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

November 15, 2017

Investigation

34 years later, Pennsylvania man charged in wife's cold case murder

A rural Pennsylvania man is facing homicide charges in connection with the murder of his wife in 1983, possibly bringing closure to a cold case that left the victim's family in search of justice for more than three decades.

November 15, 2017

Real Estate

Report: New York group plans tower next to Revel in Atlantic City

With the future of the former Revel casino still in limbo, a New York-based private investment firm is reportedly interested in acquiring land 

November 15, 2017

Studies

Jefferson study weighs pros, cons of surgery in frail heart failure patients

When doctors need to develop a treatment plan for older adults with heart failure, the option to pursue surgery is often complicated by whether the patient's constitution is too frail to withstand the effects of a taxing procedure. 

November 15, 2017

Development

Redevelopment in works for former Frankford Chocolate Factory

We may have been fooled once by the hoax report of a laser tag center coming to Graduate Hospital's shuttered Frankford Chocolate Factory building, but it now looks like legitimate plans are taking shape for a conversion into apartments and retail.

November 14, 2017

Crime

Philly police officer arrested in alleged drug conspiracy with Baltimore detective

A Philadelphia police officer was arrested at his home Tuesday morning on charges he conspired with a Baltimore detective to sell cocaine and heroin lifted from crime scenes, federal prosecutors announced.

November 14, 2017

NFL

Lane Johnson recalls vicious shot at Cowboys-fan grandmother

Philadelphia Eagles right tackle Lane Johnson grew up in east Texas in a town about 175 miles from Dallas. His family lived closer to Houston, but the Oilers left for Nashville and the Texans were an expansion team.

November 14, 2017

Business

Original Philly Cheesesteak Co. acquired by Tyson Foods

A local manufacturer of sliced steak products that have popularized the Philly cheesesteak around the country 

November 14, 2017

Celebrities

Jon Stewart on Louis C.K.: 'You feel anger at what he did to people'

One of comedy's presiding godfathers, Jon Stewart, reacts to what's going on with Louis C.K., a close friend who was pulled from Stewart's upcoming HBO special "Night of Too Many Stars."

November 13, 2017

Media

WATCH: FOX29's Mike Jerrick guzzles insects with insane gusto

Jerrick was joined Monday morning by the eccentric Dr. Oz and Jennifer Weigel, who visited the FOX 29 studio from MOM's Organic Market

November 13, 2017

Rallies

Supporters rally in Center City for imprisoned Meek Mill

A week after Philadelphia native and hip-hop star Meek Mill was handed a two-to-four year prison sentence, his supporters are turning out in Center City to protest what they believe was an unjust ruling. 

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