Kids left waiting for school buses | Morning Newsletter
Good morning, Philly! Happy Monday. It’s expected to be another hot one today, with highs nearing the 90s. Some special-needs students in Philadelphia say they are waiting hours this summer…
Dear Abby: Wife Who Married Young Has Often Heard She Missed Out
Dear Abby: I married when I was 20 and my husband was 32. I grew up with a conservative view of marriage, so in a sense, I believed marrying early…
Photographing America’s 250th birthday in Philadelphia
Listen to article • 0:00 minSome weekends are just dates on the calendar. Others become part of history.America’s 250th anniversary was one of those weekends.Philadelphia, where the nation began, became…
Nobody likes property tax hikes, but the city already protects lower-income homeowners | Shackamaxon
Listen to article • 0:00 minThis week’s Shackamaxon covers property tax assessments, state budget negotiations, and Pennsylvania’s gambling dependence.Assessment angerPhiladelphia property owners have by now received one of the least…
Internet reacts to Luke Wilson, 54, having baby with 24-year-old girlfriend
Luke Wilson has welcomed his first child, with his girlfriend Kendall Yates, who is 30 years the actor’s junior, an eyebrow-raising fact that’s generated many a headline, as well as…
Chronic illness and diarrhea surge in quake-hit Venezuelan communities as humanitarian crisis builds
By REGINA GARCIA CANO CATIA LA MAR, Venezuela (AP) — Victims of the powerful twin earthquakes that jolted Venezuela last month as well as people spared by the destruction on…
Fire at a shoe factory kills 28 in one of China’s deadliest blazes in recent years
BEIJING (AP) — A fire broke out at a shoe factory in the southeastern Chinese province of Fujian on Thursday, killing 28 people, the official Xinhua News Agency said. Chinese…
Letters – Sports history, founding fathers, Fairview, Waymo
Jesse Owens competes in one of the heats of the 200-meter run at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin. Owens’ victory was not acknowledged by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. A…
Ardmore adds a dozen businesses | Inquirer Lower Merion
Hi, Lower Merion! 👋 If it seems new spots are opening regularly in Ardmore, you’re not wrong. We take a look at the dozen businesses that have set up shop…
Dallas Cowboy Marshawn Kneeland’s tragic diagnosis is a warning
Dallas Cowboys fans were aghast and heartbroken in the days after defensive end Marshawn Kneeland’s death by suicide in November. The 24-year-old, a star of his college football team, had…