The Philadelphia Police Dept. plans to add an unarmed, volunteer 'auxiliary unit', possibly as early as next year. The unit would assist with community engagement and assist officers at large public gatherings (many in Philly coming up). Exclusive here: www.inquirer.com/crime/philad...

DA Krasner says Trump wants ‘excuse to invade’ blue cities. He wants Philadelphians to get informed on the possibility of a troop deployment. www.inquirer.com/news/distric...

Taylor Swift’s former neighbor sentenced to two months in prison for selling fake artworks by Picasso, Warhol, and more. www.inquirer.com/crime/carter...

DA Larry Krasner's suggestion for Philadelphians if Trump should send in the National Guard? Record them. www.inquirer.com/news/larry-k...

Bridgeport could lose its sole courthouse, the Montgomery County borough says. www.inquirer.com/crime/bridge...

NEW: Anti-extremism researchers say they’ve identified group claiming responsibility for Villanova hoax shooter call, provide audio of Bucknell incident. www.inquirer.com/crime/villan...

Two victims of sexual abuse by an Abington police officer and school resource officer are suing the school and department for allegedly failing to stop the abuse. www.inquirer.com/crime/abingt...

A day after a hoax shooting incident upended freshman orientation week at Villanova University, police continue to search for the suspect who they say made a bogus report of someone with an automatic weapon. With @maxmmarin.bsky.social www.inquirer.com/news/villano...

Jimmie Moore, the former Philadelphia judge who took a payout to end his challenge to ex-U.S. Rep. Bob Brady's 2012 congressional campaign, can now practice law again. Not all of the Pa. Supreme Court's disciplinary board agreed with the ruling this week. www.inquirer.com/crime/jimmie...

Andres Paredes Morales and his partner were planning a future together. Now marriage plans are postponed after plainclothes immigration agents arrested the Norristown resident at his workplace near the King of Prussia mall last month. www.inquirer.com/news/immigra...

For the second time this summer, a pair of Delco children are in the hospital after an e-scooter collision. Lawmakers want change. www.inquirer.com/news/pennsyl...

Bala Cynwyd-based Susquehanna International Group settled with plaintiffs who claimed the company - headed by GOP megadonor Jeff Yass - cut them out of a profit-sharing agreement when developing the start up that would inspire ByteDance, parent of TikTok. www.inquirer.com/business/tik...

Two images showing the rapid decline of Peppa the pig, who died in vet care this month after being rescued from a Montgomery County animal sanctuary. Investigators charged owner Erin Wiggle with animal torture and related charges for a host of animal abuses. www.inquirer.com/news/erin-mi...

Did GOP megadonor Jeff Yass' Philadelphia-based investment firm cut former contractors out of a deal now worth millions? Plaintiffs in Montgomery Co. allege that a company they helped Susquehanna discover went on to power TikTok. Exclusive look into the trial: www.inquirer.com/business/tik...

NEW: We’ve documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts say was rarely used before Trump took office. ICE claims officers use a “minimum amount of force.” You can judge for yourself. By @nicolefoy.bsky.social @mckenziefunk.com

Philadelphia needs welders. A Trump administration proposal would eliminate the agency helping to train them. New @inquirer.com www.inquirer.com/news/philade...

With the DC 33 strike now in its second week, union and city officials are set to continue negotiations today. www.inquirer.com/news/philade...

@jessebunch.bsky.social found all the Teslas. www.inquirer.com/news/new-jer...

As Tesla grapples with slumping demand, a mall parking lot full of hundreds of the EV maker's cars is getting noticed in Lawrence Township, N.J. Is the Garden State souring on Tesla, and are Elon Musk's politics to blame? www.inquirer.com/news/new-jer...

an adventure on the high seas! www.inquirer.com/news/pennsyl...

An unapologetically pro-AI subreddit has been so overrun with people posting about helping their LLMs achieve sentience / making godlike breakthroughs that the subreddit has had to ban these posters entirely: www.404media.co/pro-ai-subre...

Pennsylvania museum officials "gave up" the state's official ship - which helped the U.S. win the War of 1812 - to a Canada-based crew last year, sailors say. The move violated federal maritime law. www.inquirer.com/news/pennsyl...

“Krasner, a leader of the national progressive prosecutor movement, is poised to win a third term after prevailing over a well-funded challenge from former Municipal Court Judge Patrick F. Dugan” www.inquirer.com/politics/phi...

Bucks County announces lawsuit against Eli Lilly, other insulin manufacturers and PBMs over "illegal price fixing." www.inquirer.com/news/bucks-c...

So does this mean that the Chinese bots that violently and sexually harassed this New Jersey journalist's teenage daughter on social media now have First Amendment rights?

For this piece, we take you back to the 1970s Villanova University of Pope Leo's youth - a time when budding social changes clashed with the Catholic school's conservative ethos. w/ @maxmmarin.bsky.social @beaforman.bsky.social @njvadala.bsky.social www.inquirer.com/news/villano...

Will Pope Leo XIV be sympathetic on immigration? “Having been a bishop in Peru and South America, I’m sure [Prevost’s] focus is on immigration and the movement of peoples," a Philadelphia reverend and longtime friend of Prevost told me. www.inquirer.com/news/pope-le...

