Fantasy Island – the sex shop located across from Four Seasons Total Landscaping in Northeast Philadelphia – has had a boom in business since President Donald Trump’s legal team held an infamous press conference at the landscaping business Saturday, just as Joe Biden was being deemed the next U.S. president. Top Featured Tags: – Philadelphia…
Beloved Philly music venue Boot & Saddle shuts down due to COVID-19’s economic impact
Independent Philly music venue Boot & Saddle has closed permanently as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. The venue on South Broad Street opened seven years ago and hosted more than 1,500 shows. It’s the latest Philly business to succumb to the economic toll of COVID-19. Top Featured Tags: – Philadelphia News Press Release Distribution…
New Jersey to curb indoor dining service as COVID-19 cases spike
New Jersey is implementing new restrictions on restaurants and youth sports as COVID-19 cases surge. Indoor dining will be banned from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. every night. All interstate travel for indoor youth sports will be prohibited. Top Featured Tags: – Philadelphia News Press Release Distribution Service
Philly election officials received death threats over ballot counting, city commissioner says
’60 Minutes’ examined Philadelphia’s vote-counting process following the presidential election between Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden. City Commissioner Al Schmidt rebuked the president’s accusations of voter fraud, calling his unsubstantiated claims ‘deranged.’ He added that election officials have received death threats. Top Featured Tags: – Philadelphia News Press Release Distribution Service
Rep. Jeff Van Drew projected to win, defeating Amy Kennedy in New Jersey’s 2nd District U.S. House race
Republican Jeff Van Drew defeated challenger Democrat Amy Kennedy and secured reelection for his seat in New Jersey’s 2nd Congressional District. The politician is famous for switching parties from Democrat to Republican in 2019. Top Featured Tags: – Philadelphia News Press Release Distribution Service
Philly residents vote ‘yes’ on four ballot questions
President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris were not the only candidates who most Philly voters supported during the 2020 election. All four ballot questions that Philly voters were asked to weigh in on received overwhelming support from city residents, as each question garnered at least 75% approval. Three of the questions asked residents…
Joe Biden, Kamala Harris call for unity in post-election victory speeches
Following their win of the 2020 presidential election, President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris delivered a pair of victory speeches outside of the Chase Center in Wilmington, Delaware on Saturday night. Addressing a crowd of supporters who were wearing face masks and honking their car horns in the age of COVID-19, the Democratic…
Josh Shapiro tops Heather Heidelbaugh in Pennsylvania Attorney General race
Josh Shapiro was re-elected as Pennsylvania’s attorney general, defeating Republican challenger Heather Heidelbaugh. The Democratic incumbent focused his first term on a range of issues, rooting out sexual abuse within the Catholic Church and challenging myriad Trump administration polices. He also took on opioid and e-cigarette manufacturers. Top Featured Tags: – Philadelphia News Press Release…
Texts rallying Trump supporters to Philadelphia election protests came from company lead by campaign aide
Texts sent to Trump supporters in the Philadelphia area urging them to come to the Pennsylvania Convention Center were sent from a company owned by an official working for President Donald Trump’s 2020 reelection campaign, Gary Coby. The campaign denied the connection, which was reported Friday. Top Featured Tags: – Philadelphia News Press Release Distribution…
Joe Biden’s win in Pennsylvania propels him to presidency over Donald Trump
Joe Biden has won the 2020 presidential election, defeating President Donald Trump in a race decided by several battleground states, including Pennsylvania. Though the Republican incumbent surged to large leads in many states, thanks to the in-person votes on Election Day, mail-in ballots pushed the Democratic challenger over the top. Top Featured Tags: – Philadelphia…
KYW Newsradio to broadcast on FM station for first time in 55-year history
KYW Newsradio will begin broadcasting 24/7 on 103.9 FM on Nov. 23, 2020. The station will continue to air on 1060 AM and Radio.com. Parent company Entercom acquired WPHI-FM from Maryland-based Urban One. The new station will expand KYW Newsradio’s reach in the Delaware Valley. Top Featured Tags: – Philadelphia News Press Release Distribution Service
Philly police thwart alleged threat to Pennsylvania Convention Center, where votes are being counted
