Happy Bear Coffee, with Carlino’s bites, coming to Philly’s Navy Yard
The Navy Yard is getting a coffee shop and wine bar as part of its redevelopment. Happy Bear Coffee Company is set to open its first physical location at the…
Deptford Mall’s Christmas House is nostalgic and irreverent with Harry Potter, Blockbuster, and a room full of reindeer poop
The region is brimming with holiday attractions this season, from Center City’s extravagant affairs to the most humble of mall Santas. But what about ones that skirt tradition and lean…
Higher costs push holiday shoppers toward socks, coffee, and diapers
Shirley Spillane’s holiday shopping list is decidedly no-frills this year: cutting boards, coffee, and socks. The Los Angeles-based school counselor used to spend big for Christmas. But this year, with…
A guide to good manners at the retail counter this holiday season
As shoppers flood stores across the country during the year’s biggest shopping season, retail workers are bracing for what many describe as the most demanding — and often demoralizing —…
Philly’s Greyhound station gets city’s OK to be resurrected
City Council passed legislation Thursday to restore the abandoned Greyhound terminal on Filbert Street as Philadelphia’s new intercity bus station in time for an expected flood of tourists in 2026.…
Home Depot theft ring busted in Queens after stealing $2.2 million
A massive retail theft ring that boosted $2.2 million in Home Depot merchandise was busted, the Queens District Attorney’s Office announced Thursday. The ring operated in nine states where the…
Oklahoma Black Lives Matter leader indicted for fraud, money laundering
By SEAN MURPHY OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A federal grand jury indicted the leader of the Black Lives Matter movement in Oklahoma City over allegations that millions of dollars in…
Letters to the Editor | Dec. 11, 2025
Well-meaning policy If you walk into any nursing home in the southeastern corner of the commonwealth, you’ll find a highly choreographed system of long-term care (LTC) pharmacies humming along that…
CHOP was Southeastern Pa.’s most profitable nonprofit health system in first quarter of fiscal 2026. Four systems lost money.
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia was the most profitable nonprofit health system in Southeastern Pennsylvania during the three months that ended Sept. 30, according to an Inquirer review of financial filings.…
The best wine shops in Philly and the suburbs
The best independently owned wine stores in the Philadelphia area Skip to content The interior of Supérette on Thursday, May 15, 2025 in Philadelphia. Monica Herndon / Staff Photographer Link…