Philadelphia
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FROM DELCO: Relic from Wilt Chamberlain’s 100-Point Game Up for Auction
A scoresheet from Wilt Chamberlain’s 100-point game that originally belonged to Toby DeLuca, the late Springfield resident and longtime statistician for Philadelphia-area television and radio broadcasters, is up for auction, writes Frank Fitzpatrick for the Philadelphia Inquirer. DeLuca kept the numbers for WCAU-AM’s Bill Campbell on March 2, 1962, when the Philadelphia Warriors beat the…
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WSJ: Philadelphia-Based Paint Maker Merges With Amsterdam Paint Maker to Create Global Giant
Philadelphia-based Axalta Coating Systems has agreed to an all-stock merger with Amsterdam’s AkzoNobel, forming a trans-Atlantic paint company valued at about $17 billion, writes Adrià Calatayud for The Wall Street Journal. The two paint makers that were founded in the 18th and 19th centuries respectively, first explored a potential merger in 2017, though the deal…
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Philadelphia is the Top U.S. City to Go On a Food Trip, New Survey Finds
A new survey has found that about 21 percent of Americans have taken a trip to a different city solely for its food, writes Stephanie Gravalese for Food & Wine. The survey, commissioned by Visit Anaheim and conducted by Talker Research, found that Philadelphia is the most desired city for people to take a food…
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New Yorkers Lead a Sharp Rise in Out-Of-Town Rental Demand For Philadelphia Properties
Philadelphia-area apartments are experiencing a surge in interest from out-of-town renters, fueled largely by newcomers who are relocating from New York, writes Ryan Mulligan for the Philadelphia Business Journal. During the third quarter of 2025, Philadelphia apartment listings saw greater traffic from out-of-region renters than from local residents, a trend that represents a significant shift…
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Philadelphia Named Top Five Most Sinful City in America
WalletHub has released a study identifying the most sinful cities in America based on 37 key indicators, writes Adam McCann for the publication. The list compares over 180 U.S. cities and includes various vices and behaviors ranging from violence crimes per capital to adult entertainment establishments per capital and excessive drinking habits. Philadelphia ranked as…
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Philadelphia Restaurants Honored As Michelin Comes to City for Northeast Cities Ceremony
Philadelphia served as the host city of the first-ever edition of the Michelin Guide Northeast Cities ceremony on Tuesday, November 18. With many of the city’s finest culinary professionals in attendance, Philadelphia was one of five cities represented along with New York City, Boston, Washington D.C., and Chicago. A number of Philadelphia chefs and restaurants…
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Philadelphia Ranks Among Ten Best Sports Cities for Fans in the Country
Philadelphia ranked among the top ten cities in the nation that have the best vibes for sports fans, according to a recently released report by WalletHub, writes Lauren Barry for KYW Newsradio. The ranking compared nearly 400 towns nationwide using 50 key metrics across football, baseball, basketball, soccer and hockey. “Sports can cause rivalries between…
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Before the Revolution Was Fought with Guns, Philadelphia’s Thomas Paine Sparked It with His Pen
Before the Revolution was fought with guns and bayonets, Thomas Paine fought it with words. Words that were sharper, louder, and more dangerous than any weapon on the field. Long before the Continental Army clashed with British troops enforcing British rule, Paine’s pen and Robert Bell’s printing press jolted the American colonies toward a destiny…
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The Global Fight for American Freedom: 7 Immigrants Who Aided the Revolution
When we picture the American Revolution, names like George Washington or Benjamin Franklin often dominate the narrative. But the fight for independence depended on global talent foreign-born immigrants-turned-volunteers who crossed oceans and joined a cause that was not yet theirs. According to Claire Barrett of HistoryNet, seven such men played pivotal roles in shaping strategy,…
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How Philadelphia Became the Birthplace of American Independence
Why Philadelphia? When most people picture the American Revolution, they see muskets flashing in Boston, redcoats marching through New York, or Washington’s army crossing the Delaware River on that frozen Christmas night. But the true heart of the struggle, where ideas turned into action and independence took root, was right here in Philadelphia, a city…
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Was The Revolutionary War America’s First Civil War? You Decide
When Ken Burns sat down with Joe Rogan last month and called the American Revolution “our first civil war,” it caught a lot of people off-guard. The phrase stopped Rogan cold, and it’s been bouncing around ever since. Was Burns exaggerating for dramatic effect, or was he pointing out something we’ve missed all along about…
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CHOP Doctors Save Toddler’s Life With First-Of-Its-Kind Surgical Intervention
A group of doctors at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia recently pioneered a new surgical intervention that helped save a toddler’s life, write Stephanie Stahl and Casey Kuhn for CBS News Philadelphia. Their medical intervention allowed the child whose heart was failing fast live 9 months without a heart. Dr. Katsuhide Maeda of CHOP said…
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Comcast Shares Decline As Broadband Subscriber Numbers Continue to Drop
Comcast has seen its shares drop as its number of broadband customers has declined for the 10th straight quarter, writes Kelcee Griffis for Bloomberg. In this past quarter, the Philadelphia-based cable and media conglomerate reported a loss of 140,000 broadband subscribers. While a significant number, it is much fewer than the 140,000 predicted by analysts.…
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2 TSA Airport Checkpoints Close Ahead of Busiest Travel Season
Two TSA security checkpoints closed Wednesday at the Philadelphia International Airport just before the busiest travel seasons of the year, writes Emma Dooling for Philadelphia Business Journal. The Transportation Security Administration checkpoint closures at Terminals A-West and F are likely a result of the federal government shutdown, though PHL and TSA did not directly connect…
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The Greatest Event Since the Birth of Christ? Ken Burns Says It Began in the Delaware Valley
When Ken Burns, the celebrated documentary filmmaker behind The Civil War and The Vietnam War, calls the American Revolution “the most important event in world history since the birth of Christ,” even seasoned historians blink. It’s a breathtaking claim, but look around the Delaware Valley, and suddenly it doesn’t feel far-fetched. From Philadelphia’s Independence Hall,…
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Untangling a Revolution: How Ken Burns and His Team Brought America’s Revolution to Life
Everyone thinks they know the story of the American Revolution including the midnight rides, the musket smoke, George Washington at Valley Forge. But filmmaker Ken Burns saw something deeper waiting beneath the marble myths. In his new documentary series The American Revolution, premiering this month on WHYY, Burns and longtime collaborators Sarah Botstein and David…
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“Remember the Ladies”: 12 Philadelphia Women Who Shaped a Revolution
Everyone knows the story of Betsy Ross and the first American flag, sewn in a small upholstery shop on Arch Street in Old City Philadelphia. But Ross wasn’t the only woman whose work helped define the Revolutionary War and the American cause. Across Philadelphia, American women, including writers, fundraisers, spies, poets, and even soldiers, played…
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Rising Health Insurance Costs Loom for Philadelphia as Federal Aid Ends
Nearly 500,000 Pennsylvanians could be facing sharp increases in their health insurance costs next year as the federal assistance that has been helping keep premiums affordable is now coming to an end, write Ryan Deto, Isaac Avilucea, and Sabrina Moreno for AXIOS Philadelphia. As open enrollment for Pennsylvania’s health insurance marketplace starts on Saturday, the…
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