4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (539+ words) With Republicans holding just a four-seat margin in the U.S. House, Pennsylvania's 7th Congressional District has emerged as one of the handful of races most likely to determine which party controls the chamber after November, according to CBS Philadelphia. All four of…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (495+ words) Malone Lam, 22, faces up to 20 years in prison. U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly scheduled a status hearing for December 8, 2026, without immediately setting a sentencing date. Lam is the 11th of 18 charged defendants to plead guilty in the case, which prosecutors say caused…...

6+ day, 18+ hour ago   (471+ words) Phonics instruction in Philadelphia's public schools is falling short, according to Chalkbeat Philadelphia, which reported this week on a new district research review exposing significant problems with the rollout of the city's EL Education English language arts curriculum. The district…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (379+ words) The Los Angeles Sparks are filling their vacant general manager seat with a Philadelphia executive. Sabreena Merchant of The Athletic first reported Thursday that the Sparks will hire Ariana Andonian, currently the 76ers' vice president of player personnel, as their new…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (247+ words) The School District of Philadelphia is developing a mobile app to give parents quick access to school information from their phones, Superintendent Tony Watlington said. The app will display schedules for school and sporting events, lunch menus and attendance information....

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (249+ words) A new Fishtown business is pairing coffee with car culture, offering a cafe experience unlike anything else in the neighborhood. Cannonball Club, one of the newest additions to the Fishtown commercial scene, operates a cafe surrounded by impressive vehicles. The…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (266+ words) Aaron Donald is reportedly coming out of retirement to rejoin the Los Angeles Rams, giving Philadelphia a significantly tougher test when the Eagles host the Rams in Week 4 at Lincoln Financial Field. Bleeding Green Nation reported that after weeks of…...

2+ week, 4+ hour ago   (267+ words) Members of Philadelphia’s Nepalese-American community are organizing fundraisers and donation drives after catastrophic flooding in Nepal killed more than 500 people this week, with nearly 2,000 still unaccounted for. The flooding was likely caused by a collapsed glacier at the Himalayan border…...

2+ week, 9+ hour ago   (489+ words) A federal appeals court in Philadelphia ruled Friday that a Trump administration policy mandating detention of nearly all undocumented immigrants is unlawful, a decision with immediate consequences for immigrants held in Pennsylvania and across the region. The U.S. Court of Appeals…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (190+ words) A 22-year-old man wanted by Philadelphia Police for allegedly threatening pedestrians while wearing a mask near City Hall was arrested Tuesday night in Las Vegas. Philadelphia-based U.S. Marshals, working with the USMS Nevada Violent Offender Task Force, took Zymire Hughes into…...