Two men potentially associated with the QAnon conspiracy movement were arrested by Philadelphia police on Thursday night after police learned they were allegedly armed with AR-15 rifles and headed to the Pennsylvania Convention Center, where votes are still being counted in the 2020 presidential election between Donald Trump and Joe Biden. Top Featured Tags: -…
Republican Timothy L. DeFoor defeats Democrat Nina Ahmad for Pennsylvania Auditor General
Republican Timothy L. DeFoor defeated Democratic candidate Nina Ahmad in the race for Pennsylvania Auditor General, the Associated Press declared. The AP called the race Friday morning, making DeFoor the winner and the the state’s first elected row officer of color. Top Featured Tags: – Philadelphia News Press Release Distribution Service
Pennsylvania State Police issue Amber Alert for two girls abducted from New York
Pennsylvania State Police and New York State Police are searching for 37-year-old Amanda Collis, who is believed by police to have abducted eight-year-old Autumn Collis and eight-year-old Evelyn Collis. They are believed to be in a black 1999 Eagle Talon with a Maryland tag number 9884Z5. The car was last seen traveling south on I-81…
Battleground states continue to tally votes as Biden inches closer to victory
The 20202 presidential race still hangs in the balances two days after Election Day, with several battlegrounds states too close to call. The path to the White House is more difficult for President Donald Trump than for Democratic nominee Joe Biden. Biden is six electoral votes shy of 270, according to the Associated Press. Top…
Trump campaign sues three states, including Pennsylvania, as re-election chances dim
The Trump campaign announced it would sue Pennsylvania, Michigan and Georgia to gain greater access for Republican observers at places where ballots are being processed and counted. The lawsuit came as several battleground states were declared in favor of Joe Biden and the president’s chances at re-election began to dwindle. Top Featured Tags: – Philadelphia…
‘Count Every Vote’ demonstrations continue downtown as Philadelphia tallies mail-in ballots
Several different protests took place in Philadelphia Wednesday afternoon to Thursday morning as residents urged Philly officials to keep counting votes for the 2020 election, stop counting votes, or to end police brutality and violence brought to light in the wake of the fatal police shooting of Walter Wallace Jr. Top Featured Tags: – Philadelphia…
Police seek woman who allegedly attempted to light fire at Lancaster County polling place
Pequea Township police are searching for a woman who allegedly attempted to light several fires at a Lancaster County polling location on Tuesday. The investigation remains ongoing as a vote count continues in the presidential battleground state of Pennsylvania. Top Featured Tags: – Philadelphia News Press Release Distribution Service
Donald Trump vs. Joe Biden, an election emblematic of the nation’s divide, reaches finish line – but who wins?
Against a backdrop of national turmoil and a global pandemic, on Election Day on Tuesday, American voters finally will decide the outcome of the 2020 presidential race between Republican incumbent Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden. As the election results are counted, check back to see who won in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and nationwide.…
Pennsylvania vote count marches forward methodically in crucial Trump-Biden battleground
Pennsylvania will continue to count votes through the night into Wednesday. The key battleground state in the presidential race between Donald Trump and Joe Biden will be crucial in the outcome of the election. State officials urged patience as more than 2.5 million mail-in ballots are counted. Top Featured Tags: – Philadelphia News Press Release…
Rep. Jeff Van Drew, Amy Kennedy square off for New Jersey’s Second District U.S. House seat
One of the nation’s most highly-anticipated congressional races this fall will take place in South Jersey, where GOP U.S. Rep. Jeff Van Drew is trying to stave off a challenge from Democratic candidate Amy Kennedy. Polling indicates that the race between the incumbent Van Drew and the challenger Kennedy for New Jersey’s 2nd Congressional District…
U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick takes on Democrat Christina Finello in Pennsylvania’s 1st District
U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick is facing a challenge from Democrat Christina Finello in Pennsylvania’s 1st Congressional District. Fitzpatrick, a moderate, has increasingly aligned with President Donald Trump during the course of 2020 ahead of the election. Finello, a clinical psychologist, has called for a more progressive platform in Bucks County and Montgomery County. Top Featured…
