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Dockworkers from Port Miami display signs at a picket line in Miami.

Business

Dockworkers’ union to suspend strike until Jan. 15 to allow time to negotiate new contract

The union went on strike early Tuesday after its contract expired in a dispute over pay and the automation of tasks at the ports from Maine to Texas.

Tom Krisher, Associated Press54 minutes ago

Some customers and retailers in the Philadelphia region say they had seen heightened demand for paper products because of the port strike, despite the fact that most toilet paper and paper towels are made domestically. In this 2020 file photo, a Colorado shopper buys toilet paper amid that year's pandemic-induced panic-buying spree.

Business

Toilet paper, paper towel panic-buying came back in parts of the Philly area

Erin McCarthy

Phillies

MLB wah-wahs over Bryce Harper’s Wawa gear and gooses him with a fine

Stephanie Farr

George E. Norcross III outside the Mercer County Criminal Courthouse in Trenton, N.J., Tuesday, July 9, 2024.

New Jersey

George Norcross’ codefendant accused prosecutors of misleading a grand jury in racketeering case

Andrew Seidman

Judge Nesbitt joined the bench in 1999 and retired in 2023.

Obituaries

Harry J. Nesbitt III, retired magisterial district judge in Horsham and former business owner, has died at 61

Gary Miles

Economy

Opinion

PennDot could keep I-95 from bigfooting Philadelphia by supporting transit

Given the urgency of fighting climate change, PennDot needs to stop widening its highways to accommodate traffic and instead get more people to ride transit.

Inga Saffron

Jay Arzu, a doctoral candidate in urban planning at the University of Pennsylania, believes PennDot should focus on improving transit instead of widening I-95. He has single-handedly resurrected a proposal to build a Roosevelt Boulevard subway, which would give motorists an alternative to the highway.

Opinion

PennDot could keep I-95 from bigfooting Philadelphia by supporting transit

Given the urgency of fighting climate change, PennDot needs to stop widening its highways to accommodate traffic and instead get more people to ride transit.

Inga Saffron

Business