Philly sues Big Pharma over opioids, how to be an Eagles fan by Sunday | Morning Newsletter

In West Chester, failing to shovel your sidewalk isn't just discourteous; it's a crime. Residents can blame bad landlords for the rules, lawmakers say.

Johnny Berry, a juvenile lifer who spent 24 years in prison for a crime witnesses said he didn't commit, is getting a second chance thanks to the District Attorney's office.

Olympics fans won't be able to watch the Opening Ceremony live on NBC (they're saving that for primetime) but you can stream it online.

Bordentown residents are beginning to heal their community thanks to a meeting last night, held in response to their former police chief being charged with hate crimes.

Pennsylvania's first medical marijuana dispensary opened yesterday, though patients can't buy anything there for another month.

Goodbye old-fashioned police sketches? The Montgomery County District Attorney's office has turned to a controversial technology to create a DNA-based illustration of a rape suspect.

Over a year ago, someone shot and killed Zion Vaughan, a Penn Wood High School star linebacker, and police said Vaughan had brought the killing on himself by dealing drugs. Now, Vaughan's grandfather has finally had Zion's name cleared.

A former high-profile Philadelphia chef, arrested in July 2015 for producing and distributing child pornography, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison.

The Trump administration is creating a division within Health and Human Services to help medical professionals opt out of providing services that violate their moral or religious beliefs.

A professional boxer is joining the next Rocky franchise film, and he'll be playing the son of Ivan Drago — you know, the boxer that killed Apollo Creed. Dun dun dun.

Buzzfeed dared to make one of their signature recipe videos about an abomination called "ultimate cheesesteak skewers." Following the predictable Philly reaction, they have rightfully since apologized.

You know that Google app everyone's using to find their art doppelgängers? We tried it on some Philly celebrities and the results are truly delightful.

The Sixers' JJ Redick is out because of a fractured knee, but by now the team's injuries have come to be expected, says reporter Keith Pompey on this week's Locked on Sixers podcast.

An upcoming burlesque show featuring TEDx-style talks is hoping to show audiences there's much more to performers than what you see on stage.

Not one, not two, but three Olympic figure skaters are appearing in a Delaware Theatre Company play this month, including the one and only Dorothy Hamill.

Vroom vroom: The Philadelphia Auto Show starts next weekend. Here's what to expect from automakers there.

Ahead of this weekend's Women's March, Chrissy Houlahan explains how last year's march convinced her to run for Congress in Pennsylvania's 6th district.

After President Trump's recent comments about Haiti and African countries, columnist Solomon Jones writes that if you're not actively speaking out against Trump you're part of the problem.

A crowd-sourced public spreadsheet is collecting stories of sexual harassment in academia, and PhillyVoice dove into the Philly-area colleges that were mentioned in it. New entries keep arriving, too.

Despite the school long stating otherwise, Penn student researchers have found that the University's founding trustees had significant ties to the slave trade, as reported by the Daily Pennsylvanian.

WHYY's story on Kristal Bush will give you a pick-me-up — and so will she. Bush spends her weekends running a van service that reunites family members with their loved ones in prison.

Podcast listeners will get a kick out of this report from Pacific Standard: it asks whether educational podcasts are the key to making us all smarter.

Ronald Reagan's ranch in Santa Barbara has become like a summer camp of sorts, writes the Los Angeles Times. Except instead of swimming and crafting, young Republicans gather to train in the tenets of the American right.