Will factory-built housing take off in California this year?
By Ben Christopher | CalMatters As the first home rolled off the factory floor in Kalamazoo, Michigan — “like a boxcar with picture windows,” according to a journalist on the…
Murder not a ‘crime of violence,’ Brooklyn federal judge rules in terrorism case
Murder is not a crime of violence — at least not as a matter of federal law, a Brooklyn judge has ruled as he dismissed two charges in a possible…
Frederick Wiseman, documentarian behind the Northeast High-filmed ‘High School,’ dies at 96
Renowned documentarian Frederick Wiseman, who chronicled life at Northeast Philadelphia High School in a 1968 film that caused a years-long controversy in the city, has died. He was 96. Zipporah…
Brooklyn pedestrian killed in hit-run after refusing to let go of door of box truck that struck him
A Brooklyn pedestrian was killed a bizarre hit-and-run after grabbing onto the driver’s side door of a box truck that hit him and refusing to let go, hanging on for…
One of the nation’s oldest hospitals will now be one of Philadelphia’s newest museums
Before 1751, sick Pennsylvanians had few healthcare options other than often expensive home visits from doctors. That changed when Benjamin Franklin and physician Thomas Bond established a medical institution to…
Man, 83, killed by fire in his Queens apartment
An 83-year-old man was killed by a fire in his Queens apartment, authorities said Monday. The blaze erupted in his home on 78th St. near Woodside Ave. in Elmhurst about…
What 42 massive and decaying presidential heads say about America
CROAKER, Va. — George Washington’s chin is crumbling. His cheeks are streaked with sooty grime. His blackened nose is peeling, an apparent victim of frostbite and sunburn. Still, America’s first…
Even Dollar Tree is going after rich shoppers now
By Lily Meier, Max Rivera and Denise Lu, Bloomberg News Dollar Tree’s 9,000th store opened last year within a few miles of a Louis Vuitton, a steakhouse selling $525 Wagyu…
One of Philly’s last architecturally intact old movie theaters is officially recognized as historic
The Circle Theatre in Frankford, built in 1929 for what was once the largest movie theater chain in the country, is now officially recognized as historic. The Philadelphia Historical Commission…
Photos of Lunar New Year celebrations for the Year of the Horse
People around Asia celebrate the Lunar New Year on Tuesday, Feb. 17, the start of the Year of the Horse. People around Asia celebrate the Lunar New Year on Tuesday,…