Samantha Melamed

Common Pleas Court Judge Mark B. Cohen made Facebook posts skewering Republicans and praising Democratic politicians despite repeated warnings from superiors he was breaking judicial rules.

The family of Michael McKinnis, 61, want answers about how he died on a unit with no staff. “We both know Michael well enough to know he is going to scream for help," his brother said.

Amanda Cahill, of Roxborough, was one of 34 people arrested Wednesday during a coordinated sweep in Kensington. She was found dead in a jail cell Saturday morning.

The senior housing complex in Philadelphia’s Wynnefield section that fell into disrepair under the ownership of the Puretz family, linked to a sprawling fraud scheme, will sell for $24 million.

Two inmates tested positive this week at the State Correctional Institution - Phoenix, a spokesperson said. The inmates are being treated and are reported in stable condition.

The order came a month after a federal judge found the city in contempt of its 2022 settlement agreement in a class-action lawsuit filed over "horrendous" conditions in Philadelphia jails.

Kensington's drug crisis has taken root in properties left vacant and unsecured by speculators. Residents say the city's law-and-order response is lacking without a plan to fix the blight.

Experts say Philly's brand-new Juvenile Assessment Center, or JAC, is crucial to the goal of diverting kids from the juvenile justice system. Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel has a different plan.

The Puretz family took out huge, often subsidized, loans to buy affordable housing complexes, then cut maintenance, didn't pay utilities, and let them slide into ruin, an Inquirer investigation found.

Airlines grounded scores of flights, some hospitals canceled elective surgeries, and workplaces shut down for the day following an outage attributed to cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike.

A New Jersey real-estate dynasty, the Puretz family, owned thousands of affordable housing units. They profited as Philly seniors, and tenants nationwide, suffered in dire conditions.

Since 2018, 25 people have died drug-related deaths in Philly jails, where drugs are widely accessible. As the city plans to arrest more drug users in Kensington, that has compounded safety concerns.

The controller’s audit found the city spends more than $11 million a year demolishing dangerous properties — more than $60 million since 2019. But it recoups only 3% of that.

“The situation came to light very suddenly, the trustees’ statement said. “Despite swift action, we were unable to bridge the necessary gaps.”

A narcotics squad was secretly using city surveillance cameras in drug cases. When the video surfaced, it contradicted their testimony — and revealed that the system has few safeguards against abuse.

Narcotics officers are under investigation after they secretly used cameras in drug busts, and concealed video that contradicted their testimony. But the DA is still pursuing some cases they built.

More than 20 drug users who spoke with The Inquirer said that police harassment has been ramping up in Kensington for months, even as actual drug-related arrests remain near a 15-year low.

The deal with Pennsylvania’s Office of Attorney General is the state’s first enforcement action against the real estate company ABC Capital Jay Walsh, who ran ABC, faces criminal charges in Maryland.

Tyrone Mack, who has stage four colon cancer, was on his way home from treatment when he learned his home was damaged beyond repair.

Despite a class-action lawsuit alleging unconstitutional jail conditions, Philadelphia has failed to meet benchmarks set by a federal judge. The result, advocates say: deaths, escapes, and violence.