May 11, 2016
Transportation
by
Michael Tanenbaum
After announcing last month that Philadelphia's long-awaited SEPTA Key pilot program will debut for 10,000 early adopters on June 13, SEPTA General Manager Jeffrey Knueppel told City Council on Tuesday that the "soft launch" will expand as 2016 progresses.
May 10, 2016
Prisons
by
Michael Tanenbaum
Fire officials scrambled to put out a blaze Tuesday night at Montgomery County's Graterford Prison after an inmate allegedly set a fire in a cell, according to an alert from county officials.
May 10, 2016
Biology
by
Michael Tanenbaum
The emerging science of regenerative medicine, a broad interdisciplinary field encompassing both stem cell biology and reparative tissue engineering, has increasingly become a beacon of hope for those who believe the basic limits of human life are open to clinical intervention.
May 10, 2016
Accidents
by
Michael Tanenbaum
SEPTA officials have confirmed that a bicyclist was struck and killed by one of the agency's buses Tuesday afternoon in the Frankford section of Philadelphia.
May 10, 2016
Investigations
by
Michael Tanenbaum
Pennsylvania state Sen. Larry Farnese was indicted Tuesday and charged in connection to an alleged "vote buying" scheme in which he and an accomplice traded favors in order boost the candidate's political support in Philadelphia, the U.S. attorney's office announced.
May 10, 2016
LGBT
by
Michael Tanenbaum
Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney took a moment of his time on Tuesday to offer a word of support for Aniya Wolf, the Bishop McDevitt High School junior who was kicked out of her prom in Harrisburg for wearing a tuxedo.
May 10, 2016
Hunting
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Michael Tanenbaum
Officials with the Pennsylvania Game Commission in South Middleton Township, about 20 miles southwest of Harrisburg, have warned hunters to exercise caution after a "spike strip" was recently found on a state game lands trail.
May 9, 2016
Politics
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Michael Tanenbaum
Former Philadelphia mayor and Pennsylvania governor Ed Rendell has a message for supporters of Bernie Sanders: They have to "behave and not cause trouble" at July's event.
May 9, 2016
Crime
by
Michael Tanenbaum
Three female students have been charged in connection to the fatal beating of 16-year-old Amy Joyner-Francis in a bathroom at Howard High School on April 21.
May 9, 2016
Courts
by
Michael Tanenbaum
The Franklin Institute violated the Americans with Disabilities Act by charging admission for both a severely disabled man and his 24-7 caregiver, a federal judge ruled Monday in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.