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E-bikes have evolved into e-motorcycles. Law enforcement is lagging behind. Serious injuries are on the rise in emergency rooms around the country, as electric cycles become bigger and faster. Lawmakers and police departments are scrambling to address the problem.

“Kids are being given essentially electric motorcycles and being set loose on the street, and that’s having tragic results.”
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Iron Hill Brewery has closed all locations “We sincerely hope to return in the future, and when we do, we promise to welcome you with open arms,” Iron Hill management wrote Thursday in a Facebook post.

Bottoms up

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Valley Forge Military Academy is closing next year Trustees said the academy’s future “is no longer viable” due to rising tuition costs and soaring liability premiums.

Taps for the alma mater of Norman Schwarzkopf and JD Salinger.
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FOP president falsely claims Inquirer sought “private” funeral records The police union president mischaracterized a Right To Know request that a reporter submitted to the Mayor's Office.

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Hamilton doesn’t mention Philly once. Here is every shot it threw away For Hamilton’s 10th anniversary, we rounded up the historical events that actually took place here

Yo!

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For the dog days of August, there sure is a lot happening around here.

Police scanner shows panicked response to Villanova shooting ‘hoax’ “Active shooter! Villanova University! Scarpa Hall!” an officer chirped across the radio. Officials later determined it was an act of swatting, a fake emergency called in to induce panic.

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‘It latches on and doesn’t let go’: 7-OH kratom is fueling addictions across Philly Kratom addiction is on the rise in Philly, as powerful extracts sold as "7-OH" in smoke shops simulate the effects of opioids.

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From the philadelphia community on Reddit: AMA - Monday 8/4, 1 p.m. - We’re reporters Max Marin and Ryan Briggs. Ask us anything about unregulated “gas station” weed in the Philly region Explore this post and more from the philadelphia community

They're on

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Ask them anything about weed - particularly the "legal" kind.

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Philly’s city worker strike ends after Mayor Cherelle Parker strikes deal with AFSCME District Council 33 Trash collection is set to resume after Philadelphia’s first major strike of city workers since 1986.

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I met Azir Harris after he was paralyzed in a shooting in 2018. Gunfire early Monday claimed his life. | Helen Ubiñas To learn he was one of four people killed early Monday, gunned down at a Grays Ferry block party, felt like a punch in the gut. This is the column I never wanted to write.

A really tragic column from @notesfromhel.bsky.social on the gun violence that took the life of a young man who she had written about years earlier when he was paralyzed in another shooting . share.inquirer.com/ltWR0B

Mayor Cherelle Parker has turned to nonunion city workers and sanitation trainees to help with trash removal during the DC 33 strike To some, the nonunion city workers are relieving a messy situation. To others, they’re simply scabs caught in difficult circumstances.

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Happy Fourth of July

Philadelphia’s defunct history museum is now a blighted eyesore on East Market The city-owned historic property has become a gallery for trash, needles, and graffiti.

Museum-quality weeds

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Who is the man who went heavily armed to the West Chester ‘No Kings’ rally? It’s complicated. Kevin Joseph Krebs, 31, a licensed electrician from Malvern, is registered as a Democrat. But only a couple months ago he was a Republican.

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Got 12:31? "Loan Me a Dime," Boz Scaggs

Internal document shows how UnitedHealth executives prepared to tamp down investor unrest An internal document reveals how UnitedHealth Group's leadership prepared to downplay complaints about its business practices at a shareholder meeting

Well, this is fun

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Eagles stars to speak at Life Surge, a Christian wealth seminar run by founder with fraud allegations Nick Sirianni and Saquon Barkley are headlining a Christian wealth conference organized by Joe Johnson, whose companies have faced lawsuits and allegations of fraud and deceptive business practices.

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Lower Merion School District says software glitch caused the release of ‘highly sensitive’ documents "Wait, how am I reading this?" one Lower Merion parent asked. District officials said memos uploaded to BoardDocs should not have been publicly accessible.

“Wait, how am I reading this?”https://www.inquirer.com/news/lower-merion-boarddocs-leak-diligent-20250530.html

MOVE: Untangling the Tragedy | The Aftermath Philadelphia holds hearings to determine how an attempted arrest caused such profound destruction. We speak to former Mayor Wilson Goode on his own role on that day and to current MOVE members.

In the final episode of our podcast, a regretful former Mayor Goode says he never knew Philly police were planning to drop the bomb on the MOVE house. The historical record says otherwise.

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The story of how a Porsche ended up on a hiking trail in the middle of Wissahickon Valley Park On Monday morning, a Porsche Panamera was discovered on a narrow hiking trail alongside the Wissahickon Creek in Northwest Philly. Conspiracy theories emerged, online and on the trail.

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MOVE: Untangling the Tragedy | The Bomb Police use everything in their arsenal to remove MOVE from their Philadelphia headquarters, finally dropping a bomb on the rowhouse, sparking a fire that killed 11 people and left 250 homeless.

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40 years ago this week, Philadelphia dropped a bomb on the MOVE rowhouse. Here’s what happened.

MOVE: Untangling the Tragedy | The Bomb Police use everything in their arsenal to remove MOVE from their Philadelphia headquarters, finally dropping a bomb on the rowhouse, sparking a fire that killed 11 people and left 250 homeless.

"I was in a deep sleep when the telephone rang at 3 a.m. on May 13th, 1985. The caller said 'Linn: It's going down. Get over here.' I knew immediately. And I was ready. Or at least I thought I was."

Episode 5 of our podcast is live: "The Bomb."

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MOVE: Untangling the Tragedy | The Standoff Philly tries to evict MOVE from its Osage Avenue headquarters. As neighbors evacuate the block, former Inquirer reporter Maida Odom and former NBC10 photojournalist Pete Kane stay as the siege begins.

Maida Odom kept her tape recorder running through much of the 20-hour standoff, when she took cover in neighbors' homes, behind cars. For decades she couldn't listen to it. But what it captured is raw and brave and determined. share.inquirer.com/Ys2bae