The $400 Million Restaurant Man

Stephen Starr has become one of America’s most successful restaurateurs, making and replicating dining magic at places like Pastis and Osteria Mozza.

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Newark Airport Crisis Has Eased but Tech and Staffing Issues Persist

United Airlines said it had a very good summer at Newark airport. But air traffic control equipment issues and staffing shortages remained unresolved.

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Jim Murray, Football Executive and Charity Founder, Dies at 87

Before helping lead the Philadelphia Eagles to the Super Bowl in 1981, he helped found the first Ronald McDonald House to help the families of seriously ill children.

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A 1990 Measles Outbreak Shows How the Disease Can Roar Back

To understand the virus’s re-emergence in America in 2025, some experts are looking to a past epidemic that had a high death rate in Philadelphia.

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Debate Ignites at U.S. School Over Netanyahu’s Hall of Fame Status

Recent comments by the Israeli prime minister and a Fox News commentator about Cheltenham High School, their alma mater in suburban Philadelphia, have inflamed a debate.

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New Democratic Group Says Answer to the Party’s Woes Lies With the States

The founders of the initiative, the States Forum, say they hope to extend successful Democratic policies across states and even to the national level.

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Philadelphia Public Workers Reach Deal to End Strike

The city’s largest public sector union and the mayor reached a tentative deal, ending a work stoppage that led to piles of trash on the streets.

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Trash Overflows in Philadelphia as City Workers’ Strike Enters Second Week

Pungent odors permeate the City of Brotherly Love as a contract impasse between the city and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees continues.

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3 Killed and 9 Injured in South Philadelphia Shooting

The shooting was one of several episodes of gun and knife violence in the city over the Fourth of July weekend.

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Equipment Outages Vexed Newark Airport Controllers for Years

Records show that air traffic controllers handling Newark Liberty International Airport flights have grappled with equipment outages since at least 2023, an anxiety-causing situation they call “plug and pray.”

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