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A car rammed into a crowd on a busy street in Melbourne, Australia today leaving 19 injured. Police believe the act was deliberate, but say there's no evidence the suspect is linked to terrorism.

Teachers have always put their own money into their classrooms, but those in high-needs districts tend to spend more than their peers — often much more. We talked to local educators to find out what they spend on.

As the city's opioid epidemic rages on, columnist Mike Newall follows one mother's journey to find her son on Kensington Avenue and get him help. It's a harrowing tale.

Your SEPTA tokens will soon be collector's items. SEPTA is beginning the long-awaited phase-out of the coinage on subway lines in mid-January, to be completed by March.

Stephen Starr's Parisian restaurant Parc is just the latest eatery facing a lawsuit for improperly distributing tips earned by its employees, Zahav and Iron Hill Brewery among them.

Legendary WRNB 100.3 DJ Wendy "Lady B" Clark, who helped introduce Philly artists like Schoolly D and Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince to hip-hop at large, is losing her popular show. Here's what's taking over her slot.

Temple will compete against Florida International University in the Bad Boy Mowers Gasparilla Bowl tonight, and yes, that's really what it's called.

Toll Bros. once again has a permit to demolish a cluster of buildings on historic Jewelers Row and build a 24-story residential tower on the site.

The Sixers' continued losses seem like less of a hiccup and more of a reality check, writes columnist David Murphy. Joel Embiid's back problems mean he may not play tonight against the Raptors, too.

North Philly's own Dawn Staley, coach of the 2017 NCAA championship-winning University of South Carolina women's basketball team and a three-time Olympic gold medalist, is home for a game against Temple tonight. Yesterday the basketball legend had a stretch of Diamond Street named in her honor.

Steak-umm, the brand best known as the base of your homemade cheesesteaks, is trying to get verified on Twitter with a silly social media campaign you must see to believe.

Looking for somewhere to eat on Christmas? These are the Philly restaurants that will be #OpeninPHL.

And maybe check this list of restaurants recently closed by city inspectors for health violations before finalizing plans.

The Phillies managed to convince Carlos Santana to come to Philly for their biggest free-agent signing in years. Here's how they did it.

If you're headed to the movies this weekend, check out Philly's own Kevin Hart in the new Jumanji reboot, which critic Gary Thompson calls "good (almost clean) fun."

A massive tile mural created for The Gallery in 1984 has been saved from all the new construction. After a painstaking restoration it's been moved to a new location with lots of foot traffic.

Don't count on giving those coveted LOVE Park concrete figurines for Christmas: the city says the sale, halted last month due to copyright infringement, won't be resolved before 2018.

Creating a gingerbread cookie in the shape of your idol is so yesterday. One Eagles fan is offering up his own left knee to Carson Wentz — in exchange for Super Bowl tickets, of course.

Philly is one of the worst cities in the country at collecting property taxes. So, the Inquirer Editorial Board asks, why are three City Council members exempting their own districts from a new plan to collect?

American politics is lacking courageous Republicans ready to put democracy above partisanship in the face of constitutional crisis, writes author and University of Pennsylvania professor Jonathan Zimmerman.

Center City District recently held a panel about the future of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, so Curbed Philly helpfully rounded up the experts' opinions on how the Parkway could improve now that it's 100 years old.

What's the difference between burlesque and other forms of dance? Philadelphia Magazine lets rising local burlesque star Christine Fisler explain it all with an intriguing Q&A.

The Philadelphia Citizen is shining a light on Meagan Corrado, a therapist in Camden and Philadelphia who has created an arts-based intervention tool for children impacted by trauma, and her story will lift your spirits.

Climate change is affecting Alaskan coastline faster than the rest of the U.S., and for one village coastal erosion is literally getting closer and closer to home. NPR deftly explains how efforts to move villages like this will be more and more common as the climate shifts.

Speaking of environmental disaster, WIRED has written a fascinating profile of a leisure-time meteorologist who predicted Hurricane Harvey's floods and guided loyal Houston readers through the storm.