Michael Tanenbaum
Michael Tanenbaum is a senior staff writer for PhillyVoice.com, with interests ranging from technology and behavioral health to local community initiatives and cultural life. Michael has written for the Argentina Independent and Bespoke Magazine and previously served as a news editor for Xfinity.com before joining PhillyVoice. He received his B.A. in The Writing Seminars at Johns Hopkins University.
November 2, 2020
2020 Election
U.S. Department of Justice sending Civil Rights Division to Philly on Election Day
Election monitors from the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice will be in Philadelphia on Nov. 3 to ensure compliances with the Voting Rights Act and to receive complaints about potential violations at polling places. The Philadelphia District Attorney's Office also will have an Election Task Force to to monitor Tuesday's election.November 2, 2020
Media
Jeannette Reyes departs 6ABC for FOX5 in Washington, D.C.
Jeannette Reyes will leave Philadelphia's 6ABC to join FOX5 in Washington, D.C., where she will be a morning co-anchor on "Good Day DC," beginning Dec. 7. Reyes spent more than four years in Philadelphia. Her husband, Robert Burton, is a morning news anchor for WJLA, the ABC affiliate in Washington, where Reyes also previously worked.November 2, 2020
Business
PREIT, owner of Fashion District Philadelphia, files for bankruptcy in restructuring plan
PREIT, the owner of Fashion District Philadelphia, the Willow Grove Mall, Plymouth Meeting Mall and Cherry Hill Mall has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy as part of a financial restructuring plan, the owners said. Malls have been under heavy financial strain during the coronavirus pandemic.October 30, 2020
2020 Election
Lincoln Financial Field will be a drive-thru ballot drop-off site on Saturday, Monday
Lincoln Financial Field will be open for Philadelphia voters to return mail-in ballots on Saturday, Oct. 31 and Monday, Nov. 2 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. City Commissioners staff will be collecting ballots at Parking Lot K, which can be accessed from 11th Street near Pattison Avenue.October 30, 2020
Illness
COVID-19 patients used in Halloween study to test safety of trick-or-treating
With the coronavirus pandemic disrupting Halloween activities in 2020, a new study analyzed the safety of trick-or-treating by turning to patients recently diagnosed with COVID-19. The lesson is that washing hands and washing candy wrappers could make a big difference in keeping your neighbors healthy.October 29, 2020
Investigations
West Philly activist among four men charged with arson for allegedly igniting police cars during George Floyd protests
Federal prosecutors have charged four men with arson in connection with the burning of police vehicles in Philadelphia on May 30, 2020. The incidents occurred in the aftermath of the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. One of the defendants, Anthony David Ale Smith, is a prominent Black Lives Matter activist and teacher in West Philadelphia.October 29, 2020
Politics
Chris Christie lured into Cameo prank by Montana Democratic candidate
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie was pranked on Thursday morning when Mike Cooney, a Democrat candidate for governor in Montana, duped him into sending a message to his Republican opponent, Greg Gianforte.October 29, 2020
2020 Election
Pa. voters need to deposit mail-in ballots at drop boxes; it's too late to depend on the post office
Pennsylvania voters should return mail-in ballots in person at secure drop boxes before the Nov. 3 election. Delays in the U.S. Postal Service and a U.S. Supreme Court challenge of the state's mail-in deadline have created a crunch that mail-in voters can't leave to chance.October 29, 2020
Legislation
City Council passes bill that would ban use of 'less lethal' munitions by cops at Philly protests
Philadelphia City Council has banned police use of "less lethal" munitions such as tear gas, pepper spray and rubber bullets. The legislation stemmed from protests following the death of George Floyd in the spring, when authorities used these munitions against demonstrators in West Philadelphia and on Interstate-676.October 28, 2020
Men's Health
Penn Medicine gets $5.4 million grant to study genetic causes of testicular cancer
Penn Medicine has received a $5.4 million grant to investigate the genetic causes of testicular cancer, which is caused by inherited factors in up to half of cases. The research grant from the National Institutes of health will support three related studies.Just In
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