Philly City Council reluctantly agrees to borrow $200 million to buy the police headquarters building
Listen to article • 0:00 minPhiladelphia City Council members on Thursday begrudgingly passed a measure out of a key committee allowing the city to borrow $200 million to purchase the…
Flowering plants are divided into monocots and dicots. Here’s why
Walking in my neighborhood the other day, I stopped to stare at a flowering hedge that I had never noticed before. It was planted in front of a wall running…
Catholic Diocese of Dallas welcomes World Cup visitors with prayers in different languages
A Parishioner gather ahead of an evening mass on, Friday, Dec. 8, 2023, at the National Shrine Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe, in Dallas. Shafkat Anowar/Dallas Morning News The…
Prosecutor tells jury that the killing of a teen at a Texas track meet was murder, not self-defense
A courtroom sketch, provided by Pat Lopez shows Karmelo Anthony, center, at the defense table, the jury on the left and the presiding judge on the right, on Thursday, June…
Two Dallas theater educators earn Tony honorable mentions
Besides actors, directors, producers, playwrights, composers and designers, the Tony Awards honors theater educators. Two from Dallas made the 2026 list: Anné Hughes, a drama teacher who directs the fine…
A 16-year-old killed another teen in a street fight in Norristown, police say
Listen to article • 0:00 minFor $750, Alex Herrera, barely old enough to get his driver’s license, armed himself with a gun he bought from an older teen, Montgomery County…
SCNG wins 4 awards for housing coverage in wildfires’ aftermath
A national press association for real estate journalists named the Southern California News Group winner of four awards for its coverage of housing stories in the aftermath of the 2025…
Dwight Williams: California’s proposed ‘Jobs Tax’ will hit seniors the hardest
Grocery stores at dawn. Hospital reception desks at midmorning. Hotel front counters at midnight. Across California, seniors in their seventies are still on the job. Social Security alone does not…
Drummond: Lottery to pick purchasers of affordable homes in Yorba Linda townhome project
A lottery to determine eligibility to purchase eight below-market-rate townhome units on the west side of Yorba Linda is part of a housing agreement between the city and the developer…
Suspect in Union Square attack on 85-year-old is bipolar, had stopped taking medication: mom
The mother of a woman arrested for critically injuring an 85-year-old great-grandmother in an unprovoked shove near Union Square Park in Manhattan says her daughter has bipolar disorder and stopped…