If you’re an RCN cable customer, you’ll soon see a new name on your monthly bill. The Princeton-based TV and internet provider, which serves customers in parts of the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley regions, is rebranding itself as Astound Broadband. Th…
The Flyers’ skid extends to a team-record 13 games
ELMONT, N.Y. — The same night the Flyers’ Keith Yandle broke the NHL record for most consecutive games played, his team broke the franchise mark for most consecutive losses. Their 4-3 loss to the New York Islanders on Tuesday night extended their skid …
Gina Mizell: Sixers pull away from Pelicans late to win, 117-107
Tyrese Maxey stood near center court, hands on his head and eyes wide open as the New Orleans Pelicans’ Nikeil Alexander-Walker stepped to the line for a pair of third-quarter free throws. The 76ers point guard’s pose exemplified his team’s Tuesday-nig…
The last big Sears in Pennsylvania is closing: ‘They’ve been dropping like flies’
The last large-format Sears department store in Pennsylvania, at the Willow Grove Park mall in the Philadelphia suburbs, will close its doors permanently, perhaps in about a month. “They’ve been dropping like flies,” said Jack Batra, who is known on so…
Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman skipped a forum with Black clergy. Some Democrats say he’s ducking scrutiny
PHILADELPHIA — When Philadelphia Black clergy members held a forum last week with Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senate candidates, there was one notable absence: the Democratic front-runner. Lt. Gov. John Fetterman didn’t attend. His three main primary opponents…
Will Bunch: The question is no longer Donald Trump’s criminality but whether America will care
America still had the naïve ability to be shocked back on Nov. 16, 1973, when a rambling then-President Richard Nixon stood up before 400 Associated Press journalists. Wallowing in the Watergate scandal, the 37th president joked morbidly about his plan…
Patients aren’t seeing double — those are identical twins running cardiac diagnostic tests at Pennsylvania Hospital
PHILADELPHIA — There’s not a whole lot of mirth in the halls of health care right now. COVID-19 has everybody pretty down, and going for medical tests is never anyone’s idea of a fun time. Pennsylvania Hospital’s Cardiology Department, however, just mi…
The clock is ticking for Pa. redistricting. The 2022 primary is at stake
PHILADELPHIA — Pennsylvania is running out of time. Less than four months before the May 17 primary election, each day without final maps for congressional and state legislative districts heightens uncertainty for candidates who are supposed to file pa…
Has your COVID rapid test expired? Here’s how to tell
More than 800,000 rapid COVID-19 tests passed their expiration date recently in a Florida warehouse, prompting concerns that they would go to waste. But the manufacturer, Abbott, obtained a three-month extension on the expiration date after supplying a…
‘Where is the outrage … from everyone?’ The story behind trauma surgeon’s tweet
PHILADELPHIA — Since 1993, Amy Goldberg has been a trauma surgeon at Temple University Hospital, which has the distinction of treating more gunshot patients than any other hospital in the state of Pennsylvania. Last year, there were 747, up from 576 th…