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Californians Line Up To Legally Buy Recreational Pot On Monday, residents of California began to sell recreational marijuana. This comes as a major milestone in the business of selling and buying legalized marijuana. Lines formed outside stores licensed to sell the drug long before opening hours, and store owners said they had stocked up in […]
Obama Urges ‘Leaders’ Not To Split Society With Online Biases Reuters- Former president Barack Obama said social media is tearing us apart. “All of us in leadership have to find ways in which we can recreate a common space on the Internet,” Obama said in a BBC interview conducted by Britain’s Prince Harry. “One of the […]
Apple Faces Lawsuits After Saying It Slows Down Aging iPhones Apple defrauded iPhone users by slowing devices without warning to compensate for poor battery performance, according to eight lawsuits filed in various federal courts in the week since the company opened up about the year-old software change. The tweak may have led iPhone owners to […]
Pennsylvania Board of Education Chairman Resigns Amid Sexual Misconduct Allegations Philly.com- Gov. Wolf accepted the resignation of the chairman of the state Board of Education on Thursday after the Inquirer and Daily News reported that a number of women said he had pursued sexual relationships with them when they were teenagers and he was years their […]
Philly Cop Charged With Pointing Gun At People He Crashed Into While Driving Drunk According to the District Attorney’s Office, a Philadelphia police officer will be fired and faces criminal charges for allegedly crashing his car into another vehicle while driving drunk last Christmas Eve. He then fled the scene and pulled his gun on […]
Trump tax plan puts him on verge of big win – but not the kind he promised middle class Philly.com- President Trump is about to score a big win, but not the kind he promised. Trump, who campaigned as a champion of the “forgotten” middle class is poised to sign a tax overhaul that could deliver […]
Charge Upgraded Against Suspect In Charlottesville Killing CNN.com– An Ohio driver accused of plowing into a crowd protesting a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, killing one woman, is facing an upgraded murder charge. James Alex Fields Jr., of Maumee, Ohio, initially was charged with second-degree murder and other offenses, including malicious wounding and failure […]
Stop N Go’s Are A Scourge On Philly’s Poorest Communities By: Solomon Jones Enforcement on Stop N Go stores have been lax for decades. That’s why they don’t want Cindy Bass’s bill to pass. I spoke with Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board spokesperson Elizabeth Brassell, who told me that some of the establishments operate with […]
Marcus Hayes Says The Eagles Should Sign Kaepernick To Be Foles’ Backup Philly.com- The Eagles are in position to reach the Super Bowl for the first time in 13 years, and for the third time ever. The Eagles also are in position to have to play Nate Sudfeld. One big hit to Nick Foles — a […]
New York Explosion: Man Detonates Pipe Bomb In Attempted Terrorist Attack On Monday, a man wearing a homemade pipe bomb detonated the explosive near Times Square at the Port Authority Bus Terminal. In one of New York City’s busiest commuter hubs, officials said. Authorities identified the suspect as 27-year-old Akayed Ullah of Bangladesh. Police have […]
FBI Probing Philadelphia Parking Authority Philly.com- The Philadelphia Parking Authority has caught the attention of the FBI, According to three former PPA employees who say they were interviewed by federal agents in the past months. The three said the investigators asked about the authority’s red-light camera program, finances and management. “It was about a wide variety of […]
Trump’s Jerusalem Declaration Sparks Fear And Joy Washington (AP) – President Trump’s declaration of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and vow to move the U.S. Embassy there drew a mix of jubilation and anger from members of Philadelphia’s Jewish and Muslim communities Wednesday. Trump said the move was necessary for achieving peace, casting it as […]