Elizabeth Street Garden ‘win’ is a loss for housing
There was a celebration Saturday at a vacant lot Downtown that long ago should have been used for desperately needed housing. But rather than toasting the continuation of the Elizabeth…
Today in History: August 17, Miles Davis releases ‘Kind of Blue’
Today is Monday, Aug. 17, the 229th day of 2026. There are 136 days left in the year. Today in history: On Aug. 17, 1959, trumpeter Miles Davis released “Kind…
Pictures of a Dominican celebration in Camden
The day marks the 1863 uprising against Spain when the Dominican Republic reclaimed national sovereignty. What began as a small neighborhood gathering in 2020 has grown into South Jersey’s largest…
Todd Spitzer: Continuing case review – even when no one is watching
The violation of a single defendant’s constitutional rights calls into question the fairness of the entire criminal justice system. There has been no other issue in the history of Orange…
Rescuers in Indonesia recover 6 more bodies in earthquake aftermath, raising death toll to 53
Listen to article • 0:00 minRUTENG, Indonesia — Rescue teams in eastern Indonesia recovered six more bodies Sunday, a day after a magnitude 7.7 earthquake, raising the death toll to…
Ukraine launches one of its largest aerial attacks of the war, killing at least 6 people in Russia
Listen to article • 0:00 minUkraine launched hundreds of drones across Russia on Sunday, killing at least six people in one of Kyiv’s largest aerial attacks of the war.Kyiv has…
Man shot by NYPD on Manhattan’s Lower East Side
A man armed with a butcher knife was shot by NYPD officers on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, cops said on Sunday. The incident happened around 4:30 p.m. on…
Rains return to the Philly region, and they may come in handy later
Listen to article • 0:00 minJust as the soils were beginning to take on that cracked and dried look and the vegetation was working up a thirst, the rains have…
NYC synagogue antisemitic attacker called congregants ‘swine’ and ‘fake Jews’
The unhinged man who assault two people in an antisemitic attack at a Midtown synagogue referred to himself as God, called the congregants “swine” and screamed an anti-Black slur at…
When did human tragedy become social media content?
Listen to article • 0:00 minWithin minutes, photos begin appearing online. Someone posts a video from the shoulder of the road. Someone else starts speculating about what happened in the…