PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia could soon become the first major U.S. city with a sugary drinks tax after a city council committee voted Wednesday to approve an amended version of a soda tax proposal that would set a 1.5 cent-per-ounce tax on sugary and diet drinks. Democratic Mayor Jim Kenney initially proposed a 3-cents-per-ounce tax […]
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Latest on the fatal shooting of a 4-year-old Philadelphia girl (all times local): 8:50 p.m. Philadelphia police have charged a man in the fatal shooting of a 4-year-old girl. Investigators say Maurice Phillips turned himself in Saturday night, and admitted he was responsible for the young girl’s death. Phillips, who is […]
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — On Jackie Robinson Day, Philadelphia is acknowledging its racist treatment of the baseball pioneer when he played in the city nearly 70 years ago. The City Council is highlighting an official apology during a ceremony Friday honoring the first black Major League player. It issued the apology in a resolution last month. […]
He found a concrete spot on Sesame Street as Mr. Handford, who ran Hooper's Store on the show from 1990 to 1998. Fans took to Twitter to offer condolences to the beloved actor.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — A Pittsburgh anchorwoman has apologized for comments she posted on Facebook this week about an ambush shooting that left five people dead, saying her words “could be viewed as racist.” The victims, killed in a poor suburb following a cookout, included a pregnant woman and her unborn child. “I sincerely apologize for […]
WILKINSBURG, Pa. (AP) — Two gunmen working as a team fatally shot five people including a pregnant woman and critically wounded two others at a backyard cookout, with one attacker using a rifle to shoot the victims in the head as they were driven in his direction, a prosecutor said Thursday. “The murders were planned. […]
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Philadelphia man is suing in federal court saying the hit show “Empire” infringes on a show he created and copyrighted a decade ago. Clayton Tanksley, an actor who once played a character on “The Cosby Show,” says Lee Daniels stole the idea from him during a 2008 film event. Tanksley, who […]
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Two demolition contractors being sentenced in a Philadelphia building collapse believe they bear some responsibility for the six deaths that resulted, but they have also called themselves scapegoats for the people who hired them. Prosecutors argue that contractor Griffin Campbell cut corners on the job, causing a four-story brick wall to collapse […]
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Philadelphia police officer was shot multiple times in the arm at point blank range by a man who ambushed him as he sat in his marked police cruiser, authorities said. Police Commissioner Richard Ross said the suspect fired a total of 13 shots that hit the officer and his car late […]
The next time you find yourself in Philadelphia and in need of a comic books and coffee fix, there’s a destination in town that has you covered. Amalgam Comics and Coffeehouse is owned by Ariell R. Johnson, the first Black woman to open a comic book store on the East Coast. Johnson, a Baltimore […]
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia police are investigating how the bodies of two newborns came to be found in a weed-filled lot, but don’t suspect foul play in their deaths. Authorities say the bodies had undergone autopsies. Police suspect the unclothed bodies were recently dumped in an alley where children found them Saturday evening. They initially […]
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey said Wednesday that he will retire after a 47-year career in law enforcement as the administration of the mayor that brought him to the city comes to an end. Mayor Michael Nutter brought the 65-year-old Ramsey to Philadelphia in 2008 when he took office after stints in Washington […]
