Michael Tanenbaum

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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.


tanenbaum@phillyvoice.com

July 23, 2015

Weather

Weekend weather: Philadelphia, Jersey Shore, Rehoboth Beach

After the week began with sweltering humidity and high temperatures that surpassed 100 degrees, the cool down over the past two days has felt almost autumnal by comparison.

July 23, 2015

Investigation

Police discover woman's body in Wilmington playground area

Police discover woman's body in Wilmington playground area

July 22, 2015

Internet

Study: Men who harass women online really are losers

The vitriol of the 2014 Gamergate controversy brought to light discrepancies in how the accomplishments of women are received across online gaming communities, but it may have exposed much more than a particular animus some men have toward women relative to gaming culture, according to a new study.

July 22, 2015

Environment

Mutant daisies sprout in region of Fukushima disaster

Four years after disaster affected three of six nuclear reactors at Fukushima, longterm effects raising alarm

July 22, 2015

Courts

Lawyer claims brain condition led teacher to sexual assault of six students

The lawyer representing a former New Jersey high school teacher charged with sexually assaulting six students between 2013 and 2014 says that a brain condition is responsible for her socially inappropriate behavior and inability to control impulses.

July 22, 2015

Theater

The Roots to executive produce Broadway cast recording of hip-hop musical 'Hamilton'

The Roots to executive produce cast recording of Broadway's 'Hamilton'

July 19, 2015

Automobiles

Sick of flat tires? Hankook tests airless prototype

South Korean company develops non-pneumatic iFlex tires

July 19, 2015

Classes

Get hands-on at NextFab's Open Studio Summer Series

NextFab's Open Studio Summer Series offers chance get hands-on

July 19, 2015

Beaches

Experts detonate WWII-era photoflash bomb on Florida beach

A stroll at the beach for one resident of St. Petersberg, Florida, turned into quite the spectacle on Sunday after the pedestrian spotted a "large cylindrical object" later identified as a World War II-era flare, officials confirmed.

July 19, 2015

Courts

Crane operator in deadly Center City building collapse may plead guilty

A crane operator charged in the deadly Market Street building collapse of June 2013 may be submit a guilty plea as early as Tuesday, according to sources close to the case.

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