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ABOVE PHOTO: A Philadelphia Inquirer newspaper vending machine stands in Philadelphia on Nov. 30, 2006. The Philadelphia Inquirer experienced the most significant disruption to its operations in 27 years due to what the newspaper calls a cyberattack on Sunday, May 14, 2023. The company was working to restore print operations after a cyber incursion that…

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ABOVE PHOTO: This photo provided by the Philadelphia Dept. of Prisons shows Ameen Hurst. The second of two inmates who escaped from a Philadelphia prison earlier this month was captured Wednesday, May 17, 2023, authorities said. (Philadelphia Dept. of Prisons via AP) ASSOCIATED PRESS  PHILADELPHIA — A federal marshals fugitive task force has recaptured the…

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Statement from David Oh: This election for the next Mayor is too important to end on May 16 with a candidate receiving around 75,000 votes in a city of 1.6 million people. We need real change. That’s why I entered this race. People deserve more than 90 second answers to critical issues about complex problems…

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By BROOKE SCHULTZ Cherelle Parker, a Democrat with a long political history in Pennsylvania, won Philadelphia’s mayoral primary on Tuesday, likely setting her up as the city’s 100th mayor and the first woman and first Black woman to serve in the role. Parker, 50, who served for 10 years as a state representative for northwest…

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — One of two inmates who escaped from a Philadelphia prison was captured while dressed as a woman, authorities said, and a U.S. Marshals Service fugitive task force focused Friday on tracking down the other escapee. Members of the task force were conducting surveillance in an area of North Philadelphia where they believed…

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ASSOCIATED PRESS  HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania’s state Senate voted last Wednesday to pare back a Depression-era law that allows Philadelphia to impose a commuter tax on suburban residents. The bill passed, 28-21, with every Republican and one Democrat backing it.  However, it likely faces a chilly reception in the state House of Representatives, where Democrats…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Upper Darby High School students Rayan Hansali, from left, Tanveer Kaur, Elise Olmstead, Fatima Afrani, Joey Ngo and Ata Ollah, talk in the campus courtyard, Wednesday, April 12, 2023, in Drexel Hill, Pa. For some schools, the pandemic allowed experimentation to try new schedules. Large school systems including Denver, Philadelphia and Anchorage, Alaska,…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Malcolm Kenyatta  and Chad Dion Lassiter WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden has announced his intent to appoint the following individuals to the Presidential Advisory Commission on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic Opportunity for Black Americans:  Malcolm Kenyatta, Chair Lezli Baskerville, Member Marla Blunt-Carter, Member Stacy Brown-Philpot, Member Vilicia Cade, Member Vincent Dorien…

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Parents say that no one has been arrested for the murders of their children, even after they’ve passed along tips to the police.  Now they’re skeptical of a new campaign to locate homicide fugitives. ABOVE PHOTO: Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner on April 10, 2022, released the names and photos of 19 homicide fugitives as part…

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Photo: Youtube screengrab Hakim’s Bookstore, the first and oldest Black-owned bookstore in Philadelphia, and on the East Coast, will receive a historical marker from the state of Pennsylvania on August 12. Dawud Hakim, opened the bookstore on 52nd St. in West Philadelphia in 1959. Dawud Hakim died in 1997,  but one of his last wishes…

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