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Michael Sylvestre places his son Michael’s boots on his grave on what would have been his 8th birthday on Sept. 24 at Gilbert Memorial Park in Arizona. The boy died on June 28, 2022, at age 5 at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. He loved Spider-Man and wanted to be a police officer.

CHOP pioneered a lifesaving lymphatic procedure, but some kids died or suffered strokes. Risks were downplayed.

Doctors at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania invented the world’s first fix for a condition that can be fatal, called plastic bronchitis.

Hollie and Michael Sylvestre hold a photograph of their son Michael on what would have been his 8th birthday on Sept. 24, 2024. Michael was 5 years old when he died. His parents described him as an old soul who loved Elvis.

Listen to the heartbreaking phone call between CHOP doctors and the parents of a boy who died: ‘We are so, so sorry’

Mayor Cherelle L. Parker climbs aboard a sanitation truck Monday to announce expanded trash pickups in Center City and South Philadelphia, starting this week.

Mayor Parker touts twice-weekly trash pickups, which begin this week in South Philly and Center City

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Philadelphia City Councilmember Quetcy Lozada, 7th District, speaks at a May news conference announcing the arrest of a person accused of running a fentanyl and narcotics operation. She authored legislation that restricts where mobile service providers can operate in Kensington.

Philadelphia Politics

Philly lawmakers advanced a bill to restrict where mobile addiction services operate in Kensington following heated hearing

(From left) Alex Norcross, George Norcross III, and Lexie Norcross in 2021, with the late Martin McKernan Jr. and a copy of the Declaration of Independence which the family purchased. A trust set up for the younger Norcrosses owns more than 6% of Mid Penn Bank's holding company after investing $25 million in its November 2024 share sale.

Norcross family is betting millions on another Pa. bank after Republic’s collapse

Joseph N. DiStefano

Mayor Cherelle L. Parker climbs aboard a sanitation truck Monday to announce expanded trash pickups in Center City and South Philadelphia, starting this week.

Mayor Parker touts twice-weekly trash pickups, which begin this week in South Philly and Center City

The first segment of the city’s $11.9 million pilot twice-weekly trash pickup program will cover the area from Callowhill Street to Pattison Avenue, between 30th Street and Columbus Boulevard.

Nate File12 minutes ago

The retail complex planned for Ninth and Washington Avenue in the Italian Market, formerly proposed as an apartment building.

New plans for huge vacant lot in the Italian Market feature more retail and no apartments

Jake Blumgartan hour ago

Michael Sylvestre places his son Michael’s boots on his grave on what would have been his 8th birthday on Sept. 24 at Gilbert Memorial Park in Arizona. The boy died on June 28, 2022, at age 5 at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. He loved Spider-Man and wanted to be a police officer.

CHOP pioneered a lifesaving lymphatic procedure, but some kids died or suffered strokes. Risks were downplayed.

Philadelphia City Councilmember Quetcy Lozada, 7th District, speaks at a May news conference announcing the arrest of a person accused of running a fentanyl and narcotics operation. She authored legislation that restricts where mobile service providers can operate in Kensington.

Philadelphia Politics

Philly lawmakers advanced a bill to restrict where mobile addiction services operate in Kensington following heated hearing

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

Mike Missanelli, seen here hosting his former 97.5 The Fanatic show in 2021 on NBC Sports Philadelphia.

Mike Missanelli denies allegations of verbal and physical threats against his former employer JAKIB, as the lawsuit between the two turns to mud-slinging

Student Charlie McBride, left, talks with Pennsylvania Department of Education Secretary Dr. Khalid N. Mumin at Anna L. Lingelbach Elementary School, in Philadelphia, Tuesday, November 21, 2023.

Pa. education secretary Khalid Mumin is resigning

Maddie Hanna and Kristen A. Graham

Mike Missanelli, seen here hosting his former 97.5 The Fanatic show in 2021 on NBC Sports Philadelphia.

Mike Missanelli denies allegations of verbal and physical threats against his former employer JAKIB, as the lawsuit between the two turns to mud-slinging

Student Charlie McBride, left, talks with Pennsylvania Department of Education Secretary Dr. Khalid N. Mumin at Anna L. Lingelbach Elementary School, in Philadelphia, Tuesday, November 21, 2023.

Pa. education secretary Khalid Mumin is resigning

Maddie Hanna and Kristen A. Graham

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The Delaware River salt line is 20 miles north of where it should be this time of year

Associated Press, Associated Press

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What's up with the huge statues in front of Del Buono’s Bakery in Haddon Heights?

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The Delaware River salt line is 20 miles north of where it should be this time of year

Associated Press, Associated Press

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What's up with the huge statues in front of Del Buono’s Bakery in Haddon Heights?

Supreme Court doesn’t seem convinced FDA was unfair in blocking flavored vapes teen use increased

The high court is taking up an appeal from the Food and Drug Administration, which has denied more than a million applications to sell candy- or fruit-flavored products that appeal to kids.

Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press

A high school student uses a vaping device near a school campus in Cambridge, Mass., in 2018.

A high school student uses a vaping device near a school campus in Cambridge, Mass., in 2018.

Supreme Court doesn’t seem convinced FDA was unfair in blocking flavored vapes teen use increased

The high court is taking up an appeal from the Food and Drug Administration, which has denied more than a million applications to sell candy- or fruit-flavored products that appeal to kids.

Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press

What to know about the Canada Post strike

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

National Politics

Potential conflicts of interest may haunt Dr. Oz’s confirmation to run Medicare, Medicaid

Desmond Butler, Lauren Weber, and Caitlin Gilbert, Washington Post

Dr. Mehmet Oz speaks during a debate with Lt. Gov. John Fetterman in their battle to succeed GOP Sen. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania in 2022.

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

The Associated Press, Associated Press

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

‘Brain rot’ is the word of the year, according to the Oxford English Dictionary. The phrase is a century old.

In this Aug. 29, 2010 file photo, an Oxford English Dictionary is shown at the headquarters of the Associated Press in New York. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones, File)

Temple University campus

Temple agrees to provide training and review its response to antisemitism, anti-Muslim, and anti-Palestinian complaints

Temple received at least 50 reports of antisemitic, anti-Muslim, and anti-Palestinian discrimination and harassment during the 2022-23 and 2023-24 school years.

President-elect Donald Trump has picked Pete Hegseth (from left), Howard Lutnick, Elon Musk, and Mehmet Oz to have high-level roles in his administration, pending Senate confirmation. They all got their start at universities in the region.

These cabinet picks and others in Trump’s inner circle got their start at Philly-area universities

His 20 month-old son Legend Prince Spady mimics the stance of Strawberry Mansion High School senior Anthony Spady Jr., in the school’s gym. Anthony is many things: he plays basketball, holds down a job, sits on the board of a youth organization, is top of his class, writes plays and is a dad, saying Legend is "the gift I didn't know I needed."

A teenage father in North Philly is graduating high school with honors, ‘grateful for everything I come across’

Kristen A. Graham

JoAnne A. Epps was serving as acting president in April 2023. She died suddenly in September 2023 after falling ill on stage at a Temple University event.

Temple trustees pledge to donate more than $1 million to scholarship fund in the name of JoAnne Epps

Members of the Bodine robotics and debate teams including Khader Motan (far left, standing) and Julianna Tejada (center front, wearing blue jeans) had spoken out about funding cuts to Philadelphia School District extracurricular activities like theirs.

After student pushback, Philly schools restore millions to extracurricular programs

Kristen A. Graham

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