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 […]
Ivanka Trump sent hundreds of emails last year to White House aides, Cabinet officials and her assistants using a personal account, many of them in violation of federal records rules, according to people familiar with a White House examination of her correspondence. White House ethics officials learned of Trump’s repeated use of personal email when […]
It was a week ago Wednesday when Ragland was sitting in a Menchie’s, the frozen-yogurt franchise, on Northeast 124th Street in Kirkland. Ragland, 31, is both a court-appointed special advocate and a visitation supervisor, so his job is to oversee meetings between kids and the parents who have lost custody of them. That’s what he […]
The Eagles spent the last week trying to fix a sinking season, calling for self-reflection and seeking to capitalize on the underdog status that propelled them last winter. It didn’t work. A season of underachievement might have reached its nadir in a 48-7 loss to the New Orleans Saints on Sunday at the Superdome, dropping the […]
This week is the unofficial start to the HOLIDAY SEASON! HAPPY THANKSGIVING, EVERYONE! GOT YOURS YET?! Get your tickets for HOLIDAY PRAISE, coming to the Liacouras Center on Saturday, December 29th! This concert will be the highlight of the 2018 Holiday Season! IT’S HERE!!! The UNIVERSOUL CIRCUS is Celebrating its 25th Anniversary here now thru Dec 2nd!!! Don’t miss it […]
IT’S HERE!!! The UNIVERSOUL CIRCUS is Celebrating its 25th Anniversary here now thru Dec 2nd!!! Don’t miss it in Philly’s Fairmount Park! Get your tickets now right here on PraisePhilly.com! Former First Lady (OUR First Lady!) Michelle Obama is coming to Philadelphia’s Wells Fargo Center for “BECOMING: An Intimate Conversation with Michelle Obama” and YOU can be there! Tickets are on sale now! Listen for […]
Democrat Alan Butkovitz has toyed with the idea of running for mayor for years. On Thursday morning, he’ll finally make it official: At the Courtyard by Marriott across the street from City Hall, the former city controller plans to announce that he’ll challenge Mayor Kenney in 2019. His campaign will attack Kenney over the city’s […]
A retired Philadelphia police officer has been charged with civil rights violations for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman while on duty more than two years ago, federal prosecutors announced Wednesday. Thomas O’Neill, 47, is accused of assaulting the woman inside his squad car on July 3, 2016, court documents show. The woman, who is black, […]
IT’S HERE!!! The UNIVERSOUL CIRCUS is Celebrating its 25th Anniversary here now thru Dec 2nd!!! Don’t miss it in Philly’s Fairmount Park! Get your tickets now right here on PraisePhilly.com! Former First Lady (OUR First Lady!) Michelle Obama is coming to Philadelphia’s Wells Fargo Center for “BECOMING: An Intimate Conversation with Michelle Obama” and YOU can be there! Tickets are on sale now! Listen for […]
Senators have reached a tentative accord on the first major rewrite of criminal justice sentencing in a generation, but now it’s up to President Donald Trump to decide if it’s worth making a push for the sweeping bipartisan bill during the lame-duck session of Congress. The package has been a top priority of Trump’s son-in-law, […]
The FOP is suing Mayor Kenney, District Attorney Larry Krasner, and Police Commissioner Richard Ross, claiming that a “Do Not Call List” meant to keep tainted cops from testifying in court damages the officers’ reputations. The lawsuit filed Tuesday by Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 5 also claims that Kenney, Krasner, and Ross failed to […]
IT’S HERE!!! The UNIVERSOUL CIRCUS is Celebrating its 25th Anniversary here now thru Dec 2nd!!! Don’t miss it in Philly’s Fairmount Park! Get your tickets now right here on PraisePhilly.com! Former First Lady (OUR First Lady!) Michelle Obama is coming to Philadelphia’s Wells Fargo Center for “BECOMING: An Intimate Conversation with Michelle Obama” and YOU can be there! Tickets are on sale now! Listen for […]
