Michael Tanenbaum

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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.


tanenbaum@phillyvoice.com

January 19, 2018

NFL

Is Super Bowl LII a conspiracy? NFL leaks early Patriots-Vikings promo

NFL angers Eagles and Jaguars fans after posting promotional image for Super Bowl LII before the NFC and AFC championship games.

January 19, 2018

Homelessness

Philadelphia receives $33 million to fund homeless housing programs

Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced $2 billion in funding for local homeless assistance programs across the country, including $102,583,484 for Pennsylvania.

January 19, 2018

Streets

Humongous sinkhole stuns neighbors on Fishtown side street

Sinkholes have a way of upsetting a viewer's sense of order in the world.

January 18, 2018

Race Relations

Questlove reacts to apology from Alabama sorority sister expelled for racist videos

The Roots drummer and DJ calls out sorority sisters for backing up racist rant.

January 18, 2018

NFL

Minnesota news segment warns Vikings fans: 'It's no joke down in Philly'

Traveling fans of the Minnesota Vikings will enter Lincoln Financial Field on Sunday night to find a stadium full of Eagles diehards wearing German Shepherd masks.

January 18, 2018

Development

Temple seeking city approval to build controversial football stadium in North Philly

Temple University is officially prepared to "take the next step" in its controversial quest to build a football stadium in North Philadelphia. 

January 17, 2018

Investigation

Philadelphia woman, 30, fatally struck by multiple cars in Bucks County

Authorities in Bensalem Township are investigating a fatal car accident that killed a 30-year-old woman from Philadelphia on Wednesday morning.

January 17, 2018

Investigations

Suspect charged with murder in 'senseless' slaying of Penn student Blaze Bernstein

Samuel Lincoln Woodward, the 20-year-old southern California man accused of killing University of Pennsylvania sophomore Blaze Bernstein, was formally charged with murder at an arraignment Wednesday morning as new details emerged about the Ivy League student's violent death. 

January 17, 2018

Weather

Philadelphia Water Department working at frantic pace to make service calls

The brutal cold spell that settled into Philadelphia late last year and lingered into the New Year is still wreaking havoc on Philadelphia's sewage system.

January 16, 2018

Investigations

'Phenotyping' DNA sketch released in gunpoint rape at Norristown Farm Park

Investigators in Montgomery County are hoping that a new technology will lead them to the man who held a woman at gunpoint and sexually assaulted her last August at Norristown Farm Park.

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