As tailors disappear, this Upper Bucks shop looks to a fifth generation
Listen to article • 0:00 minBrett Fischer of Fischer’s Tuxedo in Quakertown learned tailoring as a kid, when his dad owned the store. Now, Brett runs the tailor and dry…
Man, 29, shot to death outside Bronx NYCHA complex
A 29-year-old man was shot to death outside a Bronx public housing complex, police said Sunday. Jason Ferrer, 29, was shot in the chest just outside the Gun Hill Houses…
Woman arrested for manslaughter for stabbing man during domestic clash in her Brooklyn apartment
A woman was arrested for manslaughter Sunday for stabbing a man to death in her Brooklyn home during a domestic clash, police said. Jennifer Ayala, 36, is charged with manslaughter,…
NYC can use our own local, clean energy
New York City’s relentlessly hot summer exposed the harsh reality of a power grid stretched to capacity: just as air conditioning became a necessity, New Yorkers were asked to reduce…
The best books that local booksellers have read so far this year
Listen to article • 0:00 minBooks are back, in Greater Philadelphia and around the country.The industry saw modest revenue growth the last four years in a row, an Association of…
The poorest in the U.S. can’t find housing even as low-income units sit empty
Listen to article • 0:00 minPORTLAND, Ore. — Mathew Davis, who lives in a homeless shelter in Austin, Texas, would love an apartment of his own. But with the little…
The Trump administration will force Pa. to pay more for SNAP. Shapiro’s office says it can’t.
Listen to article • 0:00 minThe Trump administration will be overhauling the SNAP program in two major steps, forcing Pennsylvania to pay more for the federal food program and jeopardizing…
Bookstores are so back in the Philly area. Booksellers say it’s a backlash to all that doomscrolling.
Listen to article • 0:00 minFishtown Books opened last weekend, the neighborhood’s fifth bookstore. In Manayunk, one couple opened two bookstores on the same street. The August opening of a…
Kennedy Center stood as a symbol of the importance of arts for over 50 years
Listen to article • 0:00 minFor more than 55 years, the white marble facade of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts has presided over a portion of…
These bulbs have evolved to avoid being eaten. You can take advantage of that
By JESSICA DAMIANO | The Associated Press There’s little worse in a gardener’s mind than watching their careful planning and hard work go up in a cloud of teeth, thanks…