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Wrestling fans wait to enter Lincoln Financial Field to watch the first night of WrestleMania XL on Saturday, April 6, 2024.

Philly tourism got a boost over the summer

Over 1.6 million room nights were sold in Center City between Memorial Day weekend and Labor Day.

Ariana Perez-Castells

SEPTA bus crosses 9th and Market Street in Center City Philadelphia on Friday morning November 8, 2024. SEPTA increased its fares by 7.5%, increasing most fares by 50 cents to $2, starting Dec. 1, 2024.

How much did SEPTA fares increase? A helpful breakdown of each service

Canada Post workers picket outside a sorting plant in Montreal on Friday, Nov.15, 2024. (Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press via AP)

What to know about the Canada Post strike

Drivers sit in traffic as they entered Philadelphia International Airport from Industrial Highway on Sunday evening. As many travelers returned home from Thanksgiving, the airport's Terminal D experienced its second power outage of the weekend from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. Sunday, delaying about two dozen flights.

Why two power outages struck the Philadelphia Airport this weekend

Travelers line up to check in their bags into San Francisco International Airport on Wednesday.

More than 3 million travelers screened at U.S. airports in a single day. That’s a record

The Associated Press, Associated Press

How much did SEPTA fares increase? A helpful breakdown of each service

SEPTA fares increased on Dec. 1 on subway, trolley, bus, and Regional Rail.

SEPTA bus crosses 9th and Market Street in Center City Philadelphia on Friday morning November 8, 2024. SEPTA increased its fares by 7.5%, increasing most fares by 50 cents to $2, starting Dec. 1, 2024.

SEPTA bus crosses 9th and Market Street in Center City Philadelphia on Friday morning November 8, 2024. SEPTA increased its fares by 7.5%, increasing most fares by 50 cents to $2, starting Dec. 1, 2024.

How much did SEPTA fares increase? A helpful breakdown of each service

SEPTA fares increased on Dec. 1 on subway, trolley, bus, and Regional Rail.

Trump’s economic proposals would increase inflation and interest rates, economist Mark Zandi says

Mark Zandi, For The Inquirer

President-elect Donald Trump arrives before the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024, in Boca Chica, Texas.

If the Fed is cutting interest rates, why are mortgages and business loans costing more?

Joseph N. DiStefano

A development of new homes in Eagleville, Pa.

Let’s hope Trump’s mass deportation and more tariffs are campaign promises he doesn’t keep, says economist Joel Naroff

Joel L. Naroff, For The Inquirer

Former President Donald Trump greets the crowd at a campaign rally in Prescott, Ariz., in October 2024, as crowd members hold signs that say "secure our border." The former president has proposed mass deportation of undocumented individuals and increased use of tariffs on imports.

‘Inflation is more costly ... than we thought’: What voters say motivated them to vote for Trump

Former President Donald Trump pauses while speaking at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex in Harrisburg on July 31.

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