Michael Tanenbaum
Michael Tanenbaum is a senior staff writer for PhillyVoice.com, with interests ranging from technology and behavioral health to local community initiatives and cultural life. Michael has written for the Argentina Independent and Bespoke Magazine and previously served as a news editor for Xfinity.com before joining PhillyVoice. He received his B.A. in The Writing Seminars at Johns Hopkins University.
January 18, 2018
Development
Temple seeking city approval to build controversial football stadium in North Philly
Temple University is officially prepared to "take the next step" in its controversial quest to build a football stadium in North Philadelphia.January 18, 2018
NFL
Minnesota news segment warns Vikings fans: 'It's no joke down in Philly'
Traveling fans of the Minnesota Vikings will enter Lincoln Financial Field on Sunday night to find a stadium full of Eagles diehards wearing German Shepherd masks.January 18, 2018
Race Relations
Questlove reacts to apology from Alabama sorority sister expelled for racist videos
The Roots drummer and DJ calls out sorority sisters for backing up racist rant.January 17, 2018
Investigation
Philadelphia woman, 30, fatally struck by multiple cars in Bucks County
Authorities in Bensalem Township are investigating a fatal car accident that killed a 30-year-old woman from Philadelphia on Wednesday morning.January 17, 2018
Weather
Philadelphia Water Department working at frantic pace to make service calls
The brutal cold spell that settled into Philadelphia late last year and lingered into the New Year is still wreaking havoc on Philadelphia's sewage system.January 17, 2018
Investigations
Suspect charged with murder in 'senseless' slaying of Penn student Blaze Bernstein
Samuel Lincoln Woodward, the 20-year-old southern California man accused of killing University of Pennsylvania sophomore Blaze Bernstein, was formally charged with murder at an arraignment Wednesday morning as new details emerged about the Ivy League student's violent death.January 16, 2018
Art
New Jersey family surprised to sell creepy, long-lost Rembrandt painting
$1 million painting dates to the mid-1620s when Rembrandt, then a teenager, completed a series of allegorical works on the five senses.January 16, 2018
Investigations
Report: Penn student stabbed 'at least 20 times' in possible rage killing
As an investigation into the death of Blaze Bernstein continues, a new report suggests the 19-year-old University of Pennsylvania student was stabbed "at least 20 times" in what might have a been an attack motivated by rage and sexual tension.January 16, 2018
Investigations
'Phenotyping' DNA sketch released in gunpoint rape at Norristown Farm Park
Investigators in Montgomery County are hoping that a new technology will lead them to the man who held a woman at gunpoint and sexually assaulted her last August at Norristown Farm Park.January 15, 2018
Public Health
Penn study: Improvements in U.S. mortality rate offset by obesity
The rising obesity rate in the United States has offset some public health gains from advances in medical treatment and a reduction in smoking, according to research from the University of Pennsylvania.Just In
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