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Following the Ethiopian Airlines crash that killed 157 Sunday, customers are seeking more information about the Boeing jet that crashed. Pilots have voiced safety concerns about the 737 Max 8 to federal authorities for months.

Pennsylvania has launched a criminal investigation into Sunoco Pipeline LP and its parent company over its Mariner East pipeline project, which crosses the entire state.

Actresses Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman were among the 50 people charged by the Justice Department Tuesday in a $25 million college admissions bribery scheme.

Petitions are in and Philadelphia City Councilman Bobby Henon, who was indicted in January, is the only Democrat running unopposed for a district Council seat in the May 21 primary.

In a break with Senate tradition Chris Christie ally and “Bridgegate” attorney Paul Matey was confirmed to a lifetime seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit Tuesday, despite objections from New Jersey’s two Democratic senators.

Contrary to myths in the neighborhood, a study of the Kensington homeless encampments closed last year has found that most of the people camping there were Philadelphians.

The Sixers struggled last night, but they came away with a win over the Cavaliers, 106-99. In his second game back from a knee injury, Joel Embiid said, “I was trash.”

The Roots Picnic has announced the lineup for its 12th annual concert this summer, which will take place at a new venue: the Mann Center for the Performing Arts in Fairmount Park.

Bar columnist Samantha Melamed rode the Erin Express last weekend, with all of its rowdy, green-clad drinkers, so you don’t have to. (Or so you can join in this weekend. You do you.)

Have you ever seen one of Philadelphia’s many murals covered in graffiti? No? One reader wanted to know how they stay so clean and the answer may surprise you.

German grocer Lidl wants to make in-roads in Pennsylvania and is seeking grants to open six stores across the state, including some in our region.

Going camping isn’t everyone’s idea of a picnic, but one local group is giving women the confidence to pitch tents and hike to their hearts’ content.

It’s time to talk about an unspoken reason black women are more likely to die in childbirth: unconscious bias in physicians, writes Eve J. Higginbotham, M.D., vice dean for diversity and inclusion at the Perelman School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania.

As fans deal with the ramifications of allegations of sexual abuse in the new documentary Leaving Neverland, columnist Elizabeth Wellington asks whether Philadelphia will — or even can — cancel Michael Jackson.

Get moving this morning with a look back at “Caribbean World Rhythms,” a popular Philly radio show of the ’80s and ’90s, via WHYY.

Finally, with his latest interview in Esquire, former Eagle (and Lululemon ambassador?) Nick Foles gives us a scandal: his Philly cheesesteak preferences.

The Philadelphia Convention & Visitor’s Bureau wants to reach Chinese visitors through WeChat and Billy Penn has a look at how a scavenger hunt is helping them do it.

College is difficult enough, but enrolling when you haven’t taken a math class in years? Yikes. NPR caught up with adults going back to school about the challenges they face far beyond the classroom.

On a similar note, the Temple News has shone a spotlight on students with some serious time management skills: two single moms balancing classes with raising their children.