgrades to extend it to Manayunk and Passyunk Avenue.

$14 million project will connect the Schuylkill River Trail to Manayunk and Passyunk Ave.

Ice along the Delaware River viewed from Camden two weeks ago. Ice may appear on roads come Thursday morning, forecasters are warning.

Snow and ice are possible Wednesday, and may affect the Thursday morning commute

Anthony R. Wood

Police tape file photo.

Crime & Justice

Southwest Philly homeowner fatally shoots man trying to break in, police say

Mrs. Gorn graduated from Lycoming College with a bachelor's degree in communications.

Carrie Gorn, longtime public relations, communications, and marketing consultant, has died at 49

Her clients included Quintessence Theatre Group, Curio Theatre Co., EgoPo Classic Theater, Tribe of Fools, the Wilma Theater, Philadelphia Theatre Co., and People’s Light.

Ice along the Delaware River viewed from Camden two weeks ago. Ice may appear on roads come Thursday morning, forecasters are warning.

Snow and ice are possible Wednesday, and may affect the Thursday morning commute

Anthony R. Wood

Roberto Marquez, of Dallas, is working on making a large canvas for a mural he will be working on at the corner of Cottman and Bustleton Avenues for the medical jet crash victims.

Artist sets up memorial and plans a mural for Northeast Philly plane crash victims to send ‘message of hope’

Rodrigo Torrejón

A word cloud with some of the text from messages warning Philadelphia immigrant communities of ICE raids sent in multiple languages.

Philadelphia News

Amid real ramped up immigration enforcement, community leaders fight the spread of rumors and disinformation

A Chiefs/Taylor Swift cookie cake (left) that Acme Market in Havertown made in preparation for the Super Bowl before being replaced by the Eagles/Kelce cookie cake on the right. According to Acme, it's a rogue cake design.

Havertown Acme rescinds Taylor Swift-Travis Kelce cake for a Jason Kelce-Eagles cake

Speaker of the House Joanna McClinton applauds as Gov. Josh Shapiro delivers his third budget address to a joint session of the state House and Senate at the State Capitol on Tuesday.

Gov. Josh Shapiro proposes $51.5 billion budget with major investments in health care and education

Gillian McGoldrick

People walking along the Schuylkill River Trail after a week of snow, rain and fog in late January. The trail is poised to get $14 million in upgrades to extend it to Manayunk and Passyunk Avenue.

$14 million project will connect the Schuylkill River Trail to Manayunk and Passyunk Ave.

Speaker of the House Joanna McClinton applauds as Gov. Josh Shapiro delivers his third budget address to a joint session of the state House and Senate at the State Capitol on Tuesday.

Gov. Josh Shapiro proposes $51.5 billion budget with major investments in health care and education

Gillian McGoldrick

People walking along the Schuylkill River Trail after a week of snow, rain and fog in late January. The trail is poised to get $14 million in upgrades to extend it to Manayunk and Passyunk Avenue.

$14 million project will connect the Schuylkill River Trail to Manayunk and Passyunk Ave.

Krishna P. Singh, Holtec International's chief executive, is named as a defendant in the lawsuit.

Holtec VP was fired after CEO told him ‘nothing short of an act of God would force me to fire you,’ lawsuit says

Andrew Seidman and Abraham Gutman

Steve Sweeney, former Senate president of New Jersey, and Lee Laurendeau (rear), former CEO of EEW AOS, during a June 2023 tour at EEW AOS in Paulsboro where massive monopile foundations for offshore wind turbines were once made.

N.J.’s first offshore wind farm dealt significant blow from state board after Trump’s attacks

Krishna P. Singh, Holtec International's chief executive, is named as a defendant in the lawsuit.

Holtec VP was fired after CEO told him ‘nothing short of an act of God would force me to fire you,’ lawsuit says

Andrew Seidman and Abraham Gutman

Steve Sweeney, former Senate president of New Jersey, and Lee Laurendeau (rear), former CEO of EEW AOS, during a June 2023 tour at EEW AOS in Paulsboro where massive monopile foundations for offshore wind turbines were once made.

N.J.’s first offshore wind farm dealt significant blow from state board after Trump’s attacks

National Politics

Federal layoffs ‘likely’ if too few employees choose to quit, memo says

This is the sharpest move yet toward forcibly removing many of the 2.3 million civilian federal employees.

Faiz Siddiqui and Emily Davies, Washington Post

Elon Musk arrives for a Senate forum on Capitol Hill in 2023.

Elon Musk arrives for a Senate forum on Capitol Hill in 2023.

National Politics

Federal layoffs ‘likely’ if too few employees choose to quit, memo says

This is the sharpest move yet toward forcibly removing many of the 2.3 million civilian federal employees.

Faiz Siddiqui and Emily Davies, Washington Post

Wall Street falls following Trump’s tariffs, but not as badly as feared in the morning

Yuri Kageyama and Matt Ott, Associated Press

Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025.

NFL emails reveal the extent of the New Orleans Saints’ damage control for clergy sex abuse crisis

Jim Mustian and Brett Martel, Associated Press

New Orleans Saints and Pelicans owner Gayle Benson, left, talks with Saints President Dennis Lauscha, right, next to VP Greg Bensel, center, during the second half of an NBA game against the Los Angeles Clippers in New Orleans on Sunday, March 14, 2021.

The Trump administration moved to fire the FBI’s former top agent in Philly, who shot a dog in Center City in 2023

Jacqueline Maguire, then in charge of the FBI's Philadelphia field office, listens to questions from the media after announcing the arrest of a 17-year-old in connection with a terrorism probe at the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office on Aug. 14, 2023.

National Politics

Trump and Musk move to dismantle USAID, igniting battle with Democratic lawmakers

Ellen Knickmeyer, Fatima Hussein, and Adriana Gomez Licon, Associated Press

A United States Agency for International Development, or USAID, contract worker sits in front of the USAID office Monday in Washington with a message written on a piece of paper.

Hamilton Hall

More bids come in for three UArts buildings, including the iconic Hamilton Hall on South Broad Street

The buyers are limited liability companies named after the addresses of the buildings, but they are connected to Dwight City Group LLC.

Susan Snyder and Jake Blumgart

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro delivers his budget address for the 2025-26 fiscal year to a joint session of the state House and Senate at the Capitol Tuesday.

Shapiro’s budget would give another $500 million to underfunded schools. But other increases don’t keep pace with inflation, advocates say

Temple University campus

Gov. Shapiro proposes funding increases for Temple, Penn State and Pitt. But a performance-based formula has yet to be developed.

Susan Snyder and Gillian McGoldrick

Frank Machos, currently the Philadelphia School District's executive director for the Office of Arts and Creative Learning, will become a vice president at the Mann Center for the Performing Arts, leading the new Mann Center Institute for Creative Arts and Community Impact.

The Mann is hiring Philly schools’ arts chief, launching an institute to get city kids into music jobs

Kristen A. Graham

President Donald Trump is preparing an executive order aimed at eventually closing the Education Department and, in the short term, dismantling it from within, according to three people briefed on its contents.

Trump preps an order to dismantle the Education Department as DOGE probes data

Laura Meckler, Danielle Douglas-Gabriel, and Hannah Natanson, Washington Post

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