Philadelphia

Pep is featured in the Dec. 26, 1925 issue of the Boston Daily Globe. But Gov. Pinchot's wife, Cornelia, later set the tall tale straight in an interview with The New York Times.

National

Why 'Pep' The Prison Dog Got Such A Bum Rap

4:47pm August 04, 2015

by Emma Jacobs

He killed the Pennsylvania governor's wife's cat — or so the story went. As it turns out, the Labrador was sentenced to the grim corridors of Eastern State Penitentiary to live up to his name.

St. Laurentius, a polish Catholic church in Philadelphia's Fishtown neighborhood, was closed in March amid fears that it would collapse. Since then, the community has pushed back to save the historic building.

In Philadelphia's Fishtown, A Fierce Debate Over The Fate Of A Polish Church

6:31pm July 03, 2015

by Bobby Allyn

The Philadelphia Archdiocese has plans to demolish the city's oldest Polish church, but it's facing strong resistance: Longtime parishioners and neighborhood newcomers have joined forces in protest.

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A Philadelphia mural titled You Go Girl by Jetsonorama and Ursula Rucker. This is just one of many murals that the city's Mural Arts Program helped create.

What Right Do Muralists Have To The Buildings They Paint On?

1:52pm June 29, 2015

by Paige Pfleger

Musicians have their instruments, painters have their canvases, and muralists have ... walls. But when the building a mural is on is changing, the muralist has to choose to fight — or say goodbye.

Amtrak To Restore Service Between Philadelphia And New York

7:01pm May 17, 2015

by Camila Domonoske

That portion of the Northeast Corridor — the nation's busiest railroad — was shut down while the train service investigated Tuesday's fatal derailment. It will reopen early Monday.

Graphic showing how positive train control works by slowing or stopping a train.

Red Tape Slows Control System That Could Have Saved Speeding Train

7:35pm May 16, 2015

by David Schaper

Investigators say the control network would have prevented this week's crash, and Amtrak vows to have it implemented by the 2016 deadline. But technical and bureaucratic hurdles are holding others up.

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Inside a Brown's Super Store. Brown's operates seven profitable supermarkets in low-income neighborhoods in Philadelphia.

Why A Philadelphia Grocery Chain Is Thriving In Food Deserts

4:57pm May 14, 2015

by Maanvi Singh

Brown's Super Stores operates seven profitable supermarkets in low-income neighborhoods in Philadelphia. The founder says it's because he figured out what communities needed in a neighborhood store.

Emergency personnel help a passenger at the scene of a train wreck, Tuesday, in Philadelphia.

Engineer Applied Emergency Brake Before Fatal Amtrak Derailment

7:54pm May 13, 2015

by Eyder Peralta

An NTSB board member says the train was traveling at 106 mph while making a turn in a 50-mph zone. Tuesday night's derailment in Philadelphia claimed seven lives; dozens were injured.

National

Justice Dept. Faults Philly Police For Poor Training On Deadly Force Policy

2:33pm March 23, 2015

by Krishnadev Calamur

A review of the city's 394 officer-involved shootings between 2007 and 2014 also found police recruits were not trained in a "systematic and modular fashion."

Measles is highly contagious, and it produces fever and rash in susceptible people who become infected.

Health & Safety

Why A Court Once Ordered Kids Vaccinated Against Their Parents' Will

8:14pm February 21, 2015

by Anders Kelto

Measles infected hundreds of children at a Philadelphia church whose members didn't believe in modern medicine. In a rare step, health officials moved to compel the families to vaccinate the kids.

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New apartment buildings are replacing empty lots in Mantua, one of Philadelphia's poorest neighborhoods.

University Re-Imagines Town And Gown Relationship In Philadelphia

5:40am February 02, 2015

by Hansi Lo Wang

Drexel University is taking a hands-on approach to redeveloping one of Philadelphia's poorest neighborhoods with a new center designed to serve not just students but mainly local residents.

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