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Best of Philly 2025: City Life

Our world-champion Eagles, a messy traffic stop, an unexpected councilperson, and the Delco pope


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Best of Philly Spotlight: How Two Philadelphia Tortoises Stole Our Hearts

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This Mayfair Native’s Job Is Making Sure Philly Visitors Have a Good Time

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Best of Philly Spotlight: DJ Robert Drake’s Been Throwing the Best Parties in Philly for More Than 20 Years — and Shows No Sign of Stopping

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Philly Today: Woman Confronts ICE Agents During Montco Raid, Calls Them “2025 Nazis”

Plus, the Trump administration is sending immigration detainees to South Jersey.

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How Two Philadelphia Tortoises Stole Our Hearts

Meet the two Philadelphia Zoo tortoises who gave their species a ray of hope.

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DJ Robert Drake’s Been Throwing the Best Parties in Philly for More Than 20 Years

Let this South Philly man-about-town entertain you. It’s all he wants to do.

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Want to Preserve Your Pet … Forever? Call Beth Beverly

Thanks to the Cheltenham taxidermist’s handiwork, your beloved companion will be timelessly honored.

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Philly Today: Local Man Used Grindr to Carjack People

Be careful out there! Plus, a South Street bar has the worst luck.

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This Mayfair Native’s Job Is Making Sure Philly Visitors Have a Good Time

She’s also in charge of next year’s big 250th.


Best of Philly 2025: City Life

Best of Philly 2025: City Life

Our world-champion Eagles, a messy traffic stop, an unexpected councilperson, and the Delco pope

Post-COVID, Does Center City Have a Future?

Post-COVID, Does Center City Have a Future?

Back in the day, Philly, like a lot of cities, banked on a revival of its downtown to spark new life. The plan worked fine — for Center City. But now that the pandemic has emptied offices, boomer residents are aging, and millennials are opting for the ’burbs, where do we go from here?


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Philly Today: It’s Now Easier Than Ever to Rat Out Bad Parkers to the PPA

Takes all of 30 seconds. Plus, front license plates could make a return.

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Philly Today: Believe It Or Not, We Have Another Delco Pooper

Plus, other trashy news.

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Live Aid, Four Decades Later

How the greatest show on Earth came together, here

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Live Aid, By the Numbers

A data-driven look at the biggest day in Philadelphia live music history.

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Philly Today: Local Woman Accuses Former Obama Operative of Sexual Assault

She’s suing the operative and the DNC, claiming that he began grooming her when she was a 16-year-old campaign volunteer.

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How the Pandemic Turned a South Philly Golf Course Into the City’s Best New Park

How the Pandemic Turned a South Philly Golf Course Into the City’s Best New Park

The former municipal golf course at FDR Park became an indispensable natural refuge for many locked-down South Philadelphians over the past year.

An Oral History of the Sound of Philadelphia

An Oral History of the Sound of Philadelphia

Fifty years after founding their legendary Philadelphia International Records, Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff, with friends and collaborators from Thom Bell to John Oates to Patti LaBelle, look back on the musical partnership that came to define the city.


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The Musicians Who Were Conspicuously Absent from Live Aid

And why they weren’t there.

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Abbott Elementary‘s Lisa Ann Walter Explains What She Loves Most About Philadelphia

And where she goes for roast pork sandwiches.

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Live Aid Was Not Without Controversy – And For Good Reason

This story is part of our continuing coverage in honor of Live Aid Week in Philadelphia. Check back daily for more Live Aid fun. There’s […]

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Live Aid Had a Hooters Problem

Not everyone was happy to see the local greats take the stage at JFK.

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