Twitter starts removing blue check marks from users who don’t pay

Twitter will require users to pay a monthly fee to keep the blue check mark. The social media giant had about 300,000 verified users under the original blue check system — many of them journalists, athletes, and public figures.

Biden, Harris release 2022 tax returns

President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, made $579,514 last year and paid $137,658 in federal income taxes.

Phillies' Harper faces lefty for first time in latest rehab

Philadelphia All-Star slugger Bryce Harper faced a left-hander for the first time in his quest to return sooner from Tommy John surgery.

Tranq Dope: Gov. Shapiro cracks down on popular street drug
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Governor Josh Shapiro came to the offices of a Kensington community group Tuesday to warn of the dangers of a street drug popular in Philadelphia and to announce that he will soon classify the drug as a schedule 3 narcotic.

Elon Musk's SpaceX calls off 1st launch attempt of giant Starship

SpaceX had planned to launch the nearly 400-foot Starship rocket from the southern tip of Texas but postponed the launch because of a problem with the first-stage booster.

Rutgers University strike halted as university, labor unions reach framework agreement
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New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy says classes will be back in session thanks to a framework agreement between Rutgers University's administration and labor union representatives.

King Charles’ coronation to include more than 6,000 troops

Defense Secretary Ben Wallace said it would be “a spectacular and fitting tribute" to the monarch, who is also commander-in-chief of the U.K. armed forces.

Biden urges Northern Ireland to sustain peace, reap gains

President Joe Biden said Wednesday that Northern Ireland must “not go back” to the violence that scarred it for years before a U.S.-brokered peace deal 25 years ago, nudging politicians to resolve a political crisis that has left this part of the United Kingdom without a functioning government.

You Decide: Philadelphia’s Next Mayor – Democratic Primary Debate
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Democratic candidates running to be Philadelphia's 100th Mayor faced off for a debate at Temple University with just over a month left before the primary.

Will Donald Trump attend his rape trial? Judge wants to know

A federal judge wants to know if ex-President Donald Trump plans to attend a New York trial this month resulting from a columnist’s claims that he raped her in a department store dressing room in the 1990s.

Donald Trump’s reaction to criminal charges renews election lies

The former commander-in-chief has claimed the 34 felony charges filed against him last week are part of a plot to interfere with the 2024 presidential election.

King Charles III's coronation: 3 crowns, 2 carriages and a shorter route

The coronation of King Charles III is expected to be a shorter, less extravagant ceremony than the three-hour service that installed Elizabeth II 70 years ago. Here are the plans.

Democratic Sen. Bob Casey of Pennsylvania to seek 4th term

Democratic Sen. Bob Casey says he’ll seek a fourth term, bringing unmatched name recognition in Pennsylvania politics to his party’s defense of a seat in a presidential battleground state.

LSU star Angel Reese says she'll visit White House with team

Angel Reese said she was "hurt" by First Lady Jill Biden's suggestion that runner-up Iowa should join LSU for their White House visit.

US review on chaotic military withdrawal from Afghanistan largely blames Trump administration

The White House on Thursday publicly released a 12-page summary of the results of the so-called “hotwash” of U.S. policies around the ending of the nation’s longest war, taking little responsibility for its own actions.