2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (470+ words) Philadelphia's maternal death toll climbed sharply over the last decade, according to a new report covered by PhillyVoice, with 120 deaths recorded between 2019 and 2023 compared with 95 in the previous five-year period from 2014 to 2018. That is a 26% rise. The vast majority of…...

1+ week, 7+ hour ago   (471+ words) Phonics instruction in Philadelphia's public schools is falling short, according to Chalkbeat Philadelphia, which reported this week on a new district research review exposing significant problems with the rollout of the city's EL Education English language arts curriculum. The district…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (512+ words) Actor George Clooney argued that lawmakers are poorly equipped to oversee artificial intelligence, speaking at a Venice Film Festival symposium on September 2, 2026, as Variety reported. He appeared on a panel alongside artist Kennedy Yanko, filmmaker Giuseppe Tornatore, Cardinal José Tolentino…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (546+ words) An advocacy group backed by prominent AI investors is running a multimillion-dollar advertising campaign across three swing states, as Bloomberg reported, after polling found that nearly two-thirds of Americans now oppose new data centers in their communities. The group, Build…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (479+ words) Pennsylvania companies are absorbing sharply higher electricity and diesel costs that their customers won't bear, according to reporting by the Pennsylvania Capital-Star from a Republican-led policy committee hearing held in Altoona on August 28. Richard Weyant, facilities maintenance manager at Shirley's…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (467+ words) A guest commentary published by The Philadelphia Citizen contends that analysts who frame recent election results as a surge in socialist sentiment are misreading what voters are actually saying. Inflation and affordability pressures have pushed voters to reject what already…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (520+ words) Young Americans are increasingly pulling money out of retirement and brokerage accounts to bankroll sports betting and prediction markets, a trend that financial services firm Nationwide says is undermining their long-term wealth. Mark Hackett, chief investment strategist at Nationwide’s investment…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (486+ words) Bustleton, tucked into Philadelphia’s Far Northeast, has a pitch that’s hard to argue with: city amenities, suburban lawns and a diversity that keeps reshaping its commercial corridors. Jack O’Hara, president of the Greater Bustleton Civic League, grew up in the…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (441+ words) The University of Exeter has approved a partnership with Saudi Arabia’s National Defense University in Riyadh to train senior military officers and government officials, the Guardian reported. The deal would have Exeter academics deliver a master’s degree in applied security…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (531+ words) Australia’s federal government is moving to require all data centers in the country to run on 100 percent renewable energy. It is rejecting claims by Queensland that it secured an exemption from the policy at a national cabinet meeting this week....