With its clusters of used-car dealerships along Lincoln Highway and Route 13 in Lower Bucks, Doylestown and Quakertown, Bucks County has passed Pennsylvania’s first county-level used-car lemon law. The new law, which takes effect Jan. 1, offers minimum…
David Murphy: Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving could throw a new wrinkle into the Sixers’ offseason plans
Just thinking out loud here, but if it’s true that Kevin Durant has no leverage in picking his next team, why are the Nets trading him in the first place? Before I tell you why this matters to the Sixers, let’s answer the question. The idea that Durant…
Seven Pennsylvania lawyers involved in Trump’s legal fight to overturn 2020 election are hit with ethics complaints
PHILADELPHIA — A legal advocacy group formed in hopes of disbarring and disciplining lawyers who aided Donald Trump’s push to overturn the outcome of the 2020 election filed complaints Thursday with the Pennsylvania Supreme Court against seven lawyers …
Philly Mayor Jim Kenney again apologizes for remarks he made after Parkway shooting
PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney on Wednesday again apologized for comments he made after the July 4 shooting near the Wawa Welcome America festival, saying he was frustrated and emotional when he made the remarks indicating he looked forwa…
Bullets that struck officers on the Parkway were fired from the same gun, police say
PHILADELPHIA — The bullets that struck two officers on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway during Monday’s Independence Day celebration were .40-caliber rounds fired from the same gun, police said Wednesday. Chief Inspector Frank Vanore said at an afternoon …
Kyle Schwarber homers twice as the Phillies rout the Nationals to inch closer to wild-card contention
PHILADELPHIA — After an 11-0 win over the Nationals on Tuesday, the Phillies are a half a game out of a wild-card spot. Of course, there is plenty of baseball left — half an 162-game season left, to be exact — but it is still a remarkable feat, conside…
Phillies’ Bryce Harper offers no date for return but vows he will play again this season
PHILADELPHIA — Bryce Harper returned to the Phillies clubhouse Tuesday and channeled his inner Terminator. “I’ll be back,” he said. All that was missing were the Gargoyle wraparound sunglasses. When, exactly, will Harper be back in the lineup? Well, th…
Police in Philadelphia investigate possibility bullets that hit officers came from celebratory gunfire
PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia police are investigating the possibility that the two officers who were shot at the city’s Independence Day celebrations on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway Monday were struck by stray bullets from celebratory gunfire — potenti…
After police are shot, Philly mayor says he’ll ‘be happy’ when he’s not mayor anymore
PHILADELPHIA — An exasperated Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney said early Tuesday morning after two police officers were shot that he is so worried about safety at public events that he will “be happy” when he is no longer the mayor. Standing alongside po…
Racial inequities in vaccination are emerging again, this time among Philly’s elementary-age kids
PHILADELPHIA — The Black Doctors Consortium was among the first in the city to offer newly approved COVID shots for young children in June, setting up clinics at its health center in a mostly Black neighborhood in North Philadelphia. Despite the neighb…