Area Medical Students, On Pins and Needles, Get Their Residency 'Matches,'
At Temple University, David and Gabby McBride were hoping they would get to spend the next several years in the same city as they continued their medical training.
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At Temple University, David and Gabby McBride were hoping they would get to spend the next several years in the same city as they continued their medical training.
Philadelphia's most influential politicians, labor leaders, and others held a strategy session at the Union League, as city Democrats make their pitch to host the 2016 Democratic National Convention.
KYW Newsradio social media editor Melony Roy reports daily on what's trending around the region and the world
"I agree with most of your comments on the free market," Rep. Robert Goshall told an electric industry representative who testified. "Unfortunately, that hasn't worked."
That's the latest research from the University of Warwick in the United Kingdom, which found that happier people were 12% more productive on the job.
None of this affects the core of center city and University City, where multi-space kiosks are used rather than the old-style meters.
KYW Newsradio social media editor Melony Roy reports daily on what's trending around the region and the world.
Montgomery County House Republican Kate Harper says her legislation would add SEPTA workers to the list of public employees already prohibited from walking off the job.
Springtime can't arrive soon enough for area merchants whose livelihoods have been stung by the brutal winter weather.
Realtors at the New Jersey shore say folks hunkered down during all of those winter storms surfed the internet, to make sure they could dip their toes in the water, this summer.
Kate Moroney describes her new venture, "Philly Wine Week." A new brick-oven restaurant opens in center city, and the "Achievability" organization gets ready for its annual fundraiser.
The city has booked over 325,000 hotel rooms booked this year from conventions. In 2016, that drops to about 240,000. Officials blame increased competition from other cities, less convention demand, and high union labor costs for the dip.
The Philadelphia school district's international magnet school, Bodine High School for International Affairs, is named for the World Affairs Council chairman who helped start it in 1981.
Magid was hired by developer Bart Blatstein (left). "We are obviously going to go for the biggest names," Magid (right) said.
The U.S. government announced a $1.2 billion settlement with Toyota Motor Corp. on Wednesday and filed a criminal charge alleging the company defrauded consumers by issuing misleading statements about safety issues in Toyota and Lexus vehicles.
