May 24, 2024 Meet the American who cooked up ketchup, Dr. James Mease, patriot with passion for 'love apples' Dr. James Mease was a Philadelphia intellectual born to a veteran of the American Revolution. In 1812, he published the first recipe for ketchup, a signature taste of America.
May 21, 2024 Philadelphia mayor ending remote work policy for all full-time city employees Philadelphia's mayor said all full-time city employees must begin working in office five days a week starting July 15, putting an end to its COVID era remote work policy.
May 19, 2024 Philadelphia university president reacts after at least 75 anti-Israel protesters descend on campus Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, had at least 75 protesters set up an encampment on campus on Saturday evening, the university president said.
May 15, 2024 Delaware woman fatally shot after crime spree entails interstate police chase, 2 shootouts A 23-year-old Delaware woman was fatally shot after leading police on a pursuit that triggered two separate shootouts and took them across the Pennsylvania border.
May 15, 2024 On this day in history, May 15, 1800, President Adams moves federal government from Philadelphia to DC President John Adams ordered the federal government to pack up offices in Philadelphia and move to the new home in Washington, D.C., on this day in history, May 15, 1800.
May 14, 2024 Hunter Biden team tells Delaware court they're 'not ready' for gun trial date Hunter Biden's attorney Abbe Lowell and Special Counsel David Weiss' team were in court in Wilmington on Tuesday for a hearing regarding the first son's case.
May 13, 2024 Philadelphia police searching for women who allegedly assaulted off-duty officer and stole his gun Philadelphia police are searching for several people they say were involved in attacking an off-duty police officer and stealing his personal firearm.
May 11, 2024 Thomas Jefferson University apologizes after names mispronounced at graduation ceremony Thomas Jefferson University apologized Friday after a speaker mispronounced several graduates' names during its nursing student graduation ceremony.
May 10, 2024 UPenn anti-Israel encampment is dismantled, 33 arrested after protesters given 'multiple warnings' to leave The University of Pennsylvania dismantled an anti-Israel encampment on campus Friday, arresting 33 people and citing them for defiant trespass.
May 10, 2024 Meet the American who created bubble gum, Walter Diemer, home-kitchen chemist outwitted scientists Walter Diemer, a 23-year-old accountant for Fleer Co. of Philadelphia, invented bubble gum in 1928. The secret formula had defied the best food scientists for decades.