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Malcolm Jenkins and other Eagles players posted $25,000 — matched by $25,000 from the Eagles Social Justice Fund — to bail out nine Philadelphians so they could be home with their families ahead of Thanksgiving. The bailout was paired with a resource fair, so those who were released could gain access to workforce training and […]
After the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear her appeal, disgraced former Attorney General Kathleen Kane has exhausted her legal options and must begin serving her jail sentence. Kane, 52, the first woman and first Democrat to be elected to the state’s top law enforcement job, was convicted two years ago on perjury […]
Rep. Beto O’Rourke said Monday that he would not rule out a run for president in 2020, backtracking on recent statements that he would not seek the White House. O’Rourke, who rocketed to national fame with his campaign to unseat Sen. Ted Cruz, indicated Monday that he and his wife are discussing the possibility. “Amy […]
President Donald Trump is seizing on an attempt by 500 migrants to rush the southern border to use immigration as an issue to bolster his presidency at a critical political moment. Trump spent weeks ahead of the midterm elections warning that the United States was about to experience an invasion from a migrant caravan trekking […]
Like everyone else in the place Sunday, Cre’Von LeBlanc knew where Eli Manning was going to throw the football on that third-and-4 play at the Philadelphia 11-yard line in the fourth quarter. Right at him. Right at the man he had the unenviable task of covering. Right at Odell Beckham Jr. “Everybody in the stadium […]
The holiday shopping frenzy has officially begun with the five-day stretch that starts on Thanksgiving and crosses the finish line Cyber Monday. And in the age of Amazon, retailers are increasingly turning to tech to make shopping, whether online or in an actual store, as quick and simple as possible. This year marks the first […]
President Donald Trump made a Thanksgiving Day phone call to members of the military Thursday but the call went South. As is presidential tradition, Trump took time out of his Thanksgiving celebrations to speak with troops stationed around the world. Trump’s comments came after a defeat by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals […]
The Christian evangelist who attempted to convert one of the world’s last remaining isolated tribes wrote of pursuing the mission even after attempts on his life. In excerpts from his journal, John Allen Chau, the American who is believed to have been killed by members of the isolationist Sentinelese tribe, documented his attempt to convert […]
The strange, difficult season of Philadelphia 76ers guard Markelle Fultz just got a little stranger. David Aldridge of The Athletic reported on Tuesday that Fultz is scheduled to see a shoulder specialist, and won’t play or practice with the Sixers until after that happens. Raymond Brothers is also Fultz’s agent in addition to being his […]
Mississippi was set for a fairly mundane midterm election runoff next week — deciding who would win the final undecided U.S. Senate seat in a state that easily elects Republicans, until a senator greeted a cattle rancher. In a video posted on Twitter last week, Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith is talking to a rancher named […]
Two women and two men, whose identities police would not confirm, were found in a home in the 5100 block of Malcolm Street with gunshot wounds to the head, police said. Medics pronounced them dead at 12:21 p.m. It was the largest number of victims in a Philadelphia homicide this year. “Sadly, all four of […]
In 2013, a cure for hepatitis C — a chronic viral infection that, if untreated, can lead to fatal liver disease — was brought to market. But who would get the $100,000 lifesaving treatment? That’s been a subject of political and legal battles ever since. In May 2017, the Wolf administration announced that Pennsylvania would […]