I've been fascinated with Zajko's story since knocking on doors in her Delaware County neighborhood two years ago, not long after the murders of her parents. Much has come out about the Zizian extremist group since. For this piece, we focused on Michelle. www.inquirer.com/crime/a/mich...

NEW: The Philadelphia man who fired more than a hundred rounds and struck six officers in one of the worst police shootings in the city's modern history was found guilty of three out of 12 attempted murder charges. www.inquirer.com/crime/mauric...

These are More Perfect Union's new billboards by going up in Philadelphia that target DOGE cuts to Valley Forge National Park. "Now with reduced staff - made possible by D.O.G.E."

An ‘absolute massacre’ or self-defense? Closing arguments in Maurice Hill trial paint two portraits of Tioga police standoff. www.inquirer.com/crime/mauric...

“I know at this time I’m not going to see my daughter grow up.” The man who shot six Philadelphia police officers in 2019 testified in court today, his first telling of the claustrophobic, eight-hour standoff in Nicetown-Tioga. New @inquirer.com www.inquirer.com/crime/mauric...

Philadelphia voters will weigh in on several ballot questions during the primary election next month. The results could affect the city's approach to affordable housing, homelessness services, and prison system. Here's what to know: www.inquirer.com/politics/ele...

One of the Philadelphia Police Department's darkest days - when six officers were shot during a 2019 stand-off - is the subject of the trial of Maurice Hill, underway this week. New @inquirer.com www.inquirer.com/crime/mauric...

Balloon releases help Philadelphia communities grieve the loss of young lives. What happens if state lawmakers ban them? www.inquirer.com/politics/pen...

NEW: Is Baby the deer dead? The viral animal's former caretakers seem to think so, but a source who spoke with PA game commission lawyers says Baby is alive. A major twist to what supporters had hoped would become liberation day for Baby in court. www.inquirer.com/news/pennsyl...

As Tesla vandalism surges nationwide, Bucks County police say a man carved a swastika into one of the vehicles in Doylestown this week. A video of the incident went viral, and local GOP officials are now blaming Democrats for enabling "political violence." www.inquirer.com/news/pennsyl...

Philadelphia and other cities need money for World Cup security. Will the Trump administration help them? New @inquirer.com www.inquirer.com/news/world-c...

Remember MAGA's outrage at NY officials euthanizing "P'Nut" the squirrel? Now the online right (and Elon Musk) has a new enemy - the Pennsylvania Game Commission. It's the latest twist in the saga of Baby, the deer taken from his owners in Feb. @inquirer.com www.inquirer.com/news/pennsyl...

Thrilled to announce that I've been selected as a 2025 FASPE journalism fellow! I'll be visiting Germany and Poland this summer to study the ethical challenges journalists faced during the rise of Nazism, as well as the present day. www.faspe-ethics.org/2025-journal...

"Jawn" Morgan's billboards are Philly famous. Now the Florida personal injury attorney is eyeing a jump into politics with his own third party. New @inquirer.com www.inquirer.com/politics/law...

“It felt like an eternity in there." The volunteer fire crews who rushed into the SPS Technologies factory blaze to rescue survivors faced walls of smoke, locked doors, and deafening explosions. They told me their story for @inquirer.com www.inquirer.com/news/sps-tec...

NEW: Montgomery County says $5 million in federal funding for homelessness services is nowhere to be found in the weeks since Trump took office, with "zero communication" from HUD. "We are being ghosted by the federal government." @inquirer.com www.inquirer.com/politics/mon...

Extra, extra. Here's what the front pages of major newspapers across the country had to say about the Birds' KC blowout. (Personal shoutout to Toronto🤌) www.inquirer.com/eagles/phila...

Parker: “Climbing or attempting to climb up a light pole or a bus shelter, it can lead to tragedy." After a handful of violent incidents during the NFC Championship celebration, the mayor's office is urging Eagles fans to act responsibly this Sunday. www.inquirer.com/news/eagles-...

It's been two years since Richard and Rita Zajko were found shot dead execution style in their Delaware County home. A killing of a border agent this month reignited the case - and raised questions about a Rationalist cult's nationwide violence spree. www.inquirer.com/crime/michel...

As Pa.'s immigrant community worries over deportations, a vehicle and its driver presenting as a member of “ICE Volunteer Corps” is stirring anxieties in Chester County. There is no such thing as a volunteer division of Immigration Customs and Enforcement.

NEW: A vehicle falsely presenting as the "ICE Volunteer Corps" is stirring anxiety among Chester County's immigrant community, a group already on edge over the Trump administration's deportation plan. ICE does not have a volunteer force. www.inquirer.com/news/pennsyl...

A Northeast #Philly woman prepaid for her husband’s burial decades ago. When he died, she was asked to pay again. Between a growing brood of grandchildren, a life of travel, and a loving marriage that endured decades, Marlyn and Herbert Harris had plenty to live for. 🔗 inquirer.com/news/philade...

A Northeast Philly woman prepaid for her husbands burial decades ago, but when he died, was told she'd have to pay more. It's just one in a series of new complaints against an embattled Delco monument company. www.inquirer.com/news/philade...