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.
December 5, 2015
Film
'Creed' director Ryan Coogler in negotiations for 'Black Panther'
Ryan Coogler, the director of the latest Rocky movie, 'Creed,' is wasting no time in search of his next project. The director behind the 2013 drama 'Fruitvale Station' is reportedly in negotiations with Marvel Studios to direct to direct 'Black Panther,' its first film depicting a black superhero, according to The Hollywood Reporter.December 5, 2015
Accidents
SEPTA supervisor killed in Roosevelt Boulevard crash
SEPTA Police Chief Thomas Nestel confirmed that a transportation supervisor was killed Saturday morning in a crash on Roosevelt Boulevard.December 4, 2015
Arrests
Bucks County man busted for pot farm spotted by National Guard helicopter
After an investigation lasting several months, a Bucks County man has been arrested in connection to a marijuana farm that was observed in May by a New Jersey National Guard helicopter flying overhead in Falls Township, officials said.December 4, 2015
Business
WATCH: The video that convinced Google to acquire YouTube
Ten years after it was founded, YouTube has over a billion users worldwide who account for nearly a third of all people on the Internet. Analysts at Jefferies say that, taken apart from Google, which acquired the video-sharing site for $1.65 billion in 2006, YouTube is valued at up to $40 billion in 2015.December 4, 2015
Courts
Two N.J. couples indicted in Medicaid, food stamp fraud
Two couples from Ocean County, New Jersey, were indicted this week on charges of underreporting their income in order to obtain hundreds of thousands of dollars in public assistance, prosecutors announced.December 4, 2015
Pediatrics
Pediatrician demonstrates 'The Hold' that soothes shrieking babies
For all the love and warmth that newborns bring into the world, their seemingly uncontrollable sobbing is at timesDecember 4, 2015
Porngate
Philadelphia DA reassigns three prosecutors implicated in Porngate
Amid the widening controversy over a trove of offensive e-mails circulated in the Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office, Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams announced on Friday the reassignment of three prosecutors who were part of a group exchanging the explicit messages.December 4, 2015
Arrests
Penn police: Armed felon arrested following car chase near campus
Police officers with the University of Pennsylvania announced the arrest of a convicted felon they say fled from a traffic violation near campus Thursday night and was later found to be carrying a gun inside his vehicle.December 3, 2015
Education
Five new charter schools coming to Philadelphia with $10.5 million PSP grant
After Philadelphia's School Reform Commission approved the creation of five new charter schools last winter, the nonprofit organizations opening those schools will receive a combined $10.5 million in funding through grants from the Philadelphia School Partnership.December 3, 2015
Investigation
Police: Norwegian man arrested in bomb threat at Philadelphia International Airport
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