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Insomnia Cookies will relocate its headquarters to the building formerly occupied by Walgreens at the corner of Broad and Chestnut streets in Center City, the company announced. The new spaces will include offices, a test kitchen and a ground floor retail storefront. Insomnia Cookies was founded in Philadelphia in 2003 by then-University of Pennsylvania student…

Schools in Philadelphia and portions of Delaware County are among the most racially segregated in the U.S., according to a report from The Century Foundation. The report analyzed and mapped metropolitan areas for racial and income-based school segregation. It found that the Philadelphia region has the most extreme segregation among white and Latino students in…

Philadelphia police officer Thomas Munz Jr., 27, was killed in a motorcycle crash along Broad Street in South Philadelphia on Tuesday evening. Munz was off-duty at the time of the crash. Munz was one of two PPD officers involved in the fatal shooting of Walter Wallace Jr. in West Philadelphia in Oct. 2020, an incident…

The School District of Philadelphia will not change the start times of its high schools to a 9 a.m. for the 2022-2023 school year, Superintendent William Hite said Wednesday, reversing on a plan the district’s leaders had said would streamline school bus services and follow health recommendations for adolescents. Instead the city’s public schools will…

On May 15, 18-year-old Payton Gendren opened fire on a supermarket in Buffalo, killing 10 people and injuring three others. Gendren livestreamed the incident on Twitch and released a months-long diary about his plans on Discord before the shooting. On Monday, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin announced the state would investigate Twitch and Discord…

A student at Coatesville Area Senior High School was stabbed nine times during a fight with another student Tuesday morning, prompting the school to be dismissed. The student was taken to Paoli Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, the Chester County District Attorney’s Office said. Authorities in Caln Township are searching for a known suspect in the…

Atlantic City is the most affordable beach town in the United States to buy a home for the second year in a row, a study from Realtor.com finds. Single family homes in the city are priced at one-third of what they go for in the rest of New Jersey on average. While property values in…

George Hughes, a 57-year-old business owner in Delaware County, was last seen on May 16 and has been reported missing by his family. Hughes is the owner of Broomall Auto Body. Family members said he was last spotted at a Fine Wine and Good Spirits store in the Edgemont Square Shopping Center in Newtown Township.…

A controversial PennDOT plan to introduce electronic tolls on up to nine interstate bridges has been put on hold by a Commonwealth Court judge, who issued a temporary injunction in response to a lawsuit filed by Cumberland County and seven municipalities. In South Philadelphia, the Girard Point Bridge over I-95 is among the proposed bridges…

Mark Irvello, 57, of Broomall, was sentenced to more than two years in federal prison for his role in defrauding SEPTA out of more than $1 million. He’s the owner of MSI Tool Supply and Repair in Upper Darby. Top Featured Tags: – Philadelphia News Press Release Distribution Service

Philadelphia City Council unanimously approved an ordinance that would expand inspections of asbestos in public school buildings as a response to concerns from parents and families about the condition of School District facilities. Top Featured Tags: – Philadelphia News Press Release Distribution Service

The Philadelphia region will be under a tornado watch until 7 p.m. on Friday. Damaging winds and hail could be present in some areas as a strong storm system moves east. A heat advisory also is in effect for this weekend, with temperatures climbing into the upper 90s on Saturday and remaining hot and humid…

The School District of Philadelphia will again require face masks be worn by students and staff beginning Monday, May 23. The school district’s decision came after a recommendation from the city health department, which cited surging COVID-19 case counts. The new mandate, which also applies to school transportation, will remain in effect until further notice.…

Dippin’ Dots will be sold to Pennsauken’s J&J Snack Foods, a company with over $1 billion in annual sales, by the end of next month. The purchase will help the company grow its sales at venues like theme parks, movie theaters and stadiums, which is where cryogenically frozen balls of ice cream, yogurt or sorbet…

The number of students enrolled in New Jersey public schools declined by more than 18,000 between October 2019 and October 2021, the largest decrease in recent memory. Experts say that restrictions implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic and declining birth rates could be some of the potential causes. Top Featured Tags: – Philadelphia News Press Release…

A new report identifies 40 Pennsylvania Republican lawmakers who joined far-right Facebook groups, which accounts for nearly 16% of the membership of the 253-member Pennsylvania General Assembly. Thirty-three member of the state House and seven in the state Senate are members of these fringe online communities, according to the report. The GOP holds majorities in…

Victoria Rose Walker, 29, died after her ATV collided with a car in the Holmesburg section of Northeast Philadelphia on Thursday night. Walker was part of a group of ATV and dirt bike riders traveling in the wrong direction on State Road. The crash occurred as Walker was trying to return to the correct lane…

Shane Brolly, the 25-year-old driver in a DUI crash that seriously injured four Neshaminy High School girls, will spend 15 to 30 years in state prison for the crash in Northampton Township, Bucks County on March 27, 2021. Brolly, a U.K. citizen from Northern Ireland, was living in the United States illegally on an expired…

Two managers of the Landing of Southampton, a Bucks County nursing home, are facing criminal charges for allegedly failing to report three sexual assaults that occurred there in July 2021. Ashley Harker, 37, and Joy Alfonsi, 47, were notified by staffers about three sexual assaults committed by a male resident with dementia, but did not…

A new jitney shuttle service for Wildwood, Wildwood Crest and North Wildwood will debut in advance of Memorial Day weekend. The shuttles, which initially will offer weekend-only service from 5 p.m. to midnight, will make on-demand stops along routes running from the Boardwalk to the downtown entertainment district. Daily service will run June 20 through…

Dan Mook, 84, of Mount Laurel, allegedly stabbed his wife to death in their bedroom at an assisted living facility on Sunday, May 15. Burlington County Prosecutors believe Mook, who also turned the knife on himself, may have taken Sharon Mook’s life as a mercy killing due to her poor health and suffering, authorities said.…

Proposed legislation in New Jersey would require all police officers to hold professional licensing in order to be employed in the state. The program was endorsed by Gov. Phil Murphy and Acting Attorney General Matthew Platkin on Wednesday, who said it would help improve public trust in law enforcement. Top Featured Tags: – Philadelphia News…