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The Bourse located on Independence Mall, one of the major office buildings to sell in Center City this summer.

This summer Philadelphia’s Center City office market saw a surge of activity. Huge sums of money were lost.

After years of stagnation, the office market in Center City started to move as multiple buildings sold for well below their assessed value.

Participants in the decorated car parade circle City Hall in Philadelphia Sunday. The event celebrates the 214th anniversary of Mexican independence.

Philly’s Mexican community celebrates Mexico’s independence with a float parade

File photo.

Police officer fatally shot a barricaded man who was armed with a machete and hatchet, Montco DA says

File photo of Philadelphia police crime scene.

Crime & Justice

A man was dragged to his death in Southwest Philadelphia hit-and-run, police say

Gov. Josh Shapiro headlines a reproductive rights rally for Vice President Kamala Harris at the Independence Visitor Center Sunday before the campaign’s national “Fighting for Reproductive Freedom” bus departs on a tour across Pennsylvania.

Pa. Gov. Josh Shapiro kicks off ‘Reproductive Freedom’ bus tour in Philly for Kamala Harris’ presidential bid

Michelle Myers and Wendy Ruderman

Staffers wait (and watch) for the end of Tuesday’s presidential debate, in the media center at the Convention Center. Afterward, they are the ones who hold up the signs with names of the candidates’ surrogates in the “spin room” while they are interviewed by reporters.

The media circus | Scene Through the Lens

Inside the debate spin room

Tom Gralish2 hours ago

Mohammad Khan (center), owner of Al-Amanah in West Philadelphia, helps customers select perfume oils in his store.

In West Philly, Middle Eastern perfume oils are seeing a rise in popularity thanks to social media

Mariyum Raina Rizwan, For The Inquirer

The Bourse located on Independence Mall, one of the major office buildings to sell in Center City this summer.

This summer Philadelphia’s Center City office market saw a surge of activity. Huge sums of money were lost.

Participants in the decorated car parade circle City Hall in Philadelphia Sunday. The event celebrates the 214th anniversary of Mexican independence.

Philly’s Mexican community celebrates Mexico’s independence with a float parade

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Rare Van Gogh painting leaves Philadelphia Museum of Art for London exhibition

Associated Press, Associated Press

Wissahickon High School.

Police investigate discovery of bullet at Wissahickon High School in Montgomery County

The Ilera medical marijuana dispensary in Plymouth Meeting.

Former owners of a Pennsylvania medical marijuana business defrauded their partner and owe her $24.5 million, a Philly judge ruled

Wissahickon High School.

Police investigate discovery of bullet at Wissahickon High School in Montgomery County

The Ilera medical marijuana dispensary in Plymouth Meeting.

Former owners of a Pennsylvania medical marijuana business defrauded their partner and owe her $24.5 million, a Philly judge ruled

William 'Phil" Reuter, whose family has lived on and farmed land behind him in Harrison Township since 1878, is concerned about the potential impact of a proposed warehouse development there.

A proposal for 10 warehouses, a hotel, a big-box retailer and 200 homes sparks opposition in Gloucester County

Bernie Platt, 90, served twice as the mayor of Cherry Hill, bringing with him the compassion and sense of urgency he honed as a funeral director.

Bernie Platt, former Cherry Hill mayor and funeral home magnate, has died at 90

Beatrice Forman

William 'Phil" Reuter, whose family has lived on and farmed land behind him in Harrison Township since 1878, is concerned about the potential impact of a proposed warehouse development there.

A proposal for 10 warehouses, a hotel, a big-box retailer and 200 homes sparks opposition in Gloucester County

Bernie Platt, 90, served twice as the mayor of Cherry Hill, bringing with him the compassion and sense of urgency he honed as a funeral director.

Bernie Platt, former Cherry Hill mayor and funeral home magnate, has died at 90

Beatrice Forman

Haitians in Ohio find solidarity at church after chaotic week of false pet-eating claims

For many Haitian immigrants, Sunday mornings in Springfield, Ohio, are spent joyfully worshipping God as they sing and pray in their native Creole.

Luis Andres Henao, Associated Press

Members of the Haitian community in Springfield, Ohio, from left, Lindsay Aime, James Fleurijean, Viles Dorsainvil, and Rose-Thamar Joseph, stand for worship at Central Christian Church, on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024.

Members of the Haitian community in Springfield, Ohio, from left, Lindsay Aime, James Fleurijean, Viles Dorsainvil, and Rose-Thamar Joseph, stand for worship at Central Christian Church, on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024.

Haitians in Ohio find solidarity at church after chaotic week of false pet-eating claims

For many Haitian immigrants, Sunday mornings in Springfield, Ohio, are spent joyfully worshipping God as they sing and pray in their native Creole.

Luis Andres Henao, Associated Press

The skies over Philly are about to get a new star as a result of a cosmic cataclysm

Anthony R. Wood

Bea Mazziotta of Broomall uses a telescope during a stargazing event with the Chester County Astronomical Society at the Bucktoe Creek Preserve in 2018.

A vessel was rescued in the English Channel after an emergency call to Dover, Del., instead of Dover, England

Randall Chase, Associated Press

The English Channel.

U.S. hits Russian state media outlet RT with sanctions for raising money for Moscow’s troops in Ukraine

David Klepper, Associated Press

Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a news conference about Russia's election interference at the State Department on Friday.

Pope Francis slams Harris and Trump and calls on Catholics to vote for the ‘lesser evil’

Nicole Winfield, Associated Press

Pope Francis attends an interreligious meeting with young people at the Catholic Junior College in Singapore on Friday.

Asuncion Walters looks at the mural of her sister, Denise Jordan, a longtime kindergarten teacher at John Barry Elementary School in West Philadelphia during a kindergarten mural dedication and ceremony on Thursday. Jordan died suddenly at age 53 last summer.

This Philly elementary school unexpectedly lost a cherished teacher last summer. Now, her memory lives on.

Denise Jordan, 53, died just before the 2023-24 school year. Her colleagues at Barry Elementary in West Philly have dedicated a mural to her.

Kristen A. Graham

Optometry students hold signs on Friday in support for their Dean Melissa Trego during a rally at Salus University in Elkins Park. The leadership of Salus has removed the dean as the university works to implement its merger with Drexel University.

Salus optometry faculty oppose the loss of their dean amid the university’s merger with Drexel

Dr. Kostianovsky "had an infectious enthusiasm for biology and cellular structure and function," her family said.

Mery Kostianovsky, retired pathologist and groundbreaking scientist, has died at 92

A sampling of posts from the souderton.confess Instagram account.

Who’s behind Instagram posts targeting Souderton students? Officials are investigating ‘confessions’ accounts.

Students are shown outside Hamilton Hall at the University of the Arts in this June 7 file photo. The university, now closed, has filed for bankruptcy.

UArts has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy to liquidate its assets

Susan Snyder, Harold Brubaker, and Kristen A. Graham

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