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.
October 30, 2024
Politics
Statue of Donald Trump leering at naked sculpture removed from park on Ben Franklin Parkway
A statue of former President Donald Trump popped up at Maja Park on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, but was removed Wednesday morning. The statue was positioned so that Trump was leering at a statue of a naked woman and included a plaque that accused him of a 'lifetime of sexual assault.' An identical statue appeared in Portland, Oregon.October 29, 2024
Investigation
Five Philly men charged with fentanyl trafficking in the city and Chester County
The Chester County District Attorney's Office announced charges Tuesday against five Philadelphia men who allegedly ran a drug trafficking ring selling fentanyl and cocaine. The investigation started last year when a baggie fentanyl and heroin with a "Bad Bunny" stamp was found at the scene of a fatal drug overdose in Phoenixville. Police recovered about 3 1/3 pounds of fentanyl, nearly 4 1/2 pounds of cocaine and another 1,500 baggies of packaged fentanyl.October 29, 2024
Development
Philadelphia Union to add more club seating, two new bars at Subaru Park
The Philadelphia Union will add more premium seating at Subaru Park and open two bars at the soccer stadium in Chester for the start of the MLS season in 2025. One of the new options will be nine on-field loge boxes with access to a speakeasy-style bar called 2010 North. Another option will be two upgraded rows of seats that connect to a British-style pub called the Commodore.October 24, 2024
2024 Election
Here's where Kamala Harris and Donald Trump stand on the economy, immigration and abortion
In the Nov. 5 presidential election, voters will choose between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump. The race features stark differences between the two candidates on issues including the economy, immigration and abortion. The election is widely expected to be decided by results in key swing states Pennsylvania, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Wisconsin, Arizona and Georgia.October 24, 2024
Transportation
SEPTA general manager Leslie Richards to resign amid budget crisis
SEPTA general manager and CEO Leslie Richards plans to leave her job with the public transportation system at the end of November. The authority has a projected $240 million budget deficit in the coming fiscal year as pressure builds in Harrisburg for state lawmakers to approve new funding for public transportation. Richards joined SEPTA only months before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, which upended public transit systems nationwide.October 24, 2024
Investigations
Video purporting to show mail-in ballots being torn up in Bucks County is fake, DA says
A video circulating on social media, purporting to show a person tearing up mail-in ballots cast for former President Donald Trump and other Republicans in Bucks County, is fake and an attempt to undermine the upcoming election, that county's district attorney's office said Thursday.October 24, 2024
Investigations
Three people charged with ethnic intimidation of Jewish men outside Northeast Philly pool hall
Three men have been charged with ethnic intimidation for allegedly shouting antisemitic insults at three Jewish men outside Blue Grass Billiards in Northeast Philadelphia on June 30. One of the defendants is accused of pulling a gun on the men and using it to crack the windshield of their car.October 23, 2024
Courts
Former N.J. trooper sentenced to probation for punching handcuffed woman
Former New Jersey state trooper Nicolas Hogan, 28, will serve two years of probation after pleading guilty to striking a woman who was handcuffed in the back of a squad car in Upper Deerfield, Cumberland County, in September 2022. The woman, who's since filed a lawsuit, had spit toward another trooper from the back of a squad car, prosecutors said.October 23, 2024
Investigations
Second person charged in killing of West Philly rapper YBC Dul
Rashawn Williams, 18, is the second person charged in the drive-by shooting death of YBC Dul, a West Philadelphia rapper and gang leader. Dul, whose name was Abdul Vicks, was fatally shot Aug. 23 in Olney, leading to the arrest of a 16-year-old Aiden Waters two weeks later.October 23, 2024
Investigations
Man caught on video setting fire outside Old City synagogue early Tuesday
A man seen on video Tuesday morning setting a fire in a dumpster outside the Congregation Mikveh Israel synagogue in Old City is wanted by Philadelphia police. The fire damaged a window at the temple. Separately a statue was vandalized at the synagogue later in the day, police said.Just In